RD 22 Central v Sturt Match Review

[therisingblues]

Didnt see the game, so would be interested on some viewpoints
Remarkable turnaround ST massacred CD last time thay played

ST 8-7
CD 5-7
3rd Qtr
What happened after that ?
Was there a turning point ?

QUESTION
If ST were good enough to be 3 goals up in an unsuitable night game at Elizabeth, are they good enough to beat CD in a final ?

Given a bright sunny day at AAMI are they a match for CD ?

sturt missed a crucial goal to go further ahead which allowed the dogs to get some momentum...not sure if this was really the turning point but after that, it was all dogs

i think yes, but things need to change, skills need to be cleaner and we have to manage their flood better.

we are a match for CD I believe

R17: Re: Glenelg vs Centrals Review
looking at the scores, it lookes like the dogs choked!!!

what a cracker of a game!

looking at the scores, it lookes like Sturt choked!!!

what a cracker of a game!

It's pretty sad that you waited all that time just to give that line back ST.

[Big Phil]

I wonder how the fireworks went off at a certain wedding when the final scores came through last night?

Congrats BP. A wedding and a win. Is it a win win situation??? Any married blokes want to comment?

I knew I wasn't going to get away with having the wireless radio in my pocket getting updates at the reception so the old man had the mobile phone that picked up FM so every half hour or so would duck out for a smoke and score update !!

Only got 3 updates throughout the night (the wedding was bloody awesome and although I hate to admit it, there were times were I completely forgot about the footy !!) but when we managed to just catch the words "Centrals win by 18 points" all the guests inside got to see me (after about 10 beam and cokes) run up and down the outside balcony jumoing up and down fist pumping the air !!

Look forward to getting a copy of the game and catching the replay...

[CUTTERMAN]

Just a general comment with no reflection on any particular club or supporter group whatsoever (this is NOT being said in this thread for any other reason then to avoid starting a new thread about it, but noting an incident from last night's game as a trigger for it) - if supporters are continually allowed to mix as freely and closely with opposition players as they are leaving the field, as they are now, one of these days, the wrong supporter will do the wrong thing to the wrong player and it will get ugly. There is plenty of place for supporters who want to congratulate their players etc, but supporters waving flags in the faces of opposition players, going up and saying things in their faces as they are leaving the ground, launching tirades on them at close range, cannot be healthy interaction.

Just a general observation from a number of games this year where a number of incidents of varying degrees have occurred with varying reactions from players and in the case of one match this year when a scarf was thrown at the coach, coaching staff.

Going from these posts, others during the year and what I've seen at games it seems that security has become lax in the last few years. from all reports, the sort of thing that happened saturday night, if it continues, will eventually lead to alot of trouble. The thing I like about the SANFL is the accessability, friendly enviroment, banter in the crowd and the ability for the punters to get reasonably close to the players.

[therisingblues]

My tip for this one.
Sturt to bounce back and notch up their first ever win under lights at Elizabeth by 5 goals.

Strewth! Which clown wrote that?

Ultimately this game had no tangible bearing on the premiership table for Sturt as our chance for top spot was already out of reach.
But in the overall bearing of things, last year we stumbled when it came to the business end of the season, and with two losses out of the past two it looks to be happening again. I believe we are still chance though, the race isn't over until you have either been eliminated or won the right to hold the cup aloft.
Well done Dogs for setting the pace so hard, for so long. At this stage it looks as though they'll have a classic encounter with the Bays at this year's grand final.
Not giving up mind you, just describing the situation as I see it now.

[dedja]

Curious to read the advertiser's reporting of Norman's comments after the match regarding the lights at Elizabeth and he doesn't want to play out there anymore on a Saturday night. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/spor ... 46,00.html

If he was reported correctly then they were very strange comments indeed. If the lights were sub-standard then how come Sturt were 3 goals up in the 3rd quarter? Did they get dimmer in the last quarter and a half?

One of the many good qualities of both Roy Laird and Mark Mickan is that they show respect to their opposition, win, lose or draw. Maybe Luke Norman might want to learn to do the same.

[Voice]

Curious to read the advertiser's reporting of Norman's comments after the match regarding the lights at Elizabeth and he doesn't want to play out there anymore on a Saturday night. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/spor ... 46,00.html

If he was reported correctly then they were very strange comments indeed. If the lights were sub-standard then how come Sturt were 3 goals up in the 3rd quarter? Did they get dimmer in the last quarter and a half?

One of the many good qualities of both Roy Laird and Mark Mickan is that they show respect to their opposition, win, lose or draw. Maybe Luke Norman might want to learn to do the same.

From what I gathered from his comments it was more from a coaching point of view rather then the players not being able to play under those lights.
I agree with him also from a spectator point of view it was hard to tell who had the ball at times, although that could have been the multiple Bundys that were affecting my eyesight

[dedja]

I agree with him also from a spectator point of view it was hard to tell who had the ball at times, although that could have been the multiple Bundys that were affecting my eyesight :bear:

[MST]

Curious to read the advertiser's reporting of Norman's comments after the match regarding the lights at Elizabeth and he doesn't want to play out there anymore on a Saturday night. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/spor ... 46,00.html

If he was reported correctly then they were very strange comments indeed. If the lights were sub-standard then how come Sturt were 3 goals up in the 3rd quarter? Did they get dimmer in the last quarter and a half?

One of the many good qualities of both Roy Laird and Mark Mickan is that they show respect to their opposition, win, lose or draw. Maybe Luke Norman might want to learn to do the same.

Dedja, I think you need to read the article again mate as it appears you have made your own mind up on what Luke Norman was saying but unfortunately you have levelled a criticism at him that is a tad unfair.

Voice has already pointed out that his complaint regarding the lights was from a coaching perspective and the difficulty with seeing across the ground/identifying players. He made a point of not blaming the defeat on this too.

[CENTURION]

Simple, re-invent the playing coach when playing under lights.

[Dutchy]

Kirs Grant has conceeded the quality of the lights could be better

[whufc]

Kirs Grant has conceeded the quality of the lights could be better

obviously they could be, imagine how good it would be with the footy park lights there.

[wycbloods]

having been in the opposition coaches box at Elizabeth for a night game i can say that the Weed had the same issue, as all of us sitting in the box did, with viewing the Northern End and the Eastern side of the ground. The players didn't have an issue but from the box it made things a little more difficult than they needed to be.

[whufc]

binoculars

[wycbloods]

binoculars

Not all coaches like to coach through binoculars WHUFC, it certainly restricts what you see.

[Voice]

Simple, re-invent the playing coach when playing under lights.

Wouldn't mind seeing Normo line up Laird. Would be a good battle IMO. They're both fair sized units.

[wycbloods]

Simple, re-invent the playing coach when playing under lights.

Wouldn't mind seeing Normo line up Laird. Would be a good battle IMO. They're both fair sized units.

Normans bump on Backwell the year after he left Westies was a beauty that i will never forget. To mouse's credit he got back up and brushed it off but it was a great bump to watch. Norman was certainly very good at putting on a great bump.

[Pseudo]

Simple, re-invent the playing coach when playing under lights.

Wouldn't mind seeing Normo line up Laird. Would be a good battle IMO. They're both fair sized units.

Normans bump on Backwell the year after he left Westies was a beauty that i will never forget. To mouse's credit he got back up and brushed it off but it was a great bump to watch. Norman was certainly very good at putting on a great bump.

One of the best bumps ever, and completely above board.

[Jimmy]

Didnt see the game, so would be interested on some viewpoints
Remarkable turnaround ST massacred CD last time thay played

ST 8-7
CD 5-7
3rd Qtr
What happened after that ?
Was there a turning point ?

QUESTION
If ST were good enough to be 3 goals up in an unsuitable night game at Elizabeth, are they good enough to beat CD in a final ?

Given a bright sunny day at AAMI are they a match for CD ?

sturt missed a crucial goal to go further ahead which allowed the dogs to get some momentum...not sure if this was really the turning point but after that, it was all dogs

i think yes, but things need to change, skills need to be cleaner and we have to manage their flood better.

we are a match for CD I believe

R17: Re: Glenelg vs Centrals Review
looking at the scores, it lookes like the dogs choked!!!

what a cracker of a game!

looking at the scores, it lookes like Sturt choked!!!

what a cracker of a game!

It's pretty sad that you waited all that time just to give that line back ST.

true theri, but the blues did have a 3 goal lead...i'll stand by it.

[dedja]

Curious to read the advertiser's reporting of Norman's comments after the match regarding the lights at Elizabeth and he doesn't want to play out there anymore on a Saturday night. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/spor ... 46,00.html

If he was reported correctly then they were very strange comments indeed. If the lights were sub-standard then how come Sturt were 3 goals up in the 3rd quarter? Did they get dimmer in the last quarter and a half?

One of the many good qualities of both Roy Laird and Mark Mickan is that they show respect to their opposition, win, lose or draw. Maybe Luke Norman might want to learn to do the same.

Dedja, I think you need to read the article again mate as it appears you have made your own mind up on what Luke Norman was saying but unfortunately you have levelled a criticism at him that is a tad unfair.

Voice has already pointed out that his complaint regarding the lights was from a coaching perspective and the difficulty with seeing across the ground/identifying players. He made a point of not blaming the defeat on this too.

Fair point ... I tried to cover that by stating if he was being reported correctly but obviously did a shite job of it!

[MST]

Fair do's for admitting your mistake.