RD20 Sturt v West Post Match Review

[redandblack]

I can't recall us ever losing by 56.5 points, or even 55.8 points, spelly

[am Bays]

As a neural at the ground I didn't think the umpiring was that bad. Paid the obvious ones I thought missed a few but gee they didn't miss the frees like Sturt missed the target in the 2nd and 3rd quarters with some of their forward entries.

To be brutally honest I have at least seven turnovers to Sturt on their forward entries in those two quarters of which four of them were over Chambers head or too wide from minimal pressure. Chambers should be in 7th on the leading goalkickers list.

Chambers comment in the 3rd said it all really and given that it was loud and clear in the family area, under the 2002 interpretations a free kick should have been paid against him....

Sturts forward pressure though was outstanding when Westies had it in their defence.

It's scary to think Sturt should have won by more.

[bluegirl2002]

Chambers comment in the 3rd said it all really and given that it was loud and clear in the family area, under the 2002 interpretations a free kick should have been paid against him[quote

Don't know about your home ground am Bays,but at Unley the family friendly area extends only to the outside of the boundary fence. Anything the arena side of the fence is the jurisdiction of players and officials. Perhaps the face-painter should hand out ear-plugs

[am Bays]

Doesn't worry me Blue-girl, I shared his frustration I thought his comment was apt. However I also know what the guidelines were issued to the umpires for the dummest free kick interpretation EVER in the history of this great game. I mean it is a mans game after all.

play on....

[bloods08]

Oh well, back to the drawing board.

[Cambridge Clarrie]

Brilliant and sustained intensity by the boys today. They really finished West off with an extremely dominant display in the last qtr. Great performance by Coad (yet again). I was also very impressed with the work of Bratton who went at it 100mph...

West were very ordinary, as the scoreline suggests. The umpiring was a bit below par but I've seen a lot worse. Some West players need to learn that you can't hold on to the ball while making no attempt to dispose of it. Others think that simply dropping the ball qualifies as acceptable disposal... They seemed to be caught holding the ball quite a bit today...

Don't know what comment Chambers' is supposed to have made, but the boy certainly does suffer white line fever. He gives 100% every second he's on the ground. He has high expectations of himself and his team mates...

[bayman]

i thought sturt were actually a bit scrappy & was just doing enough from 1/4 time onwards despite the impressive margin of the match, west were at best absolutely woeful which added to the big blowout & it was good to see brendan fevola there supporting his good mate ben nelson & fev was happy for photos to be taken & autographs to be had by the crowd

[nickname]

Sturt have better footballers than us, and several of them.

[am Bays]

Some West players need to learn that you can't hold on to the ball while making no attempt to dispose of it. Others think that simply dropping the ball qualifies as acceptable disposal... They seemed to be caught holding the ball quite a bit today...

Good observation CC, thought West players were holding on to it to find the better option - ball in hand so to speak and then give to a team-mate who is hopefully in support. Against teams like Sturt who work hard through the mid-field you just can't do that. Sturts midfield presure was very good I thought yesterday.

[whufc]

Sturt= unley oval bullies

[redandblack]

I think it needs to be said that discussing West's form yesterday is a bit like judging Sturt on how they play against Glenelg. It's valid for yesterday, but doesn't give any indication as to how they've been playing over a period of time.

This year, West have beaten Centrals, beaten and drawn with the Eagles, run Glenelg to a few points and been highly competitive against all teams except Sturt. Our 3 worst losses have been against them and I naturally rate them highly.

The last time Sturt beat us at Waikerie, we beat Centrals next start.

I agree with amBays, Sturt's pressure and ball use was terrific and we're not the only team to not handle that. The other thing is that our tackle count was unusually low, which tells me we were well off our normal standard.

[bosvit]

I couldn't get to this one (thankfully), but the guys on the radio were laughing at the umpiring and spent a lot of time talking about it. Sounded terrible both ways.

Obviously made no difference to the result.

[zipzap]

Sturt= unley oval bullies

7 home wins + 6 away wins = stupid comment

[whufc]

More to the point they absolutley smash teams on their home ground but aren't anywhere near as threating away from home generally.

[CUTTERMAN]

More to the point they absolutley smash teams on their home ground but aren't anywhere near as threating away from home generally.

I think the Eagles, Port, West, South and Norwood would all disagree to that whufc

[whufc]

More to the point they absolutley smash teams on their home ground but aren't anywhere near as threating away from home generally.

I think the Eagles, Port, West, South and Norwood would all disagree to that whufc

Norwood, Port, South irrelevant, West and Eagles both very up and down.

Sturt have been able to smash (and i mean smash) the good sides like Centrals at home but when facing them outside of Unley they have struggled to even get victories against these sides at other venues.

Against North at Unley Sturt were very competitive and only lossed by a couple of points while at Prospect they were belted by 80+ points.

Even South this year at home you smashed them by 80+ points and if i remember people posts they felt Sturt could have won by a lot more. Then down at Noarlunga you only just got past them by 9 points in a game which many thought South deserved to win.

Last year was the same against Central, beat them very very comfortably on 2 occasions at Unley, only to lose twice in a row against the Dogs outside of Unley.

Just an observation and i guess will know a bit more after this finals series.

[mal]

And Brendan Fevola was in the ST changerooms at 1/2 time
Geez the 2 great men Chambo and Fev in the same room

When was the last ime WA beat ST ?

[Cambridge Clarrie]

More to the point they absolutley smash teams on their home ground but aren't anywhere near as threating away from home generally.

I think the Eagles, Port, West, South and Norwood would all disagree to that whufc

Norwood, Port, South irrelevant, West and Eagles both very up and down.

Sturt have been able to smash (and i mean smash) the good sides like Centrals at home but when facing them outside of Unley they have struggled to even get victories against these sides at other venues.

Against North at Unley Sturt were very competitive and only lossed by a couple of points while at Prospect they were belted by 80+ points.

Even South this year at home you smashed them by 80+ points and if i remember people posts they felt Sturt could have won by a lot more. Then down at Noarlunga you only just got past them by 9 points in a game which many thought South deserved to win.

Last year was the same against Central, beat them very very comfortably on 2 occasions at Unley, only to lose twice in a row against the Dogs outside of Unley.

Just an observation and i guess will know a bit more after this finals series.

Centrals efforts away from home have been no better than Sturt's this year. Sturt have, overall, played well away from Unley and exceedingly well at Unley.

Just my observations...

[whufc]

More to the point they absolutley smash teams on their home ground but aren't anywhere near as threating away from home generally.

I think the Eagles, Port, West, South and Norwood would all disagree to that whufc

Norwood, Port, South irrelevant, West and Eagles both very up and down.

Sturt have been able to smash (and i mean smash) the good sides like Centrals at home but when facing them outside of Unley they have struggled to even get victories against these sides at other venues.

Against North at Unley Sturt were very competitive and only lossed by a couple of points while at Prospect they were belted by 80+ points.

Even South this year at home you smashed them by 80+ points and if i remember people posts they felt Sturt could have won by a lot more. Then down at Noarlunga you only just got past them by 9 points in a game which many thought South deserved to win.

Last year was the same against Central, beat them very very comfortably on 2 occasions at Unley, only to lose twice in a row against the Dogs outside of Unley.

Just an observation and i guess will know a bit more after this finals series.

Centrals efforts away from home have been no better than Sturt's this year. Sturt have, overall, played well away from Unley and exceedingly well at Unley.

Just my observations...

Agree Centrals away efforts have been fairly ordinary this year, but we have a proven record in finals and have a great record at home which is very similar in size and shape to Aami Stadium. I don't think that it's just a coincidence that our Aami Stadium record since the afl's inception is very good

[whufc]

More to the point they absolutley smash teams on their home ground but aren't anywhere near as threating away from home generally.

I think the Eagles, Port, West, South and Norwood would all disagree to that whufc

Norwood, Port, South irrelevant, West and Eagles both very up and down.

Sturt have been able to smash (and i mean smash) the good sides like Centrals at home but when facing them outside of Unley they have struggled to even get victories against these sides at other venues.

Against North at Unley Sturt were very competitive and only lossed by a couple of points while at Prospect they were belted by 80+ points.

Even South this year at home you smashed them by 80+ points and if i remember people posts they felt Sturt could have won by a lot more. Then down at Noarlunga you only just got past them by 9 points in a game which many thought South deserved to win.

Last year was the same against Central, beat them very very comfortably on 2 occasions at Unley, only to lose twice in a row against the Dogs outside of Unley.

Just an observation and i guess will know a bit more after this finals series.

Centrals efforts away from home have been no better than Sturt's this year. Sturt have, overall, played well away from Unley and exceedingly well at Unley.

Just my observations...

Agree Centrals away efforts have been fairly ordinary this year, but we have a proven record in finals and have a great record at home which is very similar in size and shape to Aami Stadium. I don't think that it's just a coincidence that our Aami Stadium record since the afl's inception is very good.