Rd 3 Sturt vs Glenelg Review Thread

[am Bays]

Reminiscent of the ANZAC day game last year, just didn't seem in it today. Well done to Sturt they were sensational and showed in their attack on the footy and the body.

No complaints here about the result if we want to leave our mates one out in a contest with no support time and time again, well if Sturt were really up and running we should have lost by 15 goals today.

Looking foward to the next 2 weeks agaisnt Centrals and North to see if we learn't any lessons from today.

[baysman]

Bays had a shocker. It happens ! We'll learn from that !

Off to " Flashback Cinema " tonight. The Marx Brother's " Duck Soup " is playing !

[purch]

Reminiscent of the ANZAC day game last year, just didn't seem in it today. Well done to Sturt they were sensational and showed in their attack on the footy and the body.

No complaints here about the result if we want to leave our mates one out in a contest with no support time and time again, well if Sturt were really up and running we should have lost by 15 goals today.

Looking foward to the next 2 weeks agaisnt Centrals and North to see if we learn't any lessons from today.

I kind of felt the opposite...late in the 3rd quarter it felt like we hadn't played "6 goals better" than Glenelg, yet that was the margin.

15 goal wins are pretty rare at Unley these days I think, even when Sturt are in top notch form. Probably has to do with the length of the ground, the modern game, flooding back etc. I was pleased at how open the game was after 1/4 though, and felt that both teams had a crack*. But poor skills (incl. dropped chest marks), disposal and decision making let the Bays down time after time.

[zipzap]

Sturt much better today. Bays had a stinker. Umps quite comical. Dog ran onto field. Happy days.

[purch]

A loss in Rd 3. Whoopee ! Well done Strut and as we know......no flags are won in April ! Looking forward to next weeks game.

GO YOU BAYS !

Yeah, its not like they beat you in a knockout final or anything!

LMAO!!

One more win against them and they will be our bitches! GO YOU BLUES! That second quarter was deluxe..

When the rain started early on in the game the Bay "ducks" came out

quack quack quack, still a way to go to catch up to the recent 9 in a row

I thought that would be water off a duck's back, no? Keep clutching

[grant j]

The Last time Glenelg won round 3 match was 2006.

All Bodes well for a top 3 finish

[dedja]

Sturt much better today. Bays had a stinker. Umps quite comical. Dog ran onto field. Kid on scoreboard couldn't add up. Big screen was small. Result

edited for accuracy.

[purch]

Sturt much better today. Bays had a stinker. Umps quite comical. Dog ran onto field. Kid on scoreboard couldn't add up. Big screen was small. Result

edited for accuracy.

dedja, zippy is actually a Sturt supporter. Your editing is woeful. Happy days indeed

[dedja]

LOL, wasn't hard to tell he's a Sturt supporter.

At least it got the goal umpires excited at quarter time when they had to run over and correct the score.

[Mad Mat]

Reminiscent of the ANZAC day game last year, just didn't seem in it today. Well done to Sturt they were sensational and showed in their attack on the footy and the body.

No complaints here about the result if we want to leave our mates one out in a contest with no support time and time again, well if Sturt were really up and running we should have lost by 15 goals today.

Looking foward to the next 2 weeks agaisnt Centrals and North to see if we learn't any lessons from today.

At least this year I won't have to sit through another ANZAC day game. Sturt can suffer this year.

[smithy]

LOL, wasn't hard to tell he's a Sturt supporter.

At least it got the goal umpires excited at quarter time when they had to run over and correct the score.

Glad you got something out of the game.

[purch]

Funniest thing about the game today was that Panozzo got his first kick in the last quarter, only just beating that stray dog to the ball

[bayman]

sturt way WAY WAY too good for us today & our form as i suspected wasn't as good as it appeared on paper, norwood are no good & westies are a competitive middle of the road comp, sturt have the best list & it is taking a while for it to gel together, was good to quickly meet 'les the mechanic' & 'zip zap' today.....i would expect sturt to win next week & the bays to respond to the shalacking we had today, whether they win or not is another thing, i thought toddy grima was our only full 4 quarter player today.......as for the umpiring well today was like an afl game players from both sides gave away very soft push in the back free kicks among other soft free kicks today.....umpires just pay blatant free kicks PLEASE

[Wedgie]

as for the umpiring well today was like an afl game

Well that would be a huge improvement on the umpiring I've seen at games this year.
Hopefully it continues, I could handle seeing less than 40 frees as opposed to over 55 with well over double figures of 25 metre penalties. Bring it on!

[bayman]

as for the umpiring well today was like an afl game

Well that would be a huge improvement on the umpiring I've seen at games this year.
Hopefully it continues, I could handle seeing less than 40 frees as opposed to over 55.

i'm talking about the soft tiggy touchwood free kicks that both teams got throughout the day

[Wedgie]

as for the umpiring well today was like an afl game

Well that would be a huge improvement on the umpiring I've seen at games this year.
Hopefully it continues, I could handle seeing less than 40 frees as opposed to over 55.

i'm talking about the soft tiggy touchwood free kicks that both teams got throughout the day

Oh, sorry my mistake, you're talking about SANFL umpiring, not AFL umpiring.
Most AFL games have less than 20 frees per teams, that is a rarity in the SANFL.

[Cambridge Clarrie]

Great to see a committed, intense Sturt team take take the field today.

I didn't expect a result like this, but it was certainly deserved. The Double Blues applied pressure, ran hard and gave 100% at every contest all day.

Some of the better players in my opinion for Sturt (not in order):

Bode, Crane, Hassan, Cubillo, Wark, McGlone, Thurstans. We really didn't have passengers today. Good to see Herring put in a good game and good to see the selectors realise that playing Bowen, Kurtze and Giles together is not wise.

Was also impressed with the endevour (if not the execution) of Pittard in the last quarter.

It was a game we needed to win and we did. Great stuff Blues.

Bays put in their worst performance for a very long time and I'd say that they'll be looking to redeem themselves next week...

[cje]

sturt far too good the final margin was flattering for us from 1/4 time it was total domination by the blues

[Inflight]

The dog got 5th best player for Glenelg best 'rover" they had all day (sic)!!

[lesthemechanic]

I thought Sturt played a bit better than they have so far this season, but that was the worst performance I have seen from a Glenelg side in a few years. Sturts pressure was probably their biggest improvement , and Glenelg looked ordinary, very unlike them.
I would also like to know what the clearance stats were, looked like we really smashed the Bays there.

I'm sure Glenelg will bounce back, it was one of those " couldn't play that badly 2 weeks in a row games " , so next weeks s game between the Bays & Bulldogs should be great.

I agree about the soft frees that Bayman alluded to, there was a couple paid each way when players just outbodied their opponent & were paid for " in he back " ( no hands involved ).
Nice to meet you by the way Bayman.
I also agree that going back to 2 ruckmen helped us out.
On the downside, we still missed a few easy goals as we did against North, some with very little pressure & from not far out.