Sturt v West Match Review

[JAS]

Might be of interest for your geo-challenged...the SANFL site has posted highlight videos from the ABC...

http://www.sanfl.com.au/news/sanfl_news/1479/

Regards
JAS

[Thiele]

Well done Sturt on good win. Gee we really missed Morris today

[Jimmy]

The old man said Joe Anderson starred today.

[Jimmy]

Might be of interest for your geo-challenged...the SANFL site has posted highlight videos from the ABC...

http://www.sanfl.com.au/news/sanfl_news/1479/

Regards
JAS

Cheers for that

[CUTTERMAN]

Nothing to do with Centrals. Big Phil will mention them anyway,

I was giving an interesting fact relative to when West last won there mate, give it a rest

Did North lose today TSG?

Also, have I told you that I live in Norwood


How did Joe Anderson play for Sturt today, I have been impressed with his form so far this season.

Joe's been great for us, did well again today, in my best players. He always seems to get to the contest, keeps his feet and doesn't often burn the ball. He's held up our backlines this year with McLeay out of form and Thurstans retirement.

[Thiele]

Saw 3 clowns that looked umpires. Rainkine report is a joke.

[Cambridge Clarrie]

Nothing to do with Centrals. Big Phil will mention them anyway,

I was giving an interesting fact relative to when West last won there mate, give it a rest

Did North lose today TSG?

Also, have I told you that I live in Norwood


How did Joe Anderson play for Sturt today, I have been impressed with his form so far this season.

Very good game by Anderson today. Probably the best I've seen from him in the 4 matches I've viewed this season.

Overall, it was great to have a win, but any thoughts of playing finals are nothing more than dreams as we'll still be lucky to escape being awarded the spoon this year.

To me it was a match that doesn't really tell us a lot about either side. The standard of skills from each team was pretty ordinary. I lost track of the number of times a Sturt player kicked directly to a West player and Westies skills and decision making (particularly deep in attack) were deplorable.

Good to see McLeay find some form and as suggested earlier, this win may instill in the side a sense of self belief.

Next week will be the real test. If they can give it a crack for 4 quarters and not get blown away, I'll have more confidence they're on the right track...

[CK]

I had the free kick count at 36-26, Sturt's way.

That doesn't take into account 25m penalties. It also doesn't take into account any number of times play was held up after a free, while players were put back around the mark, or kicks recalled because a player wasn't on the correct spot, or because the kick wasn't taken correctly, or any other reason that some frees seemed to take a long time to actually start moving again in play.

[HOORAY PUNT]

Doesn't take it into account probably because they aren't free kicks ?

Over umpired again and both sides missed many but Sturt got a very good runwith the umps no doubt.

[CUTTERMAN]

I've always thought that "out on the full" shouldn't be counted in with the other free kicks. I reckon West had about 3-4 OOF today.

[CK]

I don't record "out on the full" as a free kick, but I can't speak for other stats outlets.

Hooray Punt - I reckon those at the game (including yourself) will, hopefully, see a point I was trying to make about one aspect of the game, put it that way

[Squawk]

Would blues supporters dare dream of making the finals?

That dream should be alive and well IMHO. Sturt has a pretty good draw through to the finals when compared to many other sides and if they can string a few good results together and have a few other results fall their way, they could certainly make the 5.

[HOORAY PUNT]

Would blues supporters dare dream of making the finals?

That dream should be alive and well IMHO. Sturt has a pretty good draw through to the finals when compared to many other sides and if they can string a few good results together and have a few other results fall their way, they could certainly make the 5.

If we won last week then maybe but I doubt it , it's only 1 win.

[southee]

Would blues supporters dare dream of making the finals?

That dream should be alive and well IMHO. Sturt has a pretty good draw through to the finals when compared to many other sides and if they can string a few good results together and have a few other results fall their way, they could certainly make the 5.

With their run home - I think they will make it.

[Cambridge Clarrie]

Would blues supporters dare dream of making the finals?

That dream should be alive and well IMHO. Sturt has a pretty good draw through to the finals when compared to many other sides and if they can string a few good results together and have a few other results fall their way, they could certainly make the 5.

Tell 'im he's dreamin'...

[southee]

Would blues supporters dare dream of making the finals?

That dream should be alive and well IMHO. Sturt has a pretty good draw through to the finals when compared to many other sides and if they can string a few good results together and have a few other results fall their way, they could certainly make the 5.

Tell 'im he's dreamin'...

I think deep down inside your soul Clarrie...you know you will

[Squawk]

This was Rd 12 I think, but after Round 11....

The minor round draw home - in a nutshell - is as follows:

1/ Central- Plays the Eagles twice. Finish with two home games including Rd 22 vs Norwood.

2/ Norwood- 3 games remaining vs South; two games remaining vs North. Doesn't play Glenelg again. Play Central away in Rd 22.

3/Eagles- Has a bye in the split round 18 - so a long break for them. Play South away under lights in Rd 21. Don't play North or Sturt again. Play twice still against Central, Glenelg, West and South (ie 3 teams in the current top 5).

4/West- only 1 more bye remaining and 11 games (6 away). Play Eagles, Glenelg and Sturt twice more. Plays Norwood away under lights (Rd 19) and Glenelg at home under lights (Rd 21).

5/Glenelg- of 10 remaining games they play West and the Eagles twice plus Central once. Don’t play Norwood again. Has a bye in Rd 23 so need to have a spot cemented in the top 3 or top five by then or potentially have a nailbiting weekend waiting on other results to unfold to decide their fate. Play West away at Richmond under lights in Rd 21.

6/Port- Play Sturt and Glenelg twice each still, plus as at the time of writing, still have Foxtel Cup commitments. Win FC this week vs North and no more byes for them this season, plus a tough last 3 matches of SANFL vs Central, Glenelg and Rd 23 is vs the Eagles.

7/South- Has a terrible run home from here. Play Nwd 3 times, and the Eagles twice. Only 1 bye remaining – Rd 19 (after the Split Round in Rd 18). Rd 23 is away to Nwd.

8/North- Play Central, Norwood and Sturt twice each. Don’t play the Eagles again. as at the time of writing, still have Foxtel Cup commitments. Win FC this week vs North and no more byes for them this season. Rd 23 is vs Central at Elizabeth.

9/Sturt- Has possibly the best draw remaining of the bottom four. If they find form and have a bit of luck, could make a charge to a finals spot yet. Don’t play the Eagles again, but play twice more against Port, North and West. Has the bye in Rd 17 before the split round in Rd 18. Face West (away) in Rd 23.

Interestingly, based on the ladder as it is at present the last minor round fixture (rd 23) has the top 4 playing the bottom 4 with 5th placed Glenelg having the bye that week.

[HOORAY PUNT]

Who do you think Sturt will replace Southee and why write your own team off ?

[southee]

Who do you think Sturt will replace Southee and why write your own team off ?

Glenelg mate.....

If you saw South today there is no way they will be playing finals with football like that......our run home is horrendous !!!!

[HOORAY PUNT]

GLENELG !! No they couldn't surely miss with their list . Could they ?