Rnd 7 - Sturt v North @ Unley - POST GAME DISCUSSIONS

[csbowes]

Unlike the pundits who seemed to see Sturt as the favourite, I thought North were clear favourites today..

Why's that?

North had a superior forward setup when compared to Sturt last season. It was some minor miracle that we kept coming away with the chocolates when, from my perspective, North was so much better than us in that department....

... so while we got away with it last year (again by some miracle), I couldn't see the same thing happening this year. As it is, I'm amazed we got so close, 6-7 to 3.0 should have been 8-5 to 2-1 or something and game over.

Anyway, it was just my personal feeling, I was hoping like hell we'd win again, but I wasn't particularly confident.

[on the rails]

Unlike the pundits who seemed to see Sturt as the favourite, I thought North were clear favourites today..

Why's that?

North had a superior forward setup when compared to Sturt last season. It was some minor miracle that we kept coming away with the chocolates when, from my perspective, North was so much better than us in that department....

... so while we got away with it last year (again by some miracle), I couldn't see the same thing happening this year. As it is, I'm amazed we got so close, 6-7 to 3.0 should have been 8-5 to 2-1 or something and game over.

Anyway, it was just my personal feeling, I was hoping like hell we'd win again, but I wasn't particularly confident.

May have had a better fwd line last year but that didn't help us being 0-3 against Sturt as you pointed out. Our fwd line yesterday was our weakest for the season to date with no Alleway. Resting our ruckman - especially Currie helped but it would be nice to see Stewart dropped from the Power whilst Alleway is out!

[Wedgie]

Slightly off topic but well done to the Sturt players that got up early this morning despite a loss yesterday and door knocked to raise money for the Salvation Army's Red Shield appeal. More things like this should get media coverage.

[on the rails]

Slightly off topic but well done to the Sturt players that got up early this morning despite a loss yesterday and door knocked to raise money for the Salvation Army's Red Shield appeal. More things like this should get media coverage.

I agree well done to the SFC however yesterday's charity performance by Swannee was "cringe worthy" stuff!

[topcat10]

Slightly off topic but well done to the Sturt players that got up early this morning despite a loss yesterday and door knocked to raise money for the Salvation Army's Red Shield appeal. More things like this should get media coverage.

[therisingblues]

Saw my first Sturt game since Westies at Unley many years ago on Saturday. It was great to see a few of the old faces, and they don't seem to have changed so much in all the years that have past.
Also sad to hear of one that has passed on in that time: R.I.P, Neil, I'll remember you best for all the good times we had in Keane's last year.
Entertaining game of footy. I wasn't expecting a win, but we almost came out with one. It really came down to the last half minute with a contested ball on the outer wing. One of the Sturt blokes had the ball, and then lost it somehow through the pressure being applied. North then took it straight down to their end without any of our blokes touching it and put it through on the run right on the siren for a two goal win.
Had the Sturt bloke (excuse the vagueness, it was too far to see from where I was sitting and I followed the ball once he'd lost it) managed to elude the North hands, and gotten the ball on to the team mates in the clear then we may well have stolen a draw.
Nice sort of crowd, at a guess between 2,500 and 3,000 but I haven't had much experience estimating crowds at Unley in these past 11 years, so I could be well off. Especially liked the devoted on the hill trying to get a North chant happening, and of course it was good to see the colour of the Sturt Cheer Squad. It would be fantastic if the SANFL were to return to the 7,000+ average crowds of yester-year but the heart beats strong in the numbers that still remain.
Back to Japan in a few more days...

[Jimmy]

Theri, sorry you had to see a loss....was disappointing to lose, hope we can get back next week v the hybrids!

[ORDoubleBlues]

Felt that the praise of Kerridge was a bit high as you could tell he'd gone to Allan after half time but he wasn't playing what you'd call a 'tight tag' as the second the ball was bounced/thrown up, he was after it and Allan could have been anywhere and he usually was in a second half performance that was just as significant as his first half.

The Crows have definitely got something to look forward to in Jenkins. Unbelievable ground ball recovery for a man of that size and you get a bit excited when he goes up for a mark, regardless of the size of the pack.

Was surprised to see Gum get best at the club along with a few others and whoever put the best players in the paper must have agreed as he wasn't in the top 6 for that.

Was interested to overhear a conversation where someone was saying that 'Michael Coad was back home at Tumby Bay and Sturt should call him' which I found a bit strange as I knew he'd been re rookied by the Suns and sure enough in today's paper there is a mention about how this week he was promoted to the main list.