No Sandi No Win

[Master Q]

It showed today that without Sandi you guys get crushed even by the average teams.

[valkorum]

It showed today that without Sandi you guys get crushed even by the average teams.

It wasnt a good day :(

[Cicjose]

it was always going to happen......

we would be lucky to win any of the games in the next month

[Bluke]

Actually Q, if you watched the game you wouldnt have called the Saints an average team. They played to almost the level they played all last season. They're on the comeback trail and no team should underestimate them.

They were ferocious at the ball carrier and relatively efficient as well. Their midfield dominated the contested ball and kicked goals as well.

It wasnt the same team that we have seen for the earler 8 rounds of this year. They have turned the corner. Its just a shame for freo that it came this week.

I also thought that Griffen did a great job in Sandilands absence. And that Freo's performance could be credited more to a mental roadblock more than anything else. They CAN win without sandi, and they CAN win with Griffen, they just need to believe that.

[Master Q]

Actually Q, if you watched the game you wouldnt have called the Saints an average team. They played to almost the level they played all last season. They're on the comeback trail and no team should underestimate them.

They were ferocious at the ball carrier and relatively efficient as well. Their midfield dominated the contested ball and kicked goals as well.

It wasnt the same team that we have seen for the earler 8 rounds of this year. They have turned the corner. Its just a shame for freo that it came this week.

I also thought that Griffen did a great job in Sandilands absence. And that Freo's performance could be credited more to a mental roadblock more than anything else. They CAN win without sandi, and they CAN win with Griffen, they just need to believe that.

I thought Freo were poor. One of the few bad games they've had this season.

[Boomz]

What about against Richmond?

[Cicjose]

i would agree there Q

it seems that Fremantle don't have a direction on combating pressure from bigger bodies and;

how to best read opposition taps (admittedly they don't have to do that too often)

[valkorum]

i would agree there Q

it seems that Fremantle don't have a direction on combating pressure from bigger bodies and;

how to best read opposition taps (admittedly they don't have to do that too often)

Griff won 38 hitouts to McEvoy's 28.  It wasn't that we werent winning the taps.  Just we played shower

[Wes Mantooth]

if you were going to go with that theory, by the time he comes back, freo will struggle to make the finals.

[Boomz]

Freo have been hit & miss at times this year with Sandi... It's more all the injuries combined. Griffin had a good game on the weekend so I don't think u can put it down to just sandi...

[Bluke]

Freo have been hit & miss at times this year with Sandi... It's more all the injuries combined. Griffin had a good game on the weekend so I don't think u can put it down to just sandi...

agreed completely

[Cicjose]

im not suggesting that it is only sandilands that is the issue but when our ruckman loses the tap we don't seem to have the direction in terms of getting to the ball first and we don't use the ball well under pressure

[AFEV]

im not suggesting that it is only sandilands that is the issue but when our ruckman loses the tap we don't seem to have the direction in terms of getting to the ball first and we don't use the ball well under pressure

Obviously you would have gotten more taps from Sandi, but as said above Griffo more than held his own, he actually won the taps.
Your issue is injuries, but not just Sandis.