Adam Simpson

There's more depth at St.

Kilda in recent times.

And I mean, that Sydney game in particular, they didn't win last week, but there was some substance there.

So I think the supporters are slightly in front of us.

I reckon they've been believing for a bit longer about what they're seeing than perhaps the analysts around town.

So...

Yeah, well done to the Saints and the coaching staff.

And the Giants, you know, they come off a bye.

And they didn't look flat, but they weren't as sharp as we've seen before they went into the bye.

Absolutely.

Well, the tack with 70 tackles to 46.

So there's your, there's your intent side.

And that's not always a success indicator.

In fact, when I was coaching, it was the last thing I looked at because the tackles you'd win or lose and the tackles would not reflect winning or losing, but it does reflect intent.

So if you get that right, the pressure factor is 186 to 174.

And then in the end, I think both coaches acknowledged the efficiency of both sides in the front half was the difference.

So, um, the Saints ability to, to get the ball back in their, in their back line and

the Giants' inability to stop the scoring.

They went at 55 or 60% scoring efficiency in the front half, the Saints.

And Liam Ryan was a big part of that, obviously, with Cooper Sharman.