"This is their lot." | First Thoughts - St Kilda vs Sydney (03.08.26)
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What triggered the post-game reaction from Kane and Kingy?
Well, what did Ross say to them? There's like a five-minute break. Ross comes down, addresses the group, and from that moment, like a 40-point turnaround. What happened? You're blaming Ross? Should he have stayed in the box and let the players sort it out?
You know what? I know we disagree on a lot of things, right? But, gee, that first three quarters of footy was a pretty good game of footy, wasn't it?
Good game of footy.
It was a good game of footy. When the Swans' big boppers get going, when their big five roll, and it's the midfielders and obviously the Ruckman, and they're waiting on McAdoo to come back. So at the moment it's the big four, Heaney, Warner, Gould and Grundy.
How did Ross’s address change the momentum in the match?
When they get going, there's not many teams that are able to clamp them. Not many. So I think that that's the challenge that Sydney pose.
And the same pie update for Sydney. How much of a slice? It's a little 5%. 5% slice.
They're not really in it. They're injuring the centre half back. The injury to the centre half back worries me. You can't lose a centre-half back at this stage of the year.
He wasn't even on their radar, though, at the start of the year. At the start of the year, he's been enormous. Yeah, he's been solid. Solid? What are you watching?
He's become the new Craig Bolton.
Yeah, I think he's replaceable.
Which Sydney players did they highlight as driving the comeback?
Come on. I get a bit nervous.
Lewis Mellican's going to come in and do the job.
I get a bit nervous when he gets the footy.
I'm telling you, it'll be a Buku West type shift, wherever they go.
How many slices for second position at round 22... And 5%. That would be the first time in history, the second place team. It's over, mate. At this point, it's over, is it? It's over. Over. So what's the other slice? 80. Frio's got 80, is it? Is it? Yep, I think it's 80. Are our Hawks in there yet?
Yeah, a little 2% or something. 2%. It's over, baby.
Can I have a listen to your man? Your man, who was a very entertaining media conference, by the way. But just this little bit, once again, not for the first time this year, caught my attention.
Yeah, the feedback is we need to get better. Like, I'm not shying away from it. But there's no doubt we've improved. I think that's indisputable. But on win-loss, I think our percentage tells us we know where.
Why is the Saints’ injured centre-half back a major concern?
But against, what are they, second on the ladder? I don't even know. So we're just a bit short of that.
Is it indisputable, undeniable that the Saints have improved? Is that undeniable? Or could you debate that?
No, it's up to however you want to look at them. You can find negatives, you can find positives. Depends which way you want to attack it.
They're 11th and they haven't beaten a top 10 team.
Yeah, so that's the negative slant. What's the positive? The positive slant is I think they're doing it with a regenerated midfield. I think it does look different this year than last. And this is their lot. This is who they are. They've had to go and get aggressive because what they've done for 40 years hasn't worked. So you can't pot them for that.
Would the other counter view be, well, you probably should improve. If you go and spend $10 million and add five or six players, you'd hope you'd improve. Would that be the other view as well? 100%. You don't do that to go backwards.
No, agreed. Agreed. But let's not have a go at them for that, is my view.
But let's not say we've improved. Well, yeah, that's probably what you should do if you spend $10 million and add five to six players and you're still 11th and you haven't been in the top 10 team. Anyway, big night. Big night on Sunday.
I want to put on watch, too, complete drivel that just gets thrown at us from press conferences. There are some lines in there that just – where are they?
How realistic is St Kilda’s chance of climbing the ladder after Round 22?
Are they second on the ladder, are they? Ross knows 100% they're second on the ladder. Catatropic dribble.
There you go.
Did you have any issue with – so we discussed the back and forth on King last week with the journo, which got a bit testy. Any issues from either party on the Matthias Filippo feedback question? Or just good stuff? I thought just good stuff.
I think the journo's got to have the conviction to stand his ground.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What triggered the post-game reaction from Kane and Kingy?
0:00–0:45
2
How did Ross’s address change the momentum in the match?
0:45–1:22
3
Which Sydney players did they highlight as driving the comeback?
1:22–2:20
4
Why is the Saints’ injured centre-half back a major concern?
2:20–3:47
5
How realistic is St Kilda’s chance of climbing the ladder after Round 22?
3:47–5:06
6
What did Ross say in his media conference and why did it stand out?
5:06–5:58
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