Riewoldt is such a pretty boy and such a @@@@@@ing protected species. That swan dive he took for one of his free kicks wouldn't have been out of place in the Ice Skating at the winter olympics.
Looking at it, I think the Umpires were generally pretty awful tonight. Some very bewildering calls going both ways, but unfortunately we got the rough end of the stick on some big calls- several of which led directly to St Kilda Goals. The one that has left me @@@@ty though was their inability to give a a 50 for the cheap, high, reckless and late hit on kennelly. I know the aim was to spoil, but you can't spoil 3 seconds after the ball has been marked. It was one of the clearest 50's you'll see all season and wasn't paid.
As for the points re: our backline, I actually think for a first game of the season they generally did alright when they managed to not give silly free kicks away. Some poor passages where Saints got easy goals because of poor marking/loosing men etc, but more often than not that was because of cheap turnovers further up the ground. We have to stop the ridiculous handballing to men who are 3 feet away and being shadowed though- sometimes its better to kick the crap out of it imo.
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