WE WERE disappointedwith some of the errors we made against St Kilda, but full credit to the Saints– they played with great intensity.
Unfortunatelywe made silly mistakes and turned the ball over too much when we were comingout of our defensive 50. Stephen Milne capitalised with two easy goals fromturnovers. In a game where goals were hard to come by, we gave way too many.
Itultimately cost us the game.
"Hodgey" and "Buddy" Franklin were two players to stand up on the night.
Luke wasgreat against St Kilda and set the tone for us. He had 29 touches and performedwell.
"Buddy" had10 shots at goal and finished with five goals. He hasn't been playing greatfooty of late, but he knows how to get the ball and ultimately gain shots atgoal. Still, to kick five goals was a very good performance.
CampbellBrown was a good player on Nick Riewoldt, although the St Kilda co-captainbooted three goals. Trent Croad's effort on Fraser Gehrig was outstanding. He'sbeen taking the big key forwards and has rarely been beaten this season.
Our drivein the midfield was down. We didn't win the clearances and we didn't get enoughout of that area.
It was goodto see Matt Little debut against the Saints after Mitch Thorp was a latewithdrawal, which was unfortunate.
I thoughthe showed a bit. He's quite a canny forward, where he gets shots at goal, so wethought he did a reasonable job for us, first up. The delivery wasn't great forhim, so it was a tough game to mark him on.
Thorp's abrave kid, but he pulled up sore from his debut and we just wanted him to beclose to 100 per cent.
ThisSunday, we head to Tassie and take on the Kangaroos. Aurora Stadium has been agreat hunting ground for us – the surface is great.
We'relooking forward to getting down to our fortress and getting back on thewinners' list against the Roos, although they have been the story of the season.The Kangas have been attacking and playing some great footy.
BrentHarvey on the ball, Drew Petrie up forward and Hamish McIntosh in the ruck haveall been fine performers for the Roos. Captain Adam Simpson and 1999 Norm SmithMedallist Shannon Grant have also been in great form.
