Qualifying Final: South v Sturt - Saturday 3 September @ Adelaide Oval

South v Sturt
Saturday 3 September
Adelaide Oval
3:10pm

Ladder Positions
South: 2nd 14-4 56.66%
Sturt: 3rd 13-4-1 54.57%

Season 2016 Matches
Round 8: Sturt 14.10.94 d South 7.4.46 @ Peter Motley Oval
Round 19: South 16.6.102 d Sturt 7.11.53 @ Hickinbotham Oval

Last 5 rounds
South WWWBW
Sturt LLBWD

South head into the finals series as the form team of the competition, winning their last 5 matches, while Sturt have spluttered into the finals with a draw and 4 point win over 2 non-finals sides.  Will South continue their awesome form, or will Sturt bounce back from their recent form?

if Osborn & Riley are back South will win by 4 or 5 goals, if they are not back, South will win by over 10 goals

bayman wrote:if Osborn & Riley are back South will win by 4 or 5 goals, if they are not back, South will win by over 10 goals

like your thinking Bayman..

If South do not win it this year they could be waiting another 52 years.

I agree re South V Eagles GF , tipped it a long time ago.

waddayamean wrote:If South do not win it this year they could be waiting another 52 years.

I agree re South V Eagles GF , tipped it a long time ago.

I agree!.. this is perhaps Souths best chance in over a generation.
I honestly believe the current side ,on their day is good enough. Just need a little bit of luck for a change- no more injuries.! We've already lost Rolfe, Redigolo, Giddings, Veide and now Haren for the season- all first pick players.Thankfully the club has currently more depth than it has had for ages and there are 5-6 players anxiously waiting for a chance.
I think Saturdays win v the Crows was just another example of the belief and confidence in the playing group. We were down to 19 men before halftime against a side with AFL standards of fitness, and yet we still managed to control the game for the second half.
Make no mistake, the Panthers are not just making up the numbers..

Go the Panthers!!!!

Lee wrote:Go the Panthers!!!!

Hope South get up, in fact I hope they go all the way. Whilst Sturts form of late hasn't been as impressive as other times throughout the season, I think they are still a big chance this weekend.

blueandwhite wrote:

bayman wrote:if Osborn & Riley are back South will win by 4 or 5 goals, if they are not back, South will win by over 10 goals

like your thinking Bayman..

What happens IF only one is back ?

waddayamean wrote:

blueandwhite wrote:

bayman wrote:if Osborn & Riley are back South will win by 4 or 5 goals, if they are not back, South will win by over 10 goals

like your thinking Bayman..

What happens IF only one is back ?

obviously, South by 7 or 8 goals

I think Sturt were smashed in the clearance area at critical times over the last 2 weeks.
If Riley and Osborn are back, that will go along way toward turning that around.

However, the leg speed of our blokes worries me at the moment.
Not that they're slow, but they don't seem to be pushing hard either in the forward half or in defensive transition. That is a sign of a side that has lost the mojo or the frenetic pace they have set earlier in the season has caught up with them.

South comfortably , 37

going require a big improvement from the DBs to have any impact in the major round

3rd quarter and Sturt getting a good run from the umps.

3 points in 20 minutes

Sturt looking good in the final q

Can be cruel game. Great season by South, but may have to beat a rampant Adelaide to avoid going out in straight sets

Go the Panthers.

goal on the buzzer!

South looked to have a very good run with umps in the first half but couldn't handle the pressure in the second half and Sturt were rewarded accordingly.
Could be straight sets for South and Adelaide could storm home. However Eagles still clear favourites.

Can anyone give me a report of the last quarter ?
I had taped the game, didnt realise it ended at 3/4 time for the News

At 3/4 time it was a great contest , and hard to pick the winner

Scrappy wrote:Can anyone give me a report of the last quarter ?
I had taped the game, didnt realise it ended at 3/4 time for the News

At 3/4 time it was a great contest , and hard to pick the winner

surely not...

match winning move of Scott MacMahon into the forward line for the last quarter, took the game by the scruff of the neck & his team mates lifted with him, South never ever gave up


anyone know the crowd ?

the womens' match in Melbourne tonight attracted just over 6,000

The whole match was shown. Not sure what Scrappy is on about

Absolutely gutted after yesterday..
we certainly put in our worst performance of the year..
credit to Sturt who were very good, when the game was there for whoever wanted it most at 3/4 time, Sturt clearly did...
we live on to fight another day v the Cows...should be a massive crowd at this one..HA!
Sturt have done well with their recruiting havent they... I mean this year they managed to sign 4 guys straight off AFL lists- Osborn, Martin ,Riley and McMahon....we didnt have the cash for Riley  who hawked himself around the league (let alone the other 3) in a similar fashion to Beard and Kirkwood a couple of years ago. I guess they are playing for the jumper...but then the salary cap doesnt apply to 2 teams so why should other clubs have to stick to it..

What an absolute joke of a post. Very good recruiting by Sturt and you would assume had room to move in their salary cap with the retirements the previous year. I have heard they weren't paying 100 % of the cap anyway. Have you heard why Kirkwood signed at Sturt ? Next you will tell us how much rent you pay at Noarlunga and have a whinge about that . Your club threw money at many players over the recent years and for nothing.

I thought South just crumbled under the pressure and did not know how to handle it. Losing a player early didn't help but looked irrelevant. Joel Cross seems to get a bit sooky when it isn't going his way and he struggled with the pressure.
It won't be as physical next week for South and they recently comfortably beat them so lets hope they do.