He knows how to use his speed and size to open the field up and get some movement happening, and again he moved forward to good effect. Teams have game plans based on absorbing attack and counter-attacking in fast rebound from defence – the slingshot as it’s called. Jack Steven’s mullet was probably overrated. A strong team doesn’t only mean everyone always contributes evenly – it also means different players will take responsibility to pick up the slack when an off day hits.I don’t know if it was just me but as we were all sitting there wound up at the final change – Saints and Blues supporters for different reasons in that particular moment – I think the “Saints in the Seats” or whatever the fuck segment on the big screen kind of sapped the atmosphere. Two wins against the bottom two teams in Essendon and Freo had steadied things leading into the Adelaide game, but we were shown up in a big way by a much classier and smarter football side.Sinclair isn’t necessarily the fastest player but he’s consistently proven this year to be agile, quick thinking and smart. It happened on three-quarter time of the infamous Blues match earlier this year when she had to bring us “Saints in the Seats” after Murphy had a crack at Jake Carlisle who was lying on the ground after being smacked in the nuts, following everything else that had been yelled about between players during the game. It felt for a long time – I’ve come this far without mentioning The Bont – that the onus has been on him to deliver on his potential, particularly given we’d taken him before, uh, a best-and-fairest winner in a premiership year player. This was an Essendon side that had pumped numbers back behind the ball to try to stop the wave crashing over them, yet Geelong still sliced them open by foot and left them flapping.Sure the difference in body size of the players was noticeable but so too was the skill. It's bizarre supporting a teamRoo collected 21 possessions and kicked 0.3 – if he’d kicked straight we’d be praising him but instead we’ve got Sam Edmund going straight for the proverbial on the issue before the players have had time to hand the footys out to whichever smaller, younger humans are near the fence after the game. It looked like we were gonna be fine.I didn’t give Acres nearly enough credit watching the game live. He probably made an impact high up the ground for the first time in his career – his soccer-style control of the ball off half-back was a good one for the highlights reel – and I’d be keeping him after this one. With no-one in the media saying much on what the sledging was about until Monday evening then wording like that on the part of editors it opens St Kilda players to being guilty of far more reprehensible stuff. They’re all pretty hard and fast.Someone from the Blues obviously wanted to throw some good old-fashioned 20th Century Carlton Football Club weight around and get a better story for them out to the press immediately and the media were keen.A couple of issues come out of this immediately. Jack Steele Posts. He previously played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants from 2015 to 2016. Carlisle was back in the long sleeves – this time in home jumper, which again looked sensational – and was again a rock in defence. This appeared to be more to do with how he approached the week and the preparation, which is an excellent sign in itself. He managed to get reported twice after almost not making it out there. He’s also done it under the magnified pressure of having been dropped three times in the one year; he’d never been dropped from the team before this season. They definitely lack an other big body or two in the midfield. What about Steele? As the weather warmed and made its first turns for spring earlier this week, and even on the colder days the sun shone a little longer in the late afternoon, it was that familiar feeling of the pending chance for some rest as others vied to write history.The match day entertainment again fell a little flat on quarter time owing again to some, uh, Jake Carlisle-based issues after all the faux-drama of his pre-match. A winning streak had been formulated in the previous weeks, and it was the springboard to honouring Harvey with a sensational top four finish, and a Preliminary Final appearance that gave us all a week to dream that Sir Robert might make another appearance on Grand Final Day.By Monday’s wash-up we had the captain and coach apologising on behalf of the St Kilda Football Club to the Carlton captain for some pretty sordid sledging, whilst the latter had gone over to a player lying on the ground injured and had a crack at them.Jack Steven’s ability to handle a tag is still a little up in the air.