St Kilda Coach Alan Richardson says the Saints were embarrassed by Essendon in Friday night’s bitterly disappointing 61-point loss at Etihad Stadium.
After four successive wins, St Kilda was brought crashing back to earth with a thud and have now been hauled back to a handful of teams fighting for a spot at the bottom of the top eight.
Richardson praised John Worsfold’s side and said the Saints were punished for not bringing the required level of intensity on Friday night.
“If you don’t turn up with enormous energy and a willingness to defend, a willingness to work, then you’re going to get embarrassed and that’s what happened,” Richardson said in a press conference after the loss to Essendon.
“In some
“They were outstanding; we couldn’t stop them; they just worked through us way too easily; full credit to them.”
St Kilda will quickly turn their attention to next weekend’s trip to New South Wales to face Sydney, who
Richardson said the Saints will review Friday night’s loss thoroughly before focusing on what they need to do to beat the Swans at the SCG.
“We just identify what happened and we work on it. We now have the opportunity to train a bit. We go from Friday to Saturday. We get on the plane as a group,” he said.
“Once we work through exactly what we need to do against Sydney; there won’t be too many secrets in that; we’ve got to compete; we’ve got to work hard for each other; we’ll go away and try and get it done.”
