Fisher said Tippet’s unstoppable five-goal haul was an example of the powerful forward’s ability to capitalise on opportunities.
“As a back six, I thought we probably started poorly as well,” said Fisher post-match.
“We probably didn’t get onto Tippet and let him run and fly at the ball. He’s such a big, powerful athlete, you can’t let guys like that get a launch at the ball and he was able to capitalise so you know that’s something we’ve got to work on as a back six and get better at.”
Senior Coach Scott Watters said the tipping point was Adelaide’s forward pressure, which hurt the Saints the most.
“At times (Adelaide’s) pressure, and probably that ball movement in the back third, I think put us under more pressure and they were able to score, so full credit to their pressure, I think their ball movement could have been better,” said Watters.
“I don’t think it was their quick ball movement that was the difference in the game, we were well aware of that. I thought we held that up that ball movement quite well.”
Despite some positives from the loss, Watters was adamant the Saints would aggressively address their shortfalls.
“We want to be a top side and we’ll be aggressive about continual improvement. So yeah (the loss) stings and it hurts, but we’ll go away in the cold light of day and work out why we conceded 17 goals - it’s too many.”
