Preview Round 22, 2018: St.Kilda v Hawthorn - Etihad Stadium, Saturday 18th August, 7:25PM AEST

[Gangnam Saint]

Full tank mode engaged.

 

[malevu]

If Freezer isn't injured then I don't care what the reason is for his omission. They have seriously lost the plot and don't care a toss about the fans. I couldn't care less if he was backdooring Cho's missus.

 

[Dard Ball Get]

One too many med-large backs I would've thought

 

[Dr Spaceman]

 

[bennymc7]

Just please give me JB on a wing for more than 15 minutes...

Please

 

[aussierulesrules]

Sincs can thank his lucky stars they left Freeman out over him, though both were pretty poxy

Ditto Paton, was unsighted until junk-time. Saved by the fact it was his first game.

Rice off 5 disposals super-lucky. Especially with all of White, Coffield and Gilbo in the squad.

Surprised Dunstan isn't in the squad.

 

[Saint Watto]

Melts Day delivering right on schedule!

Tis a thing of beauty!

 

[Sir Skid]

Can’t you see the plethora of tall forwards Hawks will have? Side looks unbalanced as any we’ve put out. If the sides are unchanged - it’ll be 5 genuine talls vs 2.

Agree, it does look unbalanced.

Trouble is if we were playing a small forward line and opposition had 3 talls we'd bomb it high to the top of the square.
However, I'm expecting the Hawks will kick to leads or scrub it in so their smalls have advantage.
Good to see Hugh play but looks too tall to me.

 

[NarklesHelmet]

Can’t you see the plethora of tall forwards Hawks will have? Side looks unbalanced as any we’ve put out. If the sides are unchanged - it’ll be 5 genuine talls vs 2.

Must admit, the adding of talls against the Hawks of all teams has me scratching my head.

 

[BrutThough]

Can’t you see the plethora of tall forwards Hawks will have? Side looks unbalanced as any we’ve put out. If the sides are unchanged - it’ll be 5 genuine talls vs 2.

Ruck - Pierce
Back - Goddard, Austin
Forward - Marshall, Carlisle (hopefully)

Seems fine to me. We have been too short for the past two weeks.

 

[aussierulesrules]

What am I missing here, Horks have named McEvoy, Pittonet (202cm), Schoemakers, Gunston and have also named Burton (191cm) forward!?

We look like we'll need all of those 3 we've talked about to play down back. Hawthorn have named a tall team.

 

[Jade Buddha]

All I'm hoping for is Hughy to show me something..

Sincs can thank his lucky stars they left Freeman out over him, though both were pretty poxy

Don't even think Sincs was up to Freeman's game.

Played an absolute plonker last week - behind, uninterested but that seems to have spread a little through the team.

 

[PoppedCorn]

I remember speaking to the mum of Andrew Plympton and she said the AFL blackmailed us to move to Etihad when they wanted to close Waverley park. We held off because the Hawks were saying they might keep it with us then got sweetheart deal at the G. We then had to go cap in hand to the AFL and take a bastard deal that crippled us and Essendon got everything given to them as a Tennant club.

The deal I was talking about was when the Hawks got was millions of Waverley real estate for $1. Read below and see the path forte took fo them and us. Hard to read.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl...tion-debate-20131213-2zcsl.html#ixzz37WpiYrT8

Round ones:

2004 roughie (priority) buddy and lewis
2004 mcqualter

2005 ellis (priority) dowler birchall
2005 traded for fegus watts
They traded out duds and got the extra first round picks as well as the priority.
6 picks in two first rounds and nailed 5 of them
Lol
Thats not luck

Terrible business decisions, the waverly mcg dome stuff, tassie, seaford ffs
Jesus when u read the article u realise that we had no idea
Im almost embarassed as a member ffs

 

[Mat Mann]

There is a reason behind his omission and it's been dealt with him.

These coy ******* responses do nothing, calms no one and alleviates nothing.

* I hope this club burns down so I can move on with my life

Triggered as *,

He didn’t do to much wrong apart from adhere to the teams philosophy of kicking. Did he kick it too low into the fwd line or actually hit a target?, his hand passes made the distance?.

At a point of the year where we should be trying the kids a assessing the list. We play plodders that have barely made a dent all year and are known quantities

What a crock.

 

[hayes]

Agree, it does look unbalanced.

Trouble is if we were playing a small forward line and opposition had 3 talls we'd bomb it high to the top of the square.
However, I'm expecting the Hawks will kick to leads or scrub it in so their smalls have advantage.
Good to see Hugh play but looks too tall to me.

The Hawks do this weird thing where they actually try to hit a leading forward on the chest. Bizarre I know.

 

[StKing11]

Freeman being dropped has finally tipped me over the edge, what a f****** rabble of a season 2018 has been for St Kilda. Way to kill off what was just about the only positive thing supporters had going in amongst the doom and gloom. Richo and his mates sat Freeman on the bench for half the game and he still managed to better the output of the putrid Newnes, yeah nah we'll drop Freezer anyway. Piss off.

Two weeks left and the end couldn't come sooner. Just awful.

 

[Hayes4PM]

At least I get to hear BT call NOOOOOOOOOOOOOONS as per usual

 

[Sir Skid]

The Hawks do this weird thing where they actually try to hit a leading forward on the chest. Bizarre I know.

Go figure!

 

[Mikka84]

Ruck - Pierce
Back - Goddard, Austin
Forward - Marshall, Carlisle (hopefully)

Seems fine to me. We have been too short for the past two weeks.

I could live with that, IF, and that’s big If Carlisle plays forward..

 

[Mowman]

These coy ******* responses do nothing, calms no one and alleviates nothing.

**** I hope this club burns down so I can move on with my life

Triggered as ****,

He didn’t do to much wrong apart from adhere to the teams philosophy of kicking. Did he kick it too low into the fwd line or actually hit a target?, his hand passes made the distance?.

At a point of the year where we should be trying the kids a assessing the list. We play plodders that have barely made a dent all year and are known quantities

What a crock.

Feel the same, just making me angry we are a basket case

 

[Mikka84]

Must admit, the adding of talls against the Hawks of all teams has me scratching my head.

Reckon Clarko has a field day with the game plan now. No doubt it’ll be ball retention, small kicks up the middle and pin point one of their smaller forwards on the lead, who’ll have separation speed on the talls.

 

[theprospect]

I've been campaigning to get Hugh in for the whole year. It finally happens and I'm ecstatic for him, and then I see Freeman omitted.

Ahh St Kilda, never change. I knew with such a good in there had to be a catch.

 

[PoppedCorn]

So the secret reason freeze was dropped?

 

[Sir Skid]

Reckon Clarko has a field day with the game plan now. No doubt it’ll be ball retention, small kicks up the middle and pin point one of their smaller forwards on the lead, who’ll have separation speed on the talls.

Simples eh!

 

[Geezington]

The sooner this freckled banana gets the arse the better