Preview 2025 Penultimate round; Essendon Bombers v St Kilda Saints, Marvel Stadium, Docklands, Friday 15th August 7:20pm AEST

[StFly]

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That's right ladies, gents, amoebas in between, it's the penultimate round 23 of 24 as for the first time this season, we face the druggos as for the previous Docklands tenants 15th meets 11th as the Druggos waltz in to say "oi, I'm, relevant again, please like me, I've a Scott now, you have to!" and we're generally thankful we've been eliminated from finals so that we might peruse some draft potential and maybe see some light at the end of the tunnel.

AFL says...​

Outside of the betting agencies absolutely nothing, stone cold silence as bookies have us a a 4 to 1 favourite to win this match. We say, good, about time the AFL media STFU.

So instead we'll say congrats to the

for the rising star nomination, Hugo has you covered but at least now he has a friend.

What a wild ride...
Essendons puff piece this week is how they have injured people and Shiel got cited and how the Dons might have 17 players unavailable as woe is them apparently. Who knew only they had things going on, certainly not anyone that cared, especially about this right alignment cause we don't care and need to pad this shit.
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Expectation bias​

Imagine a world where you only have two rounds left and it's decided that your second last match will be against a team you haven't faced yet, which means as 18 teams total, and you're one of them, you played several others twice before even bothering to consider the Bombers exist. What a world, what a nice thing to occur, if only it could have been all the time instead of trying to shoehorn it before the GWS last game that actually has ramifications to finals contention. Such a world could have been a thing if the AFL had balls and considered fair play, as it is, they didn't so gaslighting won the day yet again and no one can have nice things. Whodathunk it.

Actual expectation...
We've kind of generally struggled against them, with most games being close as we struggle to kick scores and they get cheapies by catching us on a hop. As they generally run with, it'll be yet another attrition match and we'll have to hope 2M Peter poleaxes himself.
Last year we split the difference, Dons won first as they kicked straighter by a goal, we won later by telling them to sit down and STFU by 11 goals. And before that we have to go to 2023 as we play in Adelaide more than we play the Dons.

Saints by 37

As not our home game, who is going to turn up?
Who will watch this free to air?
Who will watch this on the Murdoch emporium?
Who will just listen on the radio?
Who won't care at all and chat about Nas and Windy and all the others out of contract instead?
Stay tuned sports fans, 4 days till Friday Fight Night, where kids get to say no to drugs and hear air sirens.

 

[70s sainter]

Out . Everyone over the age of 22. In. The opposte of the outs.
W we need a loss and a bloody big excuse for losing to a trainwreck .

 

[Ads734]

Dodson in

 

[BrutThough]

We can't be a team who loses to West Coast and Essendon.

No changes.

 

[Plugger35]

Out . Everyone over the age of 22. In. The opposte of the outs.
W we need a loss and a bloody big excuse for losing to a trainwreck .

Zach Merrett has been ruled out of this game with a fractured hand so it would look even more suspicious if we lost it on purpose.

 

[StFly]

Zach Merrett has been ruled out of this game with a fractured hand so it would look even more suspicious if we lost it on purpose.

Shiel also copped a week for being a dirty prick. You know the tunnel of Lual where he landed on his head with the AFL going "yeah a week sounds fair" where legit, since you know I have a neck problem, that could have ended very very badly with paralysis so they completely misrepresented the potential for damage like utter dickheads.

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

Reckon we manage? some senior players this week.

And focus on giving experience to our kids.


Ins. Carroll, Dodson, Hastie, O'Connell-sub, Travaglia

Outs. Hill, Jones, Marshall, Steele, Stocker


B. Hastie Caminiti Travaglia

H.B. Clark Wilkie Sinclair

C. Garcia Phillipou Windhager

H.F. Wilson Sharman Henry

F. Tauru Heath Higgins

Foll. Dodson NWM Hall

I/C. Boxshall, Carroll, Macrae, Wood, O'Connell-sub

 

[Sab22]

I will be in attendance with the misso. She will be filming when I run on-field with Naisahs contract and beg him to sign

 

[Sab22]

Reckon we manage? some senior players this week.

And focus on giving experience to our kids.


Ins. Carroll, Collard-sub, Dodson, Hastie, O'Connell, Travaglia

Outs. Hill, Jones, Marshall, Steele, Stocker, Wood


B. Hastie Caminiti Travaglia

H.B. Clark Wilkie Sinclair

C. Garcia Phillipou Windhager

H.F. Wilson Sharman Henry

F. Tauru Heath Higgins

Foll. Dodson NWM Hall

I/C. Boxshall, Carroll, Macrae, O'Connell,  Collard-sub

We would get pumped with that team. The idea of giving our younger players is valid but dropping every single experienced player is a bit outrageous.

It’s still important we end our season with a strong finish including beating Essendon and the Giants

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

We would get pumped with that team. The idea of giving our younger players is valid but dropping every single experienced player is a bit outrageous.

It’s still important we end our season with a strong finish including beating Essendon and the Giants

Merrett is out for Essendon, as well as them being Shite.

For experience l left in Clark, Higgo, Macrae, Sincs & Wilks. So no, not everyone.

And I'll put Wood back in there for Collard if you like?

 

[Diehard Saint]

I will be in attendance with the misso. She will be filming when I run on-field with Naisahs contract and beg him to sign

Make sure you spell his name correctly, otherwise it’ll be null and void…

 

[mad-saint-guy]

I wonder if Lyon will drop Heath and give Dodson a crack. We clearly need one of them in the team since Keeler still seems rusty and Pou is not a key forward.

Henry, Wilson and Jones could all get the chop as well. Hastie, Arie and LOC would be worthy inclusions.

 

[tomjoad]

The winning must end at some stage.
The Saints streak to end.
Juggernaut down.
Essendon by 30 points.

 

[stfan]

We can't be a team who loses to West Coast and Essendon.

No changes.

Did you not see how poorly both Pou and Heath played?

 

[g_TRAIN]

Did you not see how poorly both Pou and Heath played?

Pou will get more time in the middle now he's got some match fitness.

Hes not a key forward.

 

[Jade Buddha]

Yep time for Dodo

 

[ScrappyDo]

Yep time for Dodo

I'd suggest that nickname is taken already and we should not besmirch our own player with it.
Dodzilla sounds alright. Dodorino, The Dod, etc, etc..

 

[Saintbloke]

Pou will get more time in the middle now he's got some match fitness.

Hes not a key forward.

No excuse for not getting your hands on the ball when you get a senior game.

 

[StFly]

I'd suggest that nickname is taken already and we should not besmirch our own play with it.
Dodzilla sounds alright. Dodorino, The Dod, etc, etc..

"The notorious D.O.D"

 

[TheNewEnsign]

Put Windy on a hard tag on Durham and then they basically have no midfield.

It's a shame we have virtually no decent avenues to goal and are generally terrible otherwise this would shape up to to be a 10 - 15 goal belting.

Edit: Cripes, by my count (assuming Shiel's suspension holds) they're missing 13 - 14 best 22 players.

 

[True Believer]

Put Windy on a hard tag on Durham and then they basically have no midfield.

It's a shame we have virtually no decent avenues to goal and are generally terrible otherwise this would shape up to to be a 10 - 15 goal belting.

Edit: Cripes, by my count (assuming Shiel's suspension holds) they're missing 13 - 14 best 22 players.

I've made Nas captain in my Supercoach team for this game.........he may actually break AFL stat records in this game.......

 

[CaptainRisky]

"The notorious D.O.D"

Or Dodgeball as no one can touch him

 

[Tommy Wigs]

Time to make room for some more kids for the last couple of games. No reason for all of Hill, Jones, Wood, Steele, Macrae to play. Not all of them, just a couple.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

This is going to be a very hard watch.

 

[kosifantutti]

Put Windy on a hard tag on Durham and then they basically have no midfield.

It's a shame we have virtually no decent avenues to goal and are generally terrible otherwise this would shape up to to be a 10 - 15 goal belting.

Edit: Cripes, by my count (assuming Shiel's suspension holds) they're missing 13 - 14 best 22 players.

James Gwilt might be playing this week.