Preview Round 1, 2019: St.Kilda v Gold Coast - Marvel Stadium, Sunday 24th March, 1:10PM AEDT *Parker, Wilkie & Kent Debut*

[AirWinmar]

Because if Marshall plays we will have 2 forwards on the bench unless of course he did play back but he hasn't done that for a long while and that would be a big task. And no he wont have forgotten how to do it but you have practice matches for practising in positions you play in. And Wilkie seems more versitile down back.

Dont know why if Marshall plays we would have 2 forwards on the bench..

 

[Mowman]

Chrystal balls?

Just my opinion on what has happened every year for the last 4 years

 

[gringo2011]

Port showing exactly how to do it at the moment. With no less than 4 kids from last draft.

They have stepped back to move forward, we are unfortunately in the zone where we can't afford to be uncompetitive and have to start showing some signs of the rebuild working. Too many people need us to be competitive to keep jobs to be in development, otherwise we admit the rebuild failed. Richo kept us competitive when we should have been building, now we still need building but have no where to go.

 

[Jade Buddha]

Just my opinion on what has happened every year for the last 4 years

Fair enough but I'm pretty sure has hasn't been dropped 3 - 5 times a year for the last 4 years, maybe the last 2. In fact for a while there people were calling him Richo's pet because he was playing week in week out.

 

[plugger66]

Dont know why if Marshall plays we would have 2 forwards on the bench..

Look at the side. Long is on the bench without Marshall so with Marshall that’s two. 8 forwards

 

[Mikka84]

They have stepped back to move forward, we are unfortunately in the zone where we can't afford to be uncompetitive and have to start showing some signs of the rebuild working. Too many people need us to be competitive to keep jobs to be in development, otherwise we admit the rebuild failed. Richo kept us competitive when we should have been building, now we still need building but have no where to go.

By round 12, we will have accepted the rebuild has failed. Which should have happened end of last year, but money and contracts didn’t allow for it. Delaying the inevitable imo. The right measure have been put in place though ( I hope ).

 

[boydie]

They have stepped back to move forward, we are unfortunately in the zone where we can't afford to be uncompetitive and have to start showing some signs of the rebuild working. Too many people need us to be competitive to keep jobs to be in development, otherwise we admit the rebuild failed. Richo kept us competitive when we should have been building, now we still need building but have no where to go.

100% agree, we tried to hang on too long, needed to bite bullet earlier.
Anyways, preying my bad feeling about tomorrow's game doesn't eventuate!

 

[gringo2011]

That’s why there is already 3 new players

Kent is a Melbourne reject, Parker and Wilkie are state league mature agers. It shows the kids we don't have much faith in them.

 

[plugger66]

Kent is a Melbourne reject, Parker and Wilkie are state league mature agers. It shows the kids we don't have much faith in them.

So we don’t have 3 new players. Which kids from the last draft should be playing?

 

[gringo2011]

100% agree, we tried to hang on too long, needed to bite bullet earlier.
Anyways, preying my bad feeling about tomorrow's game doesn't eventuate!

I think this is a real line in the sand moment, lose this and we are gone, get a couple of wins early and some belief might hold us together and make us back up around mid table which won't do much long term but may attract some players from other clubs who mistake it for progress.

 

[gringo2011]

So we don’t have 3 new players. Which kids from the last draft should be playing?

Depends on if we want to win tomorrow or win a premiership in a few years.

 

[plugger66]

I think this is a real line in the sand moment, lose this and we are gone, get a couple of wins early and some belief might hold us together and make us back up around mid table which won't do much long term but may attract some players from other clubs who mistake it for progress.

Why wouldn’t 11 wins do anything long term. I don’t get that. If we are midfield that means plenty of improvement

 

[plugger66]

Depends on if we want to win tomorrow or win a premiership in a few years.

You didn’t answer me what new kids should have played this week

 

[AirWinmar]

Well it actually has. Membery plays as a tall. He isn’t a ground get player. Hardly any side plays 3 marking players and if they do one or two are usually very good footballers

Members is a quick, agile midsized player. Bonus that he can take a mark and kick a goal. Adds speed and pressure to our forward line so you dont have that as the disadvantage of playing a lumbering tall who slows you down - you probably wouldnt want 3 of them. He is a good player, Bruce is a good player, Marshall is a young player with potential to be good and is our best number 2 ruckmen and can play as a kpf or kpd. So there you have 2 good players in your forward line.

 

[Jade Buddha]

By round 12, we will have accepted the rebuild has failed. Which should have happened end of last year, but money and contracts didn’t allow for it. Delaying the inevitable imo. The right measure have been put in place though ( I hope ).

and in 12 years we will accept that global warming is permanent and that there will be imminent weather storms likely to kill thousands of people and that experts have tried to advise to put in place strategies but ultimately greed will dictate the outcomes.

 

[plugger66]

Members is a quick, agile midsized player. Bonus that he can take a mark and kick a goal. Adds speed and pressure to our forward line so you dont have that as the disadvantage of playing a lumbering tall who slows you down - you probably wouldnt want 3 of them. He is a good player, Bruce is a good player, Marshall is a young player with potential to be good and is our best number 2 ruckmen and can play as a kpf or kpd. So there you have 2 good players in your forward line.

Not very good. Anyway if Marshall long doesn’t. Rather long for pressure

 

[AirWinmar]

Wow surely we don't send a 87kg, 191cm SANFL rookied back flanker into the ruck against Witts 113kg, 208cm in his first AFL game?

Welcome to the saints!!

 

[AirWinmar]

Can’t remember chb and yes I think he is our best modern day ruck. If he plays forward the long can’t play. You can’t have 2 forwards on the bench.

I reckon you can

 

[triggering bro]

By round 12, we will have accepted the rebuild has failed. Which should have happened end of last year, but money and contracts didn’t allow for it. Delaying the inevitable imo. The right measure have been put in place though ( I hope ).

Totally understandable to question the current regime & failed direction of the football club. The last seven years is evidence enough. The apologists will say it was the error of the previous regime but I bet my bottom dollar that same group were vehemently defending Watters & only turned on him after he was sacked.

 

[AirWinmar]

Not very good. Anyway if Marshall long doesn’t. Rather long for pressure

When Bruce gets a hard earnt breather after kicking his 5th, you may want to replace him with Marshall so he can tap it down to Long who kicks his 4th

 

[Jade Buddha]

Welcome to the saints!!

Pretty sure I heard him discussing funeral insurance with his mum on that video posted by the club.

 

[plugger66]

I reckon you can

Well then the mids would be stuffed. The mids win or lose this game for us. Doubt any side has 2 forwards on the bench

 

[Mikka84]

and in 12 years we will accept that global warming is permanent and that there will be imminent weather storms likely to kill thousands of people and that experts have tried to advise to put in place strategies but ultimately greed will dictate the outcomes.

Also known as a ‘melt’.

Iceberg joke hidden in there.

 

[plugger66]

Totally understandable to question the current regime & failed direction of the football club. The last seven years is evidence enough. The apologists will say it was the error of the previous regime but I bet my bottom dollar that same group were vehemently defending Watters & only turned on him after he was sacked.

I turned on him after his first pre season.

 

[Jade Buddha]

Just on the panic surrounding our midfield and how utterly hopeless it is - we are playing almost the exact same midfield we used in the jlt games minus Clark and including Stuv.