AFL 2017 - R5 - St Kilda Saints vs Geelong Cats: 15:20 AEST Etihad Stadium

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Saints claim stunning upset over napping Cats

ST KILDA snatched a famous three-point victory from the jaws of defeat and claimed the scalp the club so desperately wanted by downing League leaders Geelong in a thrilling clash at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night. In a nailbiting final term, St Kilda came back from nine points down at the 18-minute mark thanks to a miraculous soccer off the ground by Jack Steven, after Jade Gresham's stunning snap from the pocket.

ST KILDA 4.2 8.6 12.8 14.9 (93)
GEELONG 1.4 4.6 10.9 13.12 (90)

GOALS

St Kilda: Minchington 3, Wright 2, Newnes 2, Weller 2, McCartin, Bruce, Membrey, Gresham, Steven
Geelong: McCarthy 3, Hawkins 3, Kersten, Lonergan, Dangerfield, Menzel, Murdoch, Blicavs, Motlop

BEST 

St Kilda: Steven, Ross, Riewoldt, Dunstan, Minchington, Gresham, Weller
Geelong: Selwood, Dangerfield, Henderson, Blicavs, Taylor, Guthrie, McCarthy


Today's Preview

St Kilda has its season back on an even ledger at 2-2 without having played its best football. It comes into this game on the back of two relatively scrappy wins against the Brisbane Lions and Collingwood and will likely need to be cleaner with the ball against Geelong to cause an upset. The speed the Saints have plays well under the roof at Etihad Stadium and will cause concerns for the Cats. By Chris Scott's own admission, his side isn't at its best despite sitting unbeaten through the first four rounds. Patrick Dangerfield and Joel Selwood have typically been in excellent form but impressive contributions from the likes of Tom Hawkins, Mitch Duncan and Steven Motlop are what can make this side a premiership contender.




Tipsters selections

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/expert-tipsters

St Kilda 6
Geelong 18


Forecast for Melbourne

Max 22
Possible shower.
Possible rainfall: 0 to 0.2 mm
Chance of any rain: 30%

Melbourne area

Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower during the late morning and afternoon, more likely over the southern suburbs. Light winds.

Fire Danger - Low-Moderate

Sun protection recommended from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 4 [Moderate]

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Hopefully last year has taught the Cats to be ready for them this time.

Geelong generally struggle to come up the week after a Hawthorn game but last week was nowhere near as taxing as those clashes have been in the past.

Geelong by about 5 goals.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Cats by 55.

 

[aussierulesrules]

Could be a cracking game if we come to play, don't take a nap during the game and stop spraying our shots all over creation!

I note that Geelong are the only team in the comp with a negative kick-to-handball ratio, so that could play into our hands, as it gives us extra opportunities to pressure and tackle, which is what our game is built on.

They also press back and launch from defence, which also gives us the opportunity to press up and lock them into our forward half.

Don't think they'll take this lightly though, after our last two encounters and also because they know they haven't been putting it together for 4 quarters and will want to keep working on that.

Nice to have a couple of strong options for Hawkins for the first time in years tho!

 

[Power Raid]

another danger game of the round. cats by plenty but the saints best is good enough

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

aaron black is still on a list

 

[aussierulesrules]

No late changes.

 

[bzparkes]

Saints by 20. Geelong very unconvincing so far. Should they win comfortably that'll go a ways to changing that perception.

 

[Viva la Mattner]

My upset for the round Saints 1-39 @ $3.10 is very very tempting

 

[Kram]

About 90% of this thread will be going on and on about umpiring.

 

[bzparkes]

About 90% of this thread will be going on and on about umpiring.

Plugger35 Get in here.

 

[JeffDunne]

About 90% of this thread will be going on and on about umpiring.

Depends who's winning.

 

[aussierulesrules]

About 90% of this thread will be going on and on about umpiring.

The other 10% will be potting anyone young from St Kilda who makes a mistake

 

[Kram]

With only 2 games on today why the hell are they crossing over?

 

[funk44]

With only 2 games on today why the hell are they crossing over?

Bizarre scheduling

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

For the love of god kick straight today

 

[JohnZ]

With only 2 games on today why the hell are they crossing over?

Ch7 game always starts at 3.20pm aest. Foxtel would have to schedule a 12pm or6pm game to not overlap. Blame ch7

 

[Bazza97]

Intriguing game this one. Saints have performed well against the Cats the last couple of times. Think it's a hard match to predict but a little bit more confident with the Cats.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Tipped Saints due to it being at ethiad

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Why have we got Bartel commentating a Geelong game?

I can see the torture a mile away!

 

[Donakebab]

I see they still haven't got rid of that awful slow "oh when the Saints" s**t before the game. It's so cringe.

 

[ColinWood]

Why have we got Bartel commentating a Geelong game?

I can see the torture a mile away!

He seems very shy & self conscious which is a little awkward... love him as a player, think he's ok as a panellist but this feels forced. Maybe time will improve him

 

[HBF]

Looking forward to this one.

 

[Saintt]

Ch7 game always starts at 3.20pm aest. Foxtel would have to schedule a 12pm or6pm game to not overlap. Blame ch7

1:10pm is less of a clash and preferable to 4:40pm though.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

He seems very shy & self conscious which is a little awkward... love him as a player, think he's ok as a panellist but this feels forced. Maybe time will improve him

Just think you could have put him on the ANZAC game rather than this one.