Game Day Crows vs Saints Round One 2025

[dudeintheswamp]

Well here we go folks, first up for 2025 against Tex & The Tools. Smashed by injury, debutantes up the wazoo and in Nadelaide. What might we do? What can we do? What will we do?

Saints by 23.

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[Saint Kidding]

Feeling bullish today.

Big win to shut them all up!

 

[dudeintheswamp]

Interested to hear people's thoughts on who might be the sub? Hope it ain't one of the debutantes. Reckon they may go with Byrnes.

 

[Sully111]

I feel like I'm about to ask a smokin' hot girl out and she'll probably say no but she might say yes and if she says yes oh boy

 

[stavro#4]

I hate starting a season with a loss.

 

[pebblesofsand]

Hard to know what will happen.

Changed my tips three times on this game already - clear from the "opening round" crap and the first up games in this round that practice match form is a bit meaningless.

Clearly scoring is much easier early on in the season and games seem to favour those sides prepared to run and gun - will that be us today or not?

 

[SaintsofSteel]

Pressure and tackling is the ethos that has won teams games this round. If we can do that better than the Crows we will give ourselves a fighting chance.

 

[stavro#4]

 

[god_of_the_universe]

Not very hopeful today.

With a full complement of players we'd be a decent chance, but just too many key outs for us.

Only chance is to try and bring the game down to our level and keep it a low scoring affair.

 

[Pbft]

Not very hopeful today.

With a full complement of players we'd be a decent chance, but just too many key outs for us.

Only chance is to try and bring the game down to our level and keep it a low scoring affair.

Pressure - both defensively and forward half combined with run will take us a long way.

Need our mids to hit the scoreboard.

Quietly confident.

 

[SaintsofSteel]

Great stuff by our media team, they have really lifted the bar so far this season!

 

[stavro#4]

 

[stavro#4]

 

[Remboy]

I still remember taking an understrength team full of kids down to Tassie and knocking off the Hawks. Anything’s possible.
Saints by eleventy seven goals. Bang!

 

[Speck]

Interested to hear people's thoughts on who might be the sub? Hope it ain't one of the debutantes. Reckon they may go with Byrnes.

Byrnes named on the field so won't be him.

Will be from Jones/Clark/Hastie/Arie (Boyd also named on the bench but that would be top weird).

My guess is Jones.

 

[Coconut_twirl]

So if someone gets injured during this game, is it Ross the Boss and overtraining?

On a serious note, Saints a bigger chance than many on here give credit for. With injuries comes opportunity. Might unearth a couple of permanent best 22 players that otherwise might never have got the chance.

 

[SinCitySainter]

My bet would be for Hastie to be the sub as with a restricted list we need Jones and Clark to round out the midfield with experience. Neither Ari or Boyd are sensible options for the sub so Hastie seems the obvious choice.

 

[Murraj1966]

Crows by 25

Have to keep reminding ourselves that the list is young as ****

 

[stavro#4]

 

[TheJackal]

My bet would be for Hastie to be the sub as with a restricted list we need Jones and Clark to round out the midfield with experience. Neither Ari or Boyd are sensible options for the sub so Hastie seems the obvious choice.

I'd be super surprised if it's not Jones, Clark or maybe even Hall. Money would be on Jones.

Hasties overhead prowess is absolutely needed in our backline.

 

[stavro#4]

I'd be super surprised if it's not Jones, Clark or maybe even Hall. Money would be on Jones.

Hasties overhead prowess is absolutely needed in our backline.

Hall would have a distinct role without the likes of Butler playing wouldn’t he?

It’s Hastie or Ari for me.

 

[stavro#4]

Clark sub

 

[CursingFijian]

Hunter the sub.

 

[Circus]

A couple of weeks ago apparently I muttered yes to a question I took no notice of..............so now I'm going to a meaningless in-law family function..................FFS!!!!!

Lesson: look at Saints match calendar before any commitment.

 

[Saint Kidding]

Damn it Fox! Centre the cross! Triggered!