Brains Trust66
Norm Smith Medallist
Saints to win by 350 points .........ok I might have exaggerated the winning amount a little but I am a little biased .
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I'm incredibly confident that we'll win this, so expect us to lose by 4 goals.
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DMac must play!
DMac must goDMac must captain!
DMac must...be a bloody hypnotist or somethingDMac must go
%100 on your preferred team, Bytel and Jake all the way.Team I'd pick:
B: Webster, Howard, Wilkie
HB: Coffield, Carlisle, Sinclair
C: Hill, Steele, Billings
HF: Higgins, Battle, Butler
F: Lonie, King, Membrey
Foll: Ryder, Gresham, Clark
Int: Bytel, Highmore, McKernan, Ross
Team I'm predicting we'll see:
B: Webster, Howard, Highmore
HB: Coffield, Wilkie, Sinclair
C: Hill, Steele, Billings
HF: Higgins, McKernan, Butler
F: Lonie, King, Membrey
Foll: Ryder, Gresham, Ross
Int: Battle, Clark, Jones, Long
(Out: Bytel, Carlisle. In: Jones, Long)
Really hoping we don't go in with only one genuine tall defender but Carlisle seems to be severely on the outer. Also want to see Jones get a good run in the reserves to build his match fitness before being thrown into senior games with the longer quarters.
Thats my worry - that we will leave Carlisle and play an undersized defence despite us playing better with 2 genuine key backs, and we end up losing because we dont have a genuine match-up for the GWS talls.Team I'd pick:
B: Webster, Howard, Wilkie
HB: Coffield, Carlisle, Sinclair
C: Hill, Steele, Billings
HF: Higgins, Battle, Butler
F: Lonie, King, Membrey
Foll: Ryder, Gresham, Clark
Int: Bytel, Highmore, McKernan, Ross
Team I'm predicting we'll see:
B: Webster, Howard, Highmore
HB: Coffield, Wilkie, Sinclair
C: Hill, Steele, Billings
HF: Higgins, McKernan, Butler
F: Lonie, King, Membrey
Foll: Ryder, Gresham, Ross
Int: Battle, Clark, Jones, Long
(Out: Bytel, Carlisle. In: Jones, Long)
Really hoping we don't go in with only one genuine tall defender but Carlisle seems to be severely on the outer. Also want to see Jones get a good run in the reserves to build his match fitness before being thrown into senior games with the longer quarters.
Don't forget Jack Buckley, who they may also play. 23 yrs old, 194cm from their academy who took 8 marks and kicked a couple of goals on the weekendDon't like the idea of going into this game with one key defender.
They have Riccardi, Himmleberg and Finlayson as key forwards.
It was a mistake not playing a 2nd key defender last year against the Eagles and we looked much better the following fortnight with the 2nd defender.
That's a solid 6 or so missing from our best 18.Unavailable: Crouch, Hannebury, Geary, Marshall, Frawley, Byrnes, Paton.
Touch and go: Jones.
Geary, Frawley and Byrnes are no great loss and shouldn't be best 22 anywayThat's a solid 6 or so missing from our best 18.
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For mine it comes down to one simple thing in that we are a better unit with him on the field.It’s very likely possible that the coaches just seen Frawley ahead at this stage of the preseason. By all reports he was in ripping nick prior to the hammy. Jake has the history with the back, so no idea if he was hitting the markers required. They most likely assumed it was better to feed AFL minutes into Highmore as I believe Ratten stated the other day.
Either way I’d be really surprised if Jake is not named for Sunday week.
For mine it comes down to one simple thing in that we are a better unit with him on the field.
The club has elected to re-sign him on a 1+1, and that should be the end of any differences over his "attitude".
Unavailable: Crouch, Hannebury, Geary, Marshall, Frawley, Byrnes, Paton.
Touch and go: Jones.