Preview Round 11 - St Kilda v Gold Coast (Sunday 25 May 2025, 4:40 PM - Marvel Stadium)

[Hubnester]

St Kilda v Gold Coast
Sunday 25 May 2025 - 4:40pm AEST - Marvel Stadium
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Buckle up, buckaroos. This one might sting - Gold Coast are in scary form and have strengths in their squad where ours is riddled with holes and inexperience. It's going to take a monumental effort to come close here, we can only hope our poor form and two embarrassing losses in a row can spark something.

Saints by 44

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[Ephemeral Hope]

I think we should play Heath.

 

[sauce_head]

Going to have to wait an entire round for this shit again. Sunday arvo graveyard slot. Great.

 

[SaintsofSteel]

There will be a few changes this week depending on availability, obviously Macrae will miss which will be a huge loss. Like EH above I would love to see Max Heath given an opportunity at Full Forward - give the kid a chance Ross he cant do any worse than what was served up in Perth. Sharman simply cant play that Full Forward role he doesnt have the size or game for it, use Max as a decoy if required.

Zak Jones

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Zak Jones

Age

30

Ht

182cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.8

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.0

5star

CL

1.7

4star

D

19.1

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

8.6

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.1

4star

CL

4.9

5star

D

7.0

2star

K

2.8

1star

HB

4.2

4star

M

1.0

1star

T

1.6

4star

CL

1.0

3star

will return and possibly Clark if he is fit, but it is time for Mitch Owens to be given a lot more midfield minutes and the club have already began his transition.

Collard needs some time back in the ressies and I guess the way McLennan was subbed he will be omitted also.

It wont happen but I reckon Steele just needs a break from our midfield. I would let him play a half forward role for a while and take the pressure off him and allow him to get back enjoying his footy. Then slowly reintroduce him to the midfield ala Dangerfield but play mostly as a forward. The problem for Jack is the cupboard is bare, particularly now Macrae has picked up a nasty lung injury.

Start Travaglia as the 4th medium defender option.

The smoky thats a possibility is Keeler to return and play the CHB role. He looked much better in defence for Sandi this week and was even using some physicality in his marking/spoiling. For the near future I think thats where Isaac needs to play, he looks a lot more switched on when given a job in defence.

I think the WCE loss will bite hard and strangely think we will go close to beating the Suns after they have had the past 2 weeks up in Darwin.

 

[denisp]

Got better things to do

 

[westernsainter]

Get Keeler down back and throw Caminiti forward.

Bring Boxshall and Clark in.

Move Trav into the 22.

Everyone needs to relax on Steele, he laid 14 tackles against the Budgies. If that isn't leadership I don't know what is.

 

[tomjoad]

I turned the last game off halfway through the first quarter.
Don't think I'll bother turning this one on at all.
Will check the results at the end to see how Higgins went.

 

[Sarcoidevo]

Tigers beat Gold Coast

 

[Sarcoidevo]

Get Keeler down back and throw Caminiti forward.

Bring Boxshall and Clark in.

Move Trav into the 22.

Everyone needs to relax on Steele, he laid 14 tackles against the Budgies. If that isn't leadership I don't know what is.

Maybe getting more than 16 possessions and not getting beaten to the ball?

 

[JimmyR20]

Wilkie, Hammer, Webster
Nas, Sinclair, Travaglia

Marshall, Steele, Clark, Windhager
Byrnes, Hill

Pou, Wood, Owens
Sharman, Heath, Higgins


Wilson, Garcia, Jones, Boxshall
Sub: Hall




In: Clark, Heath, Jones, Boxshall
Out: McLennan, Macrae (inj), Collard, O'Connell

Clark, Jones and Boxshall to bolster the number of players who can win a clearance in our side.

Heath to provide us a tall target allowing sharman and Wood some space. Also allows Owens to only go on the ball as a burst mid.

Macrae loss hurts.

Trav to get a full game as a.genuine half back.

 

[mad-saint-guy]

If I could pick the team

Out: Macrae (inj), McLennan, Collard, Byrnes, Garcia
In: Boxshall, Clark, Heath, Jones, Keeler

B: Webster, Wilkie, Keeler
HB: Sinclair, Caminiti, Nas
C: Hill, Boxshall, Wilson
HF: Hall, Sharman, Owens
F: Higgins, Heath, Wood

Foll: Marshall, Steele, Phillipou
Int: Travaglia, Windhager, Clark, O'Connell
Sub: Jones


Let's try not going in undersized for once. A team of weak runners isn't working

 

[Yabadoo22]

Out: macrae, collard, McLennan, Hill

In: jones, butler, heath, Clark

B:Webster, caminiti, Oconell
Hb: NAS, Wilkie, travaglia
C:jones, Owens, Wilson
Hfhillipou, Sharman, wood
F:Higgins, heath, butler
Foll:Marshall, Steele, Sinclair
Int: windhager, Byrnes, hall, Clark
Sub: Garcia

 

[Klaatu]

I would say Heath won't get a game if he couldn't be an emergency ahead of Boyd i'd say he's no chance of getting in.

On Steele didn't go to a centre bounce in the last quarter he played Owens,Sinclar,Garcia,Pou & McCrae & might of given NWM as well.

 

[Dr Spaceman]

I would say Heath won't get a game if he couldn't be an emergency ahead of Boyd i'd say he's no chance of getting in.

Not necessarily.

Maybe the club saw more value in Max playing a full game as first ruck for Sandy than sitting in a grandstand more than 3,000 kms away

 

[SaintersUnite]

Who cares, we might win because it’s at Marvel but what’s the point of only playing well there when it’s not even used in the finals.

 

[Jade Buddha]

Butler in for Collard
Heath in for ??

 

[Klaatu]

Butler in for Collard
Heath in for ??

I'll start by saying i didn't see the Sandy game, but Butler 3 disp for the whole game, granted 2 goals no he's not ready.

 

[Klaatu]

Not necessarily.

Maybe the club saw more value in Max playing a full game as first ruck for Sandy than sitting in a grandstand more than 3,000 kms away

Still don't think he's even close to a game, might be proven wrong but i don't think so, could even be off the list at seasons end with Dodson just starting to make some progress.

 

[Sully111]

Wilkie, Hammer, Webster
Nas, Sinclair, Travaglia

Marshall, Steele, Clark, Windhager
Byrnes, Hill

Pou, Wood, Owens
Sharman, Heath, Higgins


Wilson, Garcia, Jones, Boxshall
Sub: Hall




In: Clark, Heath, Jones, Boxshall
Out: McLennan, Macrae (inj), Collard, O'Connell

Clark, Jones and Boxshall to bolster the number of players who can win a clearance in our side.

Heath to provide us a tall target allowing sharman and Wood some space. Also allows Owens to only go on the ball as a burst mid.

Macrae loss hurts.

Trav to get a full game as a.genuine half back.

Why would you drop O'Connell?

 

[The Jack]

Confidence is rooted. Reckon we’re in for an extended long losing streak unfortunately.

Either that or we’ll win by 10 goals. Seriously HTF would you know with St Kilda.

 

[beside the seaside]

The next few weeks looks really tough. We really need to pull a win out of our arses here but honestly just don't see it happening with the cattle we'll have out there.

 

[Murraj1966]

We’re gonna get caned in the midfield

Need to look at a top 4 pick now otherwise we’ll just keep circling the drain

Trade a few older boys with currency because Marshall, Steele, Sinclair and Co won’t be around for our next finals appearance

 

[denisp]

Tigers beat Gold Coast

Tigers have won flags

 

[denisp]

Out: macrae, collard, McLennan, Hill

In: jones, butler, heath, Clark

B:Webster, caminiti, Oconell
Hb: NAS, Wilkie, travaglia
C:jones, Owens, Wilson
Hfhillipou, Sharman, wood
F:Higgins, heath, butler
Foll:Marshall, Steele, Sinclair
Int: windhager, Byrnes, hall, Clark
Sub: Garcia

Back to the reliable Jones and Clark - just keep Boxshall in and bring in Tauru we are gone this year and next anyway

 

[chris_h_11]

Funny how a month can completely change a football club's outlook.

A month ago, I though we were 50/50 to win against the Dogs, and expected us to win 3 out of the next 4 after that. The Dogs were 2-3 going into that game, and we had games against lowly Freo, Carlton and WC coming up.

Dogs are just about the best team in the comp now. And here we are, having won one of the last 6, having been thoroughly outclassed and outworked by the worst side in a decade.

Something's gotta give. Our ball movement has completely stopped, the flow and freedom showed in the first month of the season is gone, and I would argue nobody on the list has improved from 2024 apart from maybe Higgo.

We're gonna get embarrassed this week, GC have more top end talent than most clubs see in 20 years, and we're a pit of mediocrity. Suns by 90.