Game Day Round 14 - St Kilda v Footscray [Thursday 7.30pm] **Sinclair's 200th!**

[Hubnester]

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Gameday Saints Fans! A win for Sincs in his 200th would be lovely.

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[bergholt]

Centre clearances vs opponent

+4: Western Bulldogs
+3:
+2: Melbourne, Gold Coast
+1: Fremantle, Carlton
+0: Adelaide, North Melbourne, Brisbane, Hawthorn
-0: Essendon, Collingwood, Sydney, Geelong
-1: Richmond
-2: St Kilda, Port Adelaide, GWS
-3:
-4: West Coast

No exaggeration to say this one will be determined by what happens in the middle. If we can break even or better at centre clearances then we have a chance.

 

[bakes10]

On paper this is the strongest I've seen us for a while. Not too many players in our team would shirk a contest and overall quite mature, with plenty of midfield depth. I think it'll be closer than the last game.

 

[Broski]

Literally don't let them walk it out of stoppage and we should give ourselves a chance. We played them all of 30 minutes ago, so we should have an idea of how to respond to last time's old fashioned belting.

 

[dudeintheswamp]

Let's hope we can keep the momentum and good vibes going from the win in Alice Springs. Win this one, get on a roll, and we're still a sneaky chance for the eight.

 

[Train12]

On paper it looks like we match up well against them.

Hawks showed us last week, tackle, pressure, and even centre clearances.

Got a little feeling about this one.

 

[Train12]

Also, I thought jones would have come back for sure for them?!

 

[Gavinmitchell11]

We need to bring that manic pressure, cmon Dan butler! You’re the best at it.

 

[The Jack]

Don't fumble. Don't let them break tackles.

 

[Darrian Barnett]

Let's not embarrass ourselves this time

 

[Sully111]

Would love to get up for Sincs

 

[Nutsngum]

Don't fumble. Don't let them break tackles.

This is one of those games where committing two to three player to a tackle can really break them. Absolutely lock them down every time they have possession and they will start to fall apart.

 

[Diehard Saint]

Would love to get up for Sincs

Would love to get up for us too!

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

I think Carroll, will be the sub again.
Clark to start on 'The Bont'.
Carroll when he gets on, could be an option too.
Go you Saints!!!

 

[BrutThough]

If we can keep the margin under 30 points, we'll have done well.

 

[The Punter]

Get along if you can for Sincs - Marvel is expecting 25,000 tonight so should be plenty of room.

 

[gringo2011]

Hopefully if they shut down our ability to rebound we go one on one this time.

 

[mufti15]

Pumped to get on the train at pakenham for an hour just to leave at 3 quarter time. Hopefully spend more time at the game than on the train compared to last time we played the dogs

 

[EddieMurphy]

Literally don't let them walk it out of stoppage and we should give ourselves a chance. We played them all of 30 minutes ago, so we should have an idea of how to respond to last time's old fashioned belting.

Hawks gave us the blueprint. Pressure their throw flick pass mob.

 

[beside the seaside]

For some dumb reason I think we can win this.

Midfield is so much better with Clark in there. Steele in much better form.

Break even in the mids and we are well in this.

 

[The Punter]

For some dumb reason I think we can win this.

Midfield is so much better with Clark in there. Steele in much better form.

Break even in the mids and we are well in this.

Clark's second highest career disposal average for an opponent is against the Doggies and he has not played in the two calamities against them the last two years.

 

[beside the seaside]

Clark's second highest career disposal average for an opponent is against the Doggies and he has not played in the two calamities against them the last two years.

Great points. I think this is a much stronger side than last time. Butler, Clark really important ins. Hammer playing well as a back. Steele in better form. We can test them here, they've won one more game than us this year and are not in good form

 

[The Punter]

Great points. I think this is a much stronger side than last time. Butler, Clark really important ins. Hammer playing well as a back. Steele in better form. We can test them here, they've won one more game than us this year and are not in good form

Also Clark's record v WB is 4-2.

From Easter Sunday:

Out: Collard, Wilson, Henry, Schoenmaker, Garcia
In: Butler, Travaglia, Clark, Carroll, Keeler

 

[beside the seaside]

Also Clark's record v WB is 4-2.

From Easter Sunday:

Out: Collard, Wilson, Henry, Schoenmaker, Garcia
In: Butler, Travaglia, Clark, Carroll, Keeler

Marshall needs a good game. From memory English killed him.

 

[mad-saint-guy]

Hoping for another good performance from Keeler, continued improvement from Caminiti and some signs of class from Travaglia.

I have a very small sliver of hope that our midfield might actually be competitive if Steele really is finally fit and had just been hampered by injury. If Steele, Windy and Clark play like they did against Melbourne, Cray gets back to his early season form and Jones has a good game then we could hold our own in there.

Between Higgo, Butler, Owens, Sharman and Keeler we have players who could do some scoreboard damage if they're given enough opportunity. The defence should be alright. Just really need the mids to stand up.