Game Day Round 18, 2021: St.Kilda v Port Adelaide

[George]

1:45PM START

 

[Veer Right]

@ Saintmania

interesting stat is Port hasn't lost this year against a team lower than them..hmm

Eagles round three.

 

[bergholt]

1:45PM START

Whoa, when did this change to afternoon? Guess I wasn’t paying attention.

 

[Sully111]

Win

Just win

I'm quietly confident.

Ryder, Roma, Steele, Crouch, Dunstan, Jones tearing it up.

Our defence looks good.

King has a bit of swag about him

Dmac and Long bringing the heat.

I'm pumped.

Hope we smash 'em.

 

[Murraj1966]

Huge game, a win here really puts us in the frame for finals despite our hard draw

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Whoa, when did this change to afternoon? Guess I wasn’t paying attention.

Thanks I definitely oils have missed it

 

[bergholt]

Marshall due a big game, hope it’s today.

 

[plugger66]

Huge game I know not everyone will agree but a win probably means finals. I think a loss means no finals.

 

[gringo2011]

Win

Just win

I'm quietly confident.

Ryder, Roma, Steele, Crouch, Dunstan, Jones tearing it up.

Our defence looks good.

King has a bit of swag about him

Dmac and Long bringing the heat.

I'm pumped.

Hope we smash 'em.

Yep agree, this should be a win. It's a pretty light weight Port that's coming over. It will be a pretty poor effort if they drop this after they seem to have rediscovered their mojo.

 

[PoppedCorn]

Whoa, when did this change to afternoon? Guess I wasn’t paying attention.

Yesterday late arvo some time berg

 

[BrutThough]

I just want to see the same pressure and intensity from last week for the full 4 quarters. Thats how we will give ourselves the best chance to win.

With us getting straight on a plane to Perth after the game, one of the biggest challenges will be making sure the players are still mentally present for this game and not already thinking about next week.

We need to win the midfield battle - hoping Dunstan to limit Wines' output and Steele to beat Boak head to head. Up forward, we need to take our opportunities when we get them - thats what killed us against them last time. And down back, it will be interesting how we match up with them having such a tall forward line. Hopefully we can hurt them at ground level and move the ball out of their quickly to expose their lack of smalls.

No reason we can't win the game today and keep ourselves slightly ahead of the pack.
Saints by 18.

 

[bird_man]

Must win game, even more so after last night's result!

Going to be a tough one, hopefully no late outs.

 

[Pardon me]

Butler most goals
Crouch most touches
Hill >25 touches
Saints to win

 

[bird_man]

Yep agree, this should be a win. It's a pretty light weight Port that's coming over. It will be a pretty poor effort if they drop this after they seem to have rediscovered their mojo.

Our injury list isn't too far off there's.

Port will be top 4 side if they win.

Seems like a genuine 50-50 game to me.

 

[George]

Our last win against Port Adelaide @ Marvel (We've only played them one other time @ Docklands since then)

 

[cooperrules]

King ryder and marshall will destroy them.

 

[St Kilda Death]

Richmond certainly threw a spanner in the works for us.
Bris looked terrible with adams out against that 3 tall forward setup.

 

[El HOSS]

Our injury list isn't too far off there's.

Port will be top 4 side if they win.

Seems like a genuine 50-50 game to me.

Agreed. The media narrative that they are 'banged up' is comical. The love digging the boots into us when we lose. They rarely use our injury list as a mitigating factor for our struggles. Hope we smash them around the footy.

 

[TheEnsign]

Still can't get over how tall they went given the roof is/was meant to be open.

I think it'll either work really well and they smash us or we carve them non stop on the rebound and beat them by 3-4 goals. Can't see a close one.

Wilkie plays taller than his listed height, and if Paddy drops back to defend a lot then I'm pretty hopeful.

 

[puppy_dog7]

Our last win against Port Adelaide @ Marvel (We've only played them one other time @ Docklands since then)

A result like that would be nice

 

[kernelT]

I just want to see the same pressure and intensity from last week for the full 4 quarters.

This is the big one for me, maybe it's not sustainable for months on end, but we have to be pretty switched on today or our season will be over in a quarter.

Bring it fellas.

 

[triggering bro]

Is the roof going to be open?

 

[BrutThough]

Is the roof going to be open?

Closed according to Mitch Cleary

 

[Jade Buddha]

Is the roof going to be open?

It’ll lift after we are 8 goals ahead.

 

[gringo2011]

Butler most goals
Crouch most touches
Hill >25 touches
Saints to win

I reckon we need a big game from King to win.