Preview Round 8, 2024: St.Kilda v North Melbourne - Marvel Stadium, Saturday 4 May, 4.35pm AEST

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Game Day - Round 8, 2024: St.Kilda v North Melbourne - Marvel Stadium, Saturday 4 May, 4.35pm AEST

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[Saintbloke]

Please explain clearly why Owens cannot be a mid?

Same as playing Marshall or Tom Campbell as a mid..

 

[gringo2011]

Whoa!

North match up on us reeeeeeal well and will have been setting themselves for us as they would see us as gettable.

Maybe this could be one of those rare weekends a holiday is advisable if you think we already have the points.

Interestingly North are all midfield and we have none. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. Marshall and Steele both banged-up and not training.

Our midfield could be very threadbare.

 

[Saint12]

Same as playing Marshall or Tom Campbell as a mid..

Owens is a fair bit more mobile and skilful than our two rucks

 

[gringo2011]

I reckon Lyon will be safe until the end of his contract. He is the equivalent of Paul Roos for Melbourne. He's there to tidy up the mess and have a successor ready to take over once he's done. Wouldn't surprise me if he then takes on an admin role within the club afterwards either.

Our club is reactive. As soon as pressure comes they knife the coach. Don't put your house on it.

 

[gringo2011]

Whats in a name - lets pick someone because they play a "position" and we have a vacancy in that position - don't worry whether they are any good at it or not (ATM).

Wood is fwd until he's a winger, Sinclair is a hbf until he is a mid. Sharman is - well pick a position any position.

On exposed form Garcia is a better option as a pressure fwd simply because he has played in that position, does actually provide pressure and can run through the mid if needed.

I'd prefer Byrnes as the other option simply because of his AFL experience and his more developed body strength.

Collard will be great but I don't think we are traveling well enough or settled enough to carry a very low possession young very light fwd on the assumption he might provide a highlight or two.

I'd. rather gamble on the kids when the position is empty anyway. There is never a good time to expose the kids but forced hands can unearth talent.

 

[gringo2011]

All the preseason talk about how good we looked. How the standards were elite.

Now we're a few mids short of being a sure thing against north

FMD

I'll ask again... WTF did Brendan Goddard do to earn the right to be our midfield coach?

What makes Robert Harvey a good forwards coach? Holding Owens back from the midfield?.. yeah... na.

Injury to a s**t midfield and forwards have decimated us. Not their fault. Wood, Henry, Dow, Crouch all injured. Steele and Marshall now too. Sincs not 100% after a long lay off. Butler down, King suspended and injured. Seb Ross looking cooked. Amazing that we are competitive.

 

[Cairnsman]

All the preseason talk about how good we looked. How the standards were elite.

It's not only "elite standards" , it's "systems" , it's "tough love" , it's "training standards", "it's four pillars", its "dual narratives", it's "exploration"....

 

[pebblesofsand]

I'd. rather gamble on the kids when the position is empty anyway. There is never a good time to expose the kids but forced hands can unearth talent.

After Tim Membrey, every other fwd is 23 or way less.

I reckon we've already got more than our share of kids on the fwd line

 

[True Believer]

Owens is not a midfielder and never will be, maybe it's a fantasy for some fans.

And Pou isn't gonna make it - jeez we're gonna be light on for mids......

You better call Rossie and give him the bad news.....

 

[akaifu]

Owens is not a midfielder and never will be, maybe it's a fantasy for some fans.

Owens was literally a midfielder in his draft year so you're already objectively wrong.

 

[WhiskySaint]

Any idea when we find out about Higgins appeal?

Also…. Can someone at training just ask ross when he walks past why Owans isn’t playing mid rotations?

 

[beside the seaside]

Any idea when we find out about Higgins appeal?

Also…. Can someone at training just ask ross when he walks past why Owans isn’t playing mid rotations?

Tribunal currently deliberating

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Any idea when we find out about Higgins appeal?

Also…. Can someone at training just ask ross when he walks past why Owans isn’t playing mid rotations?

Remember to duck.

 

[Remboy]

Any idea when we find out about Higgins appeal?

Half past tomorrow.

 

[tomjoad]

Our club is reactive. As soon as pressure comes they knife the coach. Don't put your house on it.

Bassett would have to commit Harkari too. They've gone all in and it runs deep. The whole project (coaches, fitness guys, etc.) even ex-players, would have to fall on their swords. That's A LOT of ego's.
I'm not saying it wouldn't happen, but I think the whole thing has been done to mitigate our past flightiness, and our willingness to throw babies and bathwater around willy nilly without a thought for consequence.
You're right though...I wouldn't bet MY house.
That prick down the road though

 

[tomjoad]

Injury to a s**t midfield and forwards have decimated us. Not their fault. Wood, Henry, Dow, Crouch all injured. Steele and Marshall now too. Sincs not 100% after a long lay off. Butler down, King suspended and injured. Seb Ross looking cooked. Amazing that we are competitive.

A mixture of system & luck has somehow made our results "appear" competitive against stronger opposition.
It's been a weird ride.

 

[Linton Street Saint]

Higgins 3 weeks stands.

If I could bottle up why I don't watch the game as a sport anymore. There it is folks.

Somehow Higgins has a duty of care to Alir but Alir has no duty of care to himself.

It's okay though give the player with the ball 3 mins to get rid of it after dragging 2 players with them doing a 360 and then throwing it over their head.

Just come out and say if you elect to tackle and any injury occurs during it, you're liable for.

 

[Saint Kidding]

Ban upheld. Disgraceful.

 

[sauce_head]

Don’t hold somebody’s hand when they jump and flying head but the ground.

At least now we know…

 

[Mindtraveller]

Should just punch him in the stomach, would only get a fine and he'll cough up the ball

 

[ULTIMATE_WARRIOR]

What were we thinking even taking it to the tribunal?….

Is he a star of the game? Nope

Is he in contention for the Brownlow? Nope

More importantly…

Are we a ‘big’ club? Nope

Are we challenging? Nope

The AFL gives zero hecks about us.

 

[EddieMurphy]

What is the point of suspension? To stop players DELIBERATELY doing the wrong thing. What about obvious accidents?

 

[TheJackal]

Well today just plain sucked. I mean, I get to watch all of those elitists down at training in their new fancy schmancy Brains Trust beanies and now Higgos ban is upheld - meaning the AFL is officially dead.

 

[The Boar]

Need a run-with role for Harry Sheezell.
Left field option- can Hastie pick him up as a defensive forward?

Retain his spot and pick up a role.

 

[The Jack]

Between the weekly free kick count fiasco, the King suspension, the Charlie Cameron

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Charlie Cameron

Age

29

Ht

180cm

Wt

76kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.1

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

3.7

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

9.6

2star

K

7.9

3star

HB

1.7

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.7

3star

G

1.9

5star

D

9.6

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

4.2

4star

M

1.4

2star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.2

4star

debacle, the Toby Green “nothing to see here” embarrassment, the so called expert journalists who said we were no good but are now bagging the s**t out of us because we’re no good, and this Higgins comedy, I reckon I’m done.

The AFL is absolutely cooked. We are constantly treated with utter contempt and always have been. But hey, the big clubs are at the top and drawing huge crowds.

Should have just done a few lines and inhaled copious amounts of bongs then taken a week off.

Shattered for Jack.

Just fold us and put us out of our 150 year misery.