Autopsy Practice Match, 2023: St.Kilda v Essendon

[Bulldogs85]

Saints by 40
phillipou gets his revenge kicks 5 goals and Essendon fans are going to cry lol

 

[stavro#4]

So the players not named anywhere are:

Jones (achilles)
Ross (?)
King (shoulder)
Billings (leg)
Hayes (foot)
Membrey (knee)
Allison (foot)
McKenzie (?)
Hotton (back)
Keeler (knee)
McLennan (back)
Heath (?)

I've probably missed it but I can't remember why Ross, McKenzie, Heath are missing?

Ross & Dmac are calfs

Heath I think tweaked an ankle. But I’m not certain on this one.

 

[PoppedCorn]

Sharman will kick 14 off the bench

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Will miss the whole match but looking forward to catching up on Kayo while reading the melts here over dinner

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Don't suppose chatGPT has an answer to St Kildas woes?

 

[bergholt]

Don't suppose chatGPT has an answer to St Kildas woes?

Not sure it's completely up to date on our list but this seems pretty close

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

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Not sure it's completely up to date on our list but this seems pretty close

I reads like a coaches press conference.

 

[Dr Spaceman]

Sharman will kick 14 off the bench

First one to arrive at the ground so he’s obviously keen

 

[MordySaint]

So the players not named anywhere are:

Jones (achilles)
Ross (?)
King (shoulder)
Billings (leg)
Hayes (foot)
Membrey (knee)
Allison (foot)
McKenzie (?)
Hotton (back)
Keeler (knee)
McLennan (back)
Heath (?)

I've probably missed it but I can't remember why Ross, McKenzie, Heath are missing?

That's an extremely extensive injury list.

Got to wonder why so many get injured pre-season.

These practice games are really not worth the effort when our players go down in them.

If we get another quality player injured today, then the club seriously needs to look at preseason.

 

[ScrappyDo]

That's a bad sign. He was playing very attacking last week running off his man and playing a more Sinclair style role. Perhaps without the defensive side to his game though.

He wasn't impressive but he wasn't terrible either. You can only surmise that he failed to keep the zone intact or something.

Maybe it's a practice game and they're managing his load?
If you're seeing bad signs atm it's coz you're looking for them.

 

[Saints TV]

Morning Sainters - for what it's worth here is my little match preview video:

 

[stavro#4]

That's an extremely extensive injury list.

Got to wonder why so many get injured pre-season.

These practice games are really not worth the effort when our players go down in them.

If we get another quality player injured today, then the club seriously needs to look at preseason.

Our pre season was abit disjointed. Especially the older guys.

So they had to ramp up loads in early jan and obviously some are soft tissues due to that.

King obviously isn’t. Shit part was that he was on fire early doors. Really impressing Rossy with his work ethic.

 

[CaptainRisky]

Ross & Dmac are calfs

Heath I think tweaked an ankle. But I’m not certain on this one.

That's an extremely extensive injury list.

Got to wonder why so many get injured pre-season.

These practice games are really not worth the effort when our players go down in them.

If we get another quality player injured today, then the club seriously needs to look at preseason.

95 % of the injuries happened before the practice game

Sorry Stav not sure how you ended up in my message

 

[MordySaint]

95 % of the injuries happened before the practice game

Sorry Stav not sure how you ended up in my message

There were mutliple points to my comments.

If you listen to SaintsTV pod on the game, on similar lines to the risk of the practice games.

Players going in too hard at training must have some truth.

 

[The Punter]

My recollection is that is was a pretty extensive injury list pre-season 2007 as well.

 

[CaptainRisky]

There were mutliple points to my comments.

If you listen to SaintsTV pod on the game, on similar lines to the risk of the practice games.

Players going in too hard at training must have some truth.

Sorry , i would rather put sticks in my eyes than spend time watching them , i tried once and all old mate did was play with his hair

 

[Nutsngum]

That's an extremely extensive injury list.

Got to wonder why so many get injured pre-season.

These practice games are really not worth the effort when our players go down in them.

If we get another quality player injured today, then the club seriously needs to look at preseason.

Have you ever actually played football before? Practice matches are incredibly important at every level and I would argue the afl is doing the players a disservice by reducing them down to 2 (technically one now).

 

[sammm]

Team selection: Saints youngsters get opportunity to lock in Round 1 spot

The battle for spots is heating up ahead of Round 1 as Ross Lyon backs in a band of emerging stars for the Saints' official practice match

www.saints.com.au

B	Dougal Howard	Jimmy Webster	Callum Wilkie
HB	Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera	Jack Sinclair	Josh Battle
C	Ben Paton	Marcus Windhager	Ryan Byrnes
HF	Mitch Owens	Mattaes Phillipou	Jack Higgins
F	Zaine Cordy	Anthony Caminiti	Jade Gresham
R	Rowan Marshall	Jack Steele	Brad Crouch
INT	Mason Wood	Liam Stocker	Hunter Clark
	Cooper Sharman	Tom Highmore	Dan Butler
	Bradley Hill	Jack Bytel
E	Nick Coffield	Leo Connolly	Oscar Adams
	Tom Campbell

ben paton in the centre is interesting

 

[sammm]

Wonder how Seb is feeling

It says he is being managed. i doubt that he would feel that he has lost his place int he team.

 

[The Punter]

Cordy, Phillipou and Caminiti all in the front six is certainly a vibe.

 

[bergholt]

That's an extremely extensive injury list.

Got to wonder why so many get injured pre-season.

These practice games are really not worth the effort when our players go down in them.

If we get another quality player injured today, then the club seriously needs to look at preseason.

Disagree. Injuries aren't the worst thing when we're trying to find out who our players are, it gives more chances to others who we might not have seen otherwise. I'd rather the players are working hard and occasionally breaking down rather than cruising and not improving.

 

[saintkildaman]

Anyone watching Sandy?

 

[lewdogs]

It says he is being managed. i doubt that he would feel that he has lost his place int he team.

Ross mentioned that Seb has a minor calf injury.

 

[MordySaint]

Have you ever actually played football before? Practice matches are incredibly important at every level and I would argue the afl is doing the players a disservice by reducing them down to 2 (technically one now).

AFL has stopped the pre-season cup, interstate competition, post season comp, exhibition games ... nearly everything outside the home and away season.

Wouldn't be surprised if we see these pre-season practice games gone by next season too.

Played sport all my life, including football and still undertake risk pastimes for the adrenaline rush. But these pre-season games are not worth the risk to our players and it proves nothing...

Tell me what we gained from the Melbourne game other than a media nosebleed and an injury to one of our best players.

 

[g_TRAIN]

AFL has stopped the pre-season cup, interstate competition, post season comp, exhibition games ... nearly everything outside the home and away season.

Wouldn't be surprised if we see these pre-season practice games gone by next season too.

Played sport all my life, including football and still undertake risk pastimes for the adrenaline rush. But these pre-season games are not worth the risk to our players and it proves nothing...

Tell me what we gained from the Melbourne game other than a media nosebleed and an injury to one of our best players.

Provided other teams are doing it we have to do it too as it gives a significant R1 advantage in match fitness strategy etc to teams that participate

I wouldn't be against it if the AFL decided to cancel them all together though.