AFL 2017 - R16 - St Kilda v Richmond - 7:25pm AEST Etihad Stadium

[_Mike_]

Details to follow

Roof will be closed but cool conditions will see a top of 14 today

One of the interesting matches of the round

Tip. St Kilda by 8 points

 

[demondavey]

Saints in a tight one. Just to keep things really interesting and take the shine off Richmond's top 4 prospects.

 

[gavaniacono]

Umps, as per usual, will stand up and be the difference in this battle.

 

[demondavey]

Umps, as per usual, will stand up and be the difference in this battle.

They'll get it done for the Saints in Maddy's round.

 

[gavaniacono]

They'll get it done for the Saints in Maddy's round.

Jesus I hope not!

 

[demondavey]

Jesus I hope not!

You can bet your bottom dollar Gav. It's all about the fairytale.

 

[ioppolo]

St Kilda with a goal very late, for the lols

 

[smasha]

Richmond versus the World for another round going by the comments.

Melt,Richmond loss and thread grows ten fold by oppos racing in faster than a seagull on a chip or Richmond win and a massive nuclear type melt behind closed doors and only a ten page thread.

Stay tuned.

 

[god_of_the_universe]

The Richmond of old used to bottle these games. Their best is probably better than ours at the moment but this season has shown anything can happen.

 

[smasha]

The Richmond of old used to bottle these games. Their best is probably better than ours at the moment but this season has shown anything can happen.

Found a purple t for Maddie,best luck to Saints fans,will be a ripper.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Richmond has a extra days break, shorter plane ride, better ladder position, better form, so yeah of course they have no chance

 

[telsor]

Richmond has a extra days break, shorter plane ride, better ladder position, better form, so yeah of course they have no chance

According to the 'neutral' fans on BF, that's pretty much it, yes.

Oh, and St Kilda is a 'young developing team' while Richmond needs to rebuild, even though Richmond's 22 average about a year younger and we have around twice as many players that have played under 50 games...

 

[Kram]

St Kilda are fool's gold, Richmond if they bother to turn up should thrash them.

 

[Paratus78]

St Kilda are fool's gold, Richmond if they bother to turn up should thrash them.

Unfortunately I tend to agree...

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Richmond if they are serious should win well

 

[Ticky009]

Well I for one am hoping for a Tigers win. And encourage them to crap all over Saints %.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Well I for one am hoping for a Tigers win. And encourage them to crap all over Saints %.

What %?

 

[Roadto2018]

According to the 'neutral' fans on BF, that's pretty much it, yes.

Oh, and St Kilda is a 'young developing team' while Richmond needs to rebuild, even though Richmond's 22 average about a year younger and we have around twice as many players that have played under 50 games...

To be fair if you remove Montagna and Riewoldt (which we easily could and not lose much other than experience) our average age would plummet, they've got over 65 years between them compared to about 42 that their replacements would have, so average age isn't the be all and end all

 

[MowShow]

Saints fell over the line against Freo (who lost Sandilands during the game) last week. Coming back from WA and with a shorter break.

Tiger's coming off an impressive road win against Port and are also the better ranked team. They should put this game away if they are serious about this season.

Tip: Richmond by 26

 

[Chuckie357]

Umps, as per usual, will stand up and be the difference in this battle.

Justin Schmidt is umpiring, he hates us

 

[gavaniacono]

Justin Schmidt is umpiring, he hates us

Will lets see if he can maintain his hate one more week!

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Should be a huge crowd and good for mrw.

Wear purple and please give.

 

[Armchair Critic]

I am torn on this one. If Richmond lose we will only be one game off 4th (Scary Thought considering our start to the season) but if St Kilda lose we are guaranteed of being in the 8 this week .

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Massive crowd building. The bar I normally frequent is packed well out from gametime

 

[Xtreme]

Eww this is Ch 7's Saturday night broadcast match.

Richmond should win if they want to be taken seriously as finals contenders