Autopsy Practice Match, 2023: St.Kilda v Essendon

[MordySaint]

Assuming it is 22 + 1 sub, I hope to see:

FB: Wilkie, Howard, Webster
HB: Sinclair, Battle, Coffield
M: Hill, Crouch, Wood
HF: Gresham, Sharman, Phillipou
FF: Owens, Caminiti, Butler
R: Marshall, Steele, Windhager
Int: Ross, Clark, Byrnes, Bytel
Sub: Higgins
Em: Campbell, Cordy, Paton

Billings obviously injured, NWM I thought I heard was injured?,
Stocker, Cordy, Paton, Peris: wasnt that impressed with and I dont reckon should be in consideration for Rd.1
Van Es, Adams, Highmore, Heath: all played well but depth

Would have liked a way to give Campbell a run but has had very interrupted pre-season and given it is AFl structured not sure you can carry him in for this. Would prefer to give Sharman, Caminiti, Owens a go up fwd to see who plays Rd.1 as Cordy and Howard didnt impress against Melb.

Sub was between Higgins and Byrnes, thought Byrnes had a better game against Melb so gets the nod.

Nice side, still don't understand why Butler is an automatic start everytime though.

I'd replace him with Wood in the FWD line and put Paton on the wing.

 

[Minga]

Nice side, still don't understand why Butler is an automatic start everytime though.

I'd replace him with Wood in the FWD line and put Paton on the wing.

Really easy to forget how prolific Butler was in 2020 given that he has been pretty invisible since.

Sure he’s a decent pressure forward but there’s just no “danger danger danger, butler butler butler” anymore. Hope he proves me wrong.

 

[hayes]

We’ll probably never see 2020 Butler again but he still does the defensive stuff in the forward line at a high level and there’s really nobody else capable of doing what he does in that regard, without him we’re probably the slowest forward line in the comp.

 

[MordySaint]

We’ll probably never see 2020 Butler again but he still does the defensive stuff in the forward line at a high level and there’s really nobody else capable of doing what he does in that regard, without him we’re probably the slowest forward line in the comp.

I just don't understand what he brings to the table, reminds me of Mav Weller. He brought pressure, blocking, leadership but hardly kicked a goal.

The Butler 2020 is a long distant memory when half the teams didn't even turn up to most games. Out the back was the way to play football cause no-one could be bothered chasing. The world was very different back then.

 

[Miha]

Coaches are hell bent on not moving Battle forward even with all the injuries. Why not try it and get Coff in the back line

 

[saintkildaman]

Coaches are hell bent on not moving Battle forward even with all the injuries. Why not try it and get Coff in the back line

I thought Coff looked very average last week, I’d have Highmore in front of him based off that game.

 

[gringo2011]

I just don't understand what he brings to the table, reminds me of Mav Weller. He brought pressure, blocking, leadership but hardly kicked a goal.

The Butler 2020 is a long distant memory when half the teams didn't even turn up to most games. Out the back was the way to play football cause no-one could be bothered chasing. The world was very different back then.

We only have Peris to bring in in his place. Haven't really chased small forwards.

 

[bird_man]

Coaches are hell bent on not moving Battle forward even with all the injuries. Why not try it and get Coff in the back line

Agree, we have both Highmore and Coffield that play a similar role to Battle and Cordy as another tall

Surely we at least see how it goes tomorrow

 

[Saintbloke]

Butler does need to get on the scoreboard a bit more- we were one of the lowest scoring teams last season, and it doesn't help the cause if your small forwards/ crumbers are not pro-active enough and just hanging out the back of contests.

 

[MordySaint]

We only have Peris to bring in in his place. Haven't really chased small forwards.

Probably because the old list management team thought that Higgins and Butler were the answer to the small forward question.

 

[Munga]

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

 

[Barrels]

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

Like the forward line, actually.

And the half back line.

 

[Munga]

Happy with that considering circumstances. Hammer and Po is a big tick, instantly gives me faith in our selectors for the season.

 

[XhazzafootyX]

Shame no coffield. Thought he was much better than 4/5 blokes that were named. Backing him to be in the best 23 this year

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Needs more cowbell.

 

[Barrels]

Shame no coffield. Thought he was much better than 4/5 blokes that were named. Backing him to be in the best 23 this year

Lack of exposed form I suppose…

 

[sunny3193]

Like the forward line, actually.

And the half back line.

And that post speaks volumes about your opinion on the other positions….

 

[lewdogs]

Interesting side. Caminiti seems a genuine chance for round one.

 

[pebblesofsand]

Like the forward line, actually.

And the half back line.

Disappointed that Oscar Adams didn't make it onto the bench. Thought he did enough at full back to get another look in.

Everyone else pretty much as expected.

 

[Mavefromdelburn]

Considering our typical forward line for what last year we would consider our starting 22 are mostly out, im keen to see how caminiti, sharman, and phillipou go together. I like it.

 

[Saint Ray]

Assuming it is 22 + 1 sub, I hope to see:

FB: Wilkie, Howard, Webster
HB: Sinclair, Battle, Coffield
M: Hill, Crouch, Wood
HF: Gresham, Sharman, Phillipou
FF: Owens, Caminiti, Butler
R: Marshall, Steele, Windhager
Int: Ross, Clark, Byrnes, Bytel
Sub: Higgins
Em: Campbell, Cordy, Paton

Billings obviously injured, NWM I thought I heard was injured?,
Stocker, Cordy, Paton, Peris: wasnt that impressed with and I dont reckon should be in consideration for Rd.1
Van Es, Adams, Highmore, Heath: all played well but depth

Would have liked a way to give Campbell a run but has had very interrupted pre-season and given it is AFl structured not sure you can carry him in for this. Would prefer to give Sharman, Caminiti, Owens a go up fwd to see who plays Rd.1 as Cordy and Howard didnt impress against Melb.

Sub was between Higgins and Byrnes, thought Byrnes had a better game against Melb so gets the nod.

always more than 4 inters

Assuming it is 22 + 1 sub, I hope to see:

FB: Wilkie, Howard, Webster
HB: Sinclair, Battle, Coffield
M: Hill, Crouch, Wood
HF: Gresham, Sharman, Phillipou
FF: Owens, Caminiti, Butler
R: Marshall, Steele, Windhager
Int: Ross, Clark, Byrnes, Bytel
Sub: Higgins
Em: Campbell, Cordy, Paton

Billings obviously injured, NWM I thought I heard was injured?,
Stocker, Cordy, Paton, Peris: wasnt that impressed with and I dont reckon should be in consideration for Rd.1
Van Es, Adams, Highmore, Heath: all played well but depth

Would have liked a way to give Campbell a run but has had very interrupted pre-season and given it is AFl structured not sure you can carry him in for this. Would prefer to give Sharman, Caminiti, Owens a go up fwd to see who plays Rd.1 as Cordy and Howard didnt impress against Melb.

Sub was between Higgins and Byrnes, thought Byrnes had a better game against Melb so gets the nod.

Assuming it is 22 + 1 sub, I hope to see:

FB: Wilkie, Howard, Webster
HB: Sinclair, Battle, Coffield
M: Hill, Crouch, Wood
HF: Gresham, Sharman, Phillipou
FF: Owens, Caminiti, Butler
R: Marshall, Steele, Windhager
Int: Ross, Clark, Byrnes, Bytel
Sub: Higgins
Em: Campbell, Cordy, Paton

Billings obviously injured, NWM I thought I heard was injured?,
Stocker, Cordy, Paton, Peris: wasnt that impressed with and I dont reckon should be in consideration for Rd.1
Van Es, Adams, Highmore, Heath: all played well but depth

Would have liked a way to give Campbell a run but has had very interrupted pre-season and given it is AFl structured not sure you can carry him in for this. Would prefer to give Sharman, Caminiti, Owens a go up fwd to see who plays Rd.1 as Cordy and Howard didnt impress against Melb.

Sub was between Higgins and Byrnes, thought Byrnes had a better game against Melb so gets the nod.

Always more than 4 on the pine in these games.

 

[XhazzafootyX]

we’ll probably have 4 interchange and have 2 come on later in the last half or last qtr. bit like what collingwood and hawks are doing now.

 

[Barrels]

And that post speaks volumes about your opinion on the other positions….

Not really, I just found them the most interesting.

 

[Barrels]

Disappointed that Oscar Adams didn't make it onto the bench. Thought he did enough at full back to get another look in.

Everyone else pretty much as expected.

Van Es a bit stiff too.

 

[sunny3193]

Not really, I just found them the most interesting.

V disappointed at your lack of outrage.