Preview Round 1, 2022: St.Kilda v Collingwood - Marvel Stadium, Friday 18th March, 7:50PM AEDT

[aussierulesrules]

T-minus 1 hour to meltdown!!!

Whoops, no it isn’t, was thinking it was Thursday!

 

[StCicatriz]

when do the sides get announced?

 

[tim_saints]

when do the sides get announced?

Tomorrow around 6:15pm

 

[mighty_sainters]

when do the sides get announced?

24 hours away

 

[mighty_sainters]

Really hope Owens isn’t the emergency sub.

 

[gringo2011]

That is literally what Jack Bytel is. Patience grasshopper.

Gresham is also very good at winning clearances. Had 9 in his last full game, against Gawn/Jackson, Oliver, Petracca, Viney and co. and while roving to Paul Hunter!

Bytel is 22 and not young any more, he really needs to start a pretty fast rise. If he can't cement a spot this year he's going to have to defy the odds to make it. Gresham is a potential gun but he's struggling to stay on the park in the last few years.

 

[Saintbloke]

Bytel is 22 and not young any more, he really needs to start a pretty fast rise. If he can't cement a spot this year he's going to have to defy the odds to make it. Gresham is a potential gun but he's struggling to stay on the park in the last few years.

We have really made a mess of building a premiership midfield over the last 10 years I reckon

 

[tomjoad]

WangMill looks like a Hill style wingman, Owens looks potentially a mid and Windy a forward mid. I'm talking a pure Olly Wines/ Clayton Oliver ball pig style midfielder. We can't win clearance without Ryder who is minutes from retirement but don't seem to address a lack of clearance specialists.

I suppose they think Crouch and Steele offer that at the moment with the "hope" that Bytel and Owens take the mantle as they come through.
We could do with a couple more though.

 

[AirWinmar]

Whoops, no it isn’t, was thinking it was Thursday!

You got me excited there for a minute

 

[Sun Ra]

Bytel is 22 and not young any more, he really needs to start a pretty fast rise. If he can't cement a spot this year he's going to have to defy the odds to make it. Gresham is a potential gun but he's struggling to stay on the park in the last few years.

Are you saying Bytel is an "old" 22 ?

 

[bird_man]

youve highlighted the biggest risk in this game

have people already forgotten the absolute beating the pies handed to us not long ago when grundy dominated us

Funnily enough, both Marshal and Ryder played in that game...

 

[StCicatriz]

Funnily enough, both Marshal and Ryder played in that game...

which just highlights how much risk it carries! which gives more weight to stavs and the clubs concern.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

which just highlights how much risk it carries! which gives more weight to stavs and the clubs concern.

We didn’t have Jack ‘Dean Cox’ Hayes in the ruck last time

 

[bird_man]

That is literally what Jack Bytel is. Patience grasshopper.

Gresham is also very good at winning clearances. Had 9 in his last full game, against Gawn/Jackson, Oliver, Petracca, Viney and co. and while roving to Paul Hunter!

Bytel was taken at pick 41 and can't cement a spot in our side.

The chances of him becoming anything close to Wines and Oliver etc are extremely low.

Those guys were elites of the comp already at his age.

And yes I know he missed a year of footy but he can't use that excuse much longer.

 

[bird_man]

which just highlights how much risk it carries! which gives more weight to stavs and the clubs concern.

I don't think it highlights why we should be play a 193cm back up ruckman if Ryder and Marshall were spanked by him.

 

[George]

Surprised Hayes v Sharman was going to be the first melt of the year, can't imagine what it'll be like when we're discussing two players that have played more than 4 games combined.

 

[Mowman]

Surprised Hayes v Sharman was going to be the first melt of the year, can't imagine what it'll be like when we're discussing two players that have played more than 4 games combined.

Who melted ?
some of us believe Sharman should play as he should and the others were wrong

 

[George]

Who melted ?
some of us believe Sharman should play as he should and the others were wrong

Stop melting mate, was tongue in cheek.

I think Sharman should play too

 

[gringo2011]

Are you saying Bytel is an "old" 22 ?

I'm saying not many players get more than 4 years if the don't play regular best 22 footy, especially mids, they might wait longer for rucks and KPs but he really wants to get a move on. If you're a top 20 pick you might get given a bit longer.

 

[Mowman]

Stop melting mate, was tongue in cheek.

I think Sharman should play too

as was mine

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Bytel is 22 and not young any more, he really needs to start a pretty fast rise. If he can't cement a spot this year he's going to have to defy the odds to make it. Gresham is a potential gun but he's struggling to stay on the park in the last few years.

Clint Jones never played a game of AFL until he was 23.
Bytel has a reason he's a bit behind the 8 ball.

 

[Tommy Wigs]

There was definitely a game against Carlton that if not sold out was about as close to it before they would call it, from memory Stuv dominated and we won

Reckon Gresh broke Daisy’s ankles that day.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Watching this Melbourne WB game is so obvious the benefit of a strong midfield.

Damn Melbourne's midfield is strong.

Hoping we focus on our mids at some stage.................

If we had someone like Brayshaw he'd be in our top 3 players, at Melbourne you hardly notice him.

 

[BrutThough]

Reckon Gresh broke Daisy’s ankles that day.

Any excuse to bring out some Gresh highlights

 

[stavro#4]

Rather not play one of Higgins or Butler, and give Sharman a game- it would force Collingwood to send a tall into our forward line and probably unbalance their system.

Yes let’s drop more smalls for talls. If the ball ever hits the deck the pies surely will waltz the ball out like the ants go marching one by one all the way down the other end of the group.

Funnily enough, both Marshal and Ryder played in that game...

You do realise That’s the point?

We didn’t have Jack ‘Dean Cox’ Hayes in the ruck last time

No one is calling him Dean Cox.

But he is our best alternative to back Marshall up around the ground.