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

[Chef Ratts]

BELLISSIMO!

 

[saintsrfreak]

Games a sell out isn’t it?

Going off this

 

[Premium]

He has been chewing Steele’s ear off all pre season. One match sim, he buried him. Won Few clearances.

From then on he has pretty much been starting on the same side as him.

Bytel has had the head to head job. Buried him and they had a little niggle after. Disappointed he got injured. Because he looked exciting.

Owens playing is really going to throw the cat amongst the pigeons.
If he shows he is good enough to play as a midfielder this young guys like Clark and Bytel are going to need to really perform to get a game in the middle.
The good thing about this kid is he can mark and gives us another get out of jail card when needed.
Good marking midfielders are scarce.

 

[moirae42]

Very stoked to see Mitch get a game.
Hope they start him on the ground now. He's gonna crush it.

 

[Plugger35]

A lot of attention tomorrow night will be on Nick Daicos being a no. 4 pick, hopefully that allows Owens to slip under the radar and surprise some people.

Great to see Hayes getting a call up too, liked what I saw of him in the preseason, looks a great competitor that will provide a good back up to Marshall.

 

[Chef Ratts]

One hour till new season selection melts.

 

[Fehring]

Tell you what, I'm very horny at the thought of crossing the bridge at docklands with the faint sound of our song playing on the trumpet in the distance.

Just so you don't "go" too early, let me bring you down to earth - Last time we played Collingwood at night at Docklands, my brother got called a f##got and there was a brawl in the bar behind us.

Be careful out there folks.

 

[True Believer]

Can't remember where, but there was a comment from Steele in the preseason about going head to head with Owens at match sim, and how Owens had beaten him with strength and really surprised him.....

 

[tim_saints]

**** I’m keen to see Mitchito in the side, this kid could be anything for us, skill set and size that we lack in the midfield even now being his age, let alone a couple of seasons on the track and in the gym.

Hope he makes the spot his own and holds it the majority of the year

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Can't remember where, but there was a comment from Steele in the preseason about going head to head with Owens at match sim, and how Owens had beaten him with strength and really surprised him.....

Was on the dyl Buckley podcast. He mentioned Owens was someone who really was surprised by at training. Matched him in strength and contested work.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Owens playing is really going to throw the cat amongst the pigeons.
If he shows he is good enough to play as a midfielder this young guys like Clark and Bytel are going to need to really perform to get a game in the middle.
The good thing about this kid is he can mark and gives us another get out of jail card when needed.
Good marking midfielders are scarce.

He’d be the first mid in a while to be drafted, debut round one and perform straight away. Most of ours take a few years to be ready so it’s quite a novel experience

 

[Dr Spaceman]

Can't remember where, but there was a comment from Steele in the preseason about going head to head with Owens at match sim, and how Owens had beaten him with strength and really surprised him.....

 

[DocklandsSaint]

This looks...big

 

[tim_saints]

He’d be the first mid in a while to be drafted, debut round one and perform straight away. Most of ours take a few years to be ready so it’s quite a novel experience

25 and 2 snags I heard, just a rumour though…

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

25 and 2 snags I heard, just a rumour though…

Pretty good scoop to know his stat sheet from tomorrow already

 

[tim_saints]

Pretty good scoop to know his stat sheet from tomorrow already

What can I say, the beers are talking to me

 

[stfan]

Our backline of Webster , Wilkie , Battle , Howard , Sinclair , Paton looks like one of the strongest we have had in a long time, add that to a strong forward line which I rate just about the best in the AFL in Higgins , Membery , Butler , King , Gresham all we need is the midfield to perform and we are in for a hell of a season.

Including that Marshall and Ryder play most games.

 

[Veer Right]

I am soooo stoked Owens is selected! He's got the physique to go with the older blokes. Can't wait.

 

[cooperrules]

He’d be the first mid in a while to be drafted, debut round one and perform straight away. Most of ours take a few years to be ready so it’s quite a novel experience

Still waiting

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Still waiting

Lucky round 1 for us is only about 14 hours away! You’ll see him light it up

 

[Veer Right]

Still waiting

True that. Probably Gresham was our last one and his numbers as a mid are not strong. Before that, Dunstan? No tank and never delivered till last year.... man it's been a lean run.

 

[Desperate saint]

Can't stand Petracca as a person. Just too full of himself and quite shallow and incoherent on AFL360. He lacks the vocabulary and worldliness needed for that show - out of his depth up against intellectual heavyweights the likes of Robbo and Gerard. He's making Adam Treloar look like Albert Einstein. I'm glad we didn't draft him tbh. I don't like Oliver either. Would prefer someone like Ed Langdon if I could pick one of theirs.

I agree but we need to win a premiership not a popularity contest

 

[Jade Buddha]

Mitchito, Burrito, Esposito, Completo

 

[bird_man]

Those debut videos they put out give a shiver down your spine every time!!

Hayes is a great story and as much as I've said in not sold on the selection, nothing would make me happier to see someone like him succeed.

And what a rise from Owens

 

[Max the great]

Love the Michito surprise. I don't know heaps about him... so can anyone here who is a legit top Supercoacher give me some info on his JS and the likes. Would love to have one of our own in my side but don't want to select him just because he is a Saint.

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