Preview Round 11, 2024: Melbourne v St.Kilda - MCG - Sunday 26th May, 3.20pm AEST

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Game Day - Round 11, 2024: Melbourne v St.Kilda - MCG - Sunday 26th May, 3.20pm AEST

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[Saint Watto]

Weve not won a game under the name Euro-Yroke either.

Nil all draw?

Touche there phantom....!!!!!

 

[Simple Jack]

I may have made a typo above.

Is it Narrm or Naan ???????

A Garlic Naan of course.

Pretty sure we'd lose to a team made up of literal garlic naans atm.

They'd slip right out of our tackles being all greasy and whatnot. Not that that's any different from our recent games though.

 

[St Significant]

We’re up for an 80 point drubbing here so may as well continue the experimentation.
Keeler and O’Connell to get a look?

And may as well give Allison his debut

 

[Saintos The ITK]

And may as well give Allison his debut

Can’t hurt.
Everything else we’ve tried has been pretty well ****ed.
Let’s not die wondering.

 

[TheNewEnsign]

The first game v. Freo was the first one I haven't watched all year. What was Max's game like? Numbers look very poor on paper but that's not always the story.

 

[SaintersUnite]

Get Allison in, all I have to look forward to now is debuts.

Heck give Hotton and Keeler a go too.


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[g_TRAIN]

The first game v. Freo was the first one I haven't watched all year. What was Max's game like? Numbers look very poor on paper but that's not always the story.

His effort and attitude was first class.

His actual output was pretty ordinary.

Ross actually praised his game in the press conference presumably to re-enforce the message to Max on not dropping away in those areas.

 

[SaintersUnite]

Demons board is already throwing Billings onto the “never again” pile lol


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[Nutsngum]

The first game v. Freo was the first one I haven't watched all year. What was Max's game like? Numbers look very poor on paper but that's not always the story.

Honestly wasnt that bad. In such a low scoring game he absolutely had to convert though and didnt.
Freo were getting away with holding him out of multiple contests all night though, some of them were just very blatant but no whistles from the gutless wonders in yellow.

 

[Yabadoo22]

Great to see Allison kick 5, but no way does he deserve a debut after one good outing against a depleted team. Hopefully he backs it up and then we can start looking at him.

Out: collard, Philippou, Sharman, jones, Paton

In: Higgins , Ross, Garcia , crouch, Clark

B: Webster, Howard, Wilkie
Hb: NAS, battle, Sinclair
C: hill, windhager, wood
Hf: Wilson, king, Henry
F: Higgins, caminiti , Owens
Foll: Marshall, Steele, crouch
Int: bonner, clark, Dow, garcia
Sub: Ross

 

[beside the seaside]

Finals are obviously gone but just need to see signs from young players and signs that we can develop an attack that will win us games.

 

[littlecreatures]

Demons board is already throwing Billings onto the “never again” pile lol


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[Saint12]

If Clark is getting a game I would have him solely as a loose HBF. I don't see him uptown being a midfielder.

 

[Saintbloke]

Wouldn’t gift Clark a game, just looks off the pace and didn’t stamp himself on a game against the Richmond 3rds.

 

[marcus1232]

Im actually horrified at what petracca and viney could do to our midfield this weekend

 

[Saint12]

Wouldn’t gift Clark a game, just looks off the pace and didn’t stamp himself on a game against the Richmond 3rds.

I agree....what I saw of him wasn't impressive at all, but there seems a real want on this board at least to play him.

 

[Saint12]

Im actually horrified at what petracca and viney could do to our midfield this weekend

Let alone Oliver and Gawn

 

[70s sainter]

Out - Collard, Phillipou, Jones, Sharman, Paton

In - Higgins, Crouch, Clark, Garcia, Stocker

If Stocker isnt right, Bonner into the starting 22 with Ross or Sharman being the sub.

FB: Wilkie Howard Webster
HB: Sinclair Battle NWM
C: Wood Steele Hill
HF: Wilson King Henry
FF: Higgins Caminiti Owens
R: Marshall Crouch Windy
I/C: Stocker, Clark, Dow, Garcia
Sub - Bonner.

Probably gone too heavy on the inside mids but might as well try it at this point. Crouch instantly makes the midfield stronger and take some load off Steele. Higgins back gives us a legitimate forward threat if we can get it forward. One less tall type in the forward line to try something different.

A bit harsh on Bonner being sub but with some mids back, Sinclair isnt needed in the there so going with the 7 defenders we used last year to see if that helps sure us up a bit.

I think that is pretty spot on . Let crouch and Clark back in to help Steele out . Garcia could be better surrounded by mids . Higgins of course .
Bonner could be a good sub with his run and needs to develop some form of defense in his game as he’s been getting a free run because of meters gained but it’s fools gold . Costs us 2-3 goals per game .
Pou needing an extended stay in the seconds .
Unrelated- I hope Gresham does a hammy in the opening minutes of Dreamtime. If he says one more time he enjoys playing for ess because of big games …… F right off .

 

[Saint Watto]

Demons board is already throwing Billings onto the “never again” pile lol


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Gee....that didn't take long.....

 

[D2D3]

Demons board is already throwing Billings onto the “never again” pile lol


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Have to give them credit, they’re quicker than us

 

[saintbill]

I will be pissed if we win this. I want to go full tank mode for 2 years now.

That should be enough to get some decent picks through the door, and see the back of Lyon.

Grinding out a 10-9 victory once a month does not interest me whatsoever. Bring on the tank.

 

[saintbill]

Wouldn’t gift Clark a game, just looks off the pace and didn’t stamp himself on a game against the Richmond 3rds.

Clark ain't it. Rather move on and give Garcia a chance.

 

[gringo2011]

I will be pissed if we win this. I want to go full tank mode for 2 years now.

That should be enough to get some decent picks through the door, and see the back of Lyon.

Grinding out a 10-9 victory once a month does not interest me whatsoever. Bring on the tank.

Two is unnecessary. We need to start paying a few dividends at some point. We are a young list that needs a few top end pieces to jump up.

 

[True Believer]

I will be pissed if we win this. I want to go full tank mode for 2 years now.

That should be enough to get some decent picks through the door, and see the back of Lyon.

Grinding out a 10-9 victory once a month does not interest me whatsoever. Bring on the tank.

That's the spirit!!!...........

 

[akaifu]

Can we have a Sandy preview thread instead?