Preview Round 13, 2023: Sydney v St.Kilda - SCG, Thursday 8th June, 7:10PM AEST *PRIDE GAME*

[Dard Ball Get]

Swans by 23

 

[Plugger35]

Bloody hell didn't see this coming

I expected Rampe to be back for this game but I didn't expect Amartey to be, he had a bad hamstring injury and I thought he would be out for longer.

They are both handy inclusions but the Swans will still be well below full strength with Parker, Mills Ladhams, McDonald, Reid and the McCartins missing.

We should be closer to full strength than what they will be so we will have no excuse for losing to them, at least when it comes to our missing players.

 

[Klaatu]

That’s good 2 players coming off 7 or 8 weeks with injury could be slightly underdone, all so Amarty coming off a hammy on a cold night game suits also he will be cautious.


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[Diehard Saint]

Apologies for the intrusion - was Sincs with the midfield group or defenders out of interest?

Not telling…

 

[Jade Buddha]

Is our system entirely reliant on just working 5x harder than anyone else? No wonder it fell apart. It’s a long season

No but completely falling off a cliff in work rate is unacceptable. Working 5 x less.

 

[gringo2011]

That was the good thing about him having time in the ruck.
His ruck work was "whatever" but it got him time in the middle.

His ruck work is better than Marshall’s. High HOTA ratio and really directs them.

 

[gringo2011]

At least it sounds like Mitchito is good to go and will be picked. Probably be our strongest team on paper so far this year.

On paper but no Clark and Steele playing injured makes it less good.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Training today:

• Went for about 90 minutes
• Enthusiasm was good
• New fitness guy did the warm up
• Training generally seemed to be at a higher intensity than the last time I went
• 5 on 5 handball keepings off drill in a small space - pretty much full on pressure with tackling
• Owens looks ready to go
• Just a hunch but looks to me Windhager will get a full game in the midfield Thursday as he was training with the midfield group at the end & did some solo ground ball work at the end (his ball handling is very good) - looked up beat
• Match simulation with pretty good ball movement
• Jones & DMac pretty much trained by themselves
• Billings, Bytel, Hayes, Allison & McLennan (?) just ran laps
• RTB more involved than I have seen previously

Hopefully all of the above translates into an improved performance.

Go Saints!

Good one
Thanks Cob

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Oh that's right we are back from the bye.

 

[Max the great]

Ross, Steele, Gresh, Clarke, Byrnes.

All of them should be in trouble. Pathetic team

How many years has Clark been on the list now?

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[SteeleSaints]

Amartey is a big in for them. They've looked much more dangerous up forward when he plays.

Armatey has been out for sometime so if he returns via the AFL he will be under done, although he was in pretty good form before his hamstring injury. They might play him just to have the three tall forwards and release Buddy - will definitely make it interesting.

A reporter quoted in RTB interview that we haven't won at the SCG since 2009, 13 years of pain surely it needs to end. I farrkin hate Sydney....

 

[Nutsngum]

Armatey has been out for sometime so if he returns via the AFL he will be under done, although he was in pretty good form before his hamstring injury. They might play him just to have the three tall forwards and release Buddy - will definitely make it interesting.

Not saying he isnt a good inclusion or not but his last few games arent exactly breathtaking.

Description Date Opponent Result K HB D M G B T HO GA I50 CL CG R50 FF FA AF SC Round 5​ Apr 14​ Tigers​ Win 122-78 ↗​ 4​ 0​ 4​ 4​ 2​ 1​ 0​ 0​ 0​ 1​ 0​ 0​ 0​ 0​ 0​ 37​ 33​ Round 4​ Apr 8​ Power​ Loss 64-66​ 2​ 3​ 5​ 2​ 0​ 0​ 2​ 9​ 0​ 0​ 0​ 3​ 1​ 0​ 2​ 29​ 21​ Round 3​ Apr 2​ Demons​ Loss 84-134​ 8​ 8​ 16​ 4​ 0​ 3​ 0​ 5​ 1​ 4​ 2​ 2​ 0​ 2​ 0​ 62​ 78​ Round 2​ Mar 26​ Hawks​ Win 118-37 ↗​ 10​ 1​ 11​ 9​ 4​ 2​ 1​ 0​ 1​ 3​ 0​ 1​ 0​ 2​ 0​ 91​ 122​

 

[Yabadoo22]

Out: Clark, paton

In: windhager, owens

B:Webster, Howard, battle
Hb: Sinclair, Wilkie, nas
C: Byrnes, Owens, wood
Hf:butler, caminiti, hill
F: Gresham, king, Higgins
Foll: Marshall, Steele, crouch
Int:stocker, Ross, windhager, sharman
Sub: paton

 

[PostmanBish]

Bloody hell I know we've been average in Sydney, but 2009? Fmd, it's time.

And 2009 was an absolute freaking nailbiter for the last 10 minutes ...

 

[Mikevk123]

B- Stocker Howard Wilkie
HB- Sinclair Battle NWN
C- Hill Crouch Wood
HF- Billings Sharman Higgins
F- Caminiti King Butler
FOLL- Marshall Phillipou Steele
I/C- Windhager, Paton, Gresham, Brynes
Sub- Ross

 

[Yabadoo22]

Also, I’m off overseas to the states, then central/ South America, but wouldn’t mind watching the mighty sainters play (when suits), is there a way I can watch the games live on my phone? Thanks in advance.

 

[BrutThough]

Also, I’m off overseas to the states, then central/ South America, but wouldn’t mind watching the mighty sainters play (when suits), is there a way I can watch the games live on my phone? Thanks in advance.

watchAFL works well but it's not cheap unfortunately.

 

[pebblesofsand]

Also, I’m off overseas to the states, then central/ South America, but wouldn’t mind watching the mighty sainters play (when suits), is there a way I can watch the games live on my phone? Thanks in advance.

Just in the airport after two months away - VPN and Kayo for the games that were at a watchable time. Discipline and the AFL website replay for those that weren't on at a reasonable time. Means staying in the dark about the result until the next day but it costs nothing.

 

[StCicatriz]

If he needs easy games he’s not the player we need

Think RTB has moved past Billing’s

i would have thought owens has sealed any chance of billings coming back. beyond that Pou and Byrnes. but TBH i think he's competing with Owens now.

 

[CursingFijian]

Looking forward to seeing George on the tv again.



What a ledge.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

No but completely falling off a cliff in work rate is unacceptable. Working 5 x less.

What if we weren’t actually “fitter than everyone else”

We did sack our fitness coach.

What if everyone else was operating at 80% and we were redlining and we’ve now blown the engine

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

On paper but no Clark and Steele playing injured makes it less good.

I believe in Steele to not play himself this week if he’s going to perform the same. He’s had like a month in the 1s PLUS the bye. If he’s still playing like that we need to rest him. It’s like watching cripps play when he had the back fractures from carrying Carlton too much. Depressing

 

[seasonedsainter]

I'm very bullish on us to bounce back this week.

 

[Saintbloke]

What if we weren’t actually “fitter than everyone else”

We did sack our fitness coach.

What if everyone else was operating at 80% and we were redlining and we’ve now blown the engine

I remember early last season before the wheels fell off, that commentators were saying how fit the Saints looked, though a big part of our doing well was Paddy having good games, then he got rubbed out and we lost a bit of zing and direction, not to mention DMac and Jones going down- two hard runners around stoppages. Unfortunately, our midfield is not the engine room it should be now, and looks pale compared to the rest of the top 8 teams. Not an easy fix.

 

[Mowman]

Looking forward to seeing George on the tv again.

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What a ledge.

Poor little pee wee