Preview St Kilda Saints vs. Fremantle Dockers, Round 1 2023

[Snuffaluphagus]

I won my cricket semi today so looking forward to wrapping the game early next week so I can celebrate a big win with a couple of frothies watching the boys annihilate the Saints. Then watch the replay the next day when I can see straight

 

[DQ 4EVER]

I won my cricket semi today so looking forward to wrapping the game early next week so I can celebrate a big win with a couple of frothies watching the boys annihilate the Saints. Then watch the replay the next day when I can see straight

good luck
Jnr has his semi next week.
finished top after a stirring win this week.
unfortunately am busy next Sat & fortunately at the Freo Saints game on Sunday LIVE yeah, baby!
hopefully a granny the following week.
a mate sometimes joins me & we enjoy a selection of craft beers during the match in the shade
so civilised he even brought galsses last time.
then we part with the team.
thankfully my 22 year old son & his mates like us oldies there (at least they say they do)
off on a tangent. Too much red wine, Nandos & garlic peanuts tonight.
go Freo
here is us a couple of weeks ago

 

[Daddoo]

I’ve was working on a few friends to try and get them into AFL for years and then we moved a couple hours away, so their interest kind of fizzled. We’ve been at our current place for a few years and I think I’ve got someone who’s gonna check it out this season. For most Americans, the rest of the world doesn’t exist and if there’s no star spangled banner played before a game they find it insulting or don’t understand what’s going on. Lol.

I’m hoping he’ll stick with it and I’ll have a footy mate to watch a game with. I sure would feel better about myself if I wasn’t drinking bourbon alone at 5am watching Freo. Haha.

 

[King Huskii]

good luck
Jnr has his semi next week.
finished top after a stirring win this week.
unfortunately am busy next Sat & fortunately at the Freo Saints game on Sunday LIVE yeah, baby!
hopefully a granny the following week.
a mate sometimes joins me & we enjoy a selection of craft beers during the match in the shade
so civilised he even brought galsses last time.
then we part with the team.
thankfully my 22 year old son & his mates like us oldies there (at least they say they do)
off on a tangent. Too much red wine, Nandos & garlic peanuts tonight.
go Freo
here is us a couple of weeks ago

I thought you were that male model in your avatar

 

[King Huskii]

I’ve was working on a few friends to try and get them into AFL for years and then we moved a couple hours away, so their interest kind of fizzled. We’ve been at our current place for a few years and I think I’ve got someone who’s gonna check it out this season. For most Americans, the rest of the world doesn’t exist and if there’s no star spangled banner played before a game they find it insulting or don’t understand what’s going on. Lol.

I’m hoping he’ll stick with it and I’ll have a footy mate to watch a game with. I sure would feel better about myself if I wasn’t drinking bourbon alone at 5am watching Freo. Haha.

Could you drink via zoom with your mates over here?

 

[Ge3ks]

 

[DQ 4EVER]

I thought you were that male model in your avatar

Male?
I'm an old bloke, but the pic is of a toned gym girl

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[Daddoo]

Could you drink via zoom with your mates over here?

I usually watch the game delayed. It's often between 12-4am, which is brutal on a Sunday. If I wake up early enough, I still can catch the live stream from the start, which allows me to see the pregame, halftime, post game, etc... even though it's delayed. When I wait for 2-3 hours after the end of the game, I only get the video from bounce up to the end of the game. No interviews or any other stuff. Not sure why. I like the build up and the (stupid) commentary before the game, which gives me time to have a coffee, wake up, and pour a dram of bourbon. If someone wants to watch the game delayed by 4-5 hours and zoom with me and share a drink, hit me up! lol.

 

[noise36]

In what universe do we lose to the saints and still have a good season? Its a must win for any team who will play at the pointy end, just get it done boys.

 

[FD2646]

In what universe do we lose to the saints and still have a good season? Its a must win for any team who will play at the pointy end, just get it done boys.

Especially looking at their injury list, with more such as Ross and Membrey announced as non-starters today.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

In what universe do we lose to the saints and still have a good season? Its a must win for any team who will play at the pointy end, just get it done boys.

The universe that we were in last year.

 

[ubiquitous226]

The universe that we were in last year.

It is an interesting reflection isn't it.

This is away vs at home for that R2 funfest.
However they are facing quite the injury crisis considering it isn't even R1 yet.

It would be pretty hard to spin a positive story out of losing this one!

 

[Tonga Bob]

I won my cricket semi today so looking forward to wrapping the game early next week so I can celebrate a big win with a couple of frothies watching the boys annihilate the Saints. Then watch the replay the next day when I can see straight

Snuffamonthagus off to a good start!

 

[Walkingwounded]

Especially looking at their injury list, with more such as Ross and Membrey announced as non-starters today.

I agree, going by Ross Lyons interview, he’s missing a few budding items upstairs.

We need to win on the road and win well… because never give a wounded Lyon an even chance!

 

[Tonga Bob]

Oof!!!

Saints' injury crisis: Forward out of R1, defender to miss weeks

The Saints have been dealt further injury setbacks ahead of round one

www.afl.com.au

 

[noise36]

The universe that we were in last year.

A universe where we never looked good enough to win the premiership? Lets do better is all I am saying, smash the weak teams, dont just win.

 

[Quazar]

Oof!!!

Saints' injury crisis: Forward out of R1, defender to miss weeks

The Saints have been dealt further injury setbacks ahead of round one

www.afl.com.au

It says the Saints have 14 on their injury list!! Does that sound familiar?

Oof alright! In most cases I'd think "beware the wounded tiger", but if we're going in near full strength, we should really get this done.

But theories don't get it done. Man, that sounds very Ross-like! Eyikes, still feeling a bit nervy here....things around me have been strange too, and my job is as shite as its ever been.

I need my footy reprieve, so a Round 1 win will be just the tonic thank you (footy Gods I'm talkin to...). Oooooof!

 

[Lach72]

No King or Membrey...ouchies

 

[Steinfreo]

Holy shit, we are running out of excuses if we lose this one. This should be a gimme away win for a finals bound side.

 

[poshman]

This feels like a game we would have lost or only won by 2 goals last year.

If we have taken a step forward we will be up at half time by 3 goals and win by at least 30 points.

 

[FreoRicci]

Especially looking at their injury list, with more such as Ross and Membrey announced as non-starters today.

Including King, Billings, Hayes, Coffield, Zak Jones.
Their midfield is decimated and forward line is small. 14 players on their injury list.

 

[Taylor]

This feels like a game we would have lost or only won by 2 goals last year.

If we have taken a step forward we will be up at half time by 3 goals and win by at least 30 points.

I agree. I want to have Ross Lyon, who is currently in the media getting fluff pieces, suddenly at risk of losing his job they get spanked so comprehensively.

I want the journalists to say that it's not about the personnel missing as their midget forward line is intercept marked over, but their game plan is questioned - their motivation as players is questioned. All that stuff that wouldn't be a problem if they had a star player making average ball movement look elite, but they don't have them at the moment. (Someone will quote that and say they haven't with a full list).

All because... round 2.. they play the Dogs and I want St Kilda to hurt them with a loss since that will help us quite a bit.

 

[FreoRicci]

Do Fremantle play NOD, Walters and Frederick given St Kilda are decimated OR do the coaches back fully fit Hughes, Sturt/Corbett/Banfield to give them a run and rest others?

 

[arsesmart]

In what universe do we lose to the saints and still have a good season? Its a must win for any team who will play at the pointy end, just get it done boys.

It's certainly juicy and ripe for the picking. I also like the fact we're starting at Marvel. Good memories. We could be prepared to have some adjusting to do to start the season. Could see a mirror of R1 last year, fast out of the blocks and then too much time to think at half-time.

 

[Taylor]

Do Fremantle play NOD, Walters and Frederick given St Kilda are decimated OR do the coaches back fully fit Hughes, Sturt/Corbett/Banfield to give them a run and rest others?

Can we amend the option from "rest the others" to "play them in a game in Perth that the players can pull out of at any moment if they either meet their total minutes or feel any soreness"?