Preview St Kilda Saints vs. Fremantle Dockers, Round 1 2023
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Um, the universe from last year.
We should be equal first after 6 rounds. After that we should really find out how much we have improved. I would hope to have a 125% + at that stage as well.
If the saints get into the finals RTB would have done very well with the players coming back. They don't get king back until week 8 or 9. A heap of missed preseasons... Could get very ugly for the saints. I think they will be one of the most interesting story lines this season.
A year which we never looked like winning the flag. Lets do better is all I am saying, put the weak teams to the sword , dont just get the points.
What, not even after round 12 where we were sitting in the top 4 and already knocked off everyone else in the top 4 (top 5 even) at that point?
I didn't think we could win the flag last season. But it was a very exciting time!
Whatever you might feel as a supporter, if you were asked if team X who is sitting 3rd halfway into a season and had beaten 4 of the top 5 teams around them (two of them on the road) had a look at winning the flag, you'd think yes, surely.
I don't think anyone really had us as a genuine flag threat at that point. The test was always going to be the middle quarter of the year and how we finished.
But I get your point, I just thought most were finally thinking we would actually play finals as we weren't really rated as a team yet.
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I absolutely do
As long as we have minimal injuries
I'll wear the flack on here if we don't at least make top 4
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It's funny, because they have mentioned recently when predicting teams seasons that we were a bit less defensively sound after the bye, which statistically maybe true, but overall we still finished 2nd best defense, 5th overall, and only 2 points off making top 4 with a better percentage than Hollingwood who get kissed on the pee-ni when it comes to less travel mileage. And of course Carlton papped the bed.
Yet apparently we seem more questionable than anyone else who made the top 8? I know we have our Freo bias, but it feels like we got the sniffly juggernauts of the AFL's backs up with all that.....how very dare we!!! Of course, who knows what might happen this year; anything is on the table. I think we all respect the fact that we took some surprising steps last year, pulled off some serious rabbits from beanie wins and saw some massive strides under J-Lo's shrewd coaching tactics. And we still sucked in the wet, go figure.
Yeah, like I say.....funny
Yet apparently we seem more questionable than anyone else who made the top 8? I know we have our Freo bias, but it feels like we got the sniffly juggernauts of the AFL's backs up with all that.....how very dare we!!! Of course, who knows what might happen this year; anything is on the table. I think we all respect the fact that we took some surprising steps last year, pulled off some serious rabbits from beanie wins and saw some massive strides under J-Lo's shrewd coaching tactics. And we still sucked in the wet, go figure.
Yeah, like I say.....funny
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All we need to do this year is improve our wet weather game 
Fyfe in the forward line as a one touch wet weather bull will cause havok
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Would help but having 21 other players play like they haven't seen rain before will still suck.All we need to do this year is improve our wet weather game
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Improvement needed across the board.
Yes - now I think if things go right for us we will be top 4 and a shot. Last year (which is what we are discussing) no.
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Regardless of the Saints injury list, we need to be at our best. We don't defend well against small forwards and they have most of their contingent fit. Also Ross has a great record in round one matches. I'm wary but as others said, we must win. We've got the Saints at a good time. And with a tougher draw in 2023, we must bank the 50/50 or 60/40 matches.
Yes opinion is one thing, but it also has a lot of wrinkles. There's also allot of post hoc revising that just happens automatically in the brain to give some predictive allusion for reassurance.
Pundits were at the time saying yes they're a chance though.
But my point was simply if you're top four you're a serious chance.
Another year will help with that. Big bodies don't get any smaller in the wet and regdardless of our improvement last year and this we're still a young side.
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Rosco and ridiculous injury lists, a truly iconic combo
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I think we’ll drop one unexpectedly in the first few - usually the first few rounds is when the young sides (i.e. North) are up and about, without the fatigue of the season kicking in.
We are due for our annual Saints bedshit game anyway, no reason it cant be round 1 against half their list
Is there something to how Ross does preseason and injuries or is this a coincidence? Seems to be a lot of achilles and calf injuries. You wouldn't think there would be much to it but the correlation is starting to get overwhelming
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Saints fan here, first three choices for key fwds are out, will be hard to kick a winning score. However, the St Kilda midfield isn't decimated. Jones and Billings aren't best 22 and Ross, which some people mentioned is on the fringe. Coffield (obvs not a mid, but he isn't best 22 either). I reckon you guys win but it will likely be you guys running over us late, Dockers by 19.
Can't see us doing you by 19 goals with Ross coaching. He knows how to defend.
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Agree this is OTT. I think we'll win by a lazy 10 goals.
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We'll take it,ta...
Butler and especially, ESPECIALLY Higgins. Always kicking 3, 4, 5 goals between the two.
Still good experienced players who will do damage. Can see Sinclair unload in the midfield for them, with Mason Wood and even Crouch who's always dangerous.
