Preview St Kilda V North Melbourne Sunday 3:20 Etihad Stadium

[Tommy Wigs]

Anyone watch tony shaw on teams? Old peanut

One of the least knowledgeable "experts" out there and no capacity to put together a coherent thought.

 

[Mowman]

Anyone watch tony shaw on teams? Old peanut

Living proof you don't need a long neck to be a goose.

 

[Ekomaira]

Gee Minch is a lucky boy to stay in the side, massive game for him this week..

might be trying to up his trade value... could be our way into the 2nd round. or at least upgrade our 3rd pick

 

[gringo2011]

I reckon he is 100 to one to play anywhere else if he is delisted.

Probably but I thought he showed enough to deserve another go. He was one of our better players in his last game and was good against the Hawks. I thought he was worth persisting with but he seems to be on the outer.

 

[Jade Buddha]

There's no accounting for taste, is there? I came to Oz in 1986 and was steered strongly towards St Kilda. I took one look at North, liked their colours and loved Jimmy and Phil. I never looked back.

Where are you from Caracas?

 

[RoundCubic]

I didn't expect Paddy to come back in after Membrey kicked 5 goals, it won't hurt Paddy to have a spell in the VFL anyway.

Love Paddy too good for VFL but he needs another preseason for the AFL if Membrey preforms he has the right to hold his spot long season Paddy will force his way back in. Now we have a few good distributors in our VFL side I'll expect Paddy to kick 6+

 

[hayes]

I reckon Lonie is a monty to play. Even if it was just one match it was a "far too good for VFL" type of game and I can see him coming straight back in.

Not sure how Goddard has been going in the VFL but I'd say he's a sneaky chance too.

 

[Robstar2000]

Maybe Weller or could tag one the gun mids.
Ziebell or Swallow.

 

[Gangnam Saint]

North going tall - Goddard's a lock although, it must be said, not entirely worthy.

 

[plugger66]

Maybe Weller or could tag one the gun mids.
Ziebell or Swallow.

Hope not. We have to play our own game. Taggers are out unless they are a genuine part of your midfield.

 

[freebloke]

North going tall - Goddard's a lock although, it must be said, not entirely worthy.

North will go tall. All they have to do is kick in the direction of Petrie, Waite and Brown (all 195cm+). A short defensive team will get found out.

 

[Grav]

Beat 'em in the middle & that nullifies their tall forwards. Saints by 18pts.

 

[bird_man]

I really hope Goddard plays. It would probably mean both Lonie and Gresham miss though unless Ross is under a cloud which I presume is the reason he is named on the pine.

Dempster to Waite
Fisher to Petrie
Goddard to Brown

I'm fairly happy with those match ups.

 

[The Punter]

My source (which has been unreliable at times) says Goddard is going to play Sunday.

Looking at that bench, I think it's for Gresham. Lonie will have to bank on a late withdrawal or Ross or Dunstan. Murdoch not too close, but interesting to see Weller named on the bench.

 

[Robstar2000]

Hope not. We have to play our own game. Taggers are out unless they are a genuine part of your midfield.

True true

 

[Geary Is GOAT]

Goddard in from lessons learnt against GWS i feel.

 

[Smoke_Me_AKipper]

Where are you from Caracas?

My guess is Venezuela - where it feels like more Miss Worlds have come from than from any other country. That says to me that I have to visit there soon and find me a Mrs Smoke (or a Mrs Kipper)

 

[DarkSaint]

If Goddard does play this week, Then i would drop Minch (fan of his btw) when the game was on the line he had 1 or 2 disposals in that half which is nowhere good enough. Once Melbourne rolled over then he ended up getting a bit of the ball. Now i dont see the Roos rolling over like the Demons done last week.

 

[Hayes4PM]

If Goddard does play this week, Then i would drop Minch (fan of his btw) when the game was on the line he had 1 or 2 disposals in that half which is nowhere good enough. Once Melbourne rolled over then he ended up getting a bit of the ball. Now i dont see the Roos rolling over like the Demons done last week.

I like the Minch as well, but he went missing in the first half last week and we can't afford that against the Roos.

 

[aussierulesrules]

Minch was named on the field, so he's not being left out and his best quarter on the weekend was the 3rd (7 possies), at the start of which we were only two goals up, so he was one of those that helped us take the game away from them. No doubt he'll need to perform this week though, as he almost certainly won't last another week if he has another ordinary one overall.

 

[Jack Stevens]

A ridiculous idea that would never happen, let alone work, in the real world crossed my mind. What if we play Rooey off half back? Make one of their tall forwards accountable for him, not the other way round.

It's been over a decade since he played CHB so I wouldn't expect anything defensively from him, but as a running, marking player he could have a huge impact. It's leave our forward line pretty short but I don't really rare North's tall backs anyway.

 

[gringo2011]

I'm going to make a big call but if Ross misses that nearly rules us out. He so important for our run and carry this year we will struggle to reinvent our game plan without him. He is covering huge amounts of ground this year and is so often the running link.

 

[gringo2011]

A ridiculous idea that would never happen, let alone work, in the real world crossed my mind. What if we play Rooey off half back? Make one of their tall forwards accountable for him, not the other way round.

It's been over a decade since he played CHB so I wouldn't expect anything defensively from him, but as a running, marking player he could have a huge impact. It's leave our forward line pretty short but I don't really rare North's tall backs anyway.

I thought they held up amazingly in the Dogs game. Thompson particularly stood up when needed.

 

[King_Steele]

Love Paddy too good for VFL but he needs another preseason for the AFL if Membrey preforms he has the right to hold his spot long season Paddy will force his way back in. Now we have a few good distributors in our VFL side I'll expect Paddy to kick 6+

Why can't Paddy & Tim play together?

One is a third tall, the other a KPF.

 

[gringo2011]

Why can't Paddy & Tim play together?

One is a third tall, the other a KPF.

It probably just makes us too tall with no smalls with Bruce as well. Members is a lead up forward still despite his height.