Team Rnd 1

[desertsaint]

Centre line the equal or better than any in the league.
Defence - don't mind experimenting with Gilbert at fb. Blake ready if gilbo gets moved.
would like to see milera given a run based purely on reports of his vfl outing and against his old team.

[saintsRrising]

would like to see milera given a run based purely on reports of his vfl outing and against his old team.

Isn't it the other Milera that was the PA player?

[Dr Spaceman]

would like to see milera given a run based purely on reports of his vfl outing and against his old team.

Isn't it the other Milera that was the PA player?

Brother was at the Crows for a minute.

Terry came from the Port Magpies so Power are sort of his old team.

[bergholt]

Blake will be used as a tall defender and was preferred to simpkin

yeah, blake has to play. good for him to get to his 200, many didn't think he'd get past about 50. but our defence still looks pretty shaky.

interesting also to see ray preferred to cripps on the hbf. i'm not convinced he showed that much in the pre-season to justify it but we'll need the experience back there.

obviously peake doesn't start in the back pocket, so it will be something like:

FB: Gilbert, Blake, Geary
HB: Ray, Fisher, Dempster

looks pretty flexible if not exactly lock-down specialists. not many other options though if there's some sort of injury during the game.

[SaintSimmo]

Gotta love footy. A week ago most on here had saad as a certain starter for the 22, but a great game by Milera in the VFL last weekend earned him a spot in the 25, when most if not all thought he was just "steak knifes" when we first got him.

[Teflon]

Gee looking at Carltons talls dominate tonight up fwd..........our shaky little backline is a worry...

[SinCitySainter]

Peake Gilbert Geary - That is butcher city. Has there ever been three worse kicks of the ball named on one line together?

We need players who can kick not just run.

[Dr Spaceman]

Peake Gilbert Geary - That is butcher city.

And may play right into the hands of their Butcher

[Wrote for Luck]

Peake Gilbert Geary - That is butcher city. Has there ever been three worse kicks of the ball named on one line together?

We need players who can kick not just run.

That's why I'm a fan of Cripps playing back there

[bergholt]

B: Peake (#30), Gilbert (#19), Geary (#14)
HB: Ray (#22), Fisher (#25), Dempster (#24)
C: Dal Santo (#26), Hayes (#7), Goddard (#18)
HF: Steven (#3), Riewoldt (#12), Ledger (#15)
F: Milne (#44), Koschitzke (#23), Stanley (#28)
Foll: McEvoy (#5), Jones (#4), Montagna (#11)
Int from: Siposs (#2), Armitage (#20), Blake (#27), Milera (#32), Polo (#34), Cripps (#35), Wilkes (#37)

i reckon it'll be siposs, polo and milera to miss out.

this gives the selected side an average age of 26.55 years. for all watters' youth focus, there were only three games last year where lyon's team was older than that - round 1, round 24 and the elimination final.

but he might surprise me and play siposs or milera in place of wilkes. just not sure what that means for port's massive forward line.

[WinnersOnly]

B: Peake (#30), Gilbert (#19), Geary (#14)
HB: Ray (#22), Fisher (#25), Dempster (#24)
C: Dal Santo (#26), Hayes (#7), Goddard (#18)
HF: Steven (#3), Riewoldt (#12), Ledger (#15)
F: Milne (#44), Koschitzke (#23), Stanley (#28)
Foll: McEvoy (#5), Jones (#4), Montagna (#11)
Int from: Siposs (#2), Armitage (#20), Blake (#27), Milera (#32), Polo (#34), Cripps (#35), Wilkes (#37)

i reckon it'll be siposs, polo and milera to miss out.

this gives the selected side an average age of 26.55 years. for all watters' youth focus, there were only three games last year where lyon's team was older than that - round 1, round 24 and the elimination final.

but he might surprise me and play siposs or milera in place of wilkes. just not sure what that means for port's massive forward line.

If you are correct bergholt that is very disppointing and smacks of a coaching team who are aleady not true to there word! Milera deserves a chance in front of his home state and Siposs has been great all pre-season they are the future!!! If you are wondering who I would leave out it, would be Peake and Geary. We need more skilled kicks in the team to go forward and they have that in spades over the Peake & Geary.

[bergholt]

If you are correct bergholt that is very disppointing and smacks of a coaching team who are aleady not true to there word!

nah, i don't agree with that. maybe just a coaching team who actually want to win a game or two. round one is pretty important for a variety of reasons, including confidence across the club from players to supporters. i don't mind them really trying to win it.

Milera deserves a chance in front of his home state and Siposs has been great all pre-season they are the future!!! If you are wondering who I would leave out it, would be Peake and Geary. We need more skilled kicks in the team to go forward and they have that in spades over the Peake & Geary.

i'd probably have siposs in there somewhere but milera's not quite there yet, for mine. hard to drop geary though when we're already short of defenders - who else is going to play small back?

[matrix]

simpkin


anyhoo

gwilt gram and schneider still to come back in

going to be interesting when the majority of the list is fully fit in 6 or so weeks

[Thinline]

B: Peake (#30), Gilbert (#19), Geary (#14)
HB: Ray (#22), Fisher (#25), Dempster (#24)
C: Dal Santo (#26), Hayes (#7), Goddard (#18)
HF: Steven (#3), Riewoldt (#12), Ledger (#15)
F: Milne (#44), Koschitzke (#23), Stanley (#28)
Foll: McEvoy (#5), Jones (#4), Montagna (#11)
Int from: Siposs (#2), Armitage (#20), Blake (#27), Milera (#32), Polo (#34), Cripps (#35), Wilkes (#37)

i reckon it'll be siposs, polo and milera to miss out.

this gives the selected side an average age of 26.55 years. for all watters' youth focus, there were only three games last year where lyon's team was older than that - round 1, round 24 and the elimination final.

but he might surprise me and play siposs or milera in place of wilkes. just not sure what that means for port's massive forward line.

Perhaps look at it on games played basis rather than an average. We have a few older blokes that skew the numbers, particularly if Blakey comes in at fullback (as he probably should).

On that basis there's Steven, Ledger, Stanley, and possibly one or more of Sipposs, Milera and Cripps to crow about. We can't go throwing kids to the sword at the expense of guys who may be older but deserve selection on merit.

Keen to see Ledger have a real dip.

[stkildathunda]

According to @stkildafc IPhone App Jamie Cripps, Beau Wilkes & Dean Polo are emergencies this week 

[Dr Spaceman]

According to @stkildafc IPhone App Jamie Cripps, Beau Wilkes & Dean Polo are emergencies this week 

So was Mr Siposs telling porkies?

[stkildathunda]

According to @stkildafc IPhone App Jamie Cripps, Beau Wilkes & Dean Polo are emergencies this week 

So was Mr Siposs telling porkies?

Depends if the app is correct or not. Not sure if its been like it since team was announced. Who was last 3 named on bench last night?

[Dr Spaceman]

According to @stkildafc IPhone App Jamie Cripps, Beau Wilkes & Dean Polo are emergencies this week 

So was Mr Siposs telling porkies?

Depends if the app is correct or not. Not sure if its been like it since team was announced. Who was last 3 named on bench last night?

My email from the club last night names the last three as Polo, Wilkes & Cripps (in that order).

[Con Gorozidis]

According to @stkildafc IPhone App Jamie Cripps, Beau Wilkes & Dean Polo are emergencies this week 

I believe this to be correct.

We cant have Kosi Blake and Wilkes in the same side unless we have to . Just too immobile.

Im pumped for Tezza but disappointed for Crippsy - For Crippsy to play - he will need to depose one or two of Geary/Peake/Ray in that back-line.

[dragit]

Surely an official social media app wouldn't leak the final team 5 hours early?
That would be very poor, allowing port to tinker with their side accordingly...

[stkildathunda]

Yea wouldn't think they would, but why do they have emergencies listed if none have been named. Pretty bad form either way!!

[noob]

http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsartic ... fault.aspx

[3rd generation saint]

Armitage, Blake, Polo and Milera are in the side.
Blake get's his 200th game.

[The Redeemer]

go away Polo

[DWOODROW]

So this was posted on the face book page about an hour ago.

Does this mean it is the team or is this incorrect??


St Kilda's Final Round 1 side;
AFL Toyota Premiership Season against Port Adelaide.
B: Peake (#30), Gilbert (#19), Geary (#14)
HB: Cripps (#35), Fisher (#25), Dempster (#24)
C: Dal Santo (#26), Hayes (#7), Goddard (#18)
HF: Steven (#3), Riewoldt (#12), Ledger (#15)
F: Milne (#44), Koschitzke (#23), Stanley (#28)
Foll: McEvoy (#5), Jones (#4), Montagna (#11)
Int: Armitage (#20), Blake (#27), Milera (#32), Polo (#34)
Emergencies: Siposs (#2), Ray (#22), Wilkes (#37)