Team for GWS

[borderbarry]

Has the team or squad been announced yet?
If so, where will I find it?

[plugger66]

Has the team or squad been announced yet?
If so, where will I find it?

Yep on the Saints website but being older than you Barry have no idea how to put it on here.

[#1GILL]

Plugger you really need to sharpen up a bit!

St Kilda squad list

1 Tom Hickey

2 Arryn Siposs

3 Jack Steven

4 Clint Jones

5 Ben McEvoy

7 Lenny Hayes

8 Trent Dennis-Lane

9 Tom Lee

11 Leigh Montagna

12 Nick Riewoldt

14 Jarryn Geary

16 Jack Newnes

17 Dylan Roberton

19 Sam Gilbert

20 David Armitage

21 Ahmed Saad

22 Farren Ray

25 Sam Fisher

26 Nick Dal Santo

27 Jason Blake

30 Brodie Murdoch

32 Terry Milera

33 James Gwilt

34 Nathan Wright

37 Beau Maister

44 Stephen Milne

[Wrote for Luck]

go on Wrighty my son!

[SuperDuper]

well that looks full strength to me... A bit surprised no simpkin or schneider... and stanley is obviously out... but what is interesting is:

no Kosi .. seems to be back-up/depth heading into the season

Wright + Murdoch seem to be ahead of the likes of Dunnell, Curren, Ledger, Ross ...

[St Loxton]

No Simpkin? I thought he was back this week.

[Quixote]

Still no Simpkin and Dempster and Rhys out for up to a month. Three backs that We Need. Beautiful start to the year from the injury gods!!

[borderbarry]

Doubt if there many older than I who are regular Saintsationalists. Going on for 73. How old are you Plugger66?
I was only a young sprout when I joined, 63.

[desertsaint]

Still no Simpkin and Dempster and Rhys out for up to a month. Three backs that We Need. Beautiful start to the year from the injury gods!!

a concern.

[saintspremiers]

Still no Simpkin and Dempster and Rhys out for up to a month. Three backs that We Need. Beautiful start to the year from the injury gods!!

a concern.

Let's pencil in beating GWS and GC.

All we need to do is beat Tigers at the G and we are 3-0 with an outside chance of making the eight.

Easy lol!

[samuraisaint]

Still no Simpkin and Dempster and Rhys out for up to a month. Three backs that We Need. Beautiful start to the year from the injury gods!!

And don't leave out Schneider...

[WinnersOnly]

Still no Simpkin and Dempster and Rhys out for up to a month. Three backs that We Need. Beautiful start to the year from the injury gods!!

It's early in the year Quixote! I imagine that Simpkin and Schneider will come back though Sandringham to ease them into match conditioning. The side that will run out against GWS is a rehearsal for Round 1 hence they consider the above wont be ready for that game - with the possible exception of Stanley.

The beauty is our first game is against GCS and our depth has improved so we should have the players to cover them...

[Uncle Barrels]

For mine, how we'll line up if we assume this is the team they're looking at for Round 1 (so Joey out):

FB: // //

HB: // //

CR: // //

RK: // //

HF: // //

FF: // //

INT: // //
SUB:

EM: // //

With the possible switch of Jones in (for Ablett, although I wouldn't bother) and Wright or Murdoch out.

Nice to see kids in. Would be nice to see Simpkin, Dempster and Stanley too.

[matrix]

seriously...you old duffers really need to learn CUT 'N' PASTE

[bigcarl]

Good effort Uncle Barrels, but I reckon is too short for full back

[Uncle Barrels]

Good effort Uncle Barrels, but I reckon is too short for full back

At the moment, he's all we got. I'd rather him than JB, who's only listed as 1cm taller, and the only other options are:

Siposs - same height
Roberton - 194cm but skinny
Lee - 194cm but a forward
Maister - 194cm and 98kgs, but not a backman's arsehole, as we've seen already.

Staley (194/93), Ferguson (194/89), Simpkin (191/92), Stanley (200/96) or Lever (200/87) are all possible options, but not in the squad, rookies or haven't played senior footy this year.

The only other option is moving Fisher back a line, but then we run into the issue of who's going to play CHB...

I suppose that would mean something like this:

FB: Gwilt // Fisher // Geary
HB: Siposs // Gilbert // Roberton
CR: Steven // Hayes // Ray

With the other lines unchanged...

No thanks.

[stinger]

Still no Simpkin and Dempster and Rhys out for up to a month. Three backs that We Need. Beautiful start to the year from the injury gods!!

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-ne ... 6597429761

[Uncle Barrels]

If we look at the blokes under-or currently- 23, then going forward (as the list stands at the moment), we'd look something a little like this...

FB: Simpkin // Stanley // Roberton
HB: Wright // Lever // Ferguson
CR: Siposs // Ross // Newnes
RK: Hickey // Curren // Steven
HF: Murdoch // Lee // Markworth
FF: Pierce // White // Minchington

INT: Dunell // Saunders // Ledger
SUB: Shenton

EM: Webster // Staley

It's not the best team out there, and no doubt someone will come along and completely slate it, but its better than our future was looking 2 years ago.

There's a few potential A-graders in there, some very promising kids, and a super X-factor forward (White). We still look a little brittle down the spine, and Pierce will definitely need to come on, but I'm getting happier.

nb: McEvoy and Saad, while 23, were a touch too old for the hypothetical. Dunell just sneaks in.