Three games clear of fifth

[dcstkfc]

With 8 games to go and a soft draw, double chance looking almost a sure thing.

Great turnaround Saints.

Roo, Kosi, Gram, Raph and Bakes all to come back, things looking good.

While I'm at it here's what I think our best 22 is at the moment:

Baker Blake Gwilt
Gilbert Fisher Ray
Gram Hayes Montagna
McQualter Riewoldt Steven
Schneider Koschitzke Milne
Gardiner Dal Santo Jones
Peake Clarke McEvoy Geary

[wasaintsfan]

riewoldt has to earn his stripes again could come back a dud!!!!

[R. Harvey 3 votes!]

With 8 games to go and a soft draw, double chance looking almost a sure thing.

Great turnaround Saints.

Roo, Kosi, Gram, Raph and Bakes all to come back, things looking good.

While I'm at it here's what I think our best 22 is at the moment:

Baker Blake Gwilt
Gilbert Fisher Ray
Gram Hayes Montagna
McQualter Riewoldt Steven
Schneider Koschitzke Milne
Gardiner Dal Santo Jones
Peake Clarke McEvoy Geary

Bakes will not be back and I would hope we don't need him in the team after 9 weeks out? Surely someone would have stepped up to take his role by then? If not we are in trouble!

[Eastern]

With 8 games to go and a soft draw, double chance looking almost a sure thing.

Great turnaround Saints.

Roo, Kosi, Gram, Raph and Bakes all to come back, things looking good.

While I'm at it here's what I think our best 22 is at the moment:

Baker Blake Gwilt
Gilbert Fisher Ray
Gram Hayes Montagna
McQualter Riewoldt Steven
Schneider Koschitzke Milne
Gardiner Dal Santo Jones
Peake Clarke McEvoy Geary

Bakes will not be back

That is a massive statement that I hope will be proved to be 100% FALSE !!

[battye]

Bakes will not be back and I would hope we don't need him in the team after 9 weeks out? Surely someone would have stepped up to take his role by then? If not we are in trouble!

Hard body, experienced, finals experience, he's Steven Baker... he's the sort of player you want in the team.

For example, suppose Geary is playing the same footy in Round 22 as he is now. Would you keep him in the team over Baker?

[GSG]

With 8 games to go and a soft draw, double chance looking almost a sure thing.

Easy now - I’m not so sure we have such a soft run home. There is Collingwood - love ‘em or hate ‘em, they play pretty good football at the moment. So a win is by no means a given.
Then there’s Hawthorn – have won their last 7 games, includes the Bulldog scalp. They play Geelong and Brisbane. Should win against Brisbane and will play us full of confidence. Again, a win is by no means guaranteed.
And then there is Essendon. You might laugh, but Essendon seems to be our bogie team. Lost the last two games against them, particularly last year when we were supposed to be unbeatable!
I wish I was more confident. Let’s hope my concerns are unwarranted.

[felixleo]

any where in the top four as long as we are above any interstate sides is as good as first.

[dcstkfc]

With 8 games to go and a soft draw, double chance looking almost a sure thing.

Easy now - I’m not so sure we have such a soft run home. There is Collingwood - love ‘em or hate ‘em, they play pretty good football at the moment. So a win is by no means a given.
Then there’s Hawthorn – have won their last 7 games, includes the Bulldog scalp. They play Geelong and Brisbane. Should win against Brisbane and will play us full of confidence. Again, a win is by no means guaranteed.
And then there is Essendon. You might laugh, but Essendon seems to be our bogie team. Lost the last two games against them, particularly last year when we were supposed to be unbeatable!
I wish I was more confident. Let’s hope my concerns are unwarranted.

Fair point, but Dogs still have Scum, Freo and Geelong themselves, and Hawks have a very tough run home- Cats, us, Filth, Freo, Sydney away.

Scum still have Dogs, Filth, Freo (away), Essendon (bogey side), Geelong.

We're looking very sure I say.

[Saint Bev]

No games are easy, tonight is a perfect example of that.

[The Sainter]

I see you can't squeeze Goddard into your best 22 ????

[battye]

I see you can't squeeze Goddard into your best 22 ????

Good position to be in isn't it

[#1GILL]

I see you can't squeeze Goddard into your best 22 ????

I noticed that too haha.

[dcstkfc]

I see you can't squeeze Goddard into your best 22 ????

Na he's crap

Umm, I'll leave out...

Peake or Raph. You choose

[Bernard Shakey]

With 8 games to go and a soft draw, double chance looking almost a sure thing.

Great turnaround Saints.

Roo, Kosi, Gram, Raph and Bakes all to come back, things looking good.

While I'm at it here's what I think our best 22 is at the moment:

Baker Blake Gwilt
Gilbert Fisher Ray
Gram Hayes Montagna
McQualter Riewoldt Steven
Schneider Koschitzke Milne
Gardiner Dal Santo Jones
Peake Clarke McEvoy Geary

Bakes will not be back and I would hope we don't need him in the team after 9 weeks out? Surely someone would have stepped up to take his role by then? If not we are in trouble!

Bakes will play in our 3 finals including the premiership winning Grand Final team. I'd also think BJ would be there.

[saintsRrising]

With 8 games to go and a soft draw, double chance looking almost a sure thing.

The relevant game is the Pies Game. They are only 2 points behind us.

Lose that and the Top 2 position could be theirs.

The Pies too have a softish run home...

[saintbrat]

every time I glance past this "Three games clear of fifth" my visual perception says 'Three games clear of FILTH" and think If only.... or maybe When......

[Thinline]

No games are easy, tonight is a perfect example of that.

Bev, I respect your high standards, but we were never headed by a genuine trier after only switching on for about a quarter of football all told

No one got hurt. We did it with yet another rejigged fwd line. We blew a few gimmes. Backing up from a wet, draining effort against Cats.

All that and we won by nearly ten goals in a game that was all about four points and nothing more.

[jays]

I see you can't squeeze Goddard into your best 22 ????

Na he's crap

Umm, I'll leave out...

Peake or Raph. You choose

lol nar just the best player this year also has a virus and still got 30 possies

[saintbrat]

lol nar just the best player this year also has a virus and still got 30 possies

thought he sounded ill in an interview last night.

[Superboot]

Game against Collingwood is an 8-pointer. Probably need to win if we are to finish above them. They missed a ridiculous number of chances against us last time. Danger game.

[bigcarl]

Game against Collingwood is an 8-pointer. Probably need to win if we are to finish above them. They missed a ridiculous number of chances against us last time. Danger game.

Absolutely. They must be rated on form.

[OneEyedSainter77]

every time I glance past this "Three games clear of fifth" my visual perception says 'Three games clear of FILTH" and think If only.... or maybe When......

I think we're all on that wavelength... I'm very coinfident about that one. We seem to have geared ourselves up for the big matches against big opponents and not really care about lesser opponents. Given Brisbane are at home, on our bogey ground (two wins EVER there) in the midst of a massive losing streak, I think next week is a HUGE danger game.

Even if we lose, I will be confident of beating Collingwood though.

[bozza1980]

With 8 games to go and a soft draw, double chance looking almost a sure thing.

The relevant game is the Pies Game. They are only 2 points behind us.

Lose that and the Top 2 position could be theirs.

The Pies too have a softish run home...

That cannot be right, Mick Malthouse has said they have the hardest draw in the history of fixturing of sporting events.

[battye]

Game against Collingwood is an 8-pointer. Probably need to win if we are to finish above them. They missed a ridiculous number of chances against us last time. Danger game.

A real 6 point game if there ever was one

[bozza1980]

Game against Collingwood is an 8-pointer. Probably need to win if we are to finish above them. They missed a ridiculous number of chances against us last time. Danger game.

They did miss a lot of shots last time.

That said if they continue to enter forward 50 like they did that night, they will continue to miss a lot of shots against the likes of us and Geelong.

Malthouse wonders why it is they miss so many shots, I don't, they continue to take the easy option entry, deep in pockets of flanks that result in low percentage shots at goal.

That said at the end of the day, we beat them on the back of a spectacular start to the last quarter for the rest of the game it was a knock em down fight for every inch nail biter. No question our A-Grade game is needed to beat them.