Exploding saints?- Article

[saintbrat]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl ... 6605753315

LEIGH Montagna has declared St Kilda teammates Jack Steven and David Armitage will rise to the top of the AFL's midfield ranks this season.

While the Saints have a host of veterans in the midfield including Lenny Hayes, Nick Dal Santo and himself, Montagna said the club had a stack of young players ready to explode.

"We've got Jack Steven and Dave Armitage who we both expect to become elite midfielders this year," said Montagna, who will miss Saturday' Round 1 game against Gold Coast through suspension.

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Armitage, 24, is entering his seventh season and Steven, who turns 23 on Thursday, his fifth. Montagna praised both players' pre-season form and reckoned each was now in the ''age bracket where they're really ready to break out''.

''They took some big steps last year [but] probably didn't sustain it for the whole year, but we definitely expect them to this year. If they can become elite it takes the pressure off Lenny Hayes, Nick Dal Santo, guys like that.

''We expect them at some stage this year to be getting tagged - we expect them to be going that well.''

Montagna said he was optimistic second-year players Saad and Milera, as well as Sydney recruit Trent Dennis-Lane, could ease the scoring burden on Riewoldt and Milne, who again dominated the Saints' goalkicking last season with 56 and 47 respectively.

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[Siposstar#2]

Lets hope

[ralphsmith]

hope...hope is the wing perching in the soul.

[gringo]

I called it before him- these guys are just getting into the right amount of games played and are already showing heaps. They need to increase their output by 20 to 25% and they will be elite players. I expect pretty much what Montagna says- those guys to take the pressure off Lenny and Dal more and more. I guess that is why Montagna was pulled away from the midfield into more of a tagging / wingman role last year- they were developing those two in real situations.

[White Winmar]

Thank goodness. I thought it was another scandal brewing.

[dragit]

Thank goodness. I thought it was another scandal brewing.

Yeah, I was thinking gastro outbreak…

[matrix]

i called it two years ago before gringo

[White Winmar]

Thank goodness. I thought it was another scandal brewing.

Yeah, I was thinking gastro outbreak…

I was dreading the though that they'd blown up a meth lab, or some such thing. Still, Caro might be able to take that headline and turn it into something sinister.