Squads for sat

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GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY v ST KILDA

Saturday, February 29 at Robertson Oval, Wagga, 4.40pm (EDT)

GIANTS

1. Phil Davis, 2. Curtly Hampton, 3. Stephen Coniglio, 4. Toby Greene, 5. Dylan Shiel, 6. Lachie Whitfield, 7. Rhys Palmer, 8. Callan Ward, 9. Tom Scully, 10. Devon Smith, 11. Jed Lamb, 12. Jon Patton, 14. Tom Bugg, 17. Adam Treloar, 18. Jeremy Cameron, 19. Nick Haynes, 20. Adam Tomlinson, 22. Joshua Kelly, 23. Heath Shaw, 26. Jon Giles, 29. Zac Williams, 30. Lachie Plowman, 31. Jacob Townsend, 32. Josh Hunt, 33. Will Hoskin-Elliott, 40. Adam Kennedy, 41. Shane Mumford, 46. Dylan Addison, 48. Sam Frost

SAINTS

1. Tom Hickey, 3. Jack Steven, 4. Clint Jones, 5. Shane Savage, 6. Sebastian Ross, 7. Lenny Hayes, 9. Tom Lee, 11. Leigh Montagna, 12. Nick Riewoldt, 13. Adam Schneider, 14. Jarryn Geary, 15. Jack Billings, 16. Jack Newnes, 18. Billy Longer, 20. David Armitage, 21. Luke Delaney, 22. Farren Ray, 24. Sean Dempster, 26. Tom Curren, 29. Jimmy Webster, 31. Tom Simpkin, 33. James Gwilt, 34. Nathan Wright, 35. Josh Saunders, 36. Luke Dunstan, 37. Beau Maister, 39. Cameron Shenton, 43. Eli Templeton, 44. Maverick Weller

[St Chris]

Pretty good line-up.

It's good to see Tom Lee in the squad.

And I hope Mav Weller gets a run this week - interested to see what he's capable of.

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Notable absentees Siposs, TDL, Stanley, Bruce and Acres.

[Con Gorozidis]

Notable absentees Siposs, TDL, Stanley, Bruce and Acres.

I was confident that Acres would play v GWS. Thought it would be the perfect game for him...

Big Spencer still 2 weeks off but there is a Sandy game on March 15 (v Dolphins) so I expect a lot of Saints to play in that one also.

Really Looking fwd to seeing these guys this week:

9. Tom Lee,
15. Jack Billings
18. Billy Longer
36. Luke Dunstan
39. Cameron Shenton,
43. Eli Templeton,
44. Maverick Weller

[FQF]

Jack Steven withdrawn from side due to injury, replace by Minchington.

Is Markworth still not fit to play? I was hoping he'd get a run.

[stinger]

more toms than a cattery...

[Beno88]

Notable absentees Siposs, TDL, Stanley, Bruce and Acres.

+ Roberton & Dunell

[Con Gorozidis]

Jack Steven withdrawn from side due to injury, replace by Minchington.

Is Markworth still not fit to play? I was hoping he'd get a run.

+ 1
Good to see the Minch

Whats wrong with Markworth? Hammy still? Disappointing. I was really looking fwd to Markworth and Acres this week also.

[st_Trav_ofWA]

i think with Markworth its going to be a case of slowly slowly coming back from a knee is always a risk especially with younger guys to do a Moribito and do it again straight up so im happy if the club are being over protective in this case ....

TDL was pretty poor in the first hit out with regards to effectivly putting on tackles or sheparding ... he really lacks any physicallity at all in the game and i think that might be somethin Richo might not like in his team , its a shame that Milera is still under an injury cloud as he is also a bloke who needs to work on his physicallity but i see more potential to become better in Milera then i do in TDL ...

i would have though Rhys needed to play this game to get a bit more feel of the footy ... he barely touched it last game (but that can be somewhat forgiven due to the conditions) so i would have expected him to be out there

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SAINTS

1. Tom Hickey, 3. Jack Steven, 4. Clint Jones, 5. Shane Savage, 6. Sebastian Ross, 7. Lenny Hayes, 9. Tom Lee, 11. Leigh Montagna, 12. Nick Riewoldt, 13. Adam Schneider, 14. Jarryn Geary, 15. Jack Billings, 16. Jack Newnes, 18. Billy Longer, 20. David Armitage, 21. Luke Delaney, 22. Farren Ray, 24. Sean Dempster, 26. Tom Curren, 29. Jimmy Webster, 31. Tom Simpkin, 33. James Gwilt, 34. Nathan Wright, 35. Josh Saunders, 36. Luke Dunstan, 37. Beau Maister, 39. Cameron Shenton, 43. Eli Templeton, 44. Maverick Weller

Looks close to full strength... Fisher, Gilbert, Roberton & Steven missing

[Con Gorozidis]

No sign of Bull Murdoch either

[FQF]

No sign of Bull Murdoch either

I think Bull is at the bottom of the pecking order in terms of our young recruits.

[wotever1]

Is Sam Fisher injured??

[CURLY]

No sign of Bull Murdoch either

I think Bull is at the bottom of the pecking order in terms of our young recruits.

Wouldnt of thought so.

[FQF]

No sign of Bull Murdoch either

I think Bull is at the bottom of the pecking order in terms of our young recruits.

Wouldnt of thought so.

Meant to say, toward the bottom.

[creepypolar]

Game is on the 1st guys. Not a leap year

[plugger66]

No sign of Bull Murdoch either

I think Bull is at the bottom of the pecking order in terms of our young recruits.

Wouldnt of thought so.

Well he aint up the front and only 26 can play and the older guys have to play. We need to be ready to go round one because from round 3 onwards it get really tough.

[st_Trav_ofWA]

to be fair pluggs i think round 1 2 and three will be tough .... from there it becomes extrem tough

[plugger66]

to be fair pluggs i think round 1 2 and three will be tough .... from there it becomes extrem tough

I take it you think 4 wins at the best? Not having a go at you because i felt the same. Losing our best player makes me really feel worse.

[3rd generation saint]

Actually P66 I am not marking any definite wins this season. The sides I believe we can beat are Melbourne, GWS, Brisbane down here, Gold Coast down here, Bulldogs, possibly West Coast over here. At this point in time, would not be at all confident against any others.
But, I'm okay with that, that is where we are in the cycle, near the bottom. Remember we still have Roo, Lenny, Fish, Schneider and a few others to retire yet, and I expect that at the end of this and next season.
What we need this year is Lee to kick at least 30 goals, guys like Ross, Newnes, Wright, Hickey etc to continue with improvement and consistency.
Our fantasy is that both Sipposs and Stanley cement their spots in the side, if they don't, I doubt they will be here next year. I would prefer they make it.

[st_Trav_ofWA]

to be fair pluggs i think round 1 2 and three will be tough .... from there it becomes extrem tough

I take it you think 4 wins at the best? Not having a go at you because i felt the same. Losing our best player makes me really feel worse.

i can see some teams looking forward to playing us lets just say that ...
i think that Melb and GWS will be looking at thier fixtures just as we look at ours and see the games against us as a real good chance to get an early win on the board ...
i reckon round one (and i know this sound stupid) could be possibly be the most important game of the year for both us and Melbourne it basically is our grand final in some respects ...

the way i see the year is in most of the games we will go in as the underdog and will prob live up to that personally i can only see us maybe shocking one team for an unlikey victory against a more fancied team ... there a 6 games that i see us as a 50/50 chance all being equal of winning but as we know its never all equal so injury poor form whatever will see us win some and lose some ... if we get 6 wins for the year i will be impressed if we get just 1 or 2 i wouldnt be suprised

[FQF]

This injury might just change the course of our history - I don't think it's over the top to suggest that it's the difference between a number 1 pick and 2-4. Especially given the games that Jack's going to miss.

[st_Trav_ofWA]

Jacks a great player no doubt but i dont think he is at the stage yet where his absence has that big of an impact on if we win or lose as yet ... chances are if we do lose round 1 we would have still lost had jack played

[plugger66]

Jacks a great player no doubt but i dont think he is at the stage yet where his absence has that big of an impact on if we win or lose as yet ... chances are if we do lose round 1 we would have still lost had jack played

Sorry but got to disagree. Jack is our best player now. obviously if Melbourne were to win by 10 goals he wouldnt have made any difference.

[st_Trav_ofWA]

jack is our best player yes but does the team play better because of him being there ?
he is the best player and does his job but i dont see him being the guy that drags our team over the line he does his role and he does it very very well but unlike say Lenny or Roo who when they are missing or are being well beaten we lose or when they are on fire and playing their best we win... Jack to me is a bit like Dal can be brilliant in a losing side and be brilliant in a winning side but his brilliance either way doesnt change the game outcome