Team Rnd 1

[older saint]

Barring any unexpectd injuries and also Gwilt and R Clarke not available:

B: Cripps, Simpkins, Gilbert
HB: Goddard, Fisher, Ray
C:Mont, Dal Santo, Ledger
HF: Steven, Roo, Stanley
F: Milne, Kosi, Schnieder
Foll: McEvoy, Hayes, Armitage

Int: Jones, Gram, Geary

Sub: Peake

[joffaboy]

Probably pretty close but looks slow.

[SaintPav]

Probably pretty close but looks slow.

yep..maybe add Saad in if he's ready to go..

[defacto]

B dempster Simpkin Cripps
HB Gilbert fisher Goddard
C peake Hayes montagna
HF siposs reiwoldt Schneider
F saad kozi Milne
R Mcevoy dal santo steven
Int jones ledger ray
Sub Anyone quick

First home game chuck in Blake in to get his 200

[bergholt]

currently i'm thinking:

B: Dempster, Simpkin, Gilbert
HB: Cripps, Fisher, Goddard
M: McEvoy, Dal Santo, Montagna, Hayes, Jones, Armitage
HF: Peake, Riewoldt, Stanley
F: Schneider, Koschitzke, Milne
IC: Ledger, Gram, Steven, Ray
E: Siposs, Blake, Geary

average age: 26.4 years (about six months older than last year's average)
average experience: 121.5 games (about fifteen more than last year's average)
average height: 186.9cm (about the same as last year's average)
average weight: 86.8kg (about the same as last year's average)

[saintspremiers]

What about "The Virus", will he be in with a show?

[bergholt]

What about "The Virus", will he be in with a show?

you gotta play the ones who are putting their hands up to be played. through no fault of his own saad hasn't been on the field, so i don't see how you can pick him ahead of those who've played four preseason games. but i hope he's pushing for selection from round one.

[AnythingsPossibleSaints]

Barring any unexpectd injuries and also Gwilt and R Clarke not available:

B: Cripps, Simpkins, Gilbert
HB: Goddard, Fisher, Ray
C:Mont, Dal Santo, Ledger
HF: Steven, Roo, Stanley
F: Milne, Kosi, Schnieder
Foll: McEvoy, Hayes, Armitage

Int: Jones, Gram, Geary

Sub: Peake

Looks pretty good, but I'm not sure about having both Cripps and Geary, or both Armo and Jones. Armo would want to show something significant next week, or at training, to get a game R1, from what I've seen. Siposs would also be a big chance, as would Saad.

[prwilkinson]

FB: Dempster, Simpkin, Gilbert

HB: Goddard, Fisher, Gram

C: Montagna, Hayes, Armitage

HF: Schneider, Wilkes, Peake

FF: Milne, Riewoldt, Saad

Followers: Dal Santo, Jones, McEvoy

I/C: Kosi, Ray, Steven. Sub: Cripps or Ledger or Polo or Blake or Siposs or Geary... Gwilt will surely get a look in as well when he's ready to go.

[jays]

looks ok

[PJ]

Dempster Simpkin Blake
Gilbert Fisher Goddard
Gram Hayes Montagna
Dal Riewoldt Schneider
Milne Kosi Stanley

McEvoy Steven Jones
Ledger Peake Cripps (Saad)

Unlucky: Ray, Sipposs, Armitage

[Wrote for Luck]

dempster simpkin gilbert
goddard fisher cripps
montagna hayes armitage - jones dal santo mcevoy
schneider reiwoldt siposs
milne kosi saad

int; ledger, steven, stanley

sub; ray/gram/peake

[cwrcyn]

B: Dempster Blake Gilbert
HB: Fisher Koschitzke Goddard
C: Montagna Hayes Dal Santo
HF: Schneider Stanley Siposs
F: Saad Riewoldt Milne

R: McEvoy Steven Jones

Inter: Gram Cripps Ledger

Sub: Ray






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[Teflon]

dempster simpkin gilbert
goddard fisher cripps
montagna hayes armitage - jones dal santo mcevoy
schneider reiwoldt siposs
milne kosi saad

int; ledger, steven, stanley

sub; ray/gram/peake

Like the run in that side. Also like the ruck support available for McEvoy.

Simpkin at FB is probably the only iffy one...

I think the sub are right - these guys (SHOULD some of our kids show signs early) may not be the walk ups they have been in years past but they do offer experience to come in should any of the kids rapidly appear out of their depth.

[Con Gorozidis]

cripps simpkin gilbert
dempster fisher ray
goddard hayes milera
schneider roo siposs
milne roo stanley

R: mac nds steven

int: armitage montagna jones sub: ledger

emergencies: saad, polo, wilkes, peake, gram

[noob]

B: Dempster Simpkin Gilbert
HB: Goddard Fisher Gram
C: Montagna Hayes Ledger
HF: Schneider Riewoldt Peake
F: Milne Kosi Siposs
R: McEvoy Dal Santo Jones
Int: Steven, Blake, Ray
S: Cripps

[clarky449]

Not bad to start a development year.

[SaintPav]

For the life of me I can't understand how people can pick a team for a game without taking opposition matchups into account. Sure, the bulk of selections will be right but it will be the one or two selections that will irk people and that's becuase the coach has the opposition in mind..

[Old Mate]

One thing we need to look at when picking our team this year is midfield depth. It was a major weakness last season. Obviously Lenny out hurt us as well. Too much was left on the shoulder's of Dal Santo and Montagna. Steven and Jones gave good support. Goddard is more suited outside of the centre square. Hopefully Armo steps us as well as Ledger and Lenny will do the job. For us to improve in this area blokes like Peake and Ray need to be overtaken by more talented mids or we will lose touch with the contenders.

The other issue that needs addressing is our defensive pressure in our forward line. Since Mini dropped off form (and off the list) we've been poor in this area. Hopefully Saad is up to it. If nothing else but to lay half a dozen tackles in our forward 50. It was frustrating watching opposition teams run it out so easily last year.

[barrel-it]

For the life of me I can't understand how people can pick a team for a game without taking opposition matchups into account. Sure, the bulk of selections will be right but it will be the one or two selections that will irk people and that's becuase the coach has the opposition in mind..

Are any of the above teams put together based on the opposition in round one, being Port Adelaide? ... anyone can pick a team and brag about why this and why that.... How about we all think a little deeper and show some 'footy smarts/brain'.....

[matrix]

back line. dempster simpkin/gwilt cripps
centre half back line. gram kozi fisher
centre. dal, bj, lenny, big boy
wings. peake and gilbert
half forward line. siposs roo schneider
forward line. milne ????? saad

bench. ledger, stanley, jones, steven

[Dave McNamara]

back line. dempster simpkin/gwilt cripps
centre half back line. gram kozi fisher
centre. dal, bj, lenny, big boy
wings. peake and gilbert
half forward line. siposs roo schneider
forward line. milne ????? saad

bench. ledger, stanley, jones, steven

If that was the team then full forward would have to be Wilkes.


... after all, there's more than one string to our Beau...


(Sorry, someone had to say it, and the good Doctor doesn't seem to be on line at the moment...)

[BigMart]

Backs
Simpkin, Dempster, geary, cripps, Gilbert, fisher

Mids
Goddard, dal santo, montagna, jones, McEvoy, Armitage

Forward
Riewoldt, Milne, Kosi, schnieder, Siposs, peake

Int
Hayes, Steven, ledger, ???????

Not Sure about the sub?
Saad, Ray, Gram, Ross???

[dcstkfc]

B: Geary Simpkin Dempster
HB: Gilbert Fisher Cripps
C: Montagna Dal Santo Goddard
HF: Steven Riewoldt Schneider
FF: Milne Koschitzke Armitage
Fol: McEvoy Hayes Jones
Int: Gram Ledger Stanley
Sub: Peake

EMG: Saad Blake Siposs

[dragit]

B: Geary Gilbert Simpkin
HB: Goddard Fisher Dempster
C: Ledger Dal Santo Montagna
HF: Siposs Riewoldt Schneider
FF: Milne Kosi Saad
Fol: Mac Hayes Steven
Int: Armo Gram Cripps
Sub: Ray