Upcoming Game

[tony74]

We'll be fielding a pretty inexperienced team on Thursday. From what I gather Hawthorns team will be full strength. Could be nasty.
P?s. Another one had a very slight hamstring strain today but I'd rather not name the player until the teams are announced.

[sainter#4]

Saunders or armo isn't it?

[SemperFidelis]

Bloody hell Tony, you had only one job. Get rid of that black cat!

[8856brother]

Geary also not named. As well as Armo or Saunders. McKenzie still no good.

[mad saint guy]

If Armo's done a hammy then we could potentially be fielding the worst midfield ever to play an AFL game in round one.

Steven, Weller, Newnes, Montagna, Templeton, Curren, Acres and Saunders vs Griffen, Ward, Treloar, Shiel, Coniglio, Greene, Kelly, Whitfield, Palmer, Scully

Oh this could get ugly

[saynta]

We'll be fielding a pretty inexperienced team on Thursday. From what I gather Hawthorns team will be full strength. Could be nasty.
P?s. Another one had a very slight hamstring strain today but I'd rather not name the player until the teams are announced.

The teams are announced now.Tell me it isn't Armo.

[tony74]

It isn't Armo. Saunders has a SLIGHT strain. Armo could have played but they won't risk him,

[sainter#4]

Bright side - these kids are going to learn alot quicker being thrown in Thursday then being eased in via vfl. Games for lonie Goddard mccartin Dunstan etc are alot more important then the scoreboard midway through march Especially as this year we are expecting to be at our worst (as stated by pelchen in members email the week we traded mcevoy in 2013)

Just enjoy the player development like we did in 2002. Results are irrelevant.

[tony74]

Agreed. Will be great to see how Louie goes.

[cwrcyn]

17 out of the 27 named players have played 30 games or less

9 players have played 6 games or less


It'll be interesting, for sure

[Con Gorozidis]

Hawks side looks very solid...

2. J.Roughead
3. J.Lewis
4. M. Suckling
5. S.Mitchell
6. J.Gibson
7. B.McEvoy
8. T.Duryea
9. S.Burgoyne
10. B.Hill
12. J.Frawley
13. J.ORourke
15. L.Hodge
16. I.Smith
17. B.Lake
18. J.Ceglar
19. J.Gunston
21. J.Sicily
22. L.Breust
24. B.Stratton
26. L.Shiels
28. P.Puopolo
29. W.Langford
31. A.Litherland
32. J.Simpkin
33. C.Rioli
37. J.Anderson
40. B.Hartung

[Life Long Saint]

17 out of the 27 named players have played 30 games or less

9 players have played 6 games or less


It'll be interesting, for sure

If by "interesting" you mean horribly one-sided then you're spot on.
But it's a pre-season game so the result is immaterial. Look at the Richmond v Port Adelaide game last weekend.

[tony74]

Roo, Geary, Longer and the injured didn't train at all. Brodie, Sam, and Daniel ran laps. Saunders jogged off after about 30 mins and came back on and did a couple of run throughs and then went off for good. Armo didn't participate but came on later and basically had a fitness test at the end.Spencer was worked really hard and was blowing big time at the end.
P.S. I Wouldn't normally be as comprehensive as this however Mark Stevens from 7 was there the whole time taking footage and interviewing Hickey so I'm giving away no secrets.

[saintspremiers]

Roo, Geary, Longer and the injured didn't train at all. Brodie, Sam, and Daniel ran laps. Saunders jogged off after about 30 mins and came back on and did a couple of run throughs and then went off for good. Armo didn't participate but came on later and basically had a fitness test at the end.Spencer was worked really hard and was blowing big time at the end.
P.S. I Wouldn't normally be as comprehensive as this however Mark Stevens from 7 was there the whole time taking footage and interviewing Hickey so I'm giving away no secrets.

With all due respects tony, this is a practice match and we are a lock bottom 4 side.

No need for bubble type security this year - may as well be as open and honest as possible and do the good PR stuff to keep the supporters happy.

I hope Roo isn't injured.

[plugger66]

Roo, Geary, Longer and the injured didn't train at all. Brodie, Sam, and Daniel ran laps. Saunders jogged off after about 30 mins and came back on and did a couple of run throughs and then went off for good. Armo didn't participate but came on later and basically had a fitness test at the end.Spencer was worked really hard and was blowing big time at the end.
P.S. I Wouldn't normally be as comprehensive as this however Mark Stevens from 7 was there the whole time taking footage and interviewing Hickey so I'm giving away no secrets.

With all due respects tony, this is a practice match and we are a lock bottom 4 side.

No need for bubble type security this year - may as well be as open and honest as possible and do the good PR stuff to keep the supporters happy.

I hope Roo isn't injured.

That's rubbish SP. Of course we shouldn't tell any secrets on here no matter how poor we are this year. If the club don't want something in the media thee will be a reason for it.

[tony74]

Totally correct Plugger. There's always something they don't want the media to know. Club has a good relationship with
Mark and want to keep it that way.
And Saintpremiers you wouldn't believe the lengths other clubs go to to find any info they can on other clubs and players ( whether they're bottom of the ladde or practice matches )

[Con Gorozidis]

This is a good chance to lull the Hawks into a false sense of security so they are over confident and we can jump them early in the pre-lim.

[saynta]

It isn't Armo. Saunders has a SLIGHT strain. Armo could have played but they won't risk him,

Phew.

[saintspremiers]

Totally correct Plugger. There's always something they don't want the media to know. Club has a good relationship with
Mark and want to keep it that way.
And Saintpremiers you wouldn't believe the lengths other clubs go to to find any info they can on other clubs and players ( whether they're bottom of the ladde or practice matches )

I know how drones work lol

[tony74]

We had an opposition spy across the road in the bowls club pretending to be part of the Seaford Bowling Club. Problem was he had no bowls, had binoculars and the club wasn't open!!

[Dr Spaceman]

We had an opposition spy across the road in the bowls club pretending to be part of the Seaford Bowling Club. Problem was he had no bowls, had binoculars and the club wasn't open!!

Was he wearing a trench coat?

[saintspremiers]

We had an opposition spy across the road in the bowls club pretending to be part of the Seaford Bowling Club. Problem was he had no bowls, had binoculars and the club wasn't open!!

No bowls but had balls.

[kosifantutti]

Tom HICKEY
Tom CURREN
Jack STEVEN
Josh BRUCE
Eli TEMPLETON
Tim MEMBREY
Luke DUNSTAN
Paddy McCARTIN
Blake ACRES
Hugh GODDARD
Tom LEE
Nathan WRIGHT
Leigh MONTAGNA
Jack LONIE
Adam SCHNEIDER
Ahmed SAAD
Jack NEWNES
Cameron SHENTON
Dylan ROBERTON
Jack SINCLAIR
Luke DELANEY
Darren MINCHINGTON
Spencer White
Lewis PIERCE
Sean DEMPSTER
Maverick WELLER
Sam FISHER


IN: Schneider, Roberton, White, Pierce

OUT: Ross, Geary, Longer, Armitage, Saunders, Holmes

[White Winmar]

The game's on Foxtel, isn't it? Should be moved to the horror movie channel. It should come with a warning, "if you're a saints supporter, some of the scenes you're about to see could be disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised."

[spert]

The Hawks won't be taking risks, and it expect it will be a closer contest than some think, even though the results are irrelevant, we need to show competitiveness and push them hard, and if we can do that then I know that we will be on the improve.