Changes next week

[Freebird]

Ins
??

Outs
Hickey - awkward slow
Schneider - give young player his spot - minchington.
Ray - some talent but time to give Wright this spot
Ross - too slow no urgency.
Shenton - runs out of legs early

[saynta]

Ins
??

Outs
Hickey - awkward slow
Schneider - give young player his spot - minchington.
Ray - some talent but time to give Wright this spot
Ross - too slow no urgency.
Shenton - runs out of legs early

Ross wont get dropped.

[Con Gorozidis]

Minch has to be in surely? A week or two off footy wouldnt hurt Sinclair. He has a had a good run for his first year.
Newnes has been disappointing this year but cant see him being dropped.
Weller and Dunstan will be back so I guess Ray and Acres are vulnerable . I'm not sure we can continue to play two ruckmen if they are not contributing.

In: Weller, Dunstan, Minchington
Out: Sinclair (rest), Hickey, Acres

p.s
A midfield of Weller, Dunstan, Ross, Armitage is a tad crab-like but that is what we have at the moment. We need to recruit another outside mid.

[Toy Saint]

I'd like to see Dunstan back, as well as McKenzie and possibly Weller.

It would be good to see Goddard get his chance, and I'm keen to find out if Lee can play.

Both our ruckmen are struggling.

[borderbarry]

I tthought Ross had a fair game considering it was his first for the year.

Out... Hickey Delaney Acres

In...... Goddard/Lee Membrey Weller

[saintjake]

Don't like the idea of dropping Ray or Schneider. Schneider has been one of our best all year and Ray is still streets ahead or Wright. The balance between youth and experience still has to be monitored. Wright, McKenzie, Shenton all fight and rotate for positions.
Sinclair has shown plenty in goal kicking terms, but doesn't get much of the ball. Wouldn't mind seeing Minch get a go, will be spewing if Templeton comes in again before Minch, we know what Templeton provides, same as Shenton. We need to see if Lee/Minch ect can offer more.

We have too many medium running defenders.

Out's
a ruckman
Shenton - Good back up player, looks super slow at average skills and can't see much upside from what he produces already.
Sinclair

In
Weller
Lee
Minch

[SainterK]

Why was hickey subbed, give the ruck a chance in the ruck

[saintjake]

Why was hickey subbed, give the ruck a chance in the ruck

100% agree
Why play him forward when he is clearly a ruckman, only to sub him without giving him ago as a ruck.
I understand needing another tall for structure, but he offers next to nothing.
At least give Lee, Membrey or someone else ago (Yes I know Lee is playing backline in VFL but that doesn't mean he forgot how to be a forward. Him getting the third defender is a good thing)

[SainterK]

Why was hickey subbed, give the ruck a chance in the ruck

100% agree
Why play him forward when he is clearly a ruckman, only to sub him without giving him ago as a ruck.
I understand needing another tall for structure, but he offers next to nothing.
At least give Lee, Membrey or someone else ago (Yes I know Lee is playing backline in VFL but that doesn't mean he forgot how to be a forward. Him getting the third defender is a good thing)

Glad someone does.

Hawks supporting hubby asks me what's the coaches fascination with Bill?

Give the vest to a ruck sure, but not Hickey.

Bills inability to take a contested mark baffles me given height.

[saintspremiers]

Hickey clearly had a leg injury of some degree. He was hobbling at three quarter time

[Bunk_Moreland]

Ins
??

Outs
Hickey - awkward slow
Schneider - give young player his spot - minchington.
Ray - some talent but time to give Wright this spot
Ross - too slow no urgency.
Shenton - runs out of legs early

Hickey and Longer are getting less potent every week

Schneider was terrific tonight wont get dropped
Ray like Schneider
Ross - need to get games into him, will be our next Armo
Shenton - not in the best 22

Outs
Hickey, Lonie, Shenton

Ins
Dunstan, Goddard, Membrey Weller

Lonie will be a very good player but was nowhere to be seen at Bruce's feet - Milne would have kicked 6 tonight. See if Membrey can play like a small forward should.
Goddard should get the gig ahead of Shenton
Dunstan comes back in

[dragit]

In
Gilbert Dunstan Weller membrey

Out
Shenton ross Newnes hickey

[saintjake]

Ins
??

Outs
Hickey - awkward slow
Schneider - give young player his spot - minchington.
Ray - some talent but time to give Wright this spot
Ross - too slow no urgency.
Shenton - runs out of legs early

Hickey and Longer are getting less potent every week

Schneider was terrific tonight wont get dropped
Ray like Schneider
Ross - need to get games into him, will be our next Armo
Shenton - not in the best 22

Outs
Hickey, Lonie, Shenton

Ins
Dunstan, Goddard, Membrey Weller

Lonie will be a very good player but was nowhere to be seen at Bruce's feet - Milne would have kicked 6 tonight. See if Membrey can play like a small forward should.
Goddard should get the gig ahead of Shenton
Dunstan comes back in

Lol, Lonies stats..
18 touches
10 contested
3 clearances.

Dunstan has been off the pace most of the year. People have short memories on Saintsational. Let Ross have a fair crack at Dunstans spot and let Dunstan work into some form in the VFL.

[Old Mate]

Membrey definitely for Hickey

[saintjake]

In
Gilbert Dunstan Weller membrey

Out
Shenton ross Newnes hickey

What is the point in swapping Dunstan for Ross?
Like for like players. Dunstan has been ordinary for most of the year. Let Ross havea run and let Dunstan find some form in the VFL.

[SainterK]

Goddard to debut, great week to
Cam to swap with him cause of height only

Out Longer, Shenton, Schneider
In Membrey, Goddard, Weller

Wouldn't mind Minch getting a turn, at who's expenses?

[8856brother]

Amazing how people view things. Thought Shenton was good again, Ross to me looked out of his depth and we will ruin Hickeys confidence and trade potential playing him forward. He's a ruckman, let him ruck.

Out: Ross, Longer, Sinclair( due for a spell)
In: Dunstan, Weller, Membury

Missing Stanley unfortunately. Our relief ruck/forward position is a big worry. Don't want Bruce rucking, he was spent late in the game, but I'm not sure of any other option. Longer/Hickey isn't working.

We also don't have any better clearance players to bring in. Smashed in that area today.

[saintjake]

Goddard to debut, great week to
Cam to swap with him cause of height only

Out Longer, Shenton, Schneider
In Membrey, Goddard, Weller

Wouldn't mind Minch getting a turn, at who's expenses?

Sinclair, he's had a great run and exceeded all expectations. Hits the scoreboard but doesn't do much else. Is going to be a player, but we need to find out if Minch is a player as well.

Plenty of young guys with potential player, but plenty of players we still need to see play!!

[dragit]

In
Gilbert Dunstan Weller membrey

Out
Shenton ross Newnes hickey

What is the point in swapping Dunstan for Ross?
Like for like players. Dunstan has been ordinary for most of the year. Let Ross havea run and let Dunstan find some form in the VFL.

Zero tackles as a midfielder is just not good enough... I'd like to see Ross find some serious form in the vfl before playing seniors.

Gilbert & Weller are streets ahead of Ross at this stage, minchington probably deserves a game before him too... Dunstan while out of form has more credits in the bank than Ross IMO...

[SainterK]

In
Gilbert Dunstan Weller membrey

Out
Shenton ross Newnes hickey

What is the point in swapping Dunstan for Ross?
Like for like players. Dunstan has been ordinary for most of the year. Let Ross havea run and let Dunstan find some form in the VFL.

Zero tackles as a midfielder is just not good enough... I'd like to see Ross find some serious form in the vfl before playing seniors.

Gilbert & Weller are streets ahead of Ross at this stage, minchington probably deserves a game before him too... Dunstan while out of form has more credits in the bank than Ross IMO...

He got tired but I saw a lot I liked personally.

Might of been a better sub option for his first game back.

[SainterK]

Oh I forgot about DMac too

[coopergrech]

The Changes that should happen...:

In: Weller, Membrey, Gilbo/Lee/Goddard(2 of them-would like all 3)
Out: Ross,Longer, Sinclair, Shenton

What they will more then likely do:
In- Dunstan, McKenzie, Weller,Membrey
Out: Acres, Shenton,Hickey,Sinclair(back to RL - its Round 11 or Schneids only 1 can stay)

Schneids has had a great year, started slowly in the first quarter and was good after that

[gringo]

I thought Ross was pretty good, Ray and Schnieder were very good. Shenton was given the ridiculous task of minding Gunston...the fact he only got a few goals was lucky. Shents did okay considering. The score line didn't reflect the way we played. We actually were really unlucky with the forward line not scoring easily not helped by never getting frees for the hawks illegal negating techniques. I was actually impressed with how we played at times. It sounds crazy after a 10 goal loss but there was not that big a gulf. The umpires and a bit of arseing goals helped blow it out. I thought we were probably around a 5 goal worse team on the night. I reckon we are 2 years from being a better team than them.

[dragit]

I thought Ross was pretty good, Ray and Schnieder were very good. Shenton was given the ridiculous task of minding Gunston...the fact he only got a few goals was lucky. Shents did okay considering. The score line didn't reflect the way we played. We actually were really unlucky with the forward line not scoring easily not helped by never getting frees for the hawks illegal negating techniques. I was actually impressed with how we played at times. It sounds crazy after a 10 goal loss but there was not that big a gulf. The umpires and a bit of arseing goals helped blow it out. I thought we were probably around a 5 goal worse team on the night. I reckon we are 2 years from being a better team than them.

If we have Weller, Gilbert & Mckenzie ready, surely they play though? Who were our worst half a dozen players?

A ten goal loss says we can improve.

[bigcarl]

I tthought Ross had a fair game considering it was his first for the year.

Out... Hickey Delaney Acres

In...... Goddard/Lee Membrey Weller

I thought Acres came back very well after a nervous start and if we are going to drop a ruck it should be Longer. Delaney did okay under difficult circumstances considering how often the ball was coming in.

In: Goddard/Lee, which ever they reckon is closer to senior football; Weller, Gilbert.

We badly lacked height in defence today and really missed Weller, who would have played on Mitchell. Gilbert comes in because he is a good player with runs on the board

Out: Shenton, Longer, Sinclair RL