Round 1 side

[nostalgicsaint]

*round 1*

B: Stock, Wilkie, Shoen/Cordy
HB: Bonner, Battle, NWM
C: Wood, Steele, Hill
HF: Sharman, Owens, Henry
F: Higgins, King, Membrey

Foll: Marshall, Pou, Ross

I/C: Wilson, Byrnes, Crouch, Garcia

Sub: Collard


Missing: Sinclair, Windy, Clark, Dow, Jones, Webster, Howard.

[older saint]

*round 1*

B: Stock, Wilkie, Shoen/Cordy
HB: Bonner, Battle, NWM
C: Wood, Steele, Hill
HF: Sharman, Owens, Henry
F: Higgins, King, Membrey

Foll: Marshall, Pou, Ross

I/C: Wilson, Byrnes, Crouch, Garcia

Sub: Collard


Missing: Sinclair, Windy, Clark, Dow, Jones, Webster, Howard.

Seems about right due to unavailability of players

Question marks are:
- Crouch going in without a practise game
- Does someone like a Jones pop up as far as i know isn't injured
- Canamiti on the bench perhaps as second ruck.

thinking of the opponent
- Wilkie / Hawkins
- Battle/ Cameron
- Does Geelong play a third tall forward?

[saynta]

*round 1*

B: Stock, Wilkie, Shoen/Cordy
HB: Bonner, Battle, NWM
C: Wood, Steele, Hill
HF: Sharman, Owens, Henry
F: Higgins, King, Membrey

Foll: Marshall, Pou, Ross

I/C: Wilson, Byrnes, Crouch, Garcia

Sub: Collard


Missing: Sinclair, Windy, Clark, Dow, Jones, Webster, Howard.

Pretty close.

[Otiman]

I think Wilkie on Cameron and Cordy on Hawkins is the way to go.

Battle can take another week to recover from his niggles if needed. Windy to play backline.

[Yorkeys]

Be fun watching Zaine and Hawkins sprint for the ball all by themselves in the F50. Must be a chance NWM could amble up from the centre and stroll past them before they got near it. Actually I'd expect them to fall over each other. Hawkins would of course dispute the play on call and beg for a free, supported by most of Norlane, or at least those released from custody.

[SaintWiki]

Be fun watching Zaine and Hawkins sprint for the ball all by themselves in the F50. Must be a chance NWM could amble up from the centre and stroll past them before they got near it. Actually I'd expect them to fall over each other. Hawkins would of course dispute the play on call and beg for a free, supported by most of Norlane, or at least those released from custody.

[Otiman]

Cordy will play. I haven't heard confirmation of Dougs injuries but it seems likely from the vision. Cordy probably doesn't need to play round 2.

Jones (if selected) and Crouch off no practice matches is as per the plan to manage their minutes, no issues there.

Windy, Dow, Sinclair won't play round 1.

Garcia or Jones will play Round 1 and be replaced by Windhager in Round 2.

Sincs to take Cordy's spot in the 22 but not the role. We just drop a tall for a small.

[BackFromUSA]

B: Stocker Cordy Wilke
HB: Bonner Battle NAS
C: Wood Steele Hill
HF: Owens Membrey Henry
F: Higgins King Sharman (relief ruck)

Foll: Marshall Crouch Byrnes

I/C: Wilson Ross Phillipou Garcia

Sub: Jones (if available) or Collard


Missing: Sinclair, Windy, Clark, Dow, Webster, Howard.

[BringBackMadDog]

Dan Butler? If he's fit surely he plays, his pressure acts in the forward half go unnoticed but are so important to us. We only laid 3 tackles inside 50 against Nth to their 10. Their 2 running defenders got 68 disposals between them!

[skeptic]

Injured I think BBMD

[Zed]

B: Stocker Cordy Wilke
HB: Bonner Battle NAS
C: Wood Steele Hill
HF: Wilson Membrey Henry
F: Higgins King Owens

Foll: Marshall Ross Crouch

I/C: Byrnes Sharman Phillipou Shoenmaker

Sub: Jones (if available) or Garcia

[NickyDal]

With the onset of all our injuries again I think there can be no doubt that our training and conditioning services all need to be sacked. Every year it is the same story with more than a dozen players out injured before round 1. Enough is enough. RTB, it's time to swing the axe again and get rid of the people responsible.

[AnythingsPossibleSaints]

Sounds like Geelong have a number of “smalls” up forward, so we could really really really do with Windy getting up for this one, so that he can play on one of them. Otherwise we may have to swing Hill back there (not ideal, as him, Wangmil and Bonner don’t have too many defensive bones between them), or else another non-ideal option is to play the 194cm Schoenmaker on one of them.

Will be interesting to see whether Jones gets the sub role or full minutes. Pity there isn’t a VFL praccy match this week. Outside of Dangerfield Geelong look very weak and shallow in the midfield, so it hopefully won’t matter so much having Crouch and Zak playing off no lead-up games.

If it were me I’d be putting a hard tag on Danger. Not even sure who their next best in there would be. Looks a huge drop off in quality after him in there.

And have Sharman or perhaps even Owens or Skunk in Tom Stewart’s pocket all day.

Those two and Cameron look our biggest threats.

[D.B.Cooper]

Battle Wilkie Cordy
Bonner NWM Stocker

Wood Crouch Owens
Marshall Steele Ross

Henry Hill Higgins
King Membrey Sharman

INT: Pou Byrnes Wilson Garcia
Sub: Jones

Best 22 INJ/Suspended
Sinclair, Webster, Windy, Howard, Clark

[saintsRrising]

Injured I think BBMD

Yes injured.
As of 5 March.

Dan Butler Ankle 2-3 weeks
Hunter Clark Calf 3-5 weeks
Paddy Dow Knee 3-5 weeks
Jack Hayes Knee 4-5 weeks
Dougal Howard Hamstring 4-5 weeks
Ben Paton Pectoral 12-16 weeks
Mattaes Phillipou Hip Test
Jack Sinclair Calf 1-2 weeks
James Van Es Ankle 4-5 weeks
Jimmy Webster Suspension TBC
Marcus Windhager Hand 1-2 weeks

[saintbob]

*round 1*

B: Stock, Wilkie, Shoey
HB: Bonner, Battle, NWM
C: Wilson , Steele, Hill
HF: Sharman, Membrey, Henry
F: Higgins, King, Wood

Foll: Marshall, Owens , Ross

I/C: Ross, Pou, Garcia, Caminiti

Sub: Collard

[cwrcyn]

Stocker Cordy Wilkie
Bonner Battle Wanganeen-Milera
Wood Steele Hill
Owens Sharman Henry
Higgins King Membrey

R: Marshall Windhager Ross

Inter: Phillipou Wilson Byrnes Caminiti

Sun: Garcia

I'd put Crouch in but I'm not sure if he'll be fit to play.

[Yorkeys]

I suspect we won't be able to cope with a fit Dangerfield. Stewart and Cameron. Particularly without Sinclair, Howard, and Butler. Expect similar result to our last game, against GWS. But it will help shape the long term line up, especially if Higgins is wasteful. I tipped 1 from 4 round 0.

[NickyDal]

Play all the youngsters like the early rounds of last year.

[AnythingsPossibleSaints]

Wilson officially set to make his debut. And Windy, Battle, Jones and Pou have all been declared available, which is great news. Windy can potentially replace Webster and we’ll have ample midfield options, in Steele, Crouch, Seb, Jones, Pou, Windy and Owens.

Sincs trained fully and is also sounding like a genuine possibility to play if he gets through Thursday’s session without trouble.

Think the only thing we’re really missing is a genuine “pressure forward”.

B: Wilkie Cordy Stocker
HB: Wangmil Battle Bonner
C: Wood Crouch Hill
HF: Henry Membrey Owens
F: Higgins King Sharman
R: Roma Steele Seb
I: Pou Byrnes Windy Wilson
Sub: Jones

Strong and deep team and if Sincs gets up it’s going to obviously be an even better still.

[Zed]

Sinclair and Windy would be massive ins if fit.
Both can play half back
Sinclair can go for a burst in the middle
Windy can be an extra lockdown small defender if required
If they both fit then Jones plays at Sandy I reckon.
Windy most likely starts as the sub.

[Otiman]

I think one of them (Sinclair, Windhager, Jones) will be sub.

[Yorkeys]

Another gun debuts.
The core is developing.
In last couple of years: NWM, Windhager, Owens, Pou, now Wilson. Add in Max, Henry, the side is infusing serious talent.
Can't wait for Collard to be ready.
All without special gifts from the AFL.
North really give me the s***s with the advantages it has been given for being crap on and off field. Where was that thinking when we were going nowhere .
Don't want to think about how the Tasmanian project is going to be boosted.
One thing certain, it will get an opening round spot and teams will not look forward so much to winter games down there.

[AnythingsPossibleSaints]

Wow, Collard is playing! Didn’t see that coming. Must be pretty desperate for more forward pressure.

Didn’t even play the whole game against Norf so will presumably be sub for this one. Guessing this means Jones won’t be playing.

Sincs not playing either.

[AnythingsPossibleSaints]

Wow, Collard is playing! Didn’t see that coming. Must be pretty desperate for more forward pressure.

Didn’t even play the whole game against Norf so will presumably be sub for this one. Guessing this means Jones won’t be playing.

Sincs not playing either.