St Kilda vs North Melbourne

[desertsaint]

after that kick i would've said 'well learn to bloody well kick a bit better and ask me again in a week!'

[Joffa Burns]

Final team named.
Kudos to Dean Kent, I thought he'd be out of contention given the new recruits but he is in the 22, must have had a vg pre-season and for a lesser light also Paton.

All others pretty much as expected IMO with the exception of Carslile & Battle.
Battle a bit stiff IMO as he was very servicable down back last year.

B: Geary, Wilkie, Howard
HB: Long, Clark, Roberton
C: Billings, Jones, Hill
HF: Lonie, King, Hannebery
F: Butler, Ryder, Membrey
FOLL: Marshall, Steele, Gresham
I/C: Kent, Ross, Dunstan, Paton

EMG: Sinclair, Coffield, Marsh

[Cordz2]

Final team named.
Kudos to Dean Kent, I thought he'd be out of contention given the new recruits but he is in the 22, must have had a vg pre-season and for a lesser light also Paton.

All others pretty much as expected IMO with the exception of Carslile & Battle.
Battle a bit stiff IMO as he was very servicable down back last year.

B: Geary, Wilkie, Howard
HB: Long, Clark, Roberton
C: Billings, Jones, Hill
HF: Lonie, King, Hannebery
F: Butler, Ryder, Membrey
FOLL: Marshall, Steele, Gresham
I/C: Kent, Ross, Dunstan, Paton

EMG: Sinclair, Coffield, Marsh

Battle is definitely in our best 22 he’ll be our Jack Gunston

[saint6709]

Final team named.
Kudos to Dean Kent, I thought he'd be out of contention given the new recruits but he is in the 22, must have had a vg pre-season and for a lesser light also Paton.

All others pretty much as expected IMO with the exception of Carslile & Battle.
Battle a bit stiff IMO as he was very servicable down back last year.

B: Geary, Wilkie, Howard
HB: Long, Clark, Roberton
C: Billings, Jones, Hill
HF: Lonie, King, Hannebery
F: Butler, Ryder, Membrey
FOLL: Marshall, Steele, Gresham
I/C: Kent, Ross, Dunstan, Paton

EMG: Sinclair, Coffield, Marsh

Battle is definitely in our best 22 he’ll be our Jack Gunston

Yep Kent for battle - very simple

[footynut]

Final team named.
Kudos to Dean Kent, I thought he'd be out of contention given the new recruits but he is in the 22, must have had a vg pre-season and for a lesser light also Paton.

All others pretty much as expected IMO with the exception of Carslile & Battle.
Battle a bit stiff IMO as he was very servicable down back last year.

B: Geary, Wilkie, Howard
HB: Long, Clark, Roberton
C: Billings, Jones, Hill
HF: Lonie, King, Hannebery
F: Butler, Ryder, Membrey
FOLL: Marshall, Steele, Gresham
I/C: Kent, Ross, Dunstan, Paton

EMG: Sinclair, Coffield, Marsh

Battle is definitely in our best 22 he’ll be our Jack Gunston

Yep Kent for battle - very simple

Spot on Battle for Kent. It gives you so much more flexibility & probably class

[chook23]

Posted this in the Morwell game thread


Battle have a poor pre season?

Has he gotten ahead of himself?

Swingman training has him out of sorts?

Thoughts.....

Attitude???

[BarryGrogan]

Battle isn't big enough to be a KPP.

Not fast enough to be a small.

He's not a forward. He can get away with his deficiencies as a 3rd defender....however with Roberten back and Howard being a much better defender - it basically means there's no spot for him.

Depth player unfortunately.

[BarryGrogan]

By the way - shocked Roberton is in. He was awful in the pre-season. Looked like a guy that hadn't played for a year.

[skeptic]

Mmm...

Seems very risky to go in without Battle or Carlisle and be dependent on Roberton.

Can’t say I love the strategy there.

Would have preferred to go without the 3 FPs

[realdeal]

I wouldve thought Battle in for Kent. Adds more versatility both fwd and back.

Obvously going for more run and gun action... just cant wait to get into it!
Go Saints!

[SAINT-LEE]

Mmm...

Seems very risky to go in without Battle or Carlisle and be dependent on Roberton.

Can’t say I love the strategy there.

Would have preferred to go without the 3 FPs

Love Robbo, he's a legend but he is as rusty as they come...

[samuraisaint]

Without Carlisle we'll struggle.

[Gershwin]

The coach has shown his hand. Get the ball to the ground and run them off their feet.

[skeptic]

The coach has shown his hand. Get the ball to the ground and run them off their feet.

Indeed.

Do you like this strategy

Got to say it’s made me uncomfortable

[Secret Kiel]

I've watched about 5 mins of footy...appart from the uneasy feeling about the appropriateness of it all, it just lacks any entertainment value. I'm not even sure I'll be watching our game. This round is a dead rubber and most people know it. The AFL better hope this works out for Australians.

The players who didn't get picked might be the winners of this round.

[shanegrambeau]

How is Kent better than Sinclair? Someone tell me the logic here! Pls!

No Carlisle, and Robertson underdone, I hope the ball stays forward, where Kent can show his goods.

Sorry, but with everything I’ve dropped the ball completely with team news.

Parker and Carlisle? Injuries?

[saintspremiers]

They’ve got a bit of everything on that bench - it’s a real depth play by the looks of it

we haven't had this sort of depth for a very long time

Shame COVID-19 will destroy the season and we are essentially hoping we can launch in 2021 (assuming things are back to normal then).

[The_Dud]

Kent in the team but no Battle, Carlisle, Parker, Sinclair, Coffield...

Baffling.

[DJ Higgins]

agree with most on this site, No Battle or Carlisle makes the back too weak for mine. Nervous now, very nervous

[Joffa Burns]

Kent in the team but no Battle, Carlisle, Parker, Sinclair, Coffield...

Baffling.

Parker still recovering from ankle surgery and not ready I believe.

i don't rate the little Kent at all but I'm obviously wrong as he is in the starting 22.
He was reasonable in the Marsh series.

I think Carslile is a lock when fully fit and training, wasn't he dealing with a personal issue?

I have Battle, Sinclair and Coffield in front of Kent every day of the week.

[samoht]

i don't rate the little Kent at all but I'm obviously wrong as he is in the starting 22.
He was reasonable in the Marsh series.

I have Battle, Sinclair and Coffield in front of Kent every day of the week.

As you say, Kent was reasonable in the Marsh series --- a couple of his long, damaging kicks to the goal square, catching defenders out, may have tipped the scales his way?
As a forward, I rate him ahead of Sinclair.

Battle and Coffield ... both good users of the ball - I'm sure they will get their chance soon.

It's probably about team balance and trying new things out, and seeing how a different combination works out.

[The Fireman]

Without Carlisle we'll struggle.

we will miss Carlisle

[The_Dud]

Kent in the team but no Battle, Carlisle, Parker, Sinclair, Coffield...

Baffling.

Parker still recovering from ankle surgery and not ready I believe.

i don't rate the little Kent at all but I'm obviously wrong as he is in the starting 22.
He was reasonable in the Marsh series.

I think Carslile is a lock when fully fit and training, wasn't he dealing with a personal issue?

I have Battle, Sinclair and Coffield in front of Kent every day of the week.

That makes sense with Parker, thought I hadn’t seen much of him.

Kent, Lonie, Gresh and Butler seems like too many of the same player, small forward not quite a midfielder, in the side.

[stkfc1]

Would have had all our emergencys in before Kent. Head scratcher.
The only thing I can see, re Robbo is because no VFL they are hoping he can play himself into form, as his best is A grade, but still a big risk. I'd have played Battle ahead of him at this stage.

[shanegrambeau]

I would guess North are now favorites.

Reason - Team selections.
In one of the few AFL games I have seen in recent years, it was Carlisle, just bobbing up out of nowhere time and again, that thoroughly surprised and delighted me, thwarting North Melbourne’s advances. Perhaps he has peaked, and is already on the decline....or some disciplinary thing.

Kent? He has played one good game.