Saints Team

[Sam23]

In: Koschitzke, Schneider, Steven, Stanley, Smith, Winmar
Out: Lenny, Blake (omitted), Baker

[Sam23]

ESSENDON
In: A.Monfries , B.Prismall , S.Gumbleton , T.Colyer
Out: D.Myers (Hand)

[Sam23]

St Kilda
B: Ray Dawson Clarke
HB: Gilbert Fisher Gwilt
C: Gram Goddard Montagna
HF: Steven Riewoldt Peake
F: Dal Santo Archer Milne
Foll: McEvoy Dempster Armitage

Int (from): Koschitzke Jones Schneider Stanley Smith Winmar Gamble

[matrix]

so two backman out and lynch had a great game down back in the vfl and doesnt get the nod???
winmar did bugger all and stanley didnt set the world on fire

[Sam23]

Essendon
B: Hardingham Fletcher Dempsey
HB: Heppell Hooker Hocking
C: Winderlich Watson Stanton
HF: Melksham Ryder Jetta
F: Crameri Hurley Zaharakis
Foll: Bellchambers Howlett McVeigh

Int (from): Lonergan Lovett-Murray Monfries Davey Gumbleton Prismall Colyer

In: Monfries Gumbleton Prismall Colyer
Out: Myers (hand)

[Sobraz]

If Dempster keeps his spot I'll Terry Wallace Spew Up...

Filled one bucket already....

[borderbarry]

Archer to hold his spot, so unlikely Kosi will be in. Steven on HF line. ANd where is Hille in the Essendon team?

[borderbarry]

Dempster a Ruck Rover? Dont think so. A few ducks and drakes here.

[saintlee]

Some interesting ins there....surely Steven gets a guernsey seeing he's named at HF.

[Saint Pup]

Archer to hold his spot, so unlikely Kosi will be in. Steven on HF line. ANd where is Hille in the Essendon team?

He pulled out late before they played the Swans and still wasn't right this week. Forget what he had done

[Richter]

Big Mac, Archer, Stanley AND Kosi all named?

Don't expect Stanley to get in given what others have said of his VFL form - wouldn't be surprised to see one of Archer or Kosi left out also, otherwise we look mighty TALL!

WOuld expect to see both Steven and Schneider come in - good to see Smith and Winmar named though not expecting either to play.'

All in all, interesting and potentially a good compromise between returning experienced players, and an injection of youth.....

[bergholt]

so two backman out and lynch had a great game down back in the vfl and doesnt get the nod???

i guess they were working on the (decent) theory that the team was too tall and defensive and slow. blake wasn't helping the situation, whereas all the players who come in are somewhat attacking and quick. (keeping in mind that stanley won't play, and kosi's only likely to play if archer doesn't.)

[Junior]

Whilst Lynch may well of played better than Winmar on the weekend, the fact remains that Winmar the previous three weeks was fantastic.

Reckon Dempster may be in too try and stop Watson, as Jones has failed to do so.

[maverick]

Dempster a Ruck Rover? Dont think so. A few ducks and drakes here.

Does Dempster tag Jobe?

[matrix]

and they say lenny is the fav of ross

more like someone else who absolutely butchered it last week

[borderbarry]

I hope Dempster can pull it off then. Great move if it works.

[Eastern]

Archer to hold his spot, so unlikely Kosi will be in. Steven on HF line. ANd where is Hille in the Essendon team?

He pulled out late before they played the Swans and still wasn't right this week. Forget what he had done

Some sort of strain. Hird said hip !!

[InkerSaint]

Stanley not quick?

'09 GF sprint not count for anything?

[Enrico_Misso]

Bit surprised at Winmar's selection.
In the last quarter for Sandy Winmar looked very proppy.

They put him on with about 5 mins to go and he could barely hobble.
Wound up taking him straight off again.

Disappointing for Lynch.

[matrix]

yeah how he didnt get a gig i dont know.
sometimes i really scratch my head at selections

[SaintSimmo]

In: Koschitzke, Schneider, Steven, Stanley, Smith, Winmar
Out: Lenny, Blake (omitted), Baker

Final Ins and Outs should be
In: Kosi, Schnieder, Steven, Smith
Out: Hayes, Blake, Baker, Gamble (or Archer)

Surprising to see Stanley and Winmar listed, both had shocker matches, and lynch had a blinder and no look.

Archer shouldn't be in the side, but he has been named in the starting 22.

Lets all hope that Siposs has another ripper game for sandy this week and he may get a look in after the bye.

[Saintersss]

We had 8 defenders last week. Far too many. 2 left out, which brings it to the needed 6. Lynch was never going to get a spot in the back half.

[matrix]

yet dempster retains his spot....

fantastic

[mad saint guy]

Very harsh on Blake, though I'm glad to see some change. Peake is very lucky to hold his spot and it's good to see that Ross hasn't fallen back in love with McQualter and Eddy (yet). The fact that Archer and Steven are named on the ground makes that bench very interesting.

Schneider - A near certainty. If he can run out half a game then he has to play
Jones - Baker's injury may help his cause but he has been playing terribly and could get a hard wake up call by being omitted, though that could leave the team looking a bit too tall against Essendon
Koschitzke - It would seem extremely improbable that he'd play alongside Archer and McEvoy. Three big, slow and not particularly agile forward/rucks is too many. I expect he'll miss. A game or two in the reserves might be a good way for him to get some match fitness
Stanley - Been in poor form and seemingly overtaken by Archer, but could almost be a chance if they don't bring in Kosi and the team is already down a tall with Blake omitted. The fact that Blake is out and another tall defender (Simpkin, Lynch, Walsh) hasn't been brought in suggests that Gilbert probably won't play forward.
Smith - Could finally get his chance, IMO likely to take Baker's spot for this week. Pre season form was very strong and he has the body to stand up in the AFL. Super quick and attacks the ball strongly.
Winmar - Surely not going to play. Has skills but needs to develop. This selection is either a bit of encouragement for him or to please the fans and media for a day or two.
Gamble - Overall has looked pretty ordinary since his great mini-game against Brisbane in the NAB cup. Has squibbed a few contests, gone missing for long periods of the game and doesn't have the physical strength to apply good pressure on the opposition. He might look ok alongside a couple of gun key forwards in a winning team, but I don't think he'll be on the list next year. May get another game to prove himself or may already be on the outer.

My guess for the final bench

Schneider, Stanley, Smith, Jones (sub)

The end result could be completely different, but at least it does appear that we'll see at least one of Smith or Stanley as well as Archer and Steven.

[dcstkfc]

1. We suddenly look MUCH younger
2. Can we go in with more than 1 one of Kosi, Stanley or Archer?