Team vs freo

saintbrat · Post: # 1115171Post **saintbrat** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 5:53pm

Blake for Dawson and Riewoldt returns.

stkildafc Rd 20 Team - In: Riewoldt, Blake. Out: Dawson (susp), Lynch. #gosaints

AFL_PKeane Patrick Keane
St K v Frem â€“ Riewoldt, Blake for Dawson, Lynch

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Thu 04 Aug 2011 5:56pm

Yawn.
Imagine how demoralising it must be for the Tommy Walsh's on our list, knowing that no matter how well they play and how much they bust a gut during the year that they'll almost always be overlooked for a safe, tried and true option. Don't imagine it would be too good for morale.

Thinline · Post: # 1115174Post **Thinline** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 5:59pm

Predictably conservative.

But I'll take it.

Go the Blake.

Do a Peakey.

Jacks Back · Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:01pm

Poor Tommy W

He even looks sad in the photo on the top of the page.

saintspremiers · Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:03pm

Tommy was never going to play.

Always knew that!

Rosco · Post: # 1115180Post **Rosco** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:04pm

Emergencies: Baker, Winmar, Walsh

Junction Oval · Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:10pm

Predictable - gone for the safe option again.

clarky449 · Post: # 1115183Post **clarky449** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:12pm

Nothing surprising and i still think we should be playing new players. Slowly going back to the old workhorses for the finals. Least we know what Blake will give, really like the blake.

borderbarry · Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:12pm

Safe optiion? You are being charitable.

Rosco · Post: # 1115185Post **Rosco** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:13pm

not that i was expecting him to be selected, but did anyone else know that mcqualter is gone for the year with an a/c sprain?

http://injuryupdate.com.au/afl.php?sport=AFL&team=St. Kilda&mascot=Saints

barks4eva · Post: # 1115186Post **barks4eva** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:14pm

STUPID

CONSERVATIVE

WASTE OF TIME

UNIMAGINATIVE

ABSOLUTE BOLLOCKS

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:17pm

barks4eva wrote:STUPID

CONSERVATIVE

WASTE OF TIME

UNIMAGINATIVE

ABSOLUTE BOLLOCKS

You don't think the Collingwoods and Geelongs would be shaking in their boots at our conservatism and almost complete unwillingness to take a risk?

barks4eva · Post: # 1115196Post **barks4eva** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:31pm

AnythingsPossibleSaints wrote:
barks4eva wrote:STUPID

CONSERVATIVE

WASTE OF TIME

UNIMAGINATIVE

ABSOLUTE BOLLOCKS
You don't think the Collingwoods and Geelongs would be shaking in their boots at our conservatism and almost complete unwillingness to take a risk?

Precisely!

No upside whatsoever from playing Blake AND we need something from left field to even have a remote chance even though it's next to impossible.

Another opportunity gone begging.

Blake in possibly his last year and Walsh with it all ahead of him, no forward planning whatsoever.

Walsh should have been playing and gaining valuable experience at least ten weeks ago.

Give the kid a go, FAIR DINKUM

Lyon might be a brilliant tactical coach but team selection is an absolute joke.

jays · Post: # 1115198Post **jays** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:31pm

very safe imo but would love to see tommy

SainterK · Post: # 1115200Post **SainterK** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:38pm

Late change

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:41pm

barks4eva wrote:
AnythingsPossibleSaints wrote:
barks4eva wrote:STUPID

CONSERVATIVE

WASTE OF TIME

UNIMAGINATIVE

ABSOLUTE BOLLOCKS
You don't think the Collingwoods and Geelongs would be shaking in their boots at our conservatism and almost complete unwillingness to take a risk?
Precisely!

No upside whatsoever from playing Blake AND we need something from left field to even have a remote chance even though it's next to impossible.

Another opportunity gone begging.

Blake in possibly his last year and Walsh with it all ahead of him, no forward planning whatsoever.

Walsh should have been playing and gaining valuable experience at least ten weeks ago.

Give the kid a go, FAIR DINKUM

Lyon might be a brilliant tactical coach but team selection is an absolute joke.

Unfortunately I find it hard to argue with anything much of that, although I'm not altogether unhappy to see Blake in the seniors. Surely it was a good chance to bring Tommy in, though, since whoever came in for Zac was likely to go back to the VFL again next week, anyway. It may as well have been Tommy. What the hell do we gain by giving Blake one game? Hopefully Pelchan coming on board may help get them out of their conservative selection rut.
The coaching staff seemingly want those on field to take more risks and play with more dare, I just hope they practise what they preach. They need some Denny Crane sized balls! No way in hell are we going to win the premiership, from where we are, playing it safe.

Old Mate · Post: # 1115206Post **Old Mate** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:44pm

I wouldn't be surprised to see a late change, with Mac being a late out for Tommy, bookmark it.

SainterK · Post: # 1115207Post **SainterK** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:45pm

Did the people questioning team selection this week, predict say at about Rd 8, that St Kilda would likely be sitting 6th at the end of this round?

Leave it be, and enjoy the ride IMO.

Anyway, it's much to do about nothing, you don't even know the settled team until about 6.30pm Friday night.

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:50pm

SainterK wrote:Did the people questioning team selection this week, predict say at about Rd 8, that St Kilda would likely be sitting 6th at the end of this round?

Considering the time since round 8 has been by far the easiest part of our draw for the season, it was always a very distinct possibility.
At this point I really don't care how well we go in the home and away rounds, though. I want to win a premiership and as I keep saying, we won't be doing that by playing it safe and conservative. We just won't have enough momentum. Finishing an "honourable" 5th or something, with possibly only one or two new ones getting valuable finals experience, is of very little interest, personally.

plugger66 · Post: # 1115212Post **plugger66** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:50pm

Good team. Would have liked Tom Simpkin in or even Warrick Andreoli so it shows RL has guts. By the way how many here see theses seconds players week inand week out? Thanks for answering not at all. I thought so.

stinger · Post: # 1115213Post **stinger** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:51pm

disappointing is all i'll say.....

fingers · Post: # 1115214Post **fingers** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:51pm

I'm really not sure who people would like him to bring in. We are battling for a finals birth and a home final and people expect him to bring in someone who has NEVER played a game.

Saintersss · Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:53pm

5 weeks out from finals, it's time to settle a team. No real need to be bringing in debutants as much as I'd love to see Tommy play.

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:53pm

fingers wrote:I'm really not sure who people would like him to bring in. We are battling for a finals birth and a home final and people expect him to bring in someone who has NEVER played a game.

That's right. It's called having guts.

SainterK · Post: # 1115221Post **SainterK** » Thu 04 Aug 2011 6:54pm

AnythingsPossibleSaints wrote:
SainterK wrote:Did the people questioning team selection this week, predict say at about Rd 8, that St Kilda would likely be sitting 6th at the end of this round?

Considering the time since round 8 has been by far the easiest part of our draw for the season, it was always a very distinct possibility.
At this point I really don't care how well we go in the home and away rounds, though. I want to win a premiership and as I keep saying, we won't be doing that by playing it safe and conservative. We just won't have enough momentum.

I don't think it's safe, I am starting to think it's strategic.

Part of me is beginning to expect Blake and Kosi will ruck against Kepler and Clarke, Blake is a good matchup for Kepler, while Ben rests his niggles and is a late out?

Given that Sandilands and Griffin are out, it perhaps allows us to, as Ben has Jolly, Mumford and Goldstein in the coming weeks and looked pretty proppy last week?