Why did Ledger not play??

[BigMart]

Was he injured???

Tom, Tom and Siposs unusual outs after pre season......Tom L would have made a good sub.

[Moods]

I turned the TV on right on the 1st bounce so wasn't aware he wasn't playing until Ray came on. Must admit I was very disappointed - I really thought he was the perfect player to ocme on in a game like that and give us a spark. Sadly Ray gave us nothing

[westcoast]

It seems that the selectors once again lacked the courage needed for change. Only 1 player who would qualify as 'youth' played, being Cripps. The same old selection process with the same average bottom few players picked. Obviously pre season form counted for absolutely nothing.Ledger was named in the best players in every pre season game, but gets overlooked for round 1.Extremely disappointing for him, and for Saints supporters looking for a bit of new blood...

[Moods]

It seems that the selectors once again lacked the courage needed for change. Only 1 player who would qualify as 'youth' played, being Cripps. The same old selection process with the same average bottom few players picked. Obviously pre season form counted for absolutely nothing.Ledger was named in the best players in every pre season game, but gets overlooked for round 1.Extremely disappointing for him, and for Saints supporters looking for a bit of new blood...

Well hopefully that's the case Westcoast, b/c the positive from that is that he'll be avilable next week and he's not injured!

[westcoast]

I've heard that he wasn't injured at all

[Con Gorozidis]

really gutless selection
ledger had good form whereas ray had a shocker of a pre-season.
ledger is also more suited to the sub role because he is an impact player .
ray is just a steady old steady old.

[hungry for a premiership]

If Ledger is fit he'll be playing next week guaranteed. Watters virtually said so in his presser. He's a contested possession winner.

[Old Mate]

At a guess Ledger comes in for Ray next week. Cripps the sub.

[Teflon]

IF Ledger was fit this astounds me.

He was a friggin better bet than Cripps FFS.....PLAY HIM.

P!ss fartin round with Ray/Polo and the butcher brigade gets us nowhere.

Havent these clowns been watching Cats? Pies with blooding their youth?????..

[westcoast]

A very very ordinary selection blunder, you should just play those guys with form on the board

[plugger66]

Gladeveryone seems to know he was 100% fit.

[Bernard Shakey]

Gladeveryone seems to know he was 100% fit.

Wasn't he?

[st_Trav_ofWA]

Gladeveryone seems to know he was 100% fit.

Don't let logic get in the way of a good moan about a loss Pluggs

[plugger66]

Gladeveryone seems to know he was 100% fit.

Wasn't he?

No idea but it seems a few on here know. Doubt Ray for ledger was going to be a secret weapon to stop Port.

[Legendary]

With the way Watters was talking after the match (not the words he used, but the tone) ... it was hard to tell whether Ledger was a deliberate out or whether it was for medical reasons. I think it was probably deliberate, but Watters didn't sound happy that Ledger wasn't out there today - maybe he made a call against his own better judgement not to play him?

Either way, I think you'll see Ledger come in next week with either Peake or Ray out. I think SW will keep mixing it around a bit until he finds a balance he is comfortable with between contested ball winning and attack, even if that takes a few weeks.

He was pretty brutally unhappy with the effort in winning the hard footy today. You could tell from his tone. I reckon he would have given them a fair talking to afterwards. As he said, contested possession has been an issue for the Saints for the past 12 months, it's not a recent problem, but it's the most fundamental thing holding the team back from winning more games.

Let's hope Ledger can be part of the solution.

[Con Gorozidis]

Gladeveryone seems to know he was 100% fit.

Don't let logic get in the way of a good moan about a loss Pluggs

i dunno but they said on abc radio that ledger and wilkes did a running session after the match out on the ground. so dont think he was injured (unless it was a hand or a finger or something).

[stkildathunda]

The club said he had "general soreness"

[Eastern]

The club said he had "general soreness"

Which is more than a little surprising seeing he had last weekend off !!

[Thinline]

I heard he pulled up sore after training with a quad and he wasnt 100 percent so they didn't go in with a risk. You'd reckon he'll be a mont next week. Tom for Ray, anyone for Polo. Not dissing on Polo, he toils, but it's a pointless selection.

[6621104]

was sitting behind him and his family at the game - all over here from WA. Not injured.

[damienc]

Today's press reports say Ledger was not fit so that's why he didn't play. He is a definite for next week based on Watter's post match remarks. I reckon there is going to be a few blokes like Peake, Ray, Polo and Jones who will struggle to get a game this year because they refuse to do the hard stuff. They might keep Jones because of his past tagging abilities. But Watters has given notice that blokes who don't fight for the footy have no place at St Kilda. Amen to that.

[bergholt]

It seems that the selectors once again lacked the courage needed for change. Only 1 player who would qualify as 'youth' played, being Cripps.

steven and stanley are both 21. mcevoy is only 22. milera was making his debut. all of those could be considered young and inexperienced.

or are you just looking for more teenagers in the side?

[westcoast]

I know for a fact he wasn't injured, just not picked

[plugger66]

I know for a fact he wasn't injured, just not picked

Why would they name him then?

[BigMart]

Stop saying people are incorrect when you don't know otherwise......the question was posed...

If you know the answer then tell us, if you don't, why even reply.....that's right, you need to antagonize...I forgot