Changes for the Geelong game.

[vantheman]

tactics?

Gardiner and Rix to do the ruck work?

[yipper]

hope young Van Rheenan gets a game - huge potential in that kid. RL is just using the game to run blokes into fitness - as he should be doing. Not going all out for a win.

[saintsRrising]

tactics?

Gardiner and Rix to do the ruck work?

I think M Gardiner and King.

Againts the Tigers Gardiner started in the ruck...I am guessing that RL wants to build his fitness and match conditioning by giving him lots of rucktime.


M Gardiner from the two games I have seen this year is "rusty' and needs lots of football match practice to improve, which he needs to do to graba spot in our best 22.

King by contrast I see as ready to play now....and so just needs minimal game time to have him in his prime for Round 1.

[Otiman]

no king.

[Otiman]

Probably easier to list who is not in the side. Bold is players who played last week.

2. King
4. Nobody
5. McEvoy
7. Hayes
12. Riewoldt
13. Schneider
14. Ball
16. R. Clarke
18. Goddard
21. Ferguson
24. Dempster
31. Maguire
33. Gwilt
35. Harvey
43. Attard
46. Haretuku

I expect King and Harvey were planned rotations, Raph has been well documented also.

[saintsRrising]

no king.

ooooooooooooppps

[saintsRrising]

tactics?

Gardiner and Rix to do the ruck work?

Now that I am with you...I would like to get a look at VR....plus get Gardi fit.

[saintsRrising]

So from Otiman's list, from a likely "best 22" the following are not available.

2. King
7. Hayes
12. Riewoldt
13. Schneider
14. Ball
18. Goddard
31. Maguire

[Huzzad]

Any word why King is out?

[Batnoe]

King must be out because of the match ups

They would go out there and show him what they are made of, probably a good move and just save him for round 4

tear it up in the real stuff, not practice match

[Otiman]

I agree, keep King on the sidelines this week, let the King/Blake build up be for the H&A game, rather than a NAB game. I think that will work in our favour.

[LTN16]

M.Gardiner vs Blake

van Rheenen vs West

Rix we be playing in the backline.

[riccardo]

EDIT: wrong thread.

[Otiman]

Also I look forward to seeing Gram play in a similar role to Raph last week, and show how good he actually is. Play him on S. Johnson perhaps?

Was reduced to mediocre form with his back(?) playing up last year, but i'm looking forward to a huge 08 from him.

[plugger66]

I know it is only a practice game but to me we may have the slightly stronger players this week. I expected us to lose last week but we should win this week. A bad sign I would say.

[mad saint guy]

EDIT: wrong thread.

I'm not having a go at you here, I'm just curious...how do people so often manage to post in the wrong thread? I just don't know how one would be completely oblivious to all of the posts on their screen.

I guess it would have to be a thread you have already read and you know what you are going to post before you even open it, hence not reading any other posts in the thread or even just scrolling to find the reply button.

[riccardo]

EDIT: wrong thread.

I'm not having a go at you here, I'm just curious...how do people so often manage to post in the wrong thread? I just don't know how one would be completely oblivious to all of the posts on their screen.

I guess it would have to be a thread you have already read and you know what you are going to post before you even open it, hence not reading any other posts in the thread or even just scrolling to find the reply button.

I wasn't paying attention - rarely happens to me.

as for anyone else - you'll have to ask them. I'm not particuluarly invested in this topic, so rather than make something up (and, inevitably, have to defend my viewpoint) I was honest and admitted it was an error.

[BackFromUSA]

do they mean Jack Steven?

34 - Steven Jack

[Dal_Santos_Gal]

Channel 10 news just said before when they were saying what was coming up in sport.. no saint king against geelong this weekend

More details in around 10 minutes

[stinger]

That is a list of 30 St Kilda players...and 28 Cats

So must be slimmed down yet.

Both teams are missing some quality players....so should be an interesting hit out.

four to come out...........

[Enrico_Misso]

Naming a squad of 30 is pointless.
Might as well hold off till they can name the actual team.

It is not as though we are playing mind games because it is an important game.

[saintbrat]

who hasn't gotten their e-mail yet

[borderbarry]

Four to come out.
I would leave out Howard, Chivers, maybe Birss. I cant decide on a 4th. Not after the games the youngsters put in last week.

[Ralphy]

not sure who i would leave out.

Birss, maybe howard,

way the youngies played last week it would be hard to leave out,

[SaintBot]

outs would have to be

Connors
Howard
Chivers
Steven/Van Rheenen