Huge Game this week.

[lewdogs]

The interesting thing with AFL is how week to week it is these days. As in, the Cats are coming off a brilliant win against the Tigers, so they are obviously amazing now.

I had a look through their form and it's actually pretty patchy. This season they have lost to the Crows, were very lucky to beat Hawthorn, had a pretty scrappy win against North. Melbourne beat them easily.

Ignoring our own form for a second, this isn't some unbeatable team that we are coming up against. They have been beaten already this season by average sides.

Would like to think we have a plan to come in and attack them this week, and at least a plan to make a decent game of it, which is something we've struggled to do in a few games this year, especially against good sides.

The more I think about it, we really need to get up for this one, and can't afford another capitulation game.

[perfectionist]

Our Ace in the hole is our twin rucks. If only one of them plays our Ace becomes a Joker.

[shanegrambeau]

I think our headaches will be the Geelong’s triple barrelled shotgun forward set up of,
1) Gary Rohan
2) Jeremy Cameron
3) Hawkins

Could we play

Frawley
Carlisle

Say
Wilkie
Howard
Carlisle
Long
Geary
Frawley

Drop Coffield and Joyce

Long and Geary for small?

[bangaulegend]

Our Ace in the hole is our twin rucks. If only one of them plays our Ace becomes a Joker.

Very clever

[The_Dud]

We are back where we were before the Tigers game. We need to find a way to win one of the next two. That starts with a competitive outing against the Cats. We don't have to win, but we can't get smashed again like the Tigers game.

A competitive game this week, with Geary coming back against the Dogs, we could win that game. But must be competitive against the Cats.

Of course even better would be just beating the Cats. They do have ruck issues so maybe we're a chance.

Who would you drop for Geary?

Very tough question. The backline has really improved and settled over the past fortnight. I would keep Joyce in. Don't love the idea of dropping Coffield because his best is so good. It may be that Byrnes or Bytel come back out which I know would upset a few.

I would pick Bytel, Byrbes, Joyce and McKenzie ahead of Geary. Coff is ahead of all of them, and Geary by miles.

[Teflon]

Geary is not a rush to be brought in sorry honest player no world beater and seriously needs some form

[shanegrambeau]

Geary is not a rush to be brought in sorry honest player no world beater and seriously needs some form

But how do we stop Rohan?

Hawkins has shockers and sometimes I don’t even mind if he is killing it because he misses so often, but the other two?

The GWS guy is a menace big time.

I suppose you are right, Gears will not be in...eh...top gear. Probably a spell at Sandy?

Long, could be the magic raffle card?

How have we matched up with them pre-Cameron?

[lewdogs]

We are back where we were before the Tigers game. We need to find a way to win one of the next two. That starts with a competitive outing against the Cats. We don't have to win, but we can't get smashed again like the Tigers game.

A competitive game this week, with Geary coming back against the Dogs, we could win that game. But must be competitive against the Cats.

Of course even better would be just beating the Cats. They do have ruck issues so maybe we're a chance.

Who would you drop for Geary?

Very tough question. The backline has really improved and settled over the past fortnight. I would keep Joyce in. Don't love the idea of dropping Coffield because his best is so good. It may be that Byrnes or Bytel come back out which I know would upset a few.

I would pick Bytel, Byrbes, Joyce and McKenzie ahead of Geary. Coff is ahead of all of them, and Geary by miles.

Like it or not Gears is the captain and they will find a spot for him.

He has a few more runs on the board than the players you've mentioned.

[MC Gusto]

Well I’m currently leading my working tipping comp and am 49th in the saints comp on footytips

I was tempted but could t quite bring myself to tipping the saints this Friday

If we win I won’t be caring too much about the missed tip anyways!!

[Dis Believer]

We lost by 86 points at Docklands vs the Tigers and the Cats jist beat them by 63 points, so our chances are FA!

Well I have crunched the numbers and calculated that this means we are going to lose by 149 points.



That's disappointing.......

[Dis Believer]

They have been beaten already this season by average sides.

Well that plays right into our strength. We have looked VERY average for most of this season so far......

[CQ SAINT]

Ratten said Geary should be playing at Sandy next week didnt he?

[lewdogs]

They have been beaten already this season by average sides.

Well that plays right into our strength. We have looked VERY average for most of this season so far......

Exactly.

[shanegrambeau]

They have been beaten already this season by average sides.

Well that plays right into our strength. We have looked VERY average for most of this season so far......

Exactly.

Look on the bright side.
It is Docklands.

Geelong have only played Docklands 37 times. St Kilda at least 70. (We won't mention that Geelong won 27 times - which makes them the best performing team in the league at Docklands period)

[The Fireman]

once again we were terrible in front of goal..heaps of inside 50s..we only have to convert and we are in the game bigtime.

[Dis Believer]

It certainly can't be overstated how huge this game is, given the back end of our draw. Having got back to even, we now have the chance to go positive on the ledger. Big week. Need to use the ruck advantage and get back to better conversion of the opportunities......

[saynta]

once again we were terrible in front of goal..heaps of inside 50s..we only have to convert and we are in the game bigtime.

5 posters is more bad luck than terrible football.

[The Fireman]

once again we were terrible in front of goal..heaps of inside 50s..we only have to convert and we are in the game bigtime.

5 posters is more bad luck than terrible football.

Yep. But Doesn’t change the fact that we have squandered our chances in the forward line ..agreed?

[SaintPav]

I'm not saying it's going to happen this week, but you would think that we will play at least one game this year where we have a great start and everything just clicks.

[The Fireman]

I'm not saying it's going to happen this week, but you would think that we will play at least one game this year where we have a great start and everything just clicks.

We have been smashed by the good sides.
Maybe we are due to come out and do a gut buster

Which saints team will run out this week

[SaintPav]

We lost by 86 points at Docklands vs the Tigers and the Cats jist beat them by 63 points, so our chances are FA!

Well I have crunched the numbers and calculated that this means we are going to lose by 149 points.



That's disappointing.......

In 1983, I remember watching Fitzroy smash Norf at the Junction by 150 points. It was considered the complete performance. North had smashed Carlton by over 100 points just a few weeks earlier.

A few weeks later after the Junction Oval result, Carlton went on to beat Fitzroy comfortably.

At the time it was considered a bizarre set of results.

[SaintPav]

I'm not saying it's going to happen this week, but you would think that we will play at least one game this year where we have a great start and everything just clicks.

We have been smashed by the good sides.
Maybe we are due to come out and do a gut buster

Which saints team will run out this week

I'm not holding my breath; just wishful thinking on my part.

Nonetheless, I'll be there to support them.

[Vortex]

We lost by 86 points at Docklands vs the Tigers and the Cats jist beat them by 63 points, so our chances are FA!

Well I have crunched the numbers and calculated that this means we are going to lose by 149 points.



That's disappointing.......

In 1983, I remember watching Fitzroy smash Norf at the Junction by 150 points. It was considered the complete performance. North had smashed Carlton by over 100 points just a few weeks earlier.

A few weeks later after the Junction Oval result, Carlton went on to beat Fitzroy comfortably.

At the time it was considered a bizarre set of results.

Was there an integrity unit back then?

[SaintPav]

We lost by 86 points at Docklands vs the Tigers and the Cats jist beat them by 63 points, so our chances are FA!

Well I have crunched the numbers and calculated that this means we are going to lose by 149 points.



That's disappointing.......

In 1983, I remember watching Fitzroy smash Norf at the Junction by 150 points. It was considered the complete performance. North had smashed Carlton by over 100 points just a few weeks earlier.

A few weeks later after the Junction Oval result, Carlton went on to beat Fitzroy comfortably.

At the time it was considered a bizarre set of results.

Was there an integrity unit back then?

Yes, very odd. It was before football betting.

[CQ SAINT]

We lost by 86 points at Docklands vs the Tigers and the Cats jist beat them by 63 points, so our chances are FA!

Well I have crunched the numbers and calculated that this means we are going to lose by 149 points.



That's disappointing.......

In 1983, I remember watching Fitzroy smash Norf at the Junction by 150 points. It was considered the complete performance. North had smashed Carlton by over 100 points just a few weeks earlier.

A few weeks later after the Junction Oval result, Carlton went on to beat Fitzroy comfortably.

At the time it was considered a bizarre set of results.

Was there an integrity unit back then?

Yes, very odd. It was before football betting.

There was never a before football betting.