Team v power no change

[kosifantutti]

B
Dougal Howard
Callum Wilkie
Tom Highmore
HB
Jimmy Webster
Jack Sinclair
Bradley Hill
C
Seb Ross
Luke Dunstan
Jack Billings
HF
Tim Membrey
Rowan Marshall
Dean Kent
F
Ryan Byrnes
Max King
Dan Butler
R
Paddy Ryder
Jack Steele
Zak Jones
INT
Leo Connolly
Brad Crouch
Dan McKenzie

Ben Long

E
Jack Bytel
Darragh Joyce
Paul Hunter

Jack Lonie

[IluvHarvey]

Dogs?

[kosifantutti]

Dogs?

I haven’t even started drinking.

[Ghost Like]

Dogs?

I haven’t even started drinking.

Lockdown does that kosi, it's an inebriated like haze.

[cwrcyn]

First unchanged line-up for the year. Bytel the most likely sub? Nice to see Connolly getting backed in by the coaching staff.

[Goose is king]

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First unchanged line-up for the year. Bytel the most likely sub? Nice to see Connolly getting backed in by the coaching staff.
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Yep not all young players need a rest. Connolly might but may not too

[SuperDuper]

Port have a lot of key outs. Their injuries are worse than ours:
Gray, Butters, Rozee, Duursma, Fantasia

That is 5 clear best 22 and indeed 5 very very good players out.

If we bring attitude, we should be too strong for their depleted line up.

[desertsaint]

nice to see no changes. go fellas.

[Banger9798]

Port have a lot of key outs. Their injuries are worse than ours:
Gray, Butters, Rozee, Duursma, Fantasia

That is 5 clear best 22 and indeed 5 very very good players out.

If we bring attitude, we should be too strong for their depleted line up.

Gresham
Paton
Higgins
Hannaberry
Clark
Coffield

Not a bad 6 missing from our starting 22

[Teflon]

Port have a lot of key outs. Their injuries are worse than ours:
Gray, Butters, Rozee, Duursma, Fantasia

That is 5 clear best 22 and indeed 5 very very good players out.

If we bring attitude, we should be too strong for their depleted line up.

Gresham
Paton
Higgins
Hannaberry
Clark
Coffield

Not a bad 6 missing from our starting 22

I can and never count Hannebery as starting best 22 it’s just pipedream stuff

[stkfc1]

Good outs for us. All attacking players. Their forward line was disfunctional last week and our back six are like a wall at the moment and now loosing the likes of Rozee and Motlop, they'll be feeling the pinch. We bring last week's effort and we'll win by 30+. Keeping them to a low score would be handy for %. Just got to keep Charlie D quiet. Howard will know his weaknesses.
Very bullish on this game.

[Ghost Like]

Port have a lot of key outs. Their injuries are worse than ours:
Gray, Butters, Rozee, Duursma, Fantasia

That is 5 clear best 22 and indeed 5 very very good players out.

If we bring attitude, we should be too strong for their depleted line up.

Gresham
Paton
Higgins
Hannaberry
Clark
Coffield

Not a bad 6 missing from our starting 22

I can and never count Hannebery as starting best 22 it’s just pipedream stuff

Totally agree, his St Kilda history suggests being a liability as much as an advantage in any given game he may play for us. Break down v Best Player = Same Likelihood

[WellardSaint]

AFL site says
Out: Battle injured

[SuperDuper]

Port have a lot of key outs. Their injuries are worse than ours:
Gray, Butters, Rozee, Duursma, Fantasia

That is 5 clear best 22 and indeed 5 very very good players out.

If we bring attitude, we should be too strong for their depleted line up.

Gresham
Paton
Higgins
Hannaberry
Clark
Coffield

Not a bad 6 missing from our starting 22

I agree that is almost as good as Ports outs but I argue not quite!
I have
Gray slightly ahead of Gresham, playing similar roles
Butters slightly ahead of Clark
Fantasia and Higgins similar
That leaves Duursma and Rozee against Paton and Coff... again.. not a lot in it

Hannebury is just not considered an out.. more a finished

So yes... it is very similar outs, I just had Ports outs slightly ahead of ours but not much in it.


But the main difference is that our outs are more spread across the field so perhaps easier to replace.. for example Webster has proven a very good replacement for Paton and Highmore a good replacement for Coffield. Harder to replace all their attacking midfielder types, i.e. it is harder to have depth in one area

[B.M]

Battle not even an emergency

And

Connolly is getting a game

And

Hunter and Lonie are emergencies

[Banger9798]

Port have a lot of key outs. Their injuries are worse than ours:
Gray, Butters, Rozee, Duursma, Fantasia

That is 5 clear best 22 and indeed 5 very very good players out.

If we bring attitude, we should be too strong for their depleted line up.

Gresham
Paton
Higgins
Hannaberry
Clark
Coffield

Not a bad 6 missing from our starting 22

I agree that is almost as good as Ports outs but I argue not quite!
I have
Gray slightly ahead of Gresham, playing similar roles
Butters slightly ahead of Clark
Fantasia and Higgins similar
That leaves Duursma and Rozee against Paton and Coff... again.. not a lot in it

Hannebury is just not considered an out.. more a finished

So yes... it is very similar outs, I just had Ports outs slightly ahead of ours but not much in it.


But the main difference is that our outs are more spread across the field so perhaps easier to replace.. for example Webster has proven a very good replacement for Paton and Highmore a good replacement for Coffield. Harder to replace all their attacking midfielder types, i.e. it is harder to have depth in one area

I agree Ports are better, but not far off.
Hannaberry still occupies a spot on the list and a good chunk of salary cap, so the least he can do is make my list look better!

[Bowey Boy]

Umm, so this game is in Melbourne? Anyone know how many games Port have played here against us? They are blessed by their unpopularity so get a lot of games at home then a lot of games at neutral venues.

[WellardSaint]

Battle not even an emergency

And

Connolly is getting a game

And

Hunter and Lonie are emergencies

On the Saints App, Jake Batchelor (Zebs coach) said Battle played really well on the wing, says that the wings on TBBO are normally a ghost town so it was pleasing to see him get lots of possies there

[Vortex]

I suspect Port will be the first team to put some work into Byrnes and Connolly so it will be interesting to watch how they go in a game that has some season defining value for both teams and one where the opposition knows their names.

A damn shame there won't be a crowd.

[saynta]

Umm, so this game is in Melbourne? Anyone know how many games Port have played here against us? They are blessed by their unpopularity so get a lot of games at home then a lot of games at neutral venues.

Don't think we have played Port at the dome since 2013 or 2015. Anyway, not for a long time.

[Ghost Like]

Umm, so this game is in Melbourne? Anyone know how many games Port have played here against us? They are blessed by their unpopularity so get a lot of games at home then a lot of games at neutral venues.

Don't think we have played Port at the dome since 2013 or 2015. Anyway, not for a long time.

Sadly, including this weekend, it's still a long time since we've played them in front of our home crowd.

[CQ SAINT]

I suspect Port will be the first team to put some work into Byrnes and Connolly so it will be interesting to watch how they go in a game that has some season defining value for both teams and one where the opposition knows their names.

A damn shame there won't be a crowd.

Both being very good runners, that just works in our favour and is the kind of onfield depth our mids require to share the load of attention.
Now we know its difficult to keep Steele, Crouch, Dunstan and Ross away from the ball, but add Hill, Byrnes and Connelly to a lesser extent and oppo team will find it hard to score while checking our blokes.

[older saint]

With All Vic VFL teams now having a bye I expect Joyce and Lonie to warm up and probably Lonie to be Sub as bit more versatile should we have an injury

[Impatient Sainter]

Battle has stress fracture in his ankle, is done for the season. In a Steele interview today they suggesting there may be a change in the game time to accomodate Ports travel arrangements.

[B.M]

I reckon Bytel will be Sub

He’d be my choice