Squad for Port Match

thirty-seven!? · Wed 11 Mar 2009 1:12pm

ST KILDA
1 JASON GRAM
2 STEVEN KING
3 XAVIER CLARKE
6 LEIGH FISHER
7 LENNY HAYES
8 MAX HUDGHTON
10 STEVEN BAKER
11 LEIGH MONTAGNA
12 NICK RIEWOLDT
13 ADAM SCHNEIDER
14 LUKE BALL
15 MICHAEL GARDINER
17 COLM BEGLEY
18 BRENDON GODDARD
19 SAM GILBERT
22 FARREN RAY
23 JUSTIN KOSCHITZKE
25 SAM FISHER
26 NICK DAL SANTO
27 JASON BLAKE
29 TOM LYNCH
31 MATTHEW MAGUIRE
32 ANDREW MCQUALTER
33 JAMES GWILT
34 JACK STEVEN
38 CLINT JONES
42 JARRYN GEARY
43 ZAC DAWSON
44 STEPHEN MILNE

Looks like a good squad... anyone missing??

Saints Premiers 2008 · Wed 11 Mar 2009 1:15pm

ben cousins

kp83 · Post: # 708552Post **kp83** » Wed 11 Mar 2009 1:38pm

Still no Raph...

desertsaint · Wed 11 Mar 2009 1:39pm

Saints Premiers 2008 wrote:ben cousins

NO... much happier with colm begley - far more astute pick....NOT!

We need to pick youth over experience as our premiership shot is apparently far over the horizon, wandering around out of mother duck's quack, not in the immediate future?

Beno88 · Post: # 708559Post **Beno88** » Wed 11 Mar 2009 2:12pm

port look to be fielding a pretty much full side

vacuous space · Wed 11 Mar 2009 2:14pm

No Raph, no Armo. Heyne and Connors out too. Pretty close to a full strength side.

Quixote · Post: # 708561Post **Quixote** » Wed 11 Mar 2009 2:15pm

kp83 wrote:Still no Raph...

Yeah... but from the sounds of BJ's interview on 3AW, they're being very conservative with him and it's nothing major.

Fingers crossed.

Good to see Goose and Lynch named. Tad concerned with Armo's absence.

However - that squad has the look of the final knock-out stage of the First 22 For Round One Tournament.

st.byron · Post: # 708577Post **st.byron** » Wed 11 Mar 2009 3:09pm

Quixote wrote:
kp83 wrote:Still no Raph...

Yeah... but from the sounds of BJ's interview on 3AW, they're being very conservative with him and it's nothing major.

Fingers crossed.

Good to see Goose and Lynch named. Tad concerned with Armo's absence.

However - that squad has the look of the final knock-out stage of the First 22 For Round One Tournament.

what's with Raph? Is he injured?

thirty-seven!? · Wed 11 Mar 2009 3:16pm

Who would we take out of that list of 29 for our round one game against Sydney??

We would have to drop 7...

I would take out L Fisher, Begley, McQualter, Lynch, Gwilt, Jones and Dawson

However, ud expect to have Raph and Armo in the round one side, so that means dropping two more... this is harder than first expected!!

plugger66 · Post: # 708585Post **plugger66** » Wed 11 Mar 2009 3:31pm

thirty-seven!? wrote:Who would we take out of that list of 29 for our round one game against Sydney??

We would have to drop 7...

I would take out L Fisher, Begley, McQualter, Lynch, Gwilt, Jones and Dawson

However, ud expect to have Raph and Armo in the round one side, so that means dropping two more... this is harder than first expected!!

I have a feeling Goose maybe behind Dawson at the moment but if he does well this week they will probably play him. Also think they will play Begley but have no idea who could be left out for him.

thirty-seven!? · Wed 11 Mar 2009 3:45pm

At least it aint a bad feeling struggling to decide who is left out!! I would much prefer this than struggling to decide who to play in the place of another injured player!

Saints94 · Post: # 708609Post **Saints94** » Wed 11 Mar 2009 4:17pm

Pretty much our full strenght squad

MC Gusto · Post: # 708611Post **MC Gusto** » Wed 11 Mar 2009 4:17pm

Saints Premiers 2008 wrote:ben cousins

good he is crap

Armoooo · Post: # 708614Post **Armoooo** » Wed 11 Mar 2009 4:27pm

I would be very surprised to see Rooey line up this week, also wouldn't be surprised to see Kosi, Max and maybe another one or two players miss out.

stinger · Post: # 708616Post **stinger** » Wed 11 Mar 2009 4:31pm

Armoooo wrote:I would be very surprised to see Rooey line up this week, also wouldn't be surprised to see Kosi, Max and maybe another one or two players miss out.

i read somewhere that we were going to rest our stars this weekend.....

GrumpyOne · Post: # 708627Post **GrumpyOne** » Wed 11 Mar 2009 4:44pm

stinger wrote:
Armoooo wrote:I would be very surprised to see Rooey line up this week, also wouldn't be surprised to see Kosi, Max and maybe another one or two players miss out.

i read somewhere that we were going to rest our stars this weekend.....

We do have a weekend off before the season starts though.....

S.A Saint · Post: # 708628Post **S.A Saint** » Wed 11 Mar 2009 4:48pm

looking at the team this year it seems as though we have much more depth than in previous years....

For round 1 i would like to see this side line up if everyone was 100% fit besides dempster.

FB: Baker Hudghton Gilbert
HB: X.Clarke Blake S.Fisher
C: Gram Hayes Goddard
HF: Armitage Riewoldt Montagna
FF: Milne Kosi Schneider
RR: King Ball Dal Santo

B: Ray R.Clarke Begley Jones

Em: Maguire (let him have a few games in the vfl to get confidence) L.Fisher Steven

St Fidelius · Wed 11 Mar 2009 5:38pm

Armoooo wrote:I would be very surprised to see Rooey line up this week, also wouldn't be surprised to see Kosi, Max and maybe another one or two players miss out.

I think you will find that Roo is going to play...

http://www.saintsational.com/forum/view ... hp?t=50351

Eastern · Post: # 708680Post **Eastern** » Wed 11 Mar 2009 7:33pm

From that squad I would pick a side something like;

Backs: BEGLEY HUDGHTON BAKER

HBack RAY BLAKE S. FISHER

Centres MONTAGNA HAYES GRAM

HForw X. CLARKE RIEWOLDT DAL SANTO

Forw MILNE KOSCHITZKE GILBERT

Foll KING GODDARD BALL

Int GARDINER MAGUIRE JONES LYNCH SCHNEIDER STEVEN McQUALTER GEARY (I think there are 8 on the bench) !!

PJ · Post: # 708684Post PJ » Wed 11 Mar 2009 7:46pm

Backs: BEGLEY HUDGHTON BLAKE

HBack RAY BLAKE S. FISHER

Big ask for Blake!!!

plugger66 · Post: # 708686Post **plugger66** » Wed 11 Mar 2009 7:47pm

stinger wrote:
Armoooo wrote:I would be very surprised to see Rooey line up this week, also wouldn't be surprised to see Kosi, Max and maybe another one or two players miss out.

i read somewhere that we were going to rest our stars this weekend.....

Rooy will play but I doubt Goose will play and maybe even Grammy and Lenny.

PJ · Post: # 708688Post PJ » Wed 11 Mar 2009 7:49pm

Do we have an internal match next week?

Eastern · Post: # 708697Post **Eastern** » Wed 11 Mar 2009 8:33pm

PJ wrote:
Backs: BEGLEY HUDGHTON BLAKE

HBack RAY BLAKE S. FISHER
Big ask for Blake!!!

He's done it before. And Goose will probably only play about 1/2 a game. They can share the spot. When Goose is on the ground Blakey can perform other tasks !!

Saints Premiers 2008 · Wed 11 Mar 2009 8:55pm

Eastern wrote:
PJ wrote:
Backs: BEGLEY HUDGHTON BLAKE

HBack RAY BLAKE S. FISHER
Big ask for Blake!!!
He's done it before. And Goose will probably only play about 1/2 a game. They can share the spot. When Goose is on the ground Blakey can perform other tasks !!

i find it strange that we have a pretty good defence yet already in our back 6 are two recruits who imo haven't shown much ever...

big ask...

CeilidhSaint · Wed 11 Mar 2009 8:55pm

I spoke to a player after training and they said that because we already have had a week off between games (and we have a week off after Port) that there was no need for rest. I also think match practice is vital...especially considering our starts over the last three/your year - 4/7 anyone? I would imagine only niggles would be rested.