Saints Round 7 team

Spinner · Post: # 736127Post **Spinner** » Sat 09 May 2009 7:06pm

COLLINGWOOD v ST KILDA
Collingwood
B: Harry Oâ€™Brien, Simon Prestigiacomo, Martin Clarke
HB: Nick Maxwell, Nathan Brown, Alan Toovey
C: Anthony Corrie, Dale Thomas, Jaxson Barham
HF: Scott Pendlebury, Travis Cloke, Leon Davis
F: Tarkyn Lockyer, Leigh Brown, Brent Macaffer
Foll: Josh Fraser, Dane Swan, Shane Oâ€™Bree
I/C (from): Paul Medhurst, Anthony Rocca, Heath Shaw, Sharrod Wellingham
Emg: Ben Reid, Danny Stanley, Steele Sidebottom

In: Shaw, Rocca
Out: John Anthony (susp), Dayne Beams (groin)

St Kilda
B: Farren Ray, Jason Blake, Zac Dawson
HB: Jarryn Geary, Sam Fisher, Brendon Goddard
C: Jason Gram, Luke Ball, Nick Dal Santo
HF: Stephen Milne, Nick Riewoldt, Adam Schneider
F: Lenny Hayes, Justin Koschitzke, Sam Gilbert
Foll: Michael Gardiner, Clint Jones, Leigh Montagna
I/C (from): Steven Baker, Andrew McQualter, James Gwilt, Robert Eddy
Emg: David Armitage, Ben McEvoy, Raphael Clarke

No change

St Fidelius · Sat 09 May 2009 7:11pm

Thanks Spinner...

As RL stated at the luncheon yesterday, he would love to have no changes to the side for the whole season...

I don't think that will happen, but it really puts us in a great position.

d roit · Post: # 736130Post **d roit** » Sat 09 May 2009 7:11pm

love it. we're unchanged and the pies are bringing in several players who are underdone. says so much about where our 2 teams are at the moment.

Spinner · Post: # 736131Post **Spinner** » Sat 09 May 2009 7:15pm

St Fidelius wrote:Thanks Spinner...

As RL stated at the luncheon yesterday, he would love to have no changes to the side for the whole season...

I don't think that will happen, but it really puts us in a great position.

I tend to look at not changing the side as the easy way out.

The hard decision would be to put in the blokes that are senior players and originally part of the 22 (ie Max, Raph, and Maguire and Xavier to a lesser extent).

Takes the much easier option of not dropping players because we are winning. Its soft. Raph should be automatically back, and I feel he will be a late call up.

TassieJones · Sat 09 May 2009 7:18pm

bah, our good form this year has taken all the interest out of selection night

St Fidelius · Sat 09 May 2009 7:20pm

Spinner wrote:
St Fidelius wrote:Thanks Spinner...

As RL stated at the luncheon yesterday, he would love to have no changes to the side for the whole season...

I don't think that will happen, but it really puts us in a great position.
I tend to look at not changing the side as the easy way out.

The hard decision would be to put in the blokes that are senior players and originally part of the 22 (ie Max, Raph, and Maguire and Xavier to a lesser extent).

Takes the much easier option of not dropping players because we are winning. Its soft. Raph should be automatically back, and I feel he will be a late call up.

Well RL stated that he is not going on the history of players to get a game and they will have to really earn it.

This is dependent on current players having a shocker...

I really don't think he is taking a "easy option" at all.

In RL mind, the "original 22" are the CURRENT players

stkfc1 · Post: # 736137Post **stkfc1** » Sat 09 May 2009 7:29pm

Spinner wrote:
St Fidelius wrote:Thanks Spinner...

As RL stated at the luncheon yesterday, he would love to have no changes to the side for the whole season...

I don't think that will happen, but it really puts us in a great position.
I tend to look at not changing the side as the easy way out.

The hard decision would be to put in the blokes that are senior players and originally part of the 22 (ie Max, Raph, and Maguire and Xavier to a lesser extent).

Takes the much easier option of not dropping players because we are winning. Its soft. Raph should be automatically back, and I feel he will be a late call up.

If it aint broke...

skeptic · Post: # 736138Post **skeptic** » Sat 09 May 2009 7:31pm

No disrespect to Gwilt or Eddy but I would have preferred Raph over either of them

he's just better

thirty-seven!? · Sat 09 May 2009 7:33pm

You just wonder how much better we could be if we were playing players like Max, Goose and Raph rather than Eddy, Zac and Gwilt...

Whist the latter three have definately done their bit... surely the former few names could take the side to another level...

St Fidelius · Sat 09 May 2009 7:46pm

thirty-seven!? wrote:You just wonder how much better we could be if we were playing players like Max, Goose and Raph rather than Eddy, Zac and Gwilt...

Whist the latter three have definately done their bit... surely the former few names could take the side to another level...

What coach in their right mind would drop Zac

Surely you are kidding, Zac has not put a foot wrong and you actually think that by dropping him we will play better???

Just what happens to a player's confidence??

just what happens to a TEAM that is undefeated when you drop a player that is preforming??

I like RL attitude on this, and if you don't that's fine, but for me, the side is doing fine.

It just puts pressure on the current 22 to preform

bergholt · Post: # 736150Post **bergholt** » Sat 09 May 2009 7:54pm

Spinner wrote:I tend to look at not changing the side as the easy way out.

The hard decision would be to put in the blokes that are senior players and originally part of the 22 (ie Max, Raph, and Maguire and Xavier to a lesser extent).

agreed. not changing the side says "i don't know what i did, but we're winning, so let's hope it keeps going". if anyone pushes hard enough in the reserves, they need to have the option of being promoted for anyone who underperforms in the ones.

that said, last week gwilt and eddy were the last two, but no-one really pushed to replace them, so they got to keep their spots.

have to feel for mcevoy, though. he didn't play at sandy last week or this week, after being good for the first five weeks there, and st kilda emergency every week. makes it very hard for him to push for selection if he's not getting a game. i really hope for structural reasons that he comes in as a late change for gwilt.

plugger66 · Post: # 736152Post **plugger66** » Sat 09 May 2009 7:57pm

thirty-seven!? wrote:You just wonder how much better we could be if we were playing players like Max, Goose and Raph rather than Eddy, Zac and Gwilt...

Whist the latter three have definately done their bit... surely the former few names could take the side to another level...

Why is that. Goose hasnt played for 2 years and we are winning without the other two. I am not sure you can win 7 games out of 6.

St Fidelius · Sat 09 May 2009 8:01pm

bergholt wrote:
Spinner wrote:I tend to look at not changing the side as the easy way out.

The hard decision would be to put in the blokes that are senior players and originally part of the 22 (ie Max, Raph, and Maguire and Xavier to a lesser extent).
agreed. not changing the side says "i don't know what i did, but we're winning, so let's hope it keeps going". if anyone pushes hard enough in the reserves, they need to have the option of being promoted for anyone who underperforms in the ones.

that said, last week gwilt and eddy were the last two, but no-one really pushed to replace them, so they got to keep their spots.

have to feel for mcevoy, though. he didn't play at sandy last week or this week, after being good for the first five weeks there, and st kilda emergency every week. makes it very hard for him to push for selection if he's not getting a game. i really hope for structural reasons that he comes in as a late change for gwilt.

You have to be joking....

You actually think RL is thinking "I don't know what I did, but we are winning"

My God there are some simpletons on this forum.

Thank F*** you have nothing to do with the Club and its selections

saint66au · Post: # 736155Post **saint66au** » Sat 09 May 2009 8:10pm

Just goes to show that you earn your spot on form, not reputation..and that is just fine by me

saintsRrising · Sat 09 May 2009 8:24pm

Spinner wrote:
No change

No surprise there.

desertsaint · Sat 09 May 2009 9:01pm

saint66au wrote:Just goes to show that you earn your spot on form, not reputation..and that is just fine by me

happy with that - even happier if maxy and goose displayed the form we know they are capable of and break into the team at some stage!

rexy · Post: # 736223Post **rexy** » Sun 10 May 2009 12:07am

Would have liked to have seen one more tall, liked our balance in the first couple of weeks more than our current one. Hope Gwilt or Eddy can start holding some marks in the fwd line, especially if someone gets hold of Roo.

Mind you I wouldnt have liked to have made the decision who gets dropped.

St Fid- Geelong have won 49 out of 52 matches and have made many selection changes based on performance, balance and ability. It is called professionalism when the players dropped and the players around them accept this and work harder to get back or to make sure the same does not happen to them.

jonesy · Post: # 736226Post **jonesy** » Sun 10 May 2009 12:18am

Since when does 3 good games in a 5 year career equal automatic selection?

ace · Post: # 736242Post **ace** » Sun 10 May 2009 2:33am

Raph Clarke, Mc Evoy and Armitage now officially named as the emergencies.
But Armitage played for Sandringham so Mc Evoy and Raph Clarke are the real emergencies.

We need to observe who does and does NOT play for Collingwood in the VFL on Sunday (at the Cardboard Box Stadium at 2:00PM).
It must stick in Eddie's throat having to play his VFL side's home matches at Carlton's ground.

bergholt · Post: # 736594Post **bergholt** » Mon 11 May 2009 11:41am

St Fidelius wrote:You have to be joking....

You actually think RL is thinking "I don't know what I did, but we are winning"

My God there are some simpletons on this forum.

Thank F*** you have nothing to do with the Club and its selections

winning covers all manner of evils. hence, cam mooney is seen as a good player.