Your club's best 22 for round one, week two

TOTAL PLAYER RATINGS VALUE: 4904 points

TOP PLAYER: Jack Steven, 508 points

TOTAL PLAYER RATINGS VALUE: 4988 points

TOP PLAYER: Nathan Jones, 401 points

Lists the best 22 with a comment then adds up the player ranking points for a grand total. By the way we are second lowest above the Saints and obviously only lower than them due to Montagna being suspended.

As for the ranking points it sure shows how important it will be for us to get young midfielders games and playing well. We'll hopefully have Viney, Tyson, Toumpas and Michie all playing from very little AFL experience this year and Watts with no midfield experience but by the end of the year they all have the talent to be the foundations of a great group.

Another thing I'd say about the rankings is they show how important Jack Steven is for the Saints. Especially with Montagna out he really is there number 1 midfielder and is very dangerous.

Back on to the best 22 I think the saints defense can be above average and curtail our improved forwards while at the other end we can stop their forwards. So it will come down to winning the midfield battle. If the rankings are anything to go on it should be an even game

Your club's best 22 for round one, week two

Lists the best 22 with a comment then adds up the player ranking points for a grand total. By the way we are second lowest above the Saints and obviously only lower than them due to Montagna being suspended.

As for the ranking points it sure shows how important it will be for us to get young midfielders games and playing well. We'll hopefully have Viney, Tyson, Toumpas and Michie all playing from very little AFL experience this year and Watts with no midfield experience but by the end of the year they all have the talent to be the foundations of a great group.

Another thing I'd say about the rankings is they show how important Jack Steven is for the Saints. Especially with Montagna out he really is there number 1 midfielder and is very dangerous.

Back on to the best 22 I think the saints defense can be above average and curtail our improved forwards while at the other end we can stop their forwards. So it will come down to winning the midfield battle. If the rankings are anything to go on it should be an even game

I think the Saints' defence is very average (they've only added second stringers) and will get smashed by our forwards if we move it quick through the middle.

Steven will struggle next year, teams always tagged Del because of his disposal (they started copying Lyon cause they reckon he was on to something). Steven will now get the hard tag.

Champion data stats work better in hindsight when they work out what happened and make up a stat for it.

I think the Saints' defence is very average (they've only added second stringers) and will get smashed by our forwards if we move it quick through the middle.

Steven will struggle next year, teams always tagged Del because of his disposal (they started copying Lyon cause they reckon he was on to something). Steven will now get the hard tag.

Champion data stats work better in hindsight when they work out what happened and make up a stat for it.

Delaney and Bruce are second stringers sure but they could very well curtail Dawes and Clark, both of whom are unlikely to be in top form. It's Dempster, Fisher, Geary and Roberton that I rate in the defense.

I thought Steven got the tag most times this year. He'll certainly miss Montagna and Dal Santo drawing attention regardless of who got the tag. Hopefully he's quiet against us but I'm hoping Lenny Hayes can get back to some decent form despite his age. He played last season coming off heart surgery. That's full on commitment right there.

And yes all stats are better that way! But I would say adding Vince and Cross only seems to get us near the ball park of other teams. Adding Mummy and Shaw has taken GWS above us. It's the fact that the impact Michie and Tyson particularly could have as ready to go midfielders that hasn't shown up in the rankings yet.

Stats are nice if you're into that sort of stuff, but stats can't tell how cohesive a team will be, especially as both teams have new coaching set-ups.

These stats are for each players last 40 games. So keep in mind that players like Terlich, M Jones, Viney, Tyson, Hogan, Toumpas, Michie will greatly increase their scores. Plus, with our terrible game plan and ineffective footy for the last few years I think most players should start averaging a little bit more purely by (hopefully) less errors and flowing play.

Delaney and Bruce are second stringers sure but they could very well curtail Dawes and Clark, both of whom are unlikely to be in top form. It's Dempster, Fisher, Geary and Roberton that I rate in the defense.

I thought Steven got the tag most times this year. He'll certainly miss Montagna and Dal Santo drawing attention regardless of who got the tag. Hopefully he's quiet against us but I'm hoping Lenny Hayes can get back to some decent form despite his age. He played last season coming off heart surgery. That's full on commitment right there.

And yes all stats are better that way! But I would say adding Vince and Cross only seems to get us near the ball park of other teams. Adding Mummy and Shaw has taken GWS above us. It's the fact that the impact Michie and Tyson particularly could have as ready to go midfielders that hasn't shown up in the rankings yet.

Neither of those will have a show against Clark.

Fisher, who is probably past his prime is the only one I really rate although Dempster does his job.

Lenny has gone one year to many.

Tyson will have a big impact.

I couldn't care less about GWS and what the stats show.

These stats are for each players last 40 games. So keep in mind that players like Terlich, M Jones, Viney, Tyson, Hogan, Toumpas, Michie will greatly increase their scores. Plus, with our terrible game plan and ineffective footy for the last few years I think most players should start averaging a little bit more purely by (hopefully) less errors and flowing play.

I think this is right.