1 hour ago, Demons11 said:

Did any Melb listed players play in the praccy match over the weekend

No - Casey listed and some ring-ins from Berwick's seconds.

Saints will have a monkey on their b ack this week with us now, whether it will do them good or not will remain to be seen.

Would love to get a win that would be just lovely!

12 hours ago, DubDee said:

Can’t wait til we are up by 6 goals at 3/4 time so i can relax

Meanwhile there won’t be hordes of Saints fans packing out the trains at Jolimont. No, this time they’ll stay to watch us win. 👊🏼

Yeah the Mighty Dees!

Real pity Luker got injured.

If we only have Mihocek and JVR, we have to play Moose, especially against his old side and now with 5 on bench.

He is a chop out for Max and a big guy up forward they will have to counter.

1 hour ago, Hellaintabadplacetobe said:

So who is tagging Nas? Langers?

Perryman probably won Pies the game he did such a good job on him.

Be interesting to see if King is a believer in tagging?

Sharp!

2 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Real pity Luker got injured.

If we only have Mihocek and JVR, we have to play Moose, especially against his old side and now with 5 on bench.

He is a chop out for Max and a big guy up forward they will have to counter.

Moose is down for this! I told him someone on here said they’d love for us to win with a goal after the siren, kicked by Steeley after a pass from Moose (or vice versa). I said I know that’s your former team but us supporters wish much pain on them. Moose said, Nah we’d be TOTALLY down for that scenario… bring it on!

8 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Real pity Luker got injured.

If we only have Mihocek and JVR, we have to play Moose, especially against his old side and now with 5 on bench.

He is a chop out for Max and a big guy up forward they will have to counter.

I reckon Mihocek, JVR and Fritsch is enough.

With Marshall out, their next tallest forward is Sharman 193cm then Owens 191cm although they will most likely bring Keeler in at 198cm.

Lever 194cm Turner 194cm Howes 191cm Petty 197cm. We could probably move Petty or Turner up forward for more height if needed.

21 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Real pity Luker got injured.

If we only have Mihocek and JVR, we have to play Moose, especially against his old side and now with 5 on bench.

He is a chop out for Max and a big guy up forward they will have to counter.

Might well be that sliding doors opportunity for the Moose. He may surpise/delight a few.

Might not be the line up we thought going in but I think we'll acquit ourselves ok.

17 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Moose is down for this! I told him someone on here said they’d love for us to win with a goal after the siren, kicked by Steeley after a pass from Moose (or vice versa). I said I know that’s your former team but us supporters wish much pain on them. Moose said, Nah we’d be TOTALLY down for that scenario… bring it on!

Their first true dinks game as Dees.. ( for points ) ... and it's against the EX .

Universe has humour ;)

Go us

17 minutes ago, Demongirl35 said:

I reckon Mihocek, JVR and Fritsch is enough.

With Marshall out, their next tallest forward is Sharman 193cm then Owens 191cm although they will most likely bring Keeler in at 198cm.

Lever 194cm Turner 194cm Howes 191cm Petty 197cm. We could probably move Petty or Turner up forward for more height if needed.

Is Keeler a forward? I thought more a ruckman/key back but I don’t know a lot about him….not exactly a big name goalkicker yet at any rate

2 hours ago, Demons11 said:

I’d prefer Sparrow tag Naz. Rivers is going to be 1 of our main drivers out of the middle this year. Not sure Sparrow can play back, so I assume Howes gets him when he plays forward

Not quick enough. Langdon good fit

6 minutes ago, sisso said:

Is Keeler a forward? I thought more a ruckman/key back but I don’t know a lot about him….not exactly a big name goalkicker yet at any rate

Pretty sure forward

He did kick 3.1 against us last year in round 12

12 hours ago, Pennant St Dee said:

You can train all you want but nothing compares to a game of footy for building match hardened fitness.

The interrupted PS game vs Richmond hasn’t helped

Totally agree.

They've now been able to review their game against a good team in a high pressure environment and make adjustments.

We come in with a new coach, new game plan and only practice games against lower ranked teams who to be honest played like witches hats.

Who would know how we will go this week, what are the realistic expectations.

I wouldn't be writing the Saints off in this one and I wouldn't be writing us off if we don't win it.

Interesting times ahead.

10 hours ago, Oxdee said:

Sharman is their full forward. They have no forward presence. They won the inside 50 count by more than 20 yet had the ball rebound out with ease.

Their midfield is also average.

no idea how they are red hot favourites against us??

Playing opening round is a 3-5 goal head start and our most proven midfielder is a guy they just paid to leave (purely for on field reasons).

So whilst I think they’ve spent millions of dollars to finish 9th they should be too good for us.

Saints look vulnerable. Collingwood missing two key backs and they couldn’t score. Reckon we could catch them sleeping early and pile on a few goals with our new ball movement. First chance for our youth to really prove themselves.

10 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Playing opening round is a 3-5 goal head start and our most proven midfielder is a guy they just paid to leave (purely for on field reasons).

So whilst I think they’ve spent millions of dollars to finish 9th they should be too good for us.

I saw absolutely nothing last night to suggest that. Have no doubt theyll be better for that run but I don't see the elements of their game style that would make me think we can't cover it. Their entry into and craft in the arc was abysmal. Once the Pies got a little bit of a foothold they had their measure

We now have speed out of the middle and run with intent, play with verve.

Saints will have to cover Checkers, Roo and Fritta. Good luck there ( well..actually no... lol )

Not sure who Lyon has to, or can use to , cover both Picketts.

I thought TDK was bog average

Saints looked scared of the corridor...

Not suggesting we're a shoe in... but i think we'll take the choccies here.

Be an interesting game

2 hours ago, Demons11 said:

I’d prefer Sparrow tag Naz. Rivers is going to be 1 of our main drivers out of the middle this year. Not sure Sparrow can play back, so I assume Howes gets him when he plays forward

Or Sharpy he has an elite tank.

4 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

Or Sharpy he has an elite tank.

Not sure Sharpy has the footy smarts to go with him...

1 minute ago, rjay said:

Not sure Sharpy has the footy smarts to go with him...

Might learn some from him 🤷

1 minute ago, rjay said:

Not sure Sharpy has the footy smarts to go with him...

One way to find out!

25 minutes ago, picket fence said:

One way to find out!

We've never used him as a defender or tagger in the past so I doubt this will be the game/opponent to try it...

1 hour ago, dice said:

Not quick enough. Langdon good fit

You might be right, I did forget about Langdon

1 minute ago, rjay said:

We've never used him as a defender or tagger in the past so I doubt this will be the game/opponent to try it...

Agree. Langdon on NWM for mine. A proven tagger (yeah, OK, one game).

Sharp's game is centred on getting free of his man - not tagging.

1 hour ago, dice said:

Not quick enough. Langdon good fit

Langdon spent time on Nas in Alice Springs and got flogged. If only Howes had Sparrow's toughness, or Chandler was four inches taller..

Wonder what we might glean from training this week 🤔 👀