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B: Whelan Carroll Holland HB: Wheatley Bizzell Bell C: Sylvia Bruce Johnstone HF: Pickett Dunn Miller F: Davey Green Yze Foll: White McDonald Jones Inter: P Johnson, Brown, Godfrey, Ward In: Pickett Sylvia Bizzell Dunn Out: Moloney (inj) Jamar Bate Ferguson

Bate - 4 Bell - 8 Brown - 6 Bruce - 8 Carroll - 6 Davey - 5 Ferguson - 3 Godfrey - 7 Green - 7 Holland - 5 Jamar - 5 Johnson - 7 Johnstone - 7 Jones - 7 McDonald - 8 Miller - 6 Moloney - 8 Ward - 6 Wheatley - 6 White - 5 Yze - 6

Whelan - tough but erratic Carroll - leave on Mooney Ferguson - best for Hawkins Ward - gave his best Wheatley - gradually into form Bell - showed us heaps Johnstone - improved his workrate McDonald - best at clearances Moloney - provided some drive Miller - provided a contest Green - FF best position Davey - didn't give up Jones - a shining light Jamar - some good hitouts Holland - tried to compete White - in comfort zone Godfrey - kept on coming Bate - Sandy stint beckons Bruce - almost our best Brown - gets the ball Johnson - full on effort Yze - more than previously

I give us a chance! Geelong continue to be over-rated. The likes of Holland and Fergy have held key forwards before now and they can do it again. Green can kick 3 or 4 at FF, Miller 1 or 2 at CHF, Johnstone, Moloney and Bruce step up in the mid-field... Davey is the wild-card... Whelan and Bell play blinders... Yep, all is not lost!

Its over! Were chasing bums after first 15 mins. I haven't seen anything thus far in 2007 to get optimistic about. We should have won, we played crap, turnover footy based on handball rather than best option and we lost a game that was there to be won against a mediocre opponent.

50 seconds to go. Saints having a shot. SEN have the football but I can't bear it! Fiora kicks a goal.

22 gone Saints 12 15 Dees 9 8, 49,000 at the 'G'

20 mins in final qtr Saints 87 to 62

CJ brilliant run but turns it over!!!

Neitz marks.... Netz misses!!!!!! 62 v 86

Brad Miller just laid a beautiful tackle NO FREE!!!! Bruce kicks goal!!!!! 24 points

Neitz kicks second... 12 mins -30points final qtr (almost -30 frees as well!)

Worrying times when same old mistakes by same old players appear. Sorry, just heard Miller mentioned for a second time, spilling an easy one!

50 mtr penalty to Gehrig after he missed the goal. Even stupid Billy and Grant sacked Thomas don't know why. Perhaps we arn't using the game plan that the umpires prefer.

79 49 9mins final qtr

Free kicks 27 saints 15 Dees

Saints 78 to 41. Inside 50 just 5 times. Total capitulation. Crap game plan. We are bobbing corks! I'm not usually pessimistic, but this is the message we have been getting throughout the pre-season. The game plan we had two years ago would beat tonight's saints. Backward steps!

This will be the catch cry for the first six weeks, "handball into trouble!!!!!!!"

Handball mistakes, frustrated by umpires, goal to StKilda...

Brock on crutches and being iced at half time.

We re-group. we win!

In that qtr Melb had 27 kicks and 37 Hballs

Half Time Saints 49 Dees 39

Just heard Millers name for the first time. Robbo just kicked a goal from a lying on the ground position against 3. GOAL OF THE YEAR!!!!

Gehrig gets a free against Carroll that was a nothing. If Neitz gets those he kicks 8! Saints by 16pts. McLean may have a foot fracture