ROUND 1 LINEUP???

[kazam]

What do you guys think our round one team will look like? How about our best team (Clarke, Gwilt and Gram all injured)?

Our team towards the end of last year was something similar to this:

B:      Gwilt, Dawson, Blake
HB:    Goddard, Fisher, Gilbert
C:      Montagna, Hayes, Ray
HF:    Armitage, Riewoldt,
F:      Milne, Kositchke, Schneider
R:      McEvoy, Dal Santo, Jones
INT:   Polo, Peake, Dempster, Gram

I may have missed a few. But what I am trying to sort out is who misses out? Following St.Kilda so closely all my life, I have gotten particularly used to seeing the same team week in, week out. Obviously Dawson, Gram and Gwilt won't be in this team, and possibly not Clarke. WHO COMES IN????

Simpkin is a straight replacement for Gwilt and does Wilkes play FB for Dawson? Cripps, Ledger and Siposs all looked promising in the preseason, and Saad and Milera have been highly talked up. Newnes and Ross might be six months away from debuting yet and then there is also the forward line question... Do we play 3 talls up front like we did all preseason and also have McEvoy in the ruck?

[kazam]

Could our line up look something like this?

B: Simpkin, Wilkes, Dempster
HB: Gilbert, Fisher, Goddard
C: Montagna, Hayes, Steven
HF: Schneider, Riewoldt, Siposs
F: Milne, Kosi, Stanley
R: McEvoy, Dal Santo, Jones
INT:  Saad, Armitage, Blake SUB: Ledger

EMG: Milera, Geary, Peake

So that is possibly close to our round one team. Obviously Gwilt comes straight in once he is fit, who does he take out; simpkin, wilkes or blake??? Is this team close to what it should be? Do Clarke and Gram get back into our best 22?

[Hoggyz_a_legend]

Best 22 going into rnd 1:

FB:Blake, Simpkin, Dempster
HB: Cripps, Fisher, Gilbert
C: Steven, Dal Santo, Montagna
HF: Schneider, Riewoldt, Siposs
FF: Milne, Koschitzke, Stanley
R: McEvoy, Hayes, Jones
I: Peake, Ledger, Armitage, Saad (sub)

Emg: Wilkes, Geary, Milera

Obviously, Gram and Gwilt straight back in, Raph will have to prove himself this year I'd say.

[PowerBug]

Unfortunately it wasn't better than Port Adelaide's line-up :( >:D

[Bill Manspeaker]

any idea why Ledger didn't play?

how Polo got a game over Ledger is... um....   ......     ......i don't actually think there's words for it?

is he injured?

[CrowsFan]

Someone was saying Saints released a tweet saying it was general soreness. Bit odd to have that round 1. I reckon he'll be back next week though :)

[Bill Manspeaker]

thanks mate, yeah hope he's back next week, 1. need him for DT and 2. the kid will be a freak