St Kilda coach Scott Watters expects a couple of changes ahead of Thursday's Anzac Day clash in New Zealand. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun
FRESH legs as much as current form will determine St Kilda's line-up to play Sydney in New Zealand this week.
Coach Scott Watters plans to take the three emergencies and possibly an extra man to Wellington for Thursday's historic Anzac Day fixture.
"We probably looked at both these games as one campaign. There's players who didn't play tonight who will certainly come into consideration,'' Watters said after the 37 points loss to Essendon.
"It's how the list pulls up tonight and we'll have a good look at them in the morning. And we'll be looking to bring in some fresher players.''
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Tom Lee and Arryn Siposs were late withdrawals against the Bombers and big Tom Hickey is another contender to face the Swans.
Watters urged togetherness among the Saints as they attempt to regroup to play the AFL premier in such a showcase assignment.
"We'll continue to work on skills under pressure, something we've been doing for over a year and is an integral part of our program,'' he said.
"And the final part of that message was that we stay together as a group. We travel on Tuesday, head to New Zealand. It's a tough competition and we need to get back up.''
What most concerned Watters in the short-term was that Essendon monstered his Saints around the contests
and stoppages, winning the contested possessions by a whopping 176-135.
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"I thought we got a lesson around the contest. They looked big and played with real assurity around the contest. They were able to strip the ball back off us and they were very clean,'' he said.
"Having said that, we had two or three missed opportunities. Saady (Ahmed Saad) runs into an open goal, Arma (David Armitage) should've delivered a set shot for Roo (Nick Riewoldt). It could very easily been almost level at half-time, but they were certainly the better team on the night.
"The message at half-time was that you need to take the opportunities and tidy up the contested ball. We're not into long post-mortems after the game, but we've already highlighted contested ball was an issue. 22 contested marks to nine is not great reading.
"The work we're continuing to do with our defenders ... their size going into our defensive 50 certainly was a challenge for us.
"We'll continue with Rhys Stanley down there, we think he'll develop into a key position player. We'll continue to develop those defenders.''
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