Sturt are a good team and their strengths are Norwoods strengths (contested footy pressure at the contest to create turnover)

Sturt win this at home

Centrals are much improved in the 2nd half of the season however this weekends result is purely dependant on which Sturt team rocks up this Sunday.

Sturt at their best are better clearance wise, number of effective disposals and tackle wise compared to Centrals. Hence why over a season their win loss and scores for records are better than Centrals. (no diff in scores against)

Sturt come to play they win this easy. However if Sturt go all timid like they did in the last half, last Sunday . Dogs will get the chocolates as they are peaking but their current peak isn’t as good as Sturts best.

Plus Sturt won’t be resting a bloke at half time for next week.
Soon as Sturt decided to flick the switch this game was done despite an almost 2:1 free kick differential to Central favour

Tackles even but as shown all season Sturt +10 in clearances despite key outs.

You can have the best periodised plans in the world but when you use all your tickets making finals once you get there there’s no more you can cash in on

Mitch Crowden returning home to SA and has signed with Double Blues after a couple of seasons in the WAFL with East Perth, post Freo delisting.

dedja wrote:Arrogant much?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 346&type=3

You guys have talked us up for months, more than our social media team ever has

Still Premiers

Henry Carey announced his retirement at the Sturt best and fairest night
I had a feeling he was going retire we have plenty to cover his loss. Scary to think next year we may well be better than this year with a few coming back in from season ending injuries this year.

and possibly a couple of delisted AFL players

Booney wrote:Battersby ideal replacement for Anderson....oh...

As is Dakin, Crowden, McEntee and Slade…. Oh..

Keep in mind that with the Big Bash starting when it usually does CA obviously won't have a day-night test match this close to Christmas clashing with it and with a test match during the day and then BBL match in the evening that obviously maximises viewers/interest. It's probably part of the reason why (if not the reason) why the Perth Test match as become the first test match of the summer.

Spot on, by taking the Christmas Test we have given up day/night slot to Brisbane, no chance of them having day/night in this slot with the BBL now on.

If you enjoy cricket it’s worth getting. Problem is now they have to many members the ashes was packed even with the riverbank stand been all members now. As for getting a seat if you don’t have a reserve seat you would need to arrive as gates open to have a chance certainly that was the case the first few days of the test. Ashes Tests are the outliers. Every other nation you would still able get decent seats 45-30 minutes before play

PatowalongaPirate wrote:Anything that can weaken Strut is fine by me lol.

Still Premiers

Double Super Over, bloody hell.

Aus team, batting first-
Head (C)
Inglis
Green
Renshaw
Stoinis
Maxwell
Connolly
Bartlett
Ellis
Zampa
Kuhnemann
Hopefully smith replaces renshaw in the next game not sure how he gets a game.
Australia's next game is today against Zimbabwe so considering Smith is travelling to Sri Lanka now he won't be playing.