Venue: Telstra Dome
Date: Sunday, June 1
Time: 2.10pm AEST
Head to head: St Kilda 78 Melbourne 118 Drawn 1
Last time: St Kilda 13.15 (93) d Melbourne 9.8 (62) round one, 2007, MCG
Betting: TABSportsbet: St Kilda $1.28 Melbourne $3.50. Centrebet: St Kilda $1.31 Melbourne $3.45
Summary: Surely the Saints will come out hard after being labelled "mentally and physically soft" by coach Ross Lyon after last weekend's capitulation to Brisbane. Despite winning four of their nine matches to date, the reality is that St Kilda's season is on life-support. Too much is being left to too few, including evergreen Robert Harvey. The Demons need to bottle whatever it was that inspired them to get within 19 points of unbeaten Hawthorn last week, because a repeat of that effort would be good enough to beat many sides, including St Kilda.
Key: Brad Miller says he wants to be the man to replace David Neitz as the focus of the Melbourne attack. Now would be a very good time to start.
