"We’ve got a few coming back this week, Lenny (Hayes) will be out there, Luke Ball should be out there ... (Robert Harvey) will be back out there too, so there’s three top liners back," Fisher said.
And of course, the cream on top will be the long awaited appearance of superstar centre half-forward Nick Riewoldt who Fisher said was raring to go.
"He will be out there for sure," Fisher said. "He’s been in full training for the past few weeks, so he’s ready to go."
Fisher himself continues to enjoy a solid run of form and fitness, a far cry from his injury-ravaged early days at Moorabbin.
After making his debut in 2003, the 23-year-old endured one of the most troubled periods of any player at St Kilda – no mean feat considering the Saints’ enormous injury troubles in the Grant Thomas era.
However, he has managed to play 36 of the past 38 games for a career total of 46.
Speaking at Telstra Dome on the eve of the semi-final, Fisher admitted that a solid 2007 – when he missed just the solitary game – and a strong pre-season this year had made his injury troubles a distant memory.
"A couple of years ago, it certainly wasn’t the greatest, but the past few years I’ve been relatively injury–free, which has been nice," Fisher said.
"You definitely appreciate being able to run out there every week feeling good, rather than having little niggles and stuff like that."
While Fisher might now be a stranger to the Saints medical room, the club appeared to suffer a triple hit last weekend when Justin Koschitzke, Max Hudghton and Fraser Gehrig all went down with injury.
However, Fisher – something of an accidental expert on leg injuries – said only Gehrig’s calf was cause for concern.
"(Hudghton and Koschitzke) are alright, they’ve both played the last three games, a trial game and then the two NAB Cup games, and were actually due for a rest anyway," Fisher said.
"And they should both be back for the following week."
On Friday night, Fisher will again take his customary role in the back pocket as the Saints take on the red-hot Bombers and attempt to progress to their first NAB Cup grand final since 2004.
"Every game gets more important I suppose, and it would be nice to get through this week and then have a go the following week (at the grand final)," Fisher said.
"But it’s a tough game to win tomorrow night. Essendon is obviously up and running at the moment, they’ve got plenty of young players in who have been doing quite well, so we’ll have to watch out for them."
While the club has kept quiet on rumours that Fisher was close to being traded to Sydney at the end of last season, the player himself admitted there was some truth to the talk.
"I think it just came up briefly and I had a chat to (Sydney)," Fisher said.
"But it was pretty much over straight away, and there really wasn’t that much to it."
