ST KILDA coach Ross Lyon said yesterday that his team's focus on Saturday night would be on its own game, as well as putting pressure on Sydney.

"The win against Carlton put us in good stead, so that will be the focus, worrying a bit more on ourselves and trying to get our own game right," Lyon said.

Sydney midfielder Luke Ablett said his club had not planned any new tricks to surprise its former assistant coach.

"He's got a really good knowledge of how we operate and what we are going to try and do and he's going to have a lot of structures in place to counteract that," Ablett said. "But we've played the same way for four years, so I don't think you'll see any tricks or changes from us, just hopefully we'll do it for better and longer than the Saints on the weekend and get back on track.

"It's been well-documented we didn't start well last week (against the Roos). They were a lot harder at the footy and turned up to play and we didn't. It's something that we need to rectify this week. We can't let teams continually get away to starts like we did on the weekend. If we do that in the first half against St Kilda, they will smash us."

Lyon said key defenders Sam Fisher (hamstring) and Max Hudghton (quad) would have fitness tests. He said Raphael Clarke (back) would play with Casey Scorpions, while Barry Brooks (hamstring) was may play in the VFL.