We need someone if Marshall goes down. Our back ups just aren't back ups. They are part time fill ins. Owen's is a future star. Can ruck for a quarter here or there. But you don't want him thrown to the wolves. What if Rowan does a knee in Round 1. Season over for the saints? Hayes is a crystal vas...

Top TEAMS win grand finals and a strong defence is a must. We need to build a good team

Another rumour is that his dad refused to attend his games. Rumour. He's one guy. He preferred the Hawks for a few reasons, and only a few (Wilkie and some other players) would know the truth. If he's peed off about Hill's+King's $$ that's the fault of Lethlean etc for wasting $ on Hanneberry, but ...

I thought Wilke was in the top handful of defenders in the comp this season, and should have been in the AA team. As for Battle, well he works for another club now and we move on from here.

Probably sees more chance of playing finals at Hawthorn, plus he may be one of the players who were dark on the club's handling of Ratten.

What I find interesting Luke Ball was forced out by Lyon (had a low ball contract offer) and was bent over in his last two seasons. I thought he should’ve stuck the middle finger up at us! He was seen as Public Enemy number one Battle has jumped ship, required player, huge contract offer, no geogra...

That's crap The most recent form is what matters... not what happened in round 10 or 11. We won our last 6 out of 8 matches. We played awesome footy in those games and our mids were up against two top 4 teams and a top 8 team as well as the teams fighting to make finals like Essendon. Ratts lost hi...

If Soldo comes to us, it may mean one of Membrey and Hayes will be let go, as Marshall would spend more time as a forward ruck

King Max wrote: ↑Tue 24 Sep 2024 10:12am Phillipou v Swans and Sharman v Bombers: 10 coach’s votes, 0 Brownlow votes.

Crazy eh... I think the umps must be getting the jumper numbers and teams mixed up after the game.

Hit Outs Easily the most overrated stat in footy Don’t correlate to wins, barely to clearances Give me a ruckman who can win his own footy and take marks - especially contested ANYDAY Tall Gumby’s who can win a tap but can’t get a kick are useless A good tap ruckman makes a lot of onballers look be...

Port's forward line didn't turn up against the Swans- their key forwards never got near it and their crumbers were no good. Brisbane can kick big scores, so I think that will do it for them.

perfectionist wrote: ↑Sun 22 Sep 2024 3:08pm So, it's 2033 for a flag at the earliest.

This song is about the Saints premiership hopes I think.. hope not though

We beat The Swans so they're no good, but Lions beat us, so Lions to win.

Scollop wrote: ↑Sat 21 Sep 2024 11:13pm

I wonder what that Geelong dude does in the off season

A pity we can't have Jack from when he first started, but I don't think he's the same player now.

Reads like a lot of political rhetoric..I get the impressing reading between the lines, that Merrett will be a Saint

In successful corporations and sporting clubs, the culture or environment is set from the top and driven hard through the ranks. The Saints in contrast, have a history in leadership of instability, in-fighting, tail wagging the dog and knee-jerk decisions which generally results in those below havin...

Hope King does well, but he has already had a number of injuries which have put him out of the team for extended periods, and looks to have an eggshell body which means the compounding effect of more injuries during a season which we don't want from key players.

Hawthorn players would not be where they are in their development if the Hawks had stuck with Jordan Lewis, Tom Mitchell, Jaeger O'Meara and Liam Sheils. Will Day, James Worpel, Dylan Moore, and Jai Newcombe have taken on senior midfield roles and thrived. Nash, McDonald, Maginness and even Ward ha...

R.I.P. to a Sainter

We couldn't handle Merrett, as our forwards would not be able to cope with the ball hitting them on the chest from midfielders.

I normally don't get all that worked up about the other teams, but funnily enough I felt myself hoping like hell Port (who I don't particularly like either) would beat the Hawks last night. It's their arrogance, the swagger of their players and past players like Lewis and Roughead, the smugness of ...

Scollop wrote: ↑Wed 11 Sep 2024 10:02pm Jai Newcombe and Lawson Humphries are embarrassing recruiters and list managers trying to improve their midfields with 30 year olds

Been very well coached

Our current midfield won't get us back into finals- it's our biggest weakness, and has been for a while. We hope Pou, Windy and maybe others will step up, but it's just hope and we need to make crucial list changes to get back deep into finals. I know they have good games here and there, but Steele,...

The conversation should be about recruiting. Wtf are our recruiters doing? Why is Ross Lyon potentially sabotaging our future once again? What is St Kilda ultimately trying to achieve with the current list and especially our younger players? Do we want them to take on leadership roles or are we onl...