tony74 wrote:Very hot today. Mav struggled.

No heat stroke this year I hope.

The main criticism I've heard is he doesn't offer much outside of stopping power. No offensive side to his game. Not sure how that will go in the modern game where versatility is key, but I don't mind us giving him a go as a bit of depth.

BigMart wrote:I watched again Friday

It was TERRIBLE!!!

Players were hopeless, struggling to find a positive!!!!!

Serves you right for going to the Collingwood training session.

saintbrat wrote:

saynta wrote:V cats

Rd 14
http://www.afl.com.au/video/2017-01-18/ ... n-st-kilda

Awesome video. I'll never understand how a whack straight to Paddy's face wasn't a free kick.

http://www.saints.com.au/news/2017-01-16/behind-the-work-experience St Kilda is ranked No. 10 for average experience at 63 games, well below the most experienced team in the AFL West Coast (85 games) – who have been inflated by the recruitment of 300-gamers Sam Mitchell and Drew Petrie – while last ...

Doggies comeback game for me. It was so unexpected and joyous. Steven running amok, Armo providing lots of outside run and line breaking, Rooey still dominating, Hickey standing up - it looked like anything was possible and gave great belief to the players Comeback game? Geelong game for me. Specia...

dragit wrote:"A grade key position small defensive mid set to take reins as new Saints skipper"

"A grade" - and cue a dozen broken SS members' keyboards

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-01-13/st-kilda-move-was-kick-up-the-bum-i-needed-says-nathan-brown "But I think for me it was the right time. Being somewhere for 11 years, you get used to something and get into a habit, but the change when I came across, I was like a young player again. "I...

Another article on Gears being favourite to be captain
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-01-12/j ... da-captain

And another with basically the same content
http://www.saints.com.au/news/2017-01-1 ... ew-skipper

New article on Darragh Joyce today:
http://www.saints.com.au/news/2017-01-1 ... -for-joyce

“I went for a bounce at a training session before Christmas and I copped a fair bit of slack for it. It pretty much came up and hit me in the face, but I’ll do it again,” Joyce said.

Con Gorozidis wrote:I have got a hell of a lot of time for D Mac.
I think he has some really good attributes.

Was glandular fever last season? If so I'm excited to see what he can do this year with a full preseason under his belt.

http://www.zerohanger.com/new-saint-says-he-has-point-to-prove-9098/ The 21-year-old says he wants to prove to his new teammates that he belongs in the Saints’ engine room. “I just want to prove myself as much as I can by playing consistent games and playing well in the midfield and showing people t...

Freeman with another top 5 finish in the time trial

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/nathan- ... e2ba9ed817

Defence - 9th
Midfield - 10th
Forwards - 9th

Feel like we have been underrated in the forward department. We would have one of the toughest forward lines in the league to cover with Paddy, Bruce, Mav, Membrey all fit and firing.

I would put us above Port and Geelong at least.

$100k fine and loss of 1000 draft points (equivalent pick ~15)

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-12-22/a ... field-saga

3rd man up was quite often used to clear congestion around the stoppage. I can see there being multiple stoppages in a row next year being unable to be cleared. AFL's belief is that the effect is negligible at best: "We did analysis across 2015 and 2016 and, for the game's sake, there seems to...

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/st-kilda/st-kilda-players-closed-their-2016-commitments-with-a-taxing-two-hour-training-session/news-story/22644a03a6357c221b43c3af810c7b03 News report on final training and Josh B interview Awesome, good to see the guys who didn't get many games this yea...

Aren't we one of the best teams at employing this tactic? Riewoldt and one other player (whose name escapes me) are both in the top 5 in the AFL for 3rd man up hit outs. Correct, we are one of the biggest users of third man up. Can't find the per-team stats now, but here's the player stats from 201...

St Lenny wrote:Great news, hope he brushes up on his people skills.................

What does that mean?

I've received money from all but three posters and have paid the club on the assumption that it is on the way. All three are return customers so I'm sure the money is coming. I won't name names at this stage but maybe they will read this and check their PMs. And if anyone knows where Firthy is, he ...

I realise he's a bit injured but Carlisle not being out there disappoints me somewhat. High pick, had a year off and still can't make it out there pre-xmas. Has dildoro sold us a pup again? What's wrong with him? Had hip surgery didn't he? Probably part of his management to sit some of the drills o...

When you watch the highlights, you realise Gresh's maneuverability is just incredible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMeBIKK4u5o He's making long time AFL footy players look stupid. And his setting up of players with hand and foot is really smart. Some of his handballs have shown amazing vision. ...

millarsaint wrote:Wearing a glove all these years has in no way helped Travis Cloke's brain.

Should have worn it on his head then.

I remember being quite shocked at the time that we were trading McEvoy. In retrospect I think we made an excellent move, allowing Hickey and Longer to step into that role and be just as handy. Also how good has the Mav Weller pickup been? Must be one of the few times a player has gone from the rooki...

They get much worse than Paddy's effort