I concur that he is not the same player he was, he does however have talent and when on song is a good kick- he is worth persevering with for at least one more year. I would however delist Armo- he is too slow and a very poor kick- hes been a warrior but the game has passed him by. More than anythin...

Most of the other clubs have brought in some good players and improved their list. We have added hannerbery and lost Hicky. In effect we have taken a step backwards or at best remain the same. Spare me the pick four argument its going to be a long miserable 2019 if that's all we end up with. Aggres...

All this talk about Hanneberry adding on field leadership and setting training standards- what a load of rubbish. We had the best trainer in the comp for 12 years and the majority of the current crop played and trained with him (Reiwoldt). If they have forgotten how to train hard and how to apply it...

Now I've heard it all- the bloke is a disaster waiting to happen

We just need to pick the best player available at pick 4, we wont be in contention any time soon so it matters little- we just need quality

We just need to pick the best player available at pick 4, we wont be in contention any time soon so it matters little- we just need quality

There is probably some A grader on a contract out there amongst the other clubs thinking you know what, the Saints aren't that bad. And need to offload bags of cash, this is my chance to get in on that as i won't get that sort of coin whilst I'm at my current club. Just saying, long time to go yet....

SydneySainter wrote: ↑Tue 09 Oct 2018 3:44pm

outside66 wrote: ↑Tue 09 Oct 2018 3:42pm

bigred wrote: ↑Tue 09 Oct 2018 3:35pm What's next?

Win the flag?

That would be lovely. Who's going to help capture it?

Hannebery apparently.

God help us

Shiel gone. Get over it. I want to know what Lethlean and Gallagher have planned? Is plan B to go for another gun? Is plan C to go to the draft? Things will now start spicing up. I want to know, why they are throwing $800k a year at a bloke who is a slow as treacle and his best footy is behind him-...

Jesus, no money in the world will attract an A grader to our basket case dribbling club. All good, I'm actually happy that we've kept pick #4 - but I have no faith in our recruiters getting it right. Going to be a long 2019...the upside, is that Richo will be gone by about round 6. The funniest tho...

mightysainters wrote: ↑Sun 07 Oct 2018 10:00pm Unfortunately not.. he’s not very good and can’t spread, this is very exposed now. Yes when did we package up 3 or 4 players? Never.. this doesn’t work especially from one of the worst teams in the Comp

Hannebery cant run and spread either but we seem hell bent on recruiting him

You are talking full rebuild and resigning us to four more years in the bottom four. I don't think we are there yet. If we went down that road anyway, it could be the end of us. Just as a point, Wright has barely been at fringe level. Goddard was a big bust unfortunately. Trading Carlisle is just p...

What do you think he is going to say? "Everyone thinks I am here for the money and it is true. Clearly I'm not here to win with this bunch of hacks." Seriously look back to what Judd said in 2007. Look at what Ablett said in 2010. Straight out of press conference 101. I'm looking fwd to a...

young, robust/strong-bodied players with courage and skill You could easily argue that all of Dunstan, Acres, Billings, McCartin, Goddard, McKenzie all met this criteria when they were recruited. I would say skill, footy smarts, and pace need to be prioritised followed by a minimum height of 185cm ...

Dan's worth to St Kilda is more about on field leadership and respect. I agree with you there...unfortunately, I'm old enough to remember how Alex Jesaulenko worked out, wondering whether this isn't a little bit of history (potentially) repeating. Possibly but clearly - I hope not. To be fair - we ...

It should be just Shiel and Gaff, we shouldn't be looking at anyone else. Hanneberry is a mistake. Dunstan gets more contested ball than Aaron Hall does - about 4 or 5 more contetsted possessions/game - and is 4 or 5 years younger - so I'm not sure what sort of "contested beast" he is. We...

6621104 wrote: ↑Fri 14 Sep 2018 9:29am Just what we need - an inside midfielder who kicks on the left, is decidedly one sided, no real pace .......... oh wait!!!

It will be a disaster, he couldnt run out of sight on a dark night

Im absolutely aghast that they are even considering Hannebery. He's exactly what we dont need, slow, banged up body and poor by foot. No doubt he was a gun, but you dont recruit someone on what they once were, you recruit for what they will be in the future. This will turn into another saints recrui...

Great game by the big man. He can play don't worry about that Dominated Nic Nat????? Wowwee, check the best players and stats!!!!! Clueless, as for two soft goals Red, he got two yes, 1 through soft 50 and 1 in a non contest out marking hickey, so yes, I spose your correct!!!!! Softest player in th...

He's correct about one thing, we have to do the analysis before making rash decisions and that if Richo is the right person make sure he has all the correct support staff to make it work- I would add that I think that must include someone who is better at identifying and drafting talent than who had...

So i am in my fifties & a 4th generation supporter/member of the saints (my children are 5th) I can safely say that i have seen it all when it comes to the roller coaster ride of our footy club. And what is the saying...it is never as bad as it seems & never as good as it seems I can confid...

I think rebuilds always depend on your senior players. You can rebuild around them. It's when you have rubbish senior players that rebuilding takes time. Unfortunately, that's where we're at. So we just have to wait. It's on track. Rebuilds also depend on the quality of players you're bringing in v...

Paddy is going to be a jet. We need Paddy, Bruce and Members to play out the year together and build a chemistry. Them not being able to play together is arguably the single most reason why our progress has stalled. Tall forward lines will be back in vogue by seasons end and if West Coast win the f...

Ahh what a lovely feel good post, and so many delusional plus ones...let's all hold hands and dream of holding that silverware aloft, rose petals falling all around us. The actual fact of the matter is that the playing list requires a cleanout and fast. Geary is no captain, and in most sides wouldn...

11 years later on and I'm still seething from this decision. We took McEvoy with pick 9 in the 2007 draft when Dangerfield was still available and went at pick 10 to Adelaide. The Saints are a shambles and can't recruit. Why oh why did we do it. I'm burning the membership! I want regime change from...