Very early days We have lost some class experience (albeit they were not able to be regularly on the park) and have added a Free Agent from WB and a handful of 18 year olds And, in terms of our key position players both back and forward plus in the ruck, we rely on these 18 year olds plus who was re...

What I do know is that Brett was the catalyst for a focus on junior development And that he challenged our junior players to put pressure on, and surpass the older players And to forge the future of St Kilda FC Even with Steele, the challenge was you are good enough to write your own reputation, not...

But

How many on our List are over 193cm and who are they?

This is our Achilles in my view

And has been over the last couple of seasons

Interesting names Francine and Bob Shearman I knew very well. Bob was a tragic loss because he was a great guy From Essendon to West Torrens then to Sturt And mine host at the Waverley Hotel on Unley Road There are some stories Bob Kingston came from Wagga Wagga and lived at a boarding house on Henl...

You would expect that Australia will prevail relatively easily But the Windies have some fire power - plus Roach who is class They have Braithwaite plus Chanderpaul will be of interest They beat the Poms in the West Indies in the last Test Series they played - so they have something With the First T...

Yes, next suburb to Grange on the gulf

Peter also played mid career in the ACT (Eastlake) for 3 years in the mid 1970’s

So if not for that he would have gone past 300 in the SANFL which is some achievement

There is pedigree

Yes, I do

My phone has lit up from Adelaide

I have put a contribution on the other thread

Mind you the best player West Torrens produced was Nev Roberts, who saw the light after leaving Richmond

He is bottom age, so a big move Remember these are very young kids so to expect domination at AFL level from day 1 is not realistic The skill will be there but they have to grow into their bodies such that they can compete against men who are very well seasoned As I said, his Grandfather, Peter, was...

Has a very strong footballing pedigree with his Grandfather (Peter) tallying near 300 games with West Torrens and a polished performer (makes me feel even older!) and his father getting past 100 at Woodville West Torrens He will reunite with Sharman and Hayes, both from Woodville West Torrens We wis...

Noting the contributions to this site, who actually knows Brett and his family? So who is in a position to speak - and I would put that anyone who is in a position to speak would not breach confidences even more so on a site such as this It is on the public record that, when called before the Board,...

IF Sharman was such a star why was he playing at Reserves level in the SANFL before being picked up in the mid season draft? And he played in defence at Geelong because we simply had no height able to be deployed to our defensive structure When he debuted at AFL level it was because he was the last ...

The simple facts are that our previous Coach was an analyst across every facet of the game Hence the support staff he employed - from Rath down The reasons contributing to performance were analysed against expectation and the conclusions conveyed to the player/s and to the group You really do read s...

What I can tell you for a fact is that as the 2021 season progressed, the Head Coach took Coffield aside and told him they wanted run from him, so use your legs. Toward the end of 2021, having invested into "use your legs", Coffield's good form had returned. The preparation for 2022 saw th...

IF you speculate forward and come up with the following representing the Club in the FINAL Minor Round game of 2023:- Wilkie Howard Paton Coffield Adams Battle Hill Steele Wanganeen-Milera Billings Heath Windhager Membrey King Gresham Marshall Crouch Sinclair Clark Owens Higgins Pick 9 then that lea...

"I was walking past the Club's Hall of Fame and there was a quote from Robert Harvey talking about being at St Kilda: it's a privilege to be here and respect it" Ross Lyon. And that is exactly what I am driving at. The St Kilda Hall of Fame is 1 (one) premiership side, in 1966. Across 149 ...

Hayes and Battle are the same height and the same weight.

Both under-sized for key positions.

As covered by way of example, St Kilda does not have a culture of success on which to build What St Kilda does have is one premiership in 1966 And it has a period of relative success playing in successive Grand Finals The Club is now revisiting that period of relative success by appointing the Coach...

Just to add, and to demonstrate, Wilson wrote an article in 2017 referring to St Kilda in 1984 If you google Lindsay fox St Kilda creditors you may find it That article is factually correct as I know it And there are still ramifications consistent with the content of that article today as I understa...

Depending on your business and social networks depending on the information you are privy to What you do not do is break confidences (unless you have authorisation) And you do not expect others to break your confidences That is the way the World works You can offer opinion - but it is always your op...

I would not be writing off any of our tall, young talent This coming season will be vital to their development - as will be the subsequent seasons as they pass just 20 years of age Particularly the likes of the Number 9 Draft Pick, Heath, Adams and Peris debuting in 2023 will be a positive - includi...

I'll change it a bit - and look for a reaction!! The side I would like to see as most competitive at the CONCLUSION of the 2023 Season is:- Wilkie Howard Paton Coffield Adams Battle Hill Steele Wanganeen-Milera Billings Heath Windhager Membrey King Gresham Marshall Crouch Sinclair Clark Owens Higgin...

We came as close as we did in 2007 and the draw in 2008 You could put that our bottom 6 cost us - because our top end was very good In terms of “role players”, every player has a role to play defending when necessary and providing link and offence when that opportunity is there What I can tell you i...

My only knowledge of this media "star" is that, where we sit at Docklands, he was the other side of the fence with a couple of former players once (and during last season). So virtually within touching distance. Shorter than both of the former players, and more rotund by some number of cm'...

There is no doubt that the recruitment of lesser players from lesser Clubs did us no favors at the time and subsequent to Lyon's last term as Coach. So the likes of Gardiner (from Geelong), Birss, Peake et al (some names escape me, but there were a few). And these players played at the expense of gi...

The media try to build narratives, based on ego and self interest. So consume with caution, on any subject. The narrative of Andrews being divisive is because the rusted on Liberal Party demographic, numbering 25% or less, hate any Labor Leader, and more particularly a successful one. So they engine...