Could've done without the footage of Doug Booth kicking the dog. Sure no one wants to see animals harmed, but it is part of club history and that's what the video has captured. For the record he didn't kick dog he shooed it away with his leg, no contact was made. But there will always be critics! A...

It must be the Adelaide-based teams. Geelong at Sleepy Hollow only. We've beaten them away from their taxpayer-funded dung heap often enough to disqualify them from true bogey status. As for those Adelaide teams, as other posters have pointed out, we don't get many chances to play them at our home. ...

Could've done without the footage of Doug Booth kicking the dog. Sure no one wants to see animals harmed, but it is part of club history and that's what the video has captured. For the record he didn't kick dog he shooed it away with his leg, no contact was made. But there will always be critics! A...

Could've done without the footage of Doug Booth kicking the dog.

And they are just a few. It's taken you a couple of days to scratch out those names, and I'd suggest you struggle to name many more. Their list is so much better than ours they finished.......8th. I'm still waiting for you to answer the question as to why they have a superior list, not just rattle o...

We are not as good a list as Sydney Explain the logic behind your conclusion, please. We finished above them last year despite having an injury-ravaged list and we beat them the only time we played. On their home deck, no less. There's no doubt Grundy and Adams should bolster their stocks, but even...

He had to take that. The janitor's position had already been filled.

I agree with Scollop. Start him down back, let him learn the game there, and then when he's ready switch him to the wing or even on the ball. He's got all the necessary attributes. Great size, and a build that needs some development, but 2 to 3 pre-seasons should be sufficient to get him up to scrat...

Be interesting if Caminiti said Let’s see you run a lap you fat c***! Disrespectful, but hilarious 😂! I'd pay good money to see the look on RTB's face if anyone ever had the balls to actually say it. It might not be the best career move, either. Best to save it for when you think you're going to ge...

The main thing that has held W. I cricket back is a lack of funds, driven mainly by the unequal distribution of funds from TV rights. India, Australia, and England take the lion's share of the pool, while the minor nations get what's left over. Compounding the problem is that as a collection of nati...

I'll have a go at No. 5 and say Ian Synman.
I'll have a stab at the Dave McNamara bonus question and go with Ian Stewart, Robert Harvey, and the legend himself, Dave McNamara when the award was called Champion of the Colony or similar.

Yes, he will. Provided he wants it badly enough and our development coaches are on the ball. His highlights' videos show he is highly skilled, athletic, and tall. Just what the doctor, or coach ordered. The question now is can we turn all those raw attributes into high-quality performance? I think R...

Cooper is also by far the most reliable set-shot kick for goal we've got. That's not an abundant skill when it comes to our team. I've been impressed with Coops since day one. As BM tells us, development is rarely, if ever, linear. As we all know, Coops got off to a flying start with his impressive ...

What DRS has shown us is how difficult it is to umpire sports in a modern environment. We've given over human responsibility to machines in most sports. Tennis, baseball, NFL, soccer, cricket, and of course, AFL. It has shown us the future. Tennis has removed line umpires entirely at the elite level...

How can any player guarantee not to get injured in AFL footy Extreme athletes training at max intensity playing a ballistic contact sport You’re lucky if you don’t get injured?! King May never get injured again or he might get injured every year for the rest of his career??? It’s the same with all ...

Check out Jesse McClure's "New Year's 2024 Resolutions for St.Kilda". It's on True Footy on Youtube for those that are interested. I've been a fan of Jesse's work in the past. He does a solid job of summarising our performance in 2023 and has some interesting analysis for what we can expec...

We didn't over-perform or play "above ourselves". You can only play to the best of your ability. Full credit to RTB and the coaching team for squeezing the best effort from what was an injury-riddled list for most of the season. IMHO, I agree with BM about a team needing champions to attai...

Laughable. Typical of the MSM. Always punching down on us. None of them picked us to make the 8 last year. They are all hoping we slide this year. All it demonstrates is what a great effort it was last year. Crouch ranked 39th? Rubbish. Steele ranked 45th is because injuries derailed his year. They ...

Indeed. That season being the operative term. I stand by my claim that it wouldn't have happened under RTB.

I can't recall Roughead ever being an assistant coach. Not in any official capacity, anyway. IIRC he was hired to learn the ropes in recruitment and list management. He seemed to dabble wherever it took his fancy. Typically, the said incident took place under Ratten's "Laissez Faire" style...

So his most significant act during his tenure, as far as we know, was to cause a serious injury to a very promising young player. Ben Paton hasn't been the same since.

No complaints on my end NDC. One minor clarification - I’m not an admin on the site. Just a moderator. I wonder if your friend is who I’m thinking of… did he work at the club for a bit in the early 2000s per chance? Not to my knowledge, skeptic, and I think I'd know if he had. He was a prolific and...

Mods are like umpires, best if you don't even notice they're there. I think that's where we are at, there's no bias that I can see and the intervention stops useless and personal arguments pretty well. I've only been here for a short time, but I have to agree with Otiman. So far, so good. A friend,...

Roughead now also gone. No surprises there, sR. Sacked or moved on/made redundant? I suspect he either picked up on, or was told, that he would not be required. Callum Twomey @CalTwomey St Kilda’s recruiter Jarryd Roughead has resigned from his role, making the call before the club’s Christmas brea...

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saintsRrising wrote: ↑Sat 30 Dec 2023 3:03pm Roughead now also gone.

No surprises there, sR. Sacked or moved on/made redundant?