+1Hurricane wrote:Mini rookied by Gold Coast
Nick Heyne by Carlton
and Pattto by Hawthorn
Best of luck to teh former Saints at their new club
McQualter to Gold Coast
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Good luck to Heyne - particularly because I never really saw him play and could not figure out his niche yet due to the aforementioned. So be it though and I hope he turns out to be a great player at the Blues.Armoooo wrote:Yep I'm still a fan of Zac.
Good luck to all of them, especially Mini, really hope he can crack the Suns best 22.
Same with Pattison. He will provide much better insurance than say a Daniel Archer-type (not bagging) for a team that is close to a flag.
I hope Mini cracks the Suns 22 too. This way our resting midfielder or permanent half-forward will have a field day as this slow, unskilled and small 'defensive forward' attempts to go with one of our boys. Please get into the team Mini.
Some of my flock who know me know of my displeasure at Zac Dawson being at St Kilda in the first place and the reasons why.
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Yep. My hate boils over with that mob... Pre-packaged marketing tripe...saintspremiers wrote:Faark the GC.JohnE wrote:Mini will play in the seniors in no time!! Well done mate, so much for that 'retirement'.... Lol
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McQualter was slow, didn't get enough of the ball and always seemed overwhelmed by self doubt at senior level but I wouldn't have said he was soft. He was a good, honest footballer at VFL level.saintkid wrote:Yep two of our three softest players have now moved on in McQualter and Dawson. The only one left now is Gram.Moccha wrote:Glad McQualter has been moved on. 12 months too late
Dawson was a doofus and really struggled one on one in the air but I think he attacked the ball pretty hard.
IMO you're being a bit tough on those boys; although now they don't play for us stuff 'em... they are both rubbish players.
Jason Gram... well...yes he's a receiver... but he's our receiver and every team needs players who can run with the ball. They can't all be Lenny Hayes!
Must be in bed because I havent seen it on a footy ground.Moccha wrote:Performanceplugger66 wrote:What is that actually based on?saintkid wrote:Yep two of our three softest players have now moved on in McQualter and Dawson. The only one left now is Gram.Moccha wrote:Glad McQualter has been moved on. 12 months too late
Re Grammy: yes, teams need receivers, but if u are one you need sublime kicking skills and decision making - remember 'the challenge', it had Dal being a smart ass kicking floaters to teammates and saying they have to get used to Grammys kicking... funny, but that says it all. Either he reinvents himself or i'd be more than happy to see him at Sandy in the place of a kid with the right skills and attitude.gurubob101 wrote:McQualter was slow, didn't get enough of the ball and always seemed overwhelmed by self doubt at senior level but I wouldn't have said he was soft. He was a good, honest footballer at VFL level.saintkid wrote:Yep two of our three softest players have now moved on in McQualter and Dawson. The only one left now is Gram.Moccha wrote:Glad McQualter has been moved on. 12 months too late
Dawson was a doofus and really struggled one on one in the air but I think he attacked the ball pretty hard.
IMO you're being a bit tough on those boys; although now they don't play for us stuff 'em... they are both rubbish players.
Jason Gram... well...yes he's a receiver... but he's our receiver and every team needs players who can run with the ball. They can't all be Lenny Hayes!
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Correctplugger66 wrote:Must be in bed because I havent seen it on a footy ground.Moccha wrote:Performanceplugger66 wrote:What is that actually based on?saintkid wrote:Yep two of our three softest players have now moved on in McQualter and Dawson. The only one left now is Gram.Moccha wrote:Glad McQualter has been moved on. 12 months too late
Another opportunity awaits!
Mini isn't soft, but he wasn't holding tackles consistently enough for a defensive forward by the end.
Greatest strength was his pin-pointing of a target inside 50.
Greatest strength was his pin-pointing of a target inside 50.
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Im amazed we got in the finals with all these apparent hacks we had and also a poor game plan and coach.Moccha wrote:He never got the bloody ball!dcstkfc wrote:Mini isn't soft, but he wasn't holding tackles consistently enough for a defensive forward by the end.
Greatest strength was his pin-pointing of a target inside 50.
Mini's stats were hardly any worse than say Macaffer who has a premiership medal.plugger66 wrote:Im amazed we got in the finals with all these apparent hacks we had and also a poor game plan and coach.Moccha wrote:He never got the bloody ball!dcstkfc wrote:Mini isn't soft, but he wasn't holding tackles consistently enough for a defensive forward by the end.
Greatest strength was his pin-pointing of a target inside 50.
Hard to get huge stats inside 50.
He was dropped too late in 2010, but Steven and Armo had injury worries and there was no else so Mini was to some extent carried in the finals.
STRENGTH THROUGH LOYALTY.
''I still get really excited, and I've got the '66 thing up on the wall in a frame … You look at it and think: one day, we want to achieve that.''- Arryn Siposs
''I still get really excited, and I've got the '66 thing up on the wall in a frame … You look at it and think: one day, we want to achieve that.''- Arryn Siposs
Exactly but as time goes on Steven and Armo have become fitter and better and should have played in the 2010 finals.dcstkfc wrote:Mini's stats were hardly any worse than say Macaffer who has a premiership medal.plugger66 wrote:Im amazed we got in the finals with all these apparent hacks we had and also a poor game plan and coach.Moccha wrote:He never got the bloody ball!dcstkfc wrote:Mini isn't soft, but he wasn't holding tackles consistently enough for a defensive forward by the end.
Greatest strength was his pin-pointing of a target inside 50.
Hard to get huge stats inside 50.
He was dropped too late in 2010, but Steven and Armo had injury worries and there was no else so Mini was to some extent carried in the finals.
One of the problems is that the injuries of Steven and Armitage weren't given much publicity so people understandably feel Mini was preferred on form alone.plugger66 wrote:Exactly but as time goes on Steven and Armo have become fitter and better and should have played in the 2010 finals.dcstkfc wrote:Mini's stats were hardly any worse than say Macaffer who has a premiership medal.plugger66 wrote:Im amazed we got in the finals with all these apparent hacks we had and also a poor game plan and coach.Moccha wrote:He never got the bloody ball!dcstkfc wrote:Mini isn't soft, but he wasn't holding tackles consistently enough for a defensive forward by the end.
Greatest strength was his pin-pointing of a target inside 50.
Hard to get huge stats inside 50.
He was dropped too late in 2010, but Steven and Armo had injury worries and there was no else so Mini was to some extent carried in the finals.
STRENGTH THROUGH LOYALTY.
''I still get really excited, and I've got the '66 thing up on the wall in a frame … You look at it and think: one day, we want to achieve that.''- Arryn Siposs
''I still get really excited, and I've got the '66 thing up on the wall in a frame … You look at it and think: one day, we want to achieve that.''- Arryn Siposs
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St.Kilda was propped up by half a dozen players. McQualter was good in 09 but s*** in 10 and 11 and there the factsplugger66 wrote:Im amazed we got in the finals with all these apparent hacks we had and also a poor game plan and coach.Moccha wrote:He never got the bloody ball!dcstkfc wrote:Mini isn't soft, but he wasn't holding tackles consistently enough for a defensive forward by the end.
Greatest strength was his pin-pointing of a target inside 50.
Another opportunity awaits!
And what about Dawson and the coach?Moccha wrote:St.Kilda was propped up by half a dozen players. McQualter was good in 09 but s*** in 10 and 11 and there the factsplugger66 wrote:Im amazed we got in the finals with all these apparent hacks we had and also a poor game plan and coach.Moccha wrote:He never got the bloody ball!dcstkfc wrote:Mini isn't soft, but he wasn't holding tackles consistently enough for a defensive forward by the end.
Greatest strength was his pin-pointing of a target inside 50.
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