Tom Lynch

[bigred]

Good on him .

I used to rate him .

I could have kicked 2 today .

[saintsRrising]

We did get lucky with Newnes who was a great selection....

No luck...but the start of a more disciplined and scientific approach to recruiting. Which was the same reason that Lynch left.

As mentioned Lynch is a good VFL level player...and that was the level of the game today against GWS who are struggling.

Easily a top 20 pick IMO and Lynch should've been a second rounder

I'd say we ended up ahead on the deal.....

Agree.

if we can keep ending up ahead in our deals we will improve at a quicker rate.

[cannavaro17]

Can we blame Ross lying for his lack of development to make us feel better?

[joffaboy]

Tommy Walsh kicked 6 against sub standard opposition sio I wouldn't go overboard.

Which forward should we have ditched and kept Lynch?

I thought Lynch was OK, but looked slow and out of his depth in the seniors.

Good luck to him. Did we make a mistake by cutting him? Maybe. May have lost. But we did get Newnes, and we do win sometimes (Roberton seems a goer, Ray has been good for a few years, Schneider and Dempster have been excellent for us).

So you take the good with the bad. Hopefully our drafting gets better as we go forward.

[Con Gorozidis]

id rather lynch than kosi

[joffaboy]

id rather lynch than kosi

Well Kosi was playing OK in 2011, was playing forward and relieving in the ruck.

Lynch couldn't play up forward or in the ruck in 2011.

I'd rather Maister to Lynch

[PurpleHayes]

Good on him, but seriously is only an average footballer. Had a day where everything lined up for him

WOW. 10 goals in just his 11th afl game. Against GWS or not that's still a bloody good effort.

Wish some of our young forwards would have a 'day where everything lined up for them'.

People are still knocking lynch on here but I ask why then can't Lee or Maister kick anything near 10 v the suns or giants?

Perhaps lynch has improved and now he is being given opportunity with Tex out?

Will be very interesting to see if he kicks any against us next weekend.

[Spinner]

Why can't we just be happy for the bloke.

Didn't get served an opportunity with us? Tough luck. We were going super well and he was pressing but not amazing.

He left for whatever reasons.

Great day for him!

[On the Bench]

Can we blame Ross lying for his lack of development to make us feel better?

One of Tom's biggest complaints was that the senior coach had spoken to him personally no more than 3 times in his time at St Kilda. He was ready to move on. SW tried to talk him out of it, but he had already decided he needed to go.

[Bernard Shakey]

It was his 16th game and he a lifelong Saints supporter. He didn't want to leave, but had no choice under the Lyin regime.

[felix]

Do you think he will cry next week.

[magnifisaint]

id rather lynch than kosi

That wasn't worth posting

[ctqs]

He wasn't given much of a go, but nor was Simpkin, Steven, and even Armo under the previous regime. Still, I don't know how he'd make us a better team in the long term. GWS was more like an under-19s team with a smattering of experienced players, than an AFL side. Imagine what Plugger in full flight would've done. I remember a game against the Bears at Moorabbin in late 1991 where Plugger was rested. He would've kicked 20 that day had he played. He would've kicked more than that today.

[Con Gorozidis]

id rather lynch than kosi

That wasn't worth posting

Well someone asked who he would replace.
I gave a straight answer. Fact is Kosi is on out list.

[kosifantutti]

It was his 16th game and he a lifelong Saints supporter. He didn't want to leave, but had no choice under the Lyin regime.

That makes no sense. Lyon left before Lynch did.

[supersaints]

Thought he showed a bit, but he does have red hair!!

[St Ick]

Good on him, but seriously is only an average footballer. Had a day where everything lined up for him

WOW. 10 goals in just his 11th afl game. Against GWS or not that's still a bloody good effort.

Wish some of our young forwards would have a 'day where everything lined up for them'.

People are still knocking lynch on here but I ask why then can't Lee or Maister kick anything near 10 v the suns or giants?

Perhaps lynch has improved and now he is being given opportunity with Tex out?

Will be very interesting to see if he kicks any against us next weekend.

This is a great point. I've said about a dozen times on here I hope losing Lynch doesnt bite us on the backside.

What you say is correct, last time Saints had someone kick double figures was either Milnes or Roo. How long ago was that? The day Sippo kicks 5 we'll be screaming it from the rooftops, even if its only against a bunch of kids.

Kicking 10 is a major feat and to knock it or to knock Lynch for going out and doing it is poor form.

I wonder what really happened though, crazy Saints family and one eyed Saints supporter, leaves us with a year to go on a contract. We were happy to facilitate the move, I guess it was before Walsh did the dirty on us but still, there must be more to it.

Either way, I continue to rate him and those with the time and effort to go through my posts in the past can attest to that...

[SinCitySainter]

10 is a fantastic effort regardless of the opposition.
We decided that we were happy to let him go so we should be happy to see him succeed.
Another wasted first rounder by our abysmal recruitment team.

[matrix]

it was one of those days
gws were woeful
didnt really man him up
always had plenty of room

good on him

[70s sainter]

At this stage I'd still rather have newnes.

[gringo]

Hard call between newnes and Lynch. Newnes has played nearly as many games already so hard to judge as Newnes is getting every chance to develop at a young age. My mate had a nephew who played with Lynch and Jack Watts at the Dragons and he always complained that we didn't get games into him. Said he was the type who always needed to get senior games to get his confidence up. Didn't like the fact he wasn't even backed into a position at Sandy. He gave me a call to remind me last night about his call on him.

He actually rated Lynch above Watts at junior level because Lynch had to work his arse off to do the things he did and did them . He said Watts was bigger stronger and just coasted. Sounds like the way he still rolls.

[Animal Enclosure]

Lynch's departure is one of the major arguments for having a stand alone VFL side. Lynch was drafted as a key forward... & played as a key defender at Sandy (& played quite well). When he was given a run in the ones where was he played? As a 3rd tall forward, trying to get hold of a ball that heads in the direction of Roo or Kosi 95% of the time. From all reports Ross was not focused on developing kids at Sandy but maybe he didn't have any say in the direction that the Sandy coaching staff took with St Kilda listed players.

Everyone raves about how Collingwood & Geelong have a seemingly endless line of kids coming into senior footy & fitting in like a 50 game veteran. They know their role, what to do under pressure & what the game plan is all about. Why? Because their kids have been schooled during their time at VFL level about all of those things. Winning VFL games is not the priority (although the Cats have done alright)... it's about developing their kids in the best possible way.

I have little doubt that if St Kilda had it's own VFL team over the past 5 seasons some of those kids that are now off the list would be playing good quality senior footy.

Back to the original point... I'm very happy with Jack Newnes & think he'll end up having a better career than Tom Lynch.

[joffaboy]

Lynch's departure is one of the major arguments for having a stand alone VFL side. Lynch was drafted as a key forward... & played as a key defender at Sandy

Very good point.

[tweedaletomanning]

10 is a fantastic effort regardless of the opposition.
We decided that we were happy to let him go so we should be happy to see him succeed.
Another wasted first rounder by our abysmal recruitment team.

Great post!

[Bernard Shakey]

It was his 16th game and he a lifelong Saints supporter. He didn't want to leave, but had no choice under the Lyin regime.

That makes no sense. Lyon left before Lynch did.

Both left at the end of 2011. Tom had asked to be traded before Ross walked.