Lyon's opinion

[Munga]

St Kilda – Ross Lyon
"We have secured four quality players, with three of them under the age of 25 and their best football in front of them.

"We feel we have achieved our aim in selecting a balance of players in the areas of midfield, goalkicking and rucking, which is combined with our aim of developing young players.

"We see (Sean Dempster and Adam Schneider) to have the potential to be 150-plus game players for St Kilda.

"Steven (King) still has 2-3 years of good football ahead of him and his leadership skills and talent are qualities that are very positive for the club.

"All four players have come from very strong and respected clubs in the AFL, with effective systems in place that has seen these clubs experience recent finals success.

[Riewoldting]

"We see (Sean Dempster and Adam Schneider) to have the potential to be 150-plus game players for St Kilda."

Gardiner is only a year older than the former Swans, so it's disappointing that Lyon didn't mention him in this quote.

Tends to indicate (as we suspect) that St Kilda pays out his contract as a condition of the King-pick 90 deal.

[saintbrat]

http://saints.com.au/Season2007/News/Ne ... wsId=52450
St Kilda Trade Announcement
4:13 PM Fri 12 October, 2007 | Back
for saints.com.au
................................................

good to hear exactly what the situation was with Fish

In relation to discussions involving Leigh Fisher as a possible trade to Sydney, the Club would like to clarify that the Swans did show interest in Leigh, however at no stage did he fly to Sydney nor did he meet with their medical staff in person.

[bigcarl]

St Kilda – Ross Lyon
"We have secured four quality players, with three of them under the age of 25 and their best football in front of them.

"We feel we have achieved our aim in selecting a balance of players in the areas of midfield, goalkicking and rucking, which is combined with our aim of developing young players.

"We see (Sean Dempster and Adam Schneider) to have the potential to be 150-plus game players for St Kilda.

"Steven (King) still has 2-3 years of good football ahead of him and his leadership skills and talent are qualities that are very positive for the club.

"All four players have come from very strong and respected clubs in the AFL, with effective systems in place that has seen these clubs experience recent finals success.

i'd endorse those comments. we've done well without having to give up good players

[cowboy18]

"We see (Sean Dempster and Adam Schneider) to have the potential to be 150-plus game players for St Kilda."

Gardiner is only a year older than the former Swans, so it's disappointing that Lyon didn't mention him in this quote.

Tends to indicate (as we suspect) that St Kilda pays out his contract as a condition of the King-pick 90 deal.

Agree, but this comment finishes off the piece at http://saints.com.au/Season2007/News/Ne ... wsId=52450

"Gardiner, also a former Geelong player is a leading forward who Lyon believes will be a strong
and solid contributor to the Saints."

[Munga]

"We see (Sean Dempster and Adam Schneider) to have the potential to be 150-plus game players for St Kilda."

Gardiner is only a year older than the former Swans, so it's disappointing that Lyon didn't mention him in this quote.

Tends to indicate (as we suspect) that St Kilda pays out his contract as a condition of the King-pick 90 deal.

Or he just knows more about ex-Sydney players than an ex-Geelong VFL player.

[stinger]

"We see (Sean Dempster and Adam Schneider) to have the potential to be 150-plus game players for St Kilda."

Gardiner is only a year older than the former Swans, so it's disappointing that Lyon didn't mention him in this quote.

Tends to indicate (as we suspect) that St Kilda pays out his contract as a condition of the King-pick 90 deal.

yes , he did......

"Gardiner, also a former Geelong player is a leading forward who Lyon believes will be a strong
and solid contributor to the Saints."

[Riewoldting]

yes , he did......

"Gardiner, also a former Geelong player is a leading forward who Lyon believes will be a strong
and solid contributor to the Saints."

We know - cowboy18 posted it a good 10 minutes earlier.

[stinger]

yes , he did......

"Gardiner, also a former Geelong player is a leading forward who Lyon believes will be a strong
and solid contributor to the Saints."

We know - cowboy18 posted it a good 10 minutes earlier.

sorry...i don't read all the threads...and i certainly don't go backwards.....