Lions v.well drilled, v.fast, been together several years, lot of finals experience, several super stars. We were well off form but certainly put in, just overwhelmed by class. Simply emphasised what many have been preaching on here for yonks, we need big skilled mids & another mobile ruckman. ...

Paton, Jones, Byrnes and Campbell, seriously surely we’ve seen enough of these blokes to know they’re NFG!!! Why not play Heath, Keeler Garcia and Hastie or go really off broadway and give Hall a look at AFL. I can understand Membrey and Howard, but only just both aren’t or SHOULDN’T be in our futu...

Correct, the Swallow "free kick" was one where the Umpire saw a player fall forward in a tackle and blew his whistle. An experienced player pulling the wool over the eyes of an inexperienced umpire. Poor decision. This shouldn't divert our comments from our very poor disposal all night. So...

Bonner has to play to his main strength, kicking the pill long. His dicky 20 metre passes are horrible to watch and end up turning the ball over. Find a long target up the field and kick to him. Now that Jack Hayes is back and firing supporting Marshall, there should be a tall target up field. Max K...

Darcy was BRILLIANT!

We were beaten with quick movement from stoppages and precise field kicking by GWS. Once they got a break of a couple of metres they were off. Our slow mids couldn't run them down. That gave them time and space to deliver to their forwards. A lot of little things went their way where seeming innocu...

Some people write off a playing list way too early in my opinion. ….these were Ross’s now infamous departing words the first time he left St Kilda; “We’re a mature list. It’s the end of an era…really” I know that Pelchen was already at our club and I know there were boardroom issues, but if the mos...

Alan Morrow a great ruckman and #8 in our premiership year. Wasn't he a truck manager for Lindsay Fox too?
No tougher player has put the boots on for the Saints.

You need a General and their line commanders directing the troops on the ground, otherwise a shambles and confusion on the frontlines will quickly develop.
Applies to a physical contact sport as well.

Melbourne took their chances when scoring, how many points did the Saints score from shots that should be converted at this level. Mason Wood I'm looking at you, Jack Billings likewise, stuff up by the hammer in the 3rd quarter, all three should be embarrassed. You can't continuously make these erro...

Marshall is not a centre bounce or boundary throw in ruckman, this was plain to see last night. Nankervis pantsed him at these contests. With the wet conditions, Marshall's around the ground marking skills were negated. Not enough from #47, poor decisions coming out of defence that gifted three Tige...

The only thing I can say/ask is about potential burnout injury to Marshall. If Campbell gets a run, and is half decent, at least we know if we have a proven backup to ease or potentially (heaven forbid) replace Marshall in a squeeze. I still have 1997 in my soul. Agree! Always must have a back up (...

Given the "Mulligan" public talk by Ross Lyon, I hope he's aware of the floggings this side received in 2022: Melbourne (Mother's Day), Essendon, Bulldogs, Sydney (at SCG), Freo, and of course the debacle in Cairns against Port. It seems the squad is lacking the mental and physical strengt...

We were playing like millionaires early second quarter and got caught out by a side that got a sniff of a contest.
We got back into the game in the third quarter but made too many errors at critical times after half time.

Byrnes is doing his job. I didn't see him butcher the ball today, either. He was involved in some important moments tonight and that comes from his high work rate. Our game plan is based on hard running and along with Wood and Hill he's the best endurance player in the team. To play the effective d...

Hunter is a rare gem that can dispose of the ball using either side of the body. It amazes me that most AFL players are so one sided. What did they learn as a junior?
Hunter used both sides last night, excellent.

Senior AFL coaches don’t teach people how to kick a footy It’s not Auskick or u12s So where do AFL players with sub standard skills go to learn skills? Tackling school and hand pass school. See Jack Daniels and Seb Ross. But a team can only carry a few of these types. I think it is fairly evident t...

I believe Geoff Walsh' appointment as Executive General Manager of football is the best news from the club for years, certainly the most positive decision by Bassat and the Board to give the club some real credibility in the football world. It is in fact very exciting to have someone of his experie...

Max rucked in our forward line during the third quarter, he gave a terrific effort and kept the Lions defence under pressure. He rattled them. What I disliked, from where I sat behind the Lockett end goals, was our forward line consistently being "sucked up the field" to the Lions forward ...

Good bye Brett Ratten
Thanks for a job under extreme difficulty

Good bye Brett Ratten
Thanks for a job under extreme difficulty

The girls seemed along way off in fitness and displayed poor football skills.
Beaten by a more disciplined and fitter running unit.

Alot of work to be done by Dal and company.

We were also stupid enough to employ a guy like Bains. What a waste of space he was. It was a brutal period of incompetence where the board made a series of extraordinarily poor decisions that filtered into who led the administration, who selected poor football staff and who eventually drafted/sele...

Wonderful player, could kick either side. Losing him in the 1971 Preliminary Final against ruined our 1971 GF hopes Edit, he went down with a knee injury early in the last quarter in the second semi, the Saints were getting well beaten early in the game but nearly got over the line against a tiring...

I didn’t realise GT was responsible for us leaving Tassie but if he was, I’d wager he thought we were losing too many games there..and we were, weren’t we? Generally you’d take 52 premiership points, 4th and 25000 members, over 44 points, 35000 members and 10th? The 2004 game vs Port Adelaide in Ta...