The coming of the king

[The Rhyming Saints]

I know it was a loss but I'll still have a rhyming ping
To celebrate the coming of the St Kilda marking king

Composure and consistency are qualities we still lack
We have players who pick and choose when it's time to have a crack

We need a team of warriors to become the real deal
Who for every minute of every game play like men of steele

[kosifantutti]

[Goose is king]

Yesterday was the day he overtook Ben King in my mind. Through injury or lack of Ben got the early lead but yesterday was confirmation to everyone Max > Ben.

[Sainter_Dad]

Yesterday was the day he overtook Ben King in my mind. Through injury or lack of Ben got the early lead but yesterday was confirmation to everyone Max > Ben.

An unpopular opinion maybe - but - please - please - please Max - back it up again next week

Needs to for his confidence

Max has kicked 30 for the season - however 11 have come against West Coast

He needs to do it again next week to bury the Yips.

[Teflon]

The thing is he does t mind taking on best defences he did it against Cats shoulda had 5
It will a new era of forwards ....Ugle Hagan v Max going to be interesting to watch

[kosifantutti]

He should have had 8 yesterday. He went for an unlikely pass in the first quarter from 50m when the goal square was free. And Ben Long tried to kick that freak goal from the impossible angle when he could have just given it to Max.

[Viscount Jeremiah]

He is a significantly better-contested mark than his brother Ben.

Ben is better at leading, take more uncontested marks.

if Max can learn to lead and get the easy goals Ben does he will be a much much better player.

[tonyh]

There is another King coming, very very soon as we see world events as never before, and his name is King Jesus. He would have each one of us to look up and open our hearts to Him. He is our blessed hope!
Romans 10.9, Matthew ch 24, Revelation.

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[spiral3]

His kicking, apart from one out on on the full, was great, looked very balanced and confident. Great game, so good to watch, but they didn't defend well against him.

[kosifantutti]

There is another King coming, very very soon as we see world events as never before, and his name is King Jesus. He would have each one of us to look up and open our hearts to Him. He is our blessed hope!
Romans 10.9, Matthew ch 24, Revelation.

Keep politics and issues like this out of footy. We just want some good old fashioned footy...

[Viscount Jeremiah]

His kicking, apart from one out on on the full, was great, looked very balanced and confident. Great game, so good to watch, but they didn't defend well against him.

Yeah, they looked so pure of the boot.

Gotta give him and the club credit for the work on his goal kicking

[B.M]

His numbers are actually bizarre

Games 35
Marks 134
Contested Marks 72

So to average 2 contested marks in his first 35 games is significant

But the bizarre part is that 54% of his marks are contested

I doubt that any other player is close to that

What he needs to do, is increase the number of uncontested marks.

If he can average his 2 contested mark, maybe even 3 and average 4 uncontested marks

He will be a serious player
Who could average 3.5 goals per game!

[CQ SAINT]

He should have banged one from 50 around the mark but other than that he was very good.
Its a simple game at times. Leap, catch ball, kick ball straight.

[Viscount Jeremiah]

His numbers are actually bizarre

Games 35
Marks 134
Contested Marks 72

So to average 2 contested marks in his first 35 games is significant

But the bizarre part is that 54% of his marks are contested

I doubt that any other player is close to that

What he needs to do, is increase the number of uncontested marks.

If he can average his 2 contested mark, maybe even 3 and average 4 uncontested marks

He will be a serious player
Who could average 3.5 goals per game!

Yeah god help the rest of the comp when he learns to take uncontested marks.

[Banger9798]

There is another King coming, very very soon as we see world events as never before, and his name is King Jesus. He would have each one of us to look up and open our hearts to Him. He is our blessed hope!
Romans 10.9, Matthew ch 24, Revelation.

Would be the ultimate Father-Son if we could make it happen

[bigcarl]

His numbers are actually bizarre

Games 35
Marks 134
Contested Marks 72

So to average 2 contested marks in his first 35 games is significant

But the bizarre part is that 54% of his marks are contested

I doubt that any other player is close to that

What he needs to do, is increase the number of uncontested marks.

If he can average his 2 contested mark, maybe even 3 and average 4 uncontested marks

He will be a serious player
Who could average 3.5 goals per game!

Yeah god help the rest of the comp when he learns to take uncontested marks.

Seeing as though he has learned to kick for goal It wouldn’t surprise me to see him take on and conquer this skill next.

[B.M]

Has he learned to kick goals (in a month) or is he just more confident?

[markp]

If you fancy a stroll down amnesia lane....

Max King was born 7 days after this great game.




And 1 day before this horror one (although in the clip we're doing 'ok').




Max very nearly avenged that very first and evidently stinging loss (and game) as a Saints supporter off his own boot exactly 21 years and 1 day later.

Alas he's got a long list of avenging to choose from and work through from those years... but he's got a lot of time ahead of him to do it.


And oh yeah, playing both those games in their last season together and at the Saints were number 12 Shane Wakelin, and number 15 his twin Darryl Wakelin (a number which some speculate may soon be available...).

[SaintDippa]

All those marks, none were kicked on his head. Instruction during the week must have been to kick in front and let Maxie run to the ball drop. Stopping him would be freed as a block.
Let's hope this continues. AFL crying out for a 100 goal big forward.

[Scollop]

His kicking, apart from one out on on the full, was great, looked very balanced and confident. Great game, so good to watch, but they didn't defend well against him.

+1

That first big high mark (on the Twitter that kosi posted) was taken on the 50 m line. I think it was early in the second quarter

He executed a nice drop punt that would have sailed at least 55 metres and basically dead centre of the goals. Very impressive!!

The other thing I wanted to add (not sure if it had been mentioned) was that our boys have finally worked out how to kick it to him

You have to place the footy in front and let him run onto it. Give it air so the big fella can jump and reach up with those huge testicles (as Jack Dyer used to say)

[Waltzing St Kilda]

There is another King coming, very very soon as we see world events as never before, and his name is King Jesus. He would have each one of us to look up and open our hearts to Him. He is our blessed hope!
Romans 10.9, Matthew ch 24, Revelation.

Would be the ultimate Father-Son if we could make it happen

The umps would crucify him.

[Scollop]

There is another King coming, very very soon as we see world events as never before, and his name is King Jesus. He would have each one of us to look up and open our hearts to Him. He is our blessed hope!
Romans 10.9, Matthew ch 24, Revelation.

Would be the ultimate Father-Son if we could make it happen

The umps would crucify him.

We have a winner for oneliner of the month...second place is still open.

[stevie]

There is another King coming, very very soon as we see world events as never before, and his name is King Jesus. He would have each one of us to look up and open our hearts to Him. He is our blessed hope!
Romans 10.9, Matthew ch 24, Revelation.

Would be the ultimate Father-Son if we could make it happen

The umps would crucify him.

Hopefully doesn’t have the stigmata of our goal kicking yips in most games this season

[stevie]

While I’m here, just saw the afl top 10 round highlights No mention of MK at all