Matt Finis

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Re: Matt Finis

Post: # 1944860Post magnifisaint »

SydneySainter wrote: Mon 28 Mar 2022 7:04pm
Viscount Jeremiah wrote: Mon 28 Mar 2022 5:13pm Finnis has done a brilliant job. One of the best we have had.

- Move away from Seaford to RSEA park ( This is huge and sets up our future as a club )
- Danny Frawley center
- Record memberships
- 2 x Marquee games in Pride game and Maddies match
- AFLW team

It actually feels like off the field we are a well-run club.
I’m yet to be convinced the move back to Moorabbin was essential for sustained success of the club. Time will tell.

As I’ve said before, prove me wrong.
What was the alternative. Stay at Seaford???
Players didn't want to come to us while St Kilda was based there
Are you for real?


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Re: Matt Finis

Post: # 1944871Post Scollop »

magnifisaint wrote: Tue 29 Mar 2022 12:13am
SydneySainter wrote: Mon 28 Mar 2022 7:04pm
Viscount Jeremiah wrote: Mon 28 Mar 2022 5:13pm Finnis has done a brilliant job. One of the best we have had.

- Move away from Seaford to RSEA park ( This is huge and sets up our future as a club )
- Danny Frawley center
- Record memberships
- 2 x Marquee games in Pride game and Maddies match
- AFLW team

It actually feels like off the field we are a well-run club.
I’m yet to be convinced the move back to Moorabbin was essential for sustained success of the club. Time will tell.

As I’ve said before, prove me wrong.
What was the alternative. Stay at Seaford???
Players didn't want to come to us while St Kilda was based there
Are you for real?
No doubt the club made the right decision to come back to Moorabbin for our long term future, but I'm not so sure that you are right with what you say

We were a very successful club on field with a wealth of great players in the late 1990's and especially from 2004 -2011

Did Dustin Martin say that he didn't want to come to us because of Seaford even though he grew up loving our club and barracking for St Kilda?

Did Fyfe or Sloan or any of the players we offered big contracts to specifically say; 'No fn way!!' or "No - who the f*** wants to train at Seaford"?

Did we struggle to convince the Bont to come and play for the St Kilda FC because of Seaford?

Did we have to choose McCartin over Petracca because Trac refused to come and play at St Kilda because of Seaford?

Did Christian want to train at Cranbourne Casey Fields because he loves travelling to Cranbourne?

We did have several senior players whinging....but how many left or retired just because they didn't want to be at Seaford?


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Re: Matt Finis

Post: # 1944875Post saintly »

noone wanted to be at Seaford, not th eplayers not the staff and certainly not the fans. the best thing the saints have done off filed is building moorabbin.


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Re: Matt Finis

Post: # 1944878Post Waltzing St Kilda »

The Seaford move.

One of far too many times over the past 15 years when a St Kilda supporter has frowned and said, "Geez -- I hope they know what they're doing."

Only to find later that they didn't.


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Re: Matt Finis

Post: # 1944914Post Wayne42 »

St Kilda went to Seaford because Moorabbin was a dump, an embarrassment for a club in the premier football competition in the country.

If Frankston hadn't have caught fire and created the Seaford opportunity, i wonder if we'd still be there ?


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Re: Matt Finis

Post: # 1944927Post The Craw »

The move was supposed to be to Frankston with the Frankston oval to be redeveloped.

Seaford was never part of the original move.

The Council reneged on the deal and offered Seaford instead. The club had no option.


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Re: Matt Finis

Post: # 1944984Post B.M »

Richo was tracking well at the time of his extension

Billings, Gresham we’re seen as reasonably good selections by trout

As was Acres, Dunstan and some of the other recruits

In the fullness of time AR had to be replace

2018 and first half of 2019 were just not good enough

2015, 16, 17 were not bad at all


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Re: Matt Finis

Post: # 1944985Post B.M »

I actually don’t rate the suburb of Moorabbin at all, in the middle of nowhere, it’s almost industrial.

If I had a choice between Nepean Highway Seaford on the beach and South Rd Moorabbin
I’d choose Seaford in a heartbeat!


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