Riley Bonner picked up by Saints in pre-season draft

[TimeToShineFellas]

2 other picks

Hawthorn - Chad Wingard
Gold Coast - Sam Day

Thoughts on Bonner?

[MCG-Unit]

Bonner another booming kick off HB

[cwrcyn]

Bonner is talented but lacks the physical grunt. Not one to throw himself into contests. He's an elite kick, though

[Otiman]

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1048732/ex- ... her-chance

Where's all these list spots coming from?

[cwrcyn]

Bonner has need played at half back for most of his career. Perhaps wing would more suit his 'outside' style

[aussie sainter]

Does this spell the end of DMac? Any more list spots available?

[D.B.Cooper]

Bonner can run and can kick, there is beyond a doubt an undeniable pattern forming.

I’m guessing RTB wants either NWM up on a wing or Sinclair more on ball, therefore looking at some options for run and delivery out of the back half.

Time to get super fit Hunter Clark!

[D.B.Cooper]

He didn’t mind playing against us.

[shrodes]

Does this spell the end of DMac? Any more list spots available?

I think could only be a preseason supplemental pick now? Seems like he might be gone.

[Saintmike65]

Bonner has need played at half back for most of his career. Perhaps wing would more suit his 'outside' style

He could be handy playing on the nippy small forwards

[Saintmike65]

Bonner can run and can kick, there is beyond a doubt an undeniable pattern forming.

I’m guessing RTB wants either NWM up on a wing or Sinclair more on ball, therefore looking at some options for run and delivery out of the back half.

Time to get super fit Hunter Clark!

No doubt they want more midfield time for Sinclair!

[Saintmike65]

Bonner can run and can kick, there is beyond a doubt an undeniable pattern forming.

I’m guessing RTB wants either NWM up on a wing or Sinclair more on ball, therefore looking at some options for run and delivery out of the back half.

Time to get super fit Hunter Clark!

Seems the boss has learned some valuable lessons from our loss in the first final..more pace and spread needed.
Let’s hope we get a similar outcome this year to the one learned from our 2008 preliminary final loss to Hawthorn.

[Saintmike65]

Can’t wait for training to start watching Bonner and Shoenmaker launching from 60!!

[magnifisaint]

Why was he delisted from Port?

[cwrcyn]

When does preseason training start?

[bobmurray]

Does this spell the end of DMac? Any more list spots available?

I worked out that with including Mc Kenzie and Bonner we will have filled 44 list spots.

No room for any other SSP selections unless we get an injury during pre-season training.

[shanegrambeau]

Jarrod Lienert Mk II?

Depth player.

Very interesting to check out the Port fans’ reactions to Bonner’s delisting in Sep.


https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/ ... 861/page-6

Been on their list 8 years.
Slipped down the list of preferred defenders.

But some fans of their’s evidently think it was a mistake to delist.

[B.M]

Who would you rather running the ball at HB

A 2 x All Australian

Or a fringe player from Port

First wrong move from the club - he is not much chop - that much is known.

Very outside and no defensive capacity

[shrodes]

Who would you rather running the ball at HB

A 2 x All Australian

Or a fringe player from Port

First wrong move from the club - he is not much chop - that much is known.

Very outside and no defensive capacity

He is free so why not have a pop if the club sees something they like? Adds a mature body and perhaps some IP from Port we can use and we didn’t sell the farm to get him.

[King Max]

Who would you rather running the ball at HB

A 2 x All Australian

Or a fringe player from Port

First wrong move from the club - he is not much chop - that much is known.

Very outside and no defensive capacity

Was there a 2 x All Australian available?

[Saintmike65]

When does preseason training start?

Monday morning at RSEA park

[shanegrambeau]

Tom Highmore gone

I thought they might relist him, but evidently not

This guy showed a bit and was great in their horrid prelim loss in 2021 apparently

Slipped down their ladder since

[bobmurray]

Does this spell the end of DMac? Any more list spots available?

I worked out that with including Mc Kenzie and Bonner we will have filled 44 list spots.

No room for any other SSP selections unless we get an injury during pre-season training.

I got that wrong, read below article

St Kilda have confirmed there won't be a list spot available for recently delisted wingman Dan McKenzie next year.

The Saints had planned to have McKenzie train with the club over the pre-season and trail as a potential Supplemental Selection Period acquisition following an injury-ravaged 2023 campaign.

The club made the decision to delist McKenzie earlier this month with a potential lifeline in mind for the 27-year-old, however St Kilda's recent draft moves have left the club without an opening for him.

The Saints drafted Darcy Wilson, Lance Collard, Angus Hastie, Hugo Garcia and Arie Schoenmaker at the National Draft before signing former Port Adelaide defender Riley Bonner through the Pre-Season Draft on Wednesday.

The "unanticipated" draft haul has forced the Saints to bid farewell to McKenzie.

With our list now complete following the unanticipated availability of talent across the draft period, Dan McKenzie's time at the club has come to a close," a club post read.

"Dan is a much-loved figure who put everything into his time at the Saints. We wish him all the best."

[ace]

No more places

If Dan McKenzie wants to play anymore AFL football he needs to find another club and train there in the hope of being picked up.

Anyone hoping to gain a supplemental selection place by training at St Kilda needs to immediately rethink and find somewhere else to train.
St Kilda can't take them no matter how good they appear.

[Jacks Back]

No more places

If Dan McKenzie wants to play anymore AFL football he needs to find another club and train there in the hope of being picked up.

Anyone hoping to gain a supplemental selection place by training at St Kilda needs to immediately rethink and find somewhere else to train.
St Kilda can't take them no matter how good they appear.

Now, is that a mistake? No Caminiti this year.