Dal Santo trade him!!

[rama35]

So very disapointed with Nicks game last night,not only did he get beat by a guy that is no champion in Bateman but i think when it got tough he was not interested.
Granted that he was good last week when we beat the pies but we won and he did not really have a heavy tag,when we are trouble and up against it over the last year he has not stepped up and usually the man he is on does a lot of damage.
I know its a hard call but i dont think we can win a flag with him in the side and needs to be traded,if i was saint kilda i would be doing anything to get Kerr to the club.
Its time to make changes and i think its time to move him on.

[matrix]

here we go
only took 14 hours after the game...quite surprising really

[saintnat]

dal is hot so no way he should be traded

[ScubaSam44]

I think we will leave that up to Ross lyon & the club.

Yes, dal did not play a very good game last night.

but in my opinion, i dont think Dal needs to be traded.
he is a very good player at times.
if he can show that form in every game, then he will play a very important role within the club.

dal is hot so no way he should be traded

HAHAHAHAHA, indeed saintnat , but that doesnt make any excuse for him not to be traded.

he will improve next year.
we wont get kerr anyway.

[tweedaletomanning]

No.

He will improve next year. GUARANTEED!!

[Animal Enclosure]

If it gets us Kerr then you would have to take it.

Some ordinary efforts again by Dal last night.

[RodKeoghsLoveChild]

I love the intelligent comments on here. If he is hot then he stays. Talking from a strictly hetrosexual standpoint the guy is far from "hot".

[Dal_Santos_Gal]

I love the intelligent comments on here. If he is hot then he stays. Talking from a strictly hetrosexual standpoint the guy is far from "hot".

well some of us may beg to differ on that one.

On the serious side, if you lot are saying trade Dal, why not trade Kosi as well. Hell his year has been crap if not worse than Dals.

If you ask me, there is too many knee jerk reactions on this site since last nights game.

[matrix]

since friggin every game dal santos girl....

[timtam]

Nope, definitely don't trade him. At his best he is an elite AFL player. The secret is to figure out what the problem is so that we can get him back to his best form. I have mentioned somewhere else on this forum that Dal seems to be 'sulking' for some reason or the other. I know he had a virus for a week or so this year, but that doesn't excuse his attitude in all the other games he has played.

We can't use injury as an excuse as I don't believe he is any worse for wear than Nick for example, so that brings us back to his attitude. What in the hell has him so ticked off? Being dropped back to the seconds? To be perfectly honest, I don't care why he has the sulks, just want him to pick his bloody socks up and get his mind back on the game and to find his best form!

[bigcarl]

would be a big mistake to trade him. we need to keep the core of this list together and that includes dal santo and kosi.

while neither has had a stellar year both have been important contributors to a team that finished top 4.

now is not the time to look for scapegoats. instead, try to come up with something positive that will take us forward.

[mad saint guy]

Depends what we could get for him. He gave us nothing this year and is showing no sign of improvement.

If we could get Kerr, O'Keefe or a top 5 pick in a deal with Dal the I'd have no problem with it.

[ROLS-LEE]

needs to learn more defensive skills from the likes of baker. Needs to be bigger stronger and faster to become elite.

[The Saintsational Man]

Peoples, many have said before and i'll say it again.....

Dal Santo isn't going anywhere.

Time to look for other avenues that we'll achieve success from, other than trading a player, that we won't get good value, in return for.

[St Fidelius]

Depends what we could get for him. He gave us nothing this year and is showing no sign of improvement.

If we could get Kerr, O'Keefe or a top 5 pick in a deal with Dal the I'd have no problem with it.

O'Keefe for Dal ???

Joke right

O'Keefe will turn 28 come next January, hardly a good trade for Dal IMO

[FortiusQuoFidelius]

I agree... I said at 1/2 time during the prelim that Dal should be traded and I'll not change my opinion. He consistently fails to perform in big games. Yeah, I'll concede that he might get 30 odd possessions against the likes of Melbourne and Essendon but he goes missing against quality opposition. Likewise Kosi... trade them both while they have a little worth!

[TimeToShineFellas]

O'Keefe for Dal ???

Joke right

Yep, I reckon that's what Roosy's reaction would be too!

[Saints Premiers 2008]

bateman is very under-rated in he league as both a runner and a tagger...he hurts you

dal didnt have a good game...noone can play amazing footy for 25 games a year

[TimeToShineFellas]

dal didnt have a good game...noone can play amazing footy for 25 games a year

Correct SP2008, but on the flip side, I just wanted him to play AMAZING footy in the game that counts.

[mad saint guy]

dal didnt have a good game...noone can play amazing footy for 25 games a year

Obviously not, but Dal had about 6 genuinely good games this year (mostly against crap teams). Many times he has done nothing with a hard tag on him and then when the game is over he racks up junk time stats.

He doesn't look happy and he isn't playing good footy. If we can get a good deal for him then I don't see why we shouldn't take it.

[stinger]

So very disapointed with Nicks game last night,not only did he get beat by a guy that is no champion in Bateman but i think when it got tough he was not interested.
Granted that he was good last week when we beat the pies but we won and he did not really have a heavy tag,when we are trouble and up against it over the last year he has not stepped up and usually the man he is on does a lot of damage.
I know its a hard call but i dont think we can win a flag with him in the side and needs to be traded,if i was saint kilda i would be doing anything to get Kerr to the club.
Its time to make changes and i think its time to move him on.

looks like a troll....sounds like a troll...smells like a troll....lives under a bridge in perth.....f w....

[bethb7]

When the going get's tough Dal goes missing thats the sad fact. I dunno what we should do? I love the guy but he has to do better than he has done this season

[midas_touch]

This is a big knee jerk reaction. Last week, NDS was our second best player behind Roo and although he had a quiet game last night, he has had a decent season statistically, up there with his best seasons in 2005 and 2006. The facts are he isn't going to put in a 35 possession, two goal game each week as some people seem to expect, and that he's going to have a few games where he doesn't perform as well.

[WayneJudson42]

bateman is very under-rated in he league as both a runner and a tagger...he hurts you

dal didnt have a good game...noone can play amazing footy for 25 games a year

I'd be happy with 20 per year

[TimeToShineFellas]

Thought I would have a look at this and see if there's any correlation with Dal Santo in respect to other midfielders when they're team has lost this year (hence I havent put in Geelong players as it's hard to gauge anything from 1 game)

Just for measure I thought I would throw in Lenny's stats!

Sam Mitchell - 28.8 disposals, 3.2 tackles
Lenny Hayes - 26.6 disposals, 6 tackles
Adam Cooney - 25.6 disposals, 2.3 tackles
Brent Harvey - 24.6 disposals, 1.8 tackles
Simon Black - 24.1 disposals, 4.1 tackles
Dane Swan - 23.6 disposals, 3.3 tackles
Cameron Bruce - 23.5 disposals, 3.1 tackles
Daniel Kerr - 23.4 disposals, 2.3 tackles
Scott Thompson - 23.1 disposals, 5 tackles
Rhys Palmer - 22.9 disposals, 2.3 tackles
Brent Stanton - 22.7 disposals, 2.8 tackles
Shane Tuck - 22.7 disposals, 4 tackles
Brett Kirk - 22.5 disposals, 6 tackles
Chris Judd - 22.3 disposals, 4 tackles
Nick Dal Santo - 19.3 disposals, 2.9 tackles