Tonights reaction

Megamaguire · Thu 24 Nov 2011 8:30pm

Too early to really say anything accept fingers and toes are crossed that the new kids just start excelling as a tight ly knit unit under the guidence of our new guru 'Watters'.

Along with Cripps, Winmar and Siposs the club has a decent number of potential hopefuls that reflect that moment in Saints history that blends the Lyon /Watters drafting philosophies and marks the beginning of St.Kilda's serious commitment to its own 'Development academy'.

GO SAINTS!

St Ick · Post: # 1177745Post **St Ick** » Thu 24 Nov 2011 8:38pm

Im not impressed. Ross would want to be worth it because his selectuon threw it all out.

We took him at 25, one ahead of Elton, who is the ideal choice for us. Ross would have gone to Essendon at pick 31. Instead they had to change and selected Merrett, who was linked to Geelong. Selecting the next best kid they get Kersten.

IMO we could have easily picked up Elton, Kersten and Markworth. Tall timber problem solved. Shattered missing out on Grigg by one spot and passed on Lockyer, we'll see how the Tassie kid goes. Furious at Wilkes' selection, why do we have to keep picking up delisted players???

Sainter93 · Post: # 1177760Post **Sainter93** » Thu 24 Nov 2011 8:41pm

Watters was looking to draft the "best available" and not always the players we so much need. Maybe Ross is for the long term as a replacement for Hayes?

elizabethr · Thu 24 Nov 2011 9:01pm

DWOODROW wrote:I will fall into the category that I will make no assumption of any new draftee's until they have done a 4 year apprenticeship.

This guy is seriously good

A real Ross Lyon man!!

St Ick · Post: # 1177806Post **St Ick** » Thu 24 Nov 2011 9:01pm

Grigg at 37 would have been a bit of Lenny replacement yeah? Im disappointed but time will tell if Elton, Kersten and Grigg turn out to be stars. I said it last year with Darling but time will tell. They are saints boys now but i'll definitely keep an eye on those three.

Verdun66 · Post: # 1177817Post **Verdun66** » Thu 24 Nov 2011 9:08pm

Any of these players could end up as guns. All or none.

Luck, opportunity, character, development and mentoring will all have a part to play in the story.

saintspremiers · Thu 24 Nov 2011 9:14pm

St Ick wrote:Im not impressed. Ross would want to be worth it because his selectuon threw it all out.

We took him at 25, one ahead of Elton, who is the ideal choice for us. Ross would have gone to Essendon at pick 31. Instead they had to change and selected Merrett, who was linked to Geelong. Selecting the next best kid they get Kersten.

IMO we could have easily picked up Elton, Kersten and Markworth. Tall timber problem solved. Shattered missing out on Grigg by one spot and passed on Lockyer, we'll see how the Tassie kid goes. Furious at Wilkes' selection, why do we have to keep picking up delisted players???

Ross left in September. Move on

St Ick · Post: # 1177846Post **St Ick** » Thu 24 Nov 2011 9:21pm

saintspremiers wrote:
St Ick wrote:Im not impressed. Ross would want to be worth it because his selectuon threw it all out.

We took him at 25, one ahead of Elton, who is the ideal choice for us. Ross would have gone to Essendon at pick 31. Instead they had to change and selected Merrett, who was linked to Geelong. Selecting the next best kid they get Kersten.

IMO we could have easily picked up Elton, Kersten and Markworth. Tall timber problem solved. Shattered missing out on Grigg by one spot and passed on Lockyer, we'll see how the Tassie kid goes. Furious at Wilkes' selection, why do we have to keep picking up delisted players???
Ross left in September. Move on

Haha I'll give ya that one...

santazzi · Post: # 1177863Post **santazzi** » Thu 24 Nov 2011 9:27pm

I sit here, watch us let drift by names the punters rated highly, then we pick players never in my or most punters radar..........I scratch my head....I try to understand.......I search for words/reason to describe our selection... only one word keep on drifting in to my mind: CUTE...................

May the footy gods vindicate the selectors..........amen.......

TwoTowers · Post: # 1177888Post **TwoTowers** » Thu 24 Nov 2011 9:49pm

I sit here, watch us let drift by names the punters rated highly, then we pick players never in my or most punters radar..........I scratch my head....I try to understand.......I search for words/reason to describe our selection... only one word keep on drifting in to my mind: CUTE...................

Well I didn't do a hell of a lot of prep on this draft but I was delighted to see that we snared 2 of shifter's top 30 and he is someone I do rate as a player analyst. Apart from that the boys look good on paper and happy with Wilkes who has to be a great chance to come straight in to the side at fullback.

santazzi · Post: # 1177925Post **santazzi** » Thu 24 Nov 2011 10:12pm

TwoTowers wrote:
I sit here, watch us let drift by names the punters rated highly, then we pick players never in my or most punters radar..........I scratch my head....I try to understand.......I search for words/reason to describe our selection... only one word keep on drifting in to my mind: CUTE...................
Well I didn't do a hell of a lot of prep on this draft but I was delighted to see that we snared 2 of shifter's top 30 and he is someone I do rate as a player analyst. Apart from that the boys look good on paper and happy with Wilkes who has to be a great chance to come straight in to the side at fullback.

Thanks TT your thoughts are comforting...

saint66au · Post: # 1178056Post **saint66au** » Fri 25 Nov 2011 9:00am

St Ick wrote:Im not impressed. Ross would want to be worth it because his selectuon threw it all out.

We took him at 25, one ahead of Elton, who is the ideal choice for us. Ross would have gone to Essendon at pick 31. Instead they had to change and selected Merrett, who was linked to Geelong. Selecting the next best kid they get Kersten.

IMO we could have easily picked up Elton, Kersten and Markworth. Tall timber problem solved. Shattered missing out on Grigg by one spot and passed on Lockyer, we'll see how the Tassie kid goes. Furious at Wilkes' selection, why do we have to keep picking up delisted players???

A couple of "in my opinions" wouldnt have gone astray there...Elton IS the IDEAL choice for us? Categorically IS?? ..and youve had exactly how many years of AFL Draft experience to make such a definitive call?

St Ick · Post: # 1178076Post **St Ick** » Fri 25 Nov 2011 10:00am

saint66au wrote:
St Ick wrote:Im not impressed. Ross would want to be worth it because his selectuon threw it all out.

We took him at 25, one ahead of Elton, who is the ideal choice for us. Ross would have gone to Essendon at pick 31. Instead they had to change and selected Merrett, who was linked to Geelong. Selecting the next best kid they get Kersten.

IMO we could have easily picked up Elton, Kersten and Markworth. Tall timber problem solved. Shattered missing out on Grigg by one spot and passed on Lockyer, we'll see how the Tassie kid goes. Furious at Wilkes' selection, why do we have to keep picking up delisted players???
A couple of "in my opinions" wouldnt have gone astray there...Elton IS the IDEAL choice for us? Categorically IS?? ..and youve had exactly how many years of AFL Draft experience to make such a definitive call?

'Who was considered, in my opinion, allegedly', maybe I could have said 'obvious' instead of 'ideal', blah blah... why bother with so many bloody disclaimers, its an opinion based forum of course its was my opinion directly after the draft. No Im not an afl recruiter but I took an interest in it and they weren't my choices... obviously thats my initial reaction and Ive since taken a backward step and im looking forward to seeing to kids we got grow... only if thats ok with you (I can pm you all of my comments so you can first proof read them)? What a crock of a criticism post... while u are at it did I miss any full stops, commas or capital letters?

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bergholt · Post: # 1178089Post **bergholt** » Fri 25 Nov 2011 10:25am

St Ick wrote:We took him at 25, one ahead of Elton, who is the ideal choice for us.

i'm pretty happy we didn't get elton. we've already got a couple of mercurial talls who haven't quite fulfilled their potential in kosi and stanley. how many more do we need?

defacto · Post: # 1178097Post **defacto** » Fri 25 Nov 2011 10:40am

bergholt wrote:
St Ick wrote:We took him at 25, one ahead of Elton, who is the ideal choice for us.
i'm pretty happy we didn't get elton. we've already got a couple of mercurial talls who haven't quite fulfilled their potential in kosi and stanley. how many more do we need?

i totally agree. we got slaughtered in clearances last year. its only going to get worse as hayes and dal santo get older.

steven has some injury concerns i am guessing.

a midfield of mcevoy, ross, ledger, steven/armitage/cripps is pretty damn exciting

St Ick · Post: # 1178100Post **St Ick** » Fri 25 Nov 2011 10:55am

defacto wrote:
bergholt wrote:
St Ick wrote:We took him at 25, one ahead of Elton, who is the ideal choice for us.
i'm pretty happy we didn't get elton. we've already got a couple of mercurial talls who haven't quite fulfilled their potential in kosi and stanley. how many more do we need?
i totally agree. we got slaughtered in clearances last year. its only going to get worse as hayes and dal santo get older.

steven has some injury concerns i am guessing.

a midfield of mcevoy, ross, ledger, steven/armitage/cripps is pretty damn exciting

Page 125 in todays H-Sun mirrors my view from last night. My thoughts were Kosi is nearly 30, Stanley yet to produce results despite obvious talent. We picked up Lever who in hindsight could work out just as well as Elton will, but his drafting means we probably did have a need to add that type of player to our list for years to come.

I dont think Jack has injury concerns, I think he is just a very awkward runner but a natural footballer. Could be wrong though...

In what was considered a very shallow draft we did alright. Agree we needed to continue to plan for life without Lenny.

Hopefully this posts just once...

Tonights reaction

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