Hunter Clark

[oboe]

Hopeless this afternoon.

Hardly got the ball, and did nothing with it - He's a better player than that.

Should he have played??? Notice that King was listed with a back injury, should he have played???

Injuries occur, but we don't manage them. I'd much rather beat Adelaide next week (a winnable game), than against the Swans.

Stop playing injured players - our Season is over.

Get some decent fitness staff in and build for 2022.

[perfectionist]

If Hunter is fit, then he does a very good imitation of someone who isn't.

But yesterday's game was more about what was going on above his shoulders rather than below. He "looks" like a player who is disinterested in the game. Only he will know whether such "looks" are deceptive or not.

One thing is clear about competitive sport at this level - unless there is 100% commitment to purpose, then failure will follow.

[BadRossco]

Certainly not fit doesn’t have a lot of pace but yesterday made Dunstan look like Usain Bolt.

[BadRossco]

Certainly not fit doesn’t have a lot of pace but yesterday made Dunstan look like Usain Bolt.

[lewdogs]

Must be injured. Might have been carrying something for a while I suspect. Hope it's not OP.

[carn_sainter]

Yet another player who with the natural arc of his career should have improved a lot this year but has actually gotten worse.

Can anyone name a Saints player that has improved this season?

[B.M]

Was poor

Is not rock hard fit

I reckon he is talented but lazy

[The_Dud]

Can anyone name a Saints player that has improved this season?

Crouch.

Gave us nothing last season.

[older saint]

Yet another player who with the natural arc of his career should have improved a lot this year but has actually gotten worse.

Can anyone name a Saints player that has improved this season?

Brynes

[saintbob]

I only listened to the game so I thought he must've had a lock down job on someone, but after watching the replay I'm still not sure whether he has an injury or just had one of those games.

[saynta]

Hopeless this afternoon.

Hardly got the ball, and did nothing with it - He's a better player than that.

Should he have played??? Notice that King was listed with a back injury, should he have played???

Injuries occur, but we don't manage them. I'd much rather beat Adelaide next week (a winnable game), than against the Swans.

Stop playing injured players - our Season is over.

Get some decent fitness staff in and build for 2022.

Good post. King and Hunter both injured and neither should have been playing.

Makes you wonder who else is playing injured.

f****** ridiculous IMHFO.

[saynta]

Must be injured. Might have been carrying something for a while I suspect. Hope it's not OP.

Makes you wonder doesn't it?

[saynta]

Yet another player who with the natural arc of his career should have improved a lot this year but has actually gotten worse.

Can anyone name a Saints player that has improved this season?

Yep. Sinclair and Steele for starters.

Byrne and Bytel are also better than last year.

[B.M]

Steele

He won the B&F by 60 votes last season and was third in the Brownlow and an AA

What is he this year Superman

He hasn’t improved, he’s maintained his output

Sincs and Ross are having better years than 2020

[carn_sainter]

Byrnes is in his second year? Third? Hardly a sign of good development or a good football program that he has improved.

Sinclair is therefore really perhaps the only player who is playing better this year than last...this is what worries me systemically about the club. Not so much the results, the lack of improvement.

[B.M]

Often players improve purely because of opportunity to play a certain position.

Sincs was very good on a wing in 2017

Went to HF for the next few years and was less effective

Went to HB this season and is performing well in that role.

Some players

Improvement is natural progression as they mature

For whatever reason, we give the coach far to much credit for improvement of players. Often it’s the player themselves or the development coaches that are responsible

[saynta]

Steele

He won the B&F by 60 votes last season and was third in the Brownlow and an AA

What is he this year Superman

He hasn’t improved, he’s maintained his output

Sincs and Ross are having better years than 2020

Disagree with you,....strongly.