Acres would look good in a saints jumper

[Rubyjo]

Why do freo want him gone . Good finals player .

[magnifisaint]

They need cap space for Jackson

[Rubyjo]

Played well tonight ..can we swap him for down Hill

[bangaulegend]

IMO had a pretty good game tonight & has been consistent all year . I was disappointed when we moved him on & pretty much for nothing but we are St.Kilda & 1 flag in over a hundred years of our club's existence say's a lot .

[Rubyjo]

He seems to be getting better as he matures
Wouldn't mind him back in the red black and white .

[Ghost Like]

Carlton are getting a ripping deal, one million for 3 years. Wasn't that pretty much the deal we gave Kent to secure him from Melbourne?

[Rubyjo]

It's a f****** joke ...

[Rubyjo]

Was BOG for freo in a semi final
For a while ...I'm sure freo will be questioning their motives .

[bigcarl]

He always threatened to be a really good player for us, but obviously wasn’t rated highly internally by the club.

I’d suggest the same has happened at Fremantle, hence them lowballing him.

Any case, I’m fed up with St Kilda moving on players who go on to good things at other clubs. One became captain of Hawthorn and played in a premiership side. Another captained Essendon.

I really don’t want to see Hunter Clark or Jade Gresham coming back to haunt us. You hang on to good players.

[Scollop]

Saintspremiers is taking the piss

What is this point of this thread?

Lethlean and co. happily got rid of him (wasted the asset we already had at the club) and got reamed by Freo in the Hill trade

[1965 Saint]

Acres looks the goods but doesn’t hurt you

[SaintPav]

Saintspremiers is taking the piss

What is this point of this thread?

Lethlean and co. happily got rid of him (wasted the asset we already had at the club) and got reamed by Freo in the Hill trade

They did. They should have had the balls to call their bluff and kibosh the deal and walk away.

They could have ended up with Cerong.

Hopeless.

[shanegrambeau]

I think the knock on Blake is that he kicks long high bombs from mid or defense but cannot kick efficiently into f50.

Shane Savage?

So Carlton replace Newnes with him?

[Scollop]

I think the knock on Blake is that he kicks long high bombs from mid or defense but cannot kick efficiently into f50.

Shane Savage?

So Carlton replace Newnes with him?

You can't have everything. He's tall, strong, uses his body effectively to tackle, bump and contest the footy, and take a high mark....

I mean jesusfc...the title is "Acres would look good in a saints jumper" so we acknowledge...

He's good looking, he dresses well and he's very handy off the field

[wally]

I was watching some tv show the other day and they said Freo didn’t expect to seriously for a couple of years and didn’t think he was part of it so are moving on

[whiskers3614]

Had more pressure acts in the first quarter than Hill has had in his whole time at st Kilda!

Biggest trading blunder since Barrett/Stewart.

[Yorkeys]

Was he not very inconsistent with good performances and injury prone with us?

Longmuir gets more out of him than Richo, but Richo wasn't much.

He's gone, history, so what.

Paddy is the big one that got away story and to a lesser extent T. Hickey. But again shows what a top class coach can do with a player.

[B.M]

What did those coaches do differently

Hickey - played in the ruck and had good games at StK
Has MATURED into a good player who is now at his peak

Acres - played Wing/Forward and had good games at StK
Has MATURED into a good player who is now at his peak

McCartin was injured

[SaintPav]

So the steak knife is now better than the billiard table.

Let that sink in.

Only at the Aints!

[desertsaint]

heard a few freo supporters bemoaning his forward fifty delivery - i told them they could thank his formative years at the saints for that.

[whiskers3614]

heard a few freo supporters bemoaning his forward fifty delivery - i told them they could thank his formative years at the saints for that.

and happy to reverse the trade that got him there!
At least his high bombs have some distance about them.

[Ghost Like]

heard a few freo supporters bemoaning his forward fifty delivery - i told them they could thank his formative years at the saints for that.

What game were they watching? Better efficiency than Brayshaw, Serong and Aish. Outstanding game, they needed more like Acres last night. Ran hard, helped out in defence, linked up well through the middle. Put his body on the line. Freo had some problems last night, Acres was not one of them.

[The_Dud]

27 touches and 0 hitouts… who knew he would thrive not having to ruck! (Not Richo)

Who’s had a better 3 years, Acres or Hill?

[CURLY]

Didn’t notice him do anything to change his side’s position in the game.

Hill at least opens up the game

[shanegrambeau]

Didn’t notice him do anything to change his side’s position in the game.

Hill at least opens up the game

There they go again...venting about Hill, in a discussion about (fill in the blank) ...

Fair dinkum, Hill has made St Kilda a better side for three years,..not a worse side...

As in ‘better’ not ‘worse’.

900k better ? Of course not...but it doesn’t matter.

Blake Acres has got the best name I have ever seen/heard. He should be in Hollywood with a name like that. A farm boy who goes to LA or NY and gets recruited by the CIA and Mafia, becomes a commercial pilot and bangs someone important. Or a cartoon series, Clutch Cargo meets Blake Acres.

I know it hurts, but we have to be less emotional or more ruthless.

Look at DeGoey.. Absolutely Dustinesque, monstering these finals!