Surprise of the night was.....A Smith

saintsRrising · Fri 19 Feb 2010 11:44pm

Surprise of the night was.....the excellent form of Smith.

Lookeda very likely type. I was most impressed. Great run and vision and some excellent dish-offs.

Solar · Post: # 883821Post **Solar** » Fri 19 Feb 2010 11:45pm

18 touches, good speed and ball handling ability, set up milnes goal near the end. Was very impressive!

saintsRrising · Fri 19 Feb 2010 11:48pm

Yeh...I had not seen too much of him.

Now it is only one game..but based on that he has the makings of a player.

Mr Magic · Post: # 883829Post **Mr Magic** » Fri 19 Feb 2010 11:48pm

saintsRrising wrote:Yeh...I had not seen too much of him.

Now it is only one game..but based on that he has the makings of a player.

JABBER is a prophet????

Sainterman · Fri 19 Feb 2010 11:49pm

Also enjoyed Smith's game, was quick and used it well. Hadn't really seen him play before tonight so was impressed.

Stanley also very impressive, although less of a surprise!

stinger · Post: # 883836Post **stinger** » Fri 19 Feb 2010 11:49pm

saintsRrising wrote:Surprise of the night was.....the excellent form of Smith.

Lookeda very likely type. I was most impressed. Great run and vision and some excellent dish-offs.

also most impressed with jack until he did his ankle...heyne , miles and stanley.......the future looks a little brighter tonight....

saintsRrising · Fri 19 Feb 2010 11:53pm

Yes lots of depth there.

Smith adds a bit of pace too.

Sat 20 Feb 2010 1:13am

finally you guys are catching on.

I have been saying since they were drafted Stanley and smith have huge futures.

I repeat my very early call that Stanley will be a top 5 player for us in 5 years from when he was drafted and Smith will not be far behind.

Smith needs to keep building his AFL body

saintsRrising · Sat 20 Feb 2010 1:15am

BackFromUSA wrote:finally you guys are catching on.

I have been saying since they were drafted Stanley and smith have huge futures.

I repeat my very early call that Stanley will be a top 5 player for us in 5 years from when he was drafted and Smith will not be far behind.

Smith needs to keep building his AFL body

I think that most of us that watched Stanley play last year called him early.

SaintSimmo · Post: # 884007Post **SaintSimmo** » Sat 20 Feb 2010 1:16am

i think ever since winning the grand final sprint his name has been mentioned at least once a day on this site. (stanley)

IluvHarvey · Post: # 884020Post **IluvHarvey** » Sat 20 Feb 2010 1:32am

I heard a rumour that Smith will debut round 1 and......................don't worry

SaintSimmo · Post: # 884024Post **SaintSimmo** » Sat 20 Feb 2010 1:36am

IluvHarvey wrote:I heard a rumour that Smith will debut round 1 and......................don't worry

and......

Where is this rumour coming from and dont take too much into it this is why it is called a rumour. Mind you i wouldnt mind seeing ross giving him a go.

Batnoe · Post: # 884028Post **Batnoe** » Sat 20 Feb 2010 1:39am

Was great

feel sorry for him as we have a settled team

who will he replace

but looks promising

saintsRrising · Sat 20 Feb 2010 2:51am

Batnoe wrote:Was great

feel sorry for him as we have a settled team

who will he replace

RL wants more pace, run and carry in the team.
Lovett Gawn!!!

Peake has put his hand up...but Smith has too now... and could well play HFF rotatating through the midfield.

axcellence · Post: # 884065Post **axcellence** » Sat 20 Feb 2010 7:58am

He can very easily replace demptster from the grand final team.

As I see it, from the grand final team, we've lost two:-

Ball
Dempster (who shouldn't have been there)

Armo for Ball
Smith for Dempster

saint1974 · Post: # 884069Post **saint1974** » Sat 20 Feb 2010 8:32am

IluvHarvey wrote:I heard a rumour that Smith will debut round 1 and......................don't worry

Hope your rumor is true young Alistair had a great game last night,very impressed with his game.
And can I say what a lovely young man he is, have got to speak to him at a Angels function one of four boys who has come from outback Perth a geniune bloke who I'm glad to see given a chance as he battled with injury last year.
In summary reminds me in personality of a young Lenny Hayes.
Well done Alistair looking foward to seeing more of you this year.

markp · Post: # 884072Post **markp** » Sat 20 Feb 2010 8:39am

Hell yes, what a little gem!

#1GILL · Post: # 884091Post **#1GILL** » Sat 20 Feb 2010 9:31am

He was very promising last night which was good, along with Stanley and Armoooo

elphie · Post: # 884119Post **elphie** » Sat 20 Feb 2010 10:11am

hey experts,
i tried to find some form about alistair. yes, he's my alistair now. after that top game.
where's he from?
when did we pick him up? 2008 draft?
blah....blah.

please inform us all.

it's damn nice to get excited again by a fairly unknown talent on our list!

matrix · Post: # 884121Post **matrix** » Sat 20 Feb 2010 10:15am

elphie wrote:hey experts,
i tried to find some form about alistair. yes, he's my alistair now. after that top game.
where's he from?
when did we pick him up? 2008 draft?
blah....blah.

please inform us all.

it's damn nice to get excited again by a fairly unknown talent on our list!

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/ ... wsid=70074

http://bigpondvideo.com/afl/86149

SaintWodonga · Sat 20 Feb 2010 10:54am

Great game from Smith (and Stanley) very happy... Didn't see him mentioned too often with the Zebra's last year, could be an extra bonus!

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Sat 20 Feb 2010 11:39am

As I said once or twice last year, I had a good feeling about Smith and it just went through the roof last night. I've had a feeling he could be a bit like another Joey for us (not taken high in the draft, but has the goods and with hard work, reaches the upper echelon). With luck he could play 10+ years of top footy for us, on the wing, or in the middle. He seems to have everything needed to make it and it's great to hear that he's a top bloke, as well.
Genuine speed, evasive ability, very good skills and just seems to know where to go to get the ball. I love it!

saintsRrising · Sat 20 Feb 2010 3:15pm

We may well have two Smiths in the team by the end of the year......

Armoooo · Post: # 884349Post **Armoooo** » Sat 20 Feb 2010 4:14pm

Hate to pump up my own tires.... but this is from the 9th of March 2009

Armoooo wrote:I would like to finish up with a bit of a rap for Alistair Smith, he probably impressed me most this afternoon. I believed that he was an athlete first and a footballer second, but after today I believe he is a competitor first and everything else next. He DEMANDED the ball, he was on of it no the most vocal player out there and he really surprised me. In one of the little training exercises they were practicing how to kick it to a contest in a zone, there were 3 attacking players and 2 players playing a zone defence, the point of the exercise was to hit your man in the zone but he would actually wait for players to make their leads or go out wide because he NEEDED to hit his target, everytime he was an attacker he'd give a loud clap when one of his team mate won the ball. He eventually got a speaking to from who I assume was Leigh Tudor about the point of the exercising being to try and kick it in the hole in the zone. But it was just so great to see a guy that really loves to compete and win. His skills were good enough and we all know he has the fitness and speed to play AFL, I now know he's got the attitude, I really hope he can develop into a good young player, I believe he may just need to put a bit of development into his decision making and ability to read the game but IMO he could very well have a future.

Con Gorozidis · Sat 20 Feb 2010 5:45pm

jees i was liking him last night. good pace. nice left foot. poise under pressure. and only 19. yep. sign him up for 3 years! u cant ever have too many good midfielders.

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