congratulations - Luke Miles

saintly · Post: # 974017Post **saintly** » Thu 19 Aug 2010 6:26pm

first game

JacksonsGirl · Thu 19 Aug 2010 6:31pm

Good story, been emergency about 15 times.

Nice reward for persistence

stinger · Post: # 974035Post **stinger** » Thu 19 Aug 2010 6:32pm

yep....and a nice young fella too.....

Ralphy · Post: # 974037Post **Ralphy** » Thu 19 Aug 2010 6:33pm

JacksonsGirl wrote:Good story, been emergency about 15 times.

Nice reward for persistence

He's a top bloke to!

dcstkfc · Post: # 974083Post **dcstkfc** » Thu 19 Aug 2010 7:30pm

Really good story. Drafted onto the rookie-list as a mature-aged player at 21 in 2007, looked really promising in his first NAB Cup match in 2008, had injuries throughout that year, excellent in 2009 and an emergency countless times, would have been in the senior side early in 2010 if not for a broken ankle, even more emergency selections and now FINALLY A SENIOR DEBUT! Well done Luke!

Saints43 · Post: # 974084Post **Saints43** » Thu 19 Aug 2010 7:36pm

JacksonsGirl wrote:Nice reward for persistence

As the young man himself would say: Indeed.

BigMart · Post: # 974086Post **BigMart** » Thu 19 Aug 2010 7:46pm

Interesting selection indeed.....good luck to him, he goes alright.

saintkid · Post: # 974091Post **saintkid** » Thu 19 Aug 2010 7:58pm

BigMart wrote:Interesting selection indeed.....good luck to him, he goes alright.

Yeah he has had a lot of bad luck with stress fractures and he deserves this chance. Miles is very quick and quite skilful. He has the talent to make a very good senior player. I think he won a best and fairest when he was playing in WA.

saintsRrising · Thu 19 Aug 2010 8:18pm

Ross stated tonight that he was the quickest player on our list....at least over the first 20m.

Also mentioned that he kept getting hot spots when on the verge of selection and/or at been fit when the team was strong so could not get in.

Had now played 11 games ina row, and a vacancy allowed him to be selected.

hotdish · Post: # 974117Post **hotdish** » Thu 19 Aug 2010 9:15pm

Congrats Luke!

For those who have seen him play, could you compare him to another saint or AFL player?

From what i've read, a half-back flanker with decent disposal? Farren Ray mould?

Running the lines ala Kennelly/Harbrow? Or a taller defender?

saintly · Post: # 974118Post **saintly** » Thu 19 Aug 2010 9:19pm

saintsRrising wrote:Ross stated tonight that he was the quickest player on our list....at least over the first 20m.

Also mentioned that he kept getting hot spots when on the verge of selection and/or at been fit when the team was strong so could not get in.

Had now played 11 games ina row, and a vacancy allowed him to be selected.

i assume that was from 3aw tonight.

anything else said?

any audio from it?

savatage · Post: # 974129Post **savatage** » Thu 19 Aug 2010 9:46pm

hotdish wrote:Congrats Luke!

For those who have seen him play, could you compare him to another saint or AFL player?

From what i've read, a half-back flanker with decent disposal? Farren Ray mould?

Running the lines ala Kennelly/Harbrow? Or a taller defender?

I'd describe him as a running defender with dodgy disposal. Likes to run & carry at times. Undersized for any key defensive assignments, good run with type.

markinUSA · Post: # 974142Post **markinUSA** » Thu 19 Aug 2010 10:15pm

Congratulations Luke!

saintbrat · Post: # 974147Post **saintbrat** » Thu 19 Aug 2010 10:23pm

Have good One Luke....

Bernard Shakey · Thu 19 Aug 2010 10:40pm

saintsRrising wrote:Ross stated tonight that he was the quickest player on our list....at least over the first 20m.

Also mentioned that he kept getting hot spots when on the verge of selection and/or at been fit when the team was strong so could not get in.

Had now played 11 games ina row, and a vacancy allowed him to be selected.

Ross doesn't always tell the truth. A bit like Tony Abbott. Was it in writing?

MadSaintFan · Thu 19 Aug 2010 11:10pm

Having a look at the outs: hayes, stanley and eddy. what position do we expect him to play?

Half back flank is his most suited role but does he have the tank to spend time in the midfield? Our back line looks settled with Blake and Gwilt taking the talls, Goddard, Fisher and Gilbert providing the rebound and Geary taking the small forward.

Not quite sure how Milesy fits in there?

S.A Saint · Post: # 974176Post **S.A Saint** » Fri 20 Aug 2010 12:05am

MadSaintFan wrote:Having a look at the outs: hayes, stanley and eddy. what position do we expect him to play?

Half back flank is his most suited role but does he have the tank to spend time in the midfield? Our back line looks settled with Blake and Gwilt taking the talls, Goddard, Fisher and Gilbert providing the rebound and Geary taking the small forward.

Not quite sure how Milesy fits in there?

id probably say that he takes gearys spot which then allows him to take over eddys playing further up the ground...

gringo · Post: # 974224Post **gringo** » Fri 20 Aug 2010 11:50am

He is probably going to be needed in a floating utility type role. Eddy and Geary, Dempster etc. all move around the ground but are based in defence. Lets Gram and Goddard have a bit more flexibility. Some tagging possibly?

Beno88 · Post: # 974225Post **Beno88** » Fri 20 Aug 2010 11:51am

Good Luck to the Fireman!

Dr Spaceman · Fri 20 Aug 2010 11:59am

Bernard Shakey wrote:
saintsRrising wrote:Ross stated tonight that he was the quickest player on our list....at least over the first 20m.

Also mentioned that he kept getting hot spots when on the verge of selection and/or at been fit when the team was strong so could not get in.

Had now played 11 games ina row, and a vacancy allowed him to be selected.
Ross doesn't always tell the truth. A bit like Tony Abbott. Was it in writing?

Lucky Ross is not like Kevin Rudd, or who knows who would be coaching us now!

Dr Spaceman · Fri 20 Aug 2010 12:02pm

Good luck Luke.

Time for you to turn the hoses on the Tiges

MCG-Unit · Post: # 974238Post **MCG-Unit** » Fri 20 Aug 2010 12:30pm

Very pleased to see Miles finally get a game

BringBackMadDog · Fri 20 Aug 2010 1:32pm

saintkid wrote:
BigMart wrote:Interesting selection indeed.....good luck to him, he goes alright.
Yeah he has had a lot of bad luck with stress fractures and he deserves this chance. Miles is very quick and quite skilful. He has the talent to make a very good senior player. I think he won a best and fairest when he was playing in WA.

He is quick, but skillful....his kicking is ordinary at best

saintly · Post: # 974271Post **saintly** » Fri 20 Aug 2010 1:55pm

BringBackMadDog wrote:
saintkid wrote:
BigMart wrote:Interesting selection indeed.....good luck to him, he goes alright.
Yeah he has had a lot of bad luck with stress fractures and he deserves this chance. Miles is very quick and quite skilful. He has the talent to make a very good senior player. I think he won a best and fairest when he was playing in WA.
He is quick, but skillful....his kicking is ordinary at best

so was CJ.

saintbrat · Post: # 974316Post **saintbrat** » Fri 20 Aug 2010 3:52pm

saintsRrising wrote:Ross stated tonight that he was the quickest player on our list....at least over the first 20m.

Also mentioned that he kept getting hot spots when on the verge of selection and/or at been fit when the team was strong so could not get in.

Had now played 11 games ina row, and a vacancy allowed him to be selected.

podcast is up
but I can't listen- guessing ~30 min in

http://media.mytalk.com.au/3AW/AUDIO/19 ... Replay.mp3