Enough with the sniping please - people get upset if I remove posts… it’s getting tempting if this just continues to go on and on

Fisher chose and easy way to make money and will now pay the price. Fisher’s issues were very well known during his playing days. Even I who has no connections to the club whatsoever hears the stories around 2010 (which I think made me late to the party). I dare say that what happened post footy wa...

Long barely played last year and looked very average

Came in last week and getting 12-14 touches so far and kicking goals in big wins.

Can’t say I’m ruing the decision just yet

On Jones…
Was glad he was dropped, was playing weak footy.

Has demanded selection and is playing for his life. Glad he gets the opportunity. An in form Jones would elevate us substantially.

Weak and reactive. Ross Lyon's 'whateva' selection. !!?? Don’t know if I’m missing sarcasm but I love this… best selection of the year IMO Easily the most balanced team we’ve selected this season. It’s shorter but with marking targets up forward… lots of zip and versatility. Membrey, Stocker and Ro...

To be honest… It was fine but it’s just been a miserable patch since RTB left in 2011. 2012 to 2020 was just marred with idiotic decision making, incompetence etc and frankly we didn’t fire a shot in that entire time. 2020 or thereabouts was when we made and one a final for the first time in an age ...

Agreed on all points.

Shaping up to be a bull of a midfielder. Wins ball and can be defensive.

Has potential Captain written all over him

Does anyone on this forum seriously think getting rid of Hind was a bad move? He’s probably been worse at Essendon than when he was with us. Biggest whipping boy at the bombers and for good reason. Spud. Not so much a bad move… But we have him away for nothing whilst keeping a bunch of players that...

I’m scared of Serong.

Possibly my fav non Saint

We played Hind out of position Hind this season is below average for disposals, marks, tackles, goals, clearances, effective disposals, disposal efficiency, meters gained, contested possessions, and pressure acts. Not sure this position suits him either apparently. Just a deficient player sadly. Pr...

Yorkeys wrote: ↑Fri 10 May 2024 11:18pm Be interesting to see if Jack has got quicker.
Pies rely on speed on the large MCG.

I wonder who Jack would have replaced in our team that beat Collingwood earlier this year.

I didn’t watch the game but it looks like he was sub initially, came on for 7 touches… maybe finished the game off?

Interesting stat posted on Saints Uncensored

King 149 goals in 77 games.
Hawkins 90.
Curnow 124.
Brown 87

King 155 contested marks
Hawkins 106
Curnow 120
Brown 115

Just that former players who we thought were s*** Seemed to be going ok elsewhere I don’t think many ppl thought that Gresh was s*** - consistency has always been the issue. Has been decent for the bombers but his performances don’t look to me like he’s improved out of sight. Not sure that he’s wor...

Ben Long on display at GC today

14 touches, 2 goals, 3 tackles

Hate to ruin your thunder NDC… But the Bermuda Triangle has throughly been debunked as a myth. In terms of location, where things went missing, what was found… with modern tech, more or less everything has been accounted for so there is no mystery there. As for the St.Kilda FC, good luck to any of ...

You look at that senior core today at the top of the list… Ross had a stinker and though he’s been quite consistent the last few years, these performances are starting to occur with increased frequency Crouch will be dependent on his injury. Jones is getting super hero status being out of the team b...

Hate to ruin your thunder NDC… But the Bermuda Triangle has throughly been debunked as a myth. In terms of location, where things went missing, what was found… with modern tech, more or less everything has been accounted for so there is no mystery there. As for the St.Kilda FC, good luck to any of u...

Looks about right to me though I suspect we’d keep both Battle and Hayes.

I’d keep most on the interesting pile too

Geeez that’s embarrassing

Geeez Bonner let himself down there

There you have it again… King in front. Jumps and marks

General observations…

King - one instance where the ball went to him and he leapt at it = mark and goal

Howard - looks a heck of a lot better when he is doing defender things rather than looking to perform circus tricks

A new experience for me…

My Kayo is 25s behind live play.

Every time a forward takes a mark, I can look at the app to see if they kick it.

Strange way to watch but does a lot to reduce anxiety. I feel like a clairvoyant

shrodes wrote: ↑Sat 11 May 2024 1:56pm Paton is the sub
Breust for Hawks

Do’h

I don’t get it. What could you hope to get from Paton late in the game other than for him to come on and possibly blanket a staring Hawk mid.

I’d have had him top 22 or nothing

I’ve locked the thread - Euro-Yroke Whilst there were semblances of interesting conversation there… it took a dark turn once we got into the justifications/rationalisations/paternalism area. That invoked a very strong response and that’s where the thread was worth stopping following numerous reports.