If we do our trademark slow start, then Norf might run over us early and we will again have to resort to catch up footy. I just hope we do a better job of tackling and winning one-on-ones

We do lack crumbing zip in the forward half, and with King, Hayes and Pou, it looks like slow drying cement- if they don't clunk the marks, then it's gone up the other end. Garcia may spend time on the forward line I reckon as may Wood.

Killa wrote: ↑Thu 02 May 2024 4:45pm So given the content on this site by certain, which players on St Kilda’s List are not duds?

Should be an interesting response!

Best to ask Lyon that- he's selecting them

So in the same boat as the guy described by a Judge as going back into the Lion’s Den to recover his hat Simply, Howard draws the best key forward - and those key forwards can touch anyone up particularly given a midfield dominance Would you care to list the significant bags of goals these principa...

The AFL have been pressured by medical bodies, legal bodies and the public generally about addressing concussion, and rightly so. It's more than likely that if a player is concussed due to a tackle of any sort from an opposition player, and fails concussion protocols, then it would be hard to talk y...

Seb is one of a midfield who try hard, but are a step behind the better midfields, and will never get us to the next premiership

King, Jones, Hayes, Paton, Campbell, Dow, Hastie, Collard, Webster, Arie all possibles, but Lyon doesn't take risks which is why his teams don't win premierships. Don't expect many changes.

I'm sick of the tokenism of gender equality. That's what happens when you put a woman in charge of a man's game. You play AFL you are likely to get concussed. Laura Keene, you look like a nice lady but AFL is not for you. So you would think a woman is ok if Higgins got off? If it was just all bloke...

Beno88 wrote: ↑Wed 01 May 2024 8:56am Paton was good in the VFL last week and has now had two hit outs, he should be first choice.

Seven weeks is a long time out.

Paton is ready, Webster is not and needs a couple of games at Sandy

I see Webster as a tough nut, but yet another Saints serviceable player without being a game changer. I would like Paton in as much as Webster who needs to show a bit at Sandy first.

meher baba wrote: ↑Tue 30 Apr 2024 12:44pm A lot of the problem is in the forward line. That’s a problem area in general. I say put Boris in charge of it.

Put Boris in charge period- Bassat should have done it instead of dragging an ex-coach out of retirement.

I have noticed the lack of pressure on the opposition ball carriers has been a bit ordinary in many matches -very bad against the Dogs, and not good against the Cats and Bombers. We can set up ok when we have the ball, but the poor defensive work of the mids and forwards is making it a lost cause at...

Xerri is a good player but any doubt i think Marshall gets a week rest and bring in Campbell. Assuming King comes in for Sharman, then perhaps make a call between Cama and Hayes playing as a forward and back up ruck I think rucks are the least of our worries, and Marshall should be rested against N...

The opposition coaches have worked Lyon's game out after one and a bit seasons. Similar in a way to 2011 where the strengths of the game plan of 2009/2010 were picked apart by the opposition. Yesterday's man I'm afraid as I feared when they appointed him as coach again. You have it the wrong way ar...

I would suggest that if the Saints took it to court, the suspension would be thrown out and the AFL cautioned for wasting the court's time.

5. Wilke
4. Wilson
3. Sincs
2. Marshall
1. Cordy

The opposition coaches have worked Lyon's game out after one and a bit seasons. Similar in a way to 2011 where the strengths of the game plan of 2009/2010 were picked apart by the opposition. Yesterday's man I'm afraid as I feared when they appointed him as coach again.

Pressure by Saints forwards on PA backline= 0
Pressure by Saints backline on PA forward line=0
Ability of Saints midfield to get hands on the ball=0

Steele and Ross need a rocket at half time- just jogging and not hitting the contest hard enough around stoppages.

Lyon needs to get rid if the play on at all costs game, we're too slow to do it, and start getting the team to play man on man footy. Out-coached again so far. Pou looks like a schoolboy when the ball is in contests and Membrey and Sharman make the forward half too slow. Sub Dougal and put Sharman d...

Pou needs to be benched- hospital handballs when we have the advantage is match-losing

Looking at the Collingwood game we won- Henry would be the most important return as we lack that spark in the forward half of the ground. King is good for a couple of goals and Webster is solid and experienced. I get the feeling Clark may be cooked, just too many injuries and will need to break into...

Sadly, in the decades I've been following the Saints, it has never been a rebuild, just topping up the list trying to get quick success. I remember when Lyon left, the club presumed the next coach could take that team to the finals, but Watters saw deficiencies with the list after the 2010 final and...

We don't need a group of senior GOPs who are not winning their positions, as an example for the young players though

It's all nice to think we got close in losing, but we lost the games and that's all that counts. We played poor football for parts of those losses and even in our two wins- especially against a undermanned Richmond. We have yet to put together a good four quarter game.