Played ‘OK’ in the first two finals did he? For a supposed A grader, with his contract on the line, with much to prove, and everything to play for, he was servicable. Then went totally AWOL against the Swans. From his combined first two finals: 50 disposals (25 contested, 36 effective) 3 goals 13 t...

Meek would be a solid backup bt he like Campbell cant play forward. I think Campbell can be fairly handy resting forward. Has kicked 4 goals in an AFL game before. Not a permanent starting forward but if we wanted to get some ruck support for Roma against a strong opposition combo then he could pla...

Seems like a player with great footy instincts but as dumb as a rock

Pick 25 would be an incredible result. More realistic might be we give them a third rounder and Long for 25

Surely the witnessing of the absolute sh1it show at Essendon gives even the dumbest of human beings a clue that Clarko was never available to us. Imagine if we had of beat them to the punch and sacked Ratts and then called Clarko up to ask him if he was interested. Just think people, typing your th...

I see what you did there According to your criteria, you’d have got rid of most of our promising youngsters and also you’d have tossed Jack Sinclair out the door too. He only polled a 2 vote once all year for 2020. Each week in the fan forum award only the top 5 players are recognised. If you compa...

Long lost confidence under Richo and regained it when Ratts showed faith in his ability. Ben’s strengths helped the Saints earn a finals spot in 2020. Go and checkout the Eastern Memorial Saintsational voting each round in 2020. Ben earned best on ground several times from various posters. He had a...

Ben was never give an chance at the saints to cement a spot ..like hind and acres ..walk away ..we know what he can bring but the powers that be don't see it. Good luck to him..he is better off without us. Clark is better off without us . Hill as well . We are a shambles and at the Cross roads ...w...

It is a bit concerning that we weren't good enough to make finals and it seems like there won't be any significant change coming in 2023. I would've been all in on getting Clarko but they shot themselves in the foot by prematurely re-signing Ratten. On the plus side, we've only lost Ryder from our b...

If WM is fringe next season we are in a much worse predicament than I thought. I would expect that pick 9 will be in the team as well as at least one FA. I was picking purely on performance rather than planning for development. The genuine best 22. You'd certainly hope that he'll overtake McKenzie ...

From our current list B: Paton, Howard, Wilkie HB: Coffield, Battle, Sinclair C: Hill, Steele, Wood HF: Higgins, Hayes, Owens F: Gresham, King, Membrey Foll: Marshall, Crouch, Windhager Int: Clark, Jones, McKenzie, Ross Fringe: Wangmil, Sharman, Butler, Campbell, Webster, Long What’s happened to Bi...

From our current list

B: Paton, Howard, Wilkie
HB: Coffield, Battle, Sinclair
C: Hill, Steele, Wood
HF: Higgins, Hayes, Owens
F: Gresham, King, Membrey

Foll: Marshall, Crouch, Windhager
Int: Clark, Jones, McKenzie, Ross

Fringe: Wangmil, Sharman, Butler, Campbell, Webster, Long

I was all for picking up Hartigan many years ago when he was young, unsigned and killing it in the state leagues. At 30 years old? Nah

I suspect Longer could have been a pretty good player if he was committed. Never seemed like he was prepared to put the work in to become anything more than a hitout specialist, and he wasn't even one of the best at that. Hickey was always far more talented and I preferred him throughout their time ...

Long is a butcher by foot still. He's a liablity at times on the ground with stupid mistakes. I don't think his skills are too bad, it's his inability to stay involved in the game that prevents him from being a best 22 player. He looked like he had finally turned a corner early 2020 but then droppe...

If Long is after a big pay raise then I wouldn't be upset if we let him go. He had a great game in the final round but that was very much an anomaly. I'm happy to keep him on the list as cheap depth but I don't think he's a best 22 player in a finals team.

It just occurred to me that they may see Sharman as Joyce's replacement in the KD stocks

Interesting delisting. I'm guessing they realise that his average performance is going to be slightly ahead of kids vying for the same spot in the team and by getting him off the list it removes temptation for the coaches to play someone who isn't going to improve over a kid with upside. It was quit...

I think he'll keep mixing it up between forward and midfield for the next season or two while he builds his fitness and game sense. Then probably in his 3rd/4th year he could transition into being a mid who pinch hits forward.

Perhaps a little harsh. Joyce was inexplicably given games back when he was nowhere near ready and then this year when he was clearly much better he barely got a look in. With that said, he never quite seemed completely up to the level. It wouldn't have surprised me if he found his feet with an exte...

Making good progress in games played each season as well. In his three seasons he's played 18, 20 and 22 games. So next year he'll play 24 which means we win a final and the following year he'll play 26 which guarantees us a spot in the granny.

Absolutely terrible recruit for St Kilda. He played maybe 3 good games during his time with us. With that said, seems like a good guy and I'm fine with him getting to play his 100th as the sub in a dead rubber. I like to see the club treating players as humans and not just resources. It's a travesty...

Reflecting on this a little more it seems like it may have been a decision made by the club moreso than Dan. Why retire after going off to Germany for treatment from a specialist and then actually stringing a few games together? Maybe it was just a last ditch effort to be fit for finals since we see...

Well that makes the decision easier then. If he played this week and picked up 25+ classy touches I would've been tempted to give him a one year contract on base pay with higher than normal match payments. Overall his recruitment was an absolute disaster and it's a shame that his career never got go...

Wouldn't bother playing any of the guys with niggles, bar Hanners since he's playing to extend his career. Wouldn't mind seeing Jones play at half forward and hunt the Sydney defence with Long. After his successful cameo in the ruck I'd like to see if Owens could play that pinch hitting role again a...