Belief is everything in football, belief in yourself, belief in your team mates, your coaches, the support staff... The 2019 Saints are a markedly better team than the 2017/18 version and although it is too soon to lift our expectations, the way they are playing right now indicates that they are not...

Grant Thomas might well be entitled to his opinion but what is he trying to achieve? Pouring scorn in mainstream media on the club that he supposedly loves is an act of treachery and to then go on and suggest that he could become the club's "Mr Fixit" is a pathetic joke. How can anyone tak...

I can't see the point in all of the hysteria and negativity about Hannebery's transfer to the Saints. He is 28 which to many people appears to be "old", when in reality he should have at least another 3-5 or more years to play at the top level. Sure, he has some serious issues with his ham...

Damien Barrett has a long record, along with several other media reporters, of sticking the knife into the Saints over many years. So I think his opinion on the Hanneberry trade lacks credibility and objectivity and should be ignored. Hanneberry is not the first elite footballer to cross over to ano...

The following link is to an article published in last weekend's "Good Weekend" magazine that comes with The Age, it makes quite interesting reading in that medical experts are not all aligned in the consequences of concussion in sport: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/the-concussion-class-...

On the AFL website yesterday, has this been posted before: "ST KILDA has zeroed in on former Collingwood defender Jonathon Marsh in a last-ditch bid to add much-needed defensive stocks for 2019. AFL.com.au understands the Saints will put Marsh through a medical screening on Wednesday as they pr...

It stands to reason that media commentators are going to judge a team's chances at the start of a new season on most recent form. I haven't checked to see what they predicted for 2018, but feel sure that very few if any of these experts would have had West Coast and Collingwood in the GF. My thought...

A bit surprised that Logan Austin has not been named in the 26 for this weekend's JLT game against Footscray. With Nathan Brown unavailable for Rd 1 and Jake Carlisle indefinitely, it seems to me that Logan Austin would have been ahead of both Joyce and Battle for a KP in defence. He is not listed a...

The club needs to take a very calm and mature approach to all the media scuttlebutt and negative stuff being aired in social media and if anything, as I mentioned earlier, should use this to motivate the players. The best way to respond is by flogging the Suns and I personally believe they will - le...

I agree, Carlisle has not really reproduced the form that he displayed at Essendon since switching to the Saints, but that is also partly due to the overall poor performance by the team. The club has any number of options to cover CHB, including Battle and Marshall (assuming Austin plays FB in round...

Following article published in today's Oz. The season has yet to see the first ball bounced, and journos are already getting stuck into the club. I concede that the team's performance over the past 18 months may well justify a strong sense of pessimism about St Kilda's prospects in 2019, and I like ...

Weird that didn't work on windows. Were you holding down Ctrl and pressing + simultaneously? Ah, got it, had to press "Ctrl & Shift +" which worked, thanks so much for your help. Would also like to commend the Saintsational Administrators for bringing in new rules to restrict infantil...

HitTheBoundary wrote: ↑Sun 17 Feb 2019 1:10pm If you're using windows press Ctrl +

Not sure on a phone.

Thank you - tried that but didn't work...I go online on a laptop or PC

Is it at all possible to increase the default size of the fonts for this forum's posts please - I'm finding it increasingly difficult and frustrating to read the posts, I don't know how others feel about this, maybe it's just me and my eyesight is failing! Or is this something I can adjust in the s...

I tried to come up with a back 6 and its too tough. Word out is that Nick Hind might be lining up on a HBF for us for his run and carry and skills. Guess it depends on whether he goes well in the JLT. We have a plethora of players that can play back even if those 3 blokes aren't available. That is ...

I am really happy that AR is not going to continue his gig on AFL360 for several reasons, and I don't believe that his weekly appearance on Fox Footy did much to enhance the image of the club. Nick Riewoldt, on the other hand, does as he is a consummate TV personality. It often appeared to me that R...

I also feel quite positive about the upcoming season, but we need to understand that after hitting rock bottom in 2018 there is only one way and that's UP...6 wins out of 30+ games since July 2017 is not going to be hard to beat! As I have posted on this forum in the past 4 months, I have been most ...

The captain needs to lead by example, not just with effort and communication, but also execution which is where he can fall over. The guys is elite in endurance, attack on the ball, very good one on one, reads the ball pretty well and has the same level of courage as Roo, his downside can be very d...

I will be really disappointed if Geary is indeed going to lead the team for a 3rd year. If the club saw a need for major changes in the coaching department, after such a poor team performance the last season and a half, then it should equally make major changes to the on-field leadership because it ...

The comparisons to James Sicily, Jack Darling and Jeremy McGovern is interesting, because physically Battle at 193 cm is taller than Sicily (186) and closer to Darling (191) and McGovern (195). It is immaterial where the club plays him in 2019 because even Darling spends time in defence and even McG...

I saw this guy on stage at the AGM. He managed to crack a half smile but the look of steel in his eyes plus a lean mean tatt-riddled body made me think as an opponent you don’t want to f*** with him. You read it here first - this guy will be a gun. He’s one of those annoying Freo speedster types bu...

The quality of the St Kilda Members Pack has been sub-standard for many years, and a mate whose partner is a member of another AFL team claims their members pack is far superior to the Saints. I have written to the club a number of times about this but barely got a response. So today I have written ...

One of the developments in modern day team sport is the increased focus on specialised coaching, currently St Kilda has 10 to assist the senior coach. Not that this appears to have done much good as in season 2018 the skill levels of the St Kilda players have deteriorated, and with just 4 wins there...

The playing group vote on it, so I'm sure they'll make the correct decision, not some wannabes nobodies on here!!!!! ;) Good point, I suppose players never make bad decisions... ;) Always wondered why the players vote on this incredibly important decision like they're still in high school. Surely t...

I believe that this guy could be the next dusty. He has a similar way of moving, pace, and demeanor. I feel from hearing him talk that he will give it everything he's got. All he needs is opportunities from <edited by mods>...but in this I fear, that all opportunities will continue to be given to N...