If Tim Membrey gets back to playing in best form it might be difficult for Cooper Sharman to get a game as third tall, a role that Michito Owens excelled in last year; Mattaes Phillipou is another one in contention for that spot. While I like Sharman, I'm not sure he is in my best 23, much will depe...

The Fireman wrote: ↑Thu 04 Jan 2024 8:53am A certain self proclaimed know it all on here will hope that's not true.

Champion Data stats the way they are related in this article are pretty meaningless as it is based on individual players rather than the performance of the team in 2023. St Kilda having achieved the comp's best defensive system in 2023 is a far more important guide to how our team will perfom in 202...

So Lyon is hiring and firing? Interesting Not normally the role of the senior coach Lyon would not be hiring and firing, that is not the role of the SC, but he would have significant input on who he wants or the type of person he wants. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a senior coach building ...

From today's Hun, not to be read by anyone who disparages the Murdoch press :lol: " ST KILDA TO KICK ON by Jay Clark They have already been dubbed likely sliders in 2024. The popular theory is St Kilda caught the opposition off guard in 2023 by making finals but are set to come back to the pack...

Bassett and Lyon cleaning house leaving no stone unturned Dalrymple probably wants his own people too and that’s ok I never ever felt listening to Roughead that his heart was in it …always looked like a bit of work experience till he could get back to Hawks (probably got a gig already sewn up) Anyw...

Having left Melbourne forever in 1958 and now living in Brisbane I feel really grateful to be part of this online supporters group to quench my insatiable appetite for all things St Kilda. Thanks skeptic, you are doing a very good job moderating this forum (almost seamlessly) and I can't think of an...

It's interesting to look deeper into the stats, following are the comparisons of goal kicking accuracy between Jack Higgins and Dan Butler in 2023: Higgins averaged 2.3 shots at goal per game with accuracy at 43.4% Butler averaged 3.8 shots at goal per game with accuracy of 61.1% Butler clearly is w...

Most of the foregoing banter is way off the topic

Although the stats say that Higgins had a better season in 2023, there were times when I felt he was underperforming with wastefulness in front of goals his major weakness. There has also been criticism that he is below par in defensive pressure, with his partner in crime Dan Butler rating much high...

I wouldn't be taking much notice of remarks by Ross Lyon such as this one about Windhager. As Vortex has perceptively pointed out, today's game is not really about individual running players such as Windhager being locked down in just one position. Windhager is on the cusp of establishing himself in...

Of course, they should kick it to King, but that misses the point of the discussion. It's a problem when they constantly look for him when he has three opposition defenders hanging off him instead of other players who are in a better position. It's a double-edged sword. Perhaps it's time for King t...

New Zealand, Shanghai, Timbuktu - none have been in the past nor ever in future be happy hunting grounds for St Kilda. Emphasis must always be on getting the 4 points - sustained success brings crowds to the games and viewers to watch on Foxtel, plus headlines in the media. That will also force the...

New Zealand, Shanghai, Timbuktu - none have been in the past nor ever in future be happy hunting grounds for St Kilda. Emphasis must always be on getting the 4 points - sustained success brings crowds to the games and viewers to watch on Foxtel, plus headlines in the media. That will also force the ...

One doesn't have to go that far back, in fact one only has to review the 2023 season to know we are a fair way off it, for large portions of the season we were very average, had it not been for a very easy draw and results from other clubs going our way we wouldn't have got anywhere near the finals...

Methinks CQS is using an AI bot....he's probably watching the cricket and having a few beers, totally oblivious to what's been written.

Not a big deal, Toce has been at St Kilda for 9 years in variuous roles and it's not at all unreasonable or unusual that either the club, or Toce, or both, decided it was time for a change. Let's face it, the final decisions on which draftee or trade prospect comes into the club is collegiate, betwe...

Does any of the contract stuff have anything to do with why he was picked week in and week out (Pou) even when others may have impacted more? I don't think so, I believe a far greater factor in Phillipou's destiny to remain with St Kilda medium/long term is how the team performs overall in the comp...

I've concluded for some time that St Kilda will make top 4 in 2024 and if that turns out to be true there's good reason to argue the team can go all the way to the GF and win that elusive 2nd flag. Even the media pundits who think St Kilda will slide out of the eight have admitted that St Kilda has ...

There might be some who will be interested to read the following article in yesterday's Hun by reporter Josh Barnes - I expect anyone who has previously declared on this forum they despise the Murdoch Press and News Ltd will give this a miss on principle: " DARCY SETS A CRACKING PACE Draftee Da...

Life Long Saint wrote: ↑Sat 09 Dec 2023 12:24pm

Sanctorum wrote: ↑Sat 09 Dec 2023 11:56am As for the future, my money is on Arie Schoenmaker, who at 194 cm is the same size as Tim May, to become St Kilda's long term fullback in due course.

Why are you comparing the size of a former test off-spinner with a footballer?

Definitely a senior moment....

Howard's at a crucial junction in his footy career, he turns 28 in March next year and should be at his prime, yet was injured and lost form, played 18 games last season in 3 of which he was subbed off. With Lyon's strict policy of players doing their utmost to work hard and get the best out of them...

To some extrent I agree with Nick Dal Santo Claus insofar as the lengthy episodes of both the Unlaced Podcast and Saints TV can be terribly tedious to watch. Despite this, as amateur productions by ardent Saints supporters, they deserve respect. I was interested to hear Mason Wood classify Brad Scot...

You might have something there skeptic. In the the current 'woke' era of political correctness it is not at all surprising that some clubs will have dismissed Schoenmaker lest his past history, even if of trivial concern, might be evidence of the club having a poor culture. I'm banking on St Kilda's...

Those with a good memory will remember after the 08 finals series that everyone predicted that we would slide down the ladder. We finished top 4 by smashing the bombers reserves team by over 100 points in the last game of the H&A season to win either 13 or 14 games. It was a very average group ...