Phillipou is obviuosly a highly rated and valued project player and that suggests the club regard him as a future marquee with elite skills, potential captain even! From the outside looking in we supporters are not privy to how the coaches assess individual players and as I see it if they believe Ph...

Max King is certainly going through a bad period right now and yesterday's 4 touch 0.1 goal effort shows that he's struggling mentally, demonstrated when he declined to kick for goal from the arc and instead tried to pass to a team mate which failed to hit the mark and resulted in a terrible turnove...

What's happened to the presumption of innocence?? In recent times state DPPs have come under severe criticism from judges for prosecuting alleged male perpetrators of sexual crimes against women only for these to be thrown out of court for lack of evidence. In some European countries the media are a...

I don't buy the assertion that St Kilda's kicking for goal is historically among the worst in the comp Acc: Accuracy = (Goals / shots at goal) 2024 - 15th - 41.6% acc (league avg 49.3%) 2023 - 10th - 47.8% acc (league avg 48.0%) 2022 - 10th - 48.1% acc (league avg 48.8%) 2021 - 10th - 46.9% acc (le...

I don't buy the assertion that St Kilda's kicking for goal is historically among the worst in the comp, nor is the senior coach in any way to blame for inaccurate kicking for goal either yesterday or any day for that matter - as a theory that is laughable! Every supporter of every team will from tim...

The talk has been 1 more draft then FA. The timing seems to work out for both our list profile and the available FA's coming up. Ross himself has said that hasn't he? I just wonder if it should be at least 2 more years at the draft, even three before Tasmania comes in. Ironically we haven't had a g...

Following article in todays Melbourne Age - more grist for the proverbial mill! " The Scoop - Who are the A-Graders in cashed up St Kilda’s sights? By Sam McClure - The Age 28 March 2024 St Kilda have identified a group of elite midfielders from rival clubs that they will target in the next 18 ...

Caminiti for King Butler for Henry Schoenmaker for Wood I'm not suggesting The Shoe is a 'like for like' with Wood as a wingman but rather that he'll be in the mix to play in defence instead of Cordy. Jones to remain sub, not sure he is ready to play 120 minutes yet but can come on in 2nd half to ad...

Almost identical? Nah. It was in the play. Actually it was very much like Maynard's last year. Went to smother then turned and hit Brayshaw in the head who was then concussed. 2 metre Pedro went to mark then turned and hit Cunningham who was concussed. That's my perspective as well, Wright's bump w...

Who cares?

I expect Lyon will do what he did last year and again in 2024 and place his trust in youth. Arie Schoenmaker, after a BOG performance in the reserves yesterday (139 fantasy points from 34 dispsals and 13 marks) is not just knocking on the door to get selected, he's smashing it down! Only 19 but at 1...

See this is what I thought we were getting when we drafted a young man named Raph Clarke. An elite play maker that is good in the air. From memory Raph was taller and perhaps better aerially but geeez NWM is an absolute general in defence. Takes all of the hard kicks, backs himself to thread the ey...

Higgins played the small forward role to perfection last night, positioned himself at the spoil of the ball and snapped truly. He can be terribly frustrating to watch at times when he squanders set shots on goal but he definitely has that spark to ignite the forward line, he would have loved bagging...

Jacks Back wrote: ↑Tue 19 Mar 2024 10:07pm
- Should we (heaven forbid) trade Roma (unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a Paddy Ryder around anywhere)?

Surely you're not suggesting Arrivederci Roma????

St Kilda's defence was uncharacteristically beaten in the first half last night and as I see it that was due to the absence of Jack Sinclair. Zaine Cordy (8 possessions, 2 marks) had no impact and while his experience placed him ahead, I thought Arie Schoenmaker, following his 11 marks 2 weeks ago, ...

What a s*** way to debut - sub vest for nearly 3 quarters, then couldn’t pick up the pace of the game. 0 possessions He will have that to remember for the rest of his life "the rest of his life"?? Fair crack of the sauce bottle BM, it's hardly momentous, it might even spur him on and I'm ...

From what is reported in the press about Tarryn Thomas' serious indiscretions all matters related to domestic violence. It does not appear that any of these incidents, dreadful as they may be, has led to Thomas being charged with any criminal offence. There is every likelihood that now he has been s...

I prefer him to Howard right now. A better mark and kick already. I agree. For a first game in a key defensive position he played quite well, 11 marks in windy conditions was outstanding, 3 more than Marshall who played all over the ground! That stat alone indicates he is better than Howard.... It'...

For the first time in years I decided to use my $25 voucher to buy a member polo shirt - RRP $50 so with postage of $10.95 it cost me $35.95. The online Saints Shop does not offer the lightweight training cap the players wear, no idea why they can't make this available as an alternative to the felt ...

There were a lot of positives out of this practice match. 1. Saints defence remains very solid, the back 6 regularly intercepted Essendon's entries, Howard started poorly but improved as the game progressed, interested to see Riley Bonner and Nasiah Wanganeen Milera taking most of the kickouts. Wilk...

If history is anything to go by He is clearly our second best mid Equal with Crouch imo Criminally underrated by ignorant supporters Also criminally overrated by ignorant supporters. Not sure there's a metric that exists to back up the claim that he is currently equal with Crouch. Crouch AVERAGED 2...

Greg Newman, a passionate Saint living in Brisbane has launched his tipping comp for 2024, thought I'd pass on his email. The more the merrier, if the number of tipsters can be increased to 90 or 100 the prize money will increase substantially. Hello 'My Footy Tipping' AFL Tipsters! It's only a few ...

Brisbane at the Gabbatoir for me because I have rarely seen them win when attending the match. But for a full record check this:

https://afltables.com/afl/teams/stkilda/byteam_wl.html

In today's Age, Jake Niall presents some persuasive hypotheticals against the proposal for the AFL to introduce mid-seaon trading: " Problems mid-year trading will face After 13 games last season, Carlton sat in the bottom four. They struggled to move the ball and Harry McKay couldn’t kick stra...

I'd be surprised if Lyon does not continue as he did last year and give the kids plenty of games in 2024. He looks to me to have adopted a different strategy in his third crack at senior coaching, so relying on his previous stints at both St Kilda and Fremantle as an indication of what he will do th...