And not my opinion but fact

Having responded in another (strangely) titled thread in the last half hour can I just add to this thread that Older Saint is the most sensible contributor to this site

We have on our List Steele, Sinclair and Wilkie who all have All Australian blazers We have Marshall and Hill who are competition class Then you get to our younger brigade, led by King then Wanganeen-Milera, Owens, Windhager and Phillipou then Wilson and Garcia who all appear up to the level So that...

So where to from here? Simply, we have to go forward So from the reality of tonight who remains as core to a competitive side? Who of our senior players, who of our mid ranking players and who of our kids (so in their first, second or third seasons)? Do we retain the likes of Cordy, Stocker, Bonner ...

With Sharman, the attraction indeed need is his 193cm - and not just for marking We are not an overly tall side We do have some tall youth, of whom Schoenmaker is one I see Sharman’s future post Membrey as the 3rd forward who is a danger to oppositions including overhead I note Keeler is playing as ...

I would expect that Lyon will be around for quite a few years yet Notable is Lyon’s continuing references to his Coaching panel and the work they are attending including on match days (which includes reviews) Then you get to the Administration - and getting rid of that pesky debt The translation of ...

Thank you Scollop!! I could not have put it better myself!!!!! The (lack of) intellect on here surprises (well, perhaps not!!). I used Battle being deployed to Ruck duties as an example of moving the magnets - and my recollection is that in that game Battle received high praise for the contest he pr...

With Wilson, he has the abilities to defend - and what we do lack in my opinion is a player with the pace and skills to negate the premier small forwards of the competition (so who we will encounter in Finals) noting that we would not seek to deploy a Sinclair or a Wanganeen-Milera to that responsib...

The very fact that some of the players not named were seen as "doing well" raises the question as to who the likes of Wilson and Garcia along with our currently unavailable numbers replace? Because they will. And if we are at "unlucky" to miss out, then that is where we endeavor ...

The interesting subject for me is the evolving nature of our side. Given ALL players available, I would suggest we have evolved to:- Wilkie Howard Wilson Sinclair Battle, Wanganeen-Milera Hill Steele Henry Owens King Garcia Higgins Caminiti Membrey Marshall Crouch Windhager Clark Wood Phillipou Byrn...

My recollection was that McCartin was well in the frame as the Number 1 Draft Pick And Petracca was marked down because his body size was a contributor to his performance as a mid versus that age group Plus some personality issues with Petracca My recall was that Bomtapelli was also marked down beca...

A win is a win I heard a story that Richmond replicated Balme when Norwood played Footscray and marked out the Oval for practice - a longer Oval but narrow with straight wings Their intel saw only one KPP forward so focused on ground ball - noting that the leading goal kickers for Norwood include Ro...

Don’t you people ever tire of this nonsense Could have Should have Would have Simply, the requirement to obtain the Number 1 Draft Pick is to finish an AFL season at the bottom of the Ladder - BOTTOM So stone, motherless LAST So you are coming into a very poor side And so it goes with all early Draf...

Just to keep the Oracle going:- I recall the match v WB, where they were treating us with contempt in the first half, then we turned the scales in the second half, Billings adding the finishing touches in a win. Very small crowd in attendance at Docklands from memory, reflecting the standings of St ...

In regards our midfield and a comparison to 2023, we went out and recruited 2 players, one from Fremantle and the other from Carlton Past that we are going the youth track - so playing talented kids in there The 2 players we recruited are out injured Plus Crouch is out injured As is Clark The positi...

IF you actually want input re performance listen to the Senior Coach

His assessment is spot on - including on where and why our List is where it is at

This is Lyon’s 2nd season - and his focus is on being a long term Coach at St Kilda including successfully

And just to add, Lyon mentioned the change in the demographics of the List, moving on who was moved on in favour of youth, so the Draft We don’t have journeymen on our List, players we are able to fall back on We only have Cordy and Campbell And that is where the extent of the unavailabile list hurt...

One tip Don’t get sucked in by the self described Oracle of All Knowledge - noting he/she/it spends the time on this Forum spent on it And that is its own commentary By my count, there were 9 AFL Listed players representing Sandringham today - only Campbell and the returning Hayes with experience an...

The ground is what it has always been, with the Western Grandstand unique, for the lack of a better description, its brick wall right on the playing boundary The Wolf Blass Centre has been added recently but not impacting crowd size The days of 20,000 crowds are long gone from the post AFL SANFL com...

From a personal point of view, and from school days, it would be nice to see the Saints honour Allan Killigrew who coached both sides Allan bought many St Kilda players with him Past that, a few years later St Kilda played a pre season practice game versus a developing Norwood side and won with expe...

In games decided by such narrow margins incidents across the 4 quarters can be identified - and mostly those late in the game are given attention What you do is learn - and recommit True, both sides had 23 players on the park - but the fact is we can put a superior 23 on the park from today Except f...

And was instrumental in reconciling the Football Club and the Social Club - no mean feat given the history

Highly regarded and well met

In regard Billings, Gresham and Coffield whose place do they take absent injury giving them opportunity? Billings as a small forward is in direct competition with Higgins and Butler Gresham ditto And Coffield (who I rank above the other 2) is in competition with Sinclair and Wanganeen-Milera off hal...

In scanning the stats, 11 of the Sandringham players are not on our AFL List This is what injuries and suspensions do - noting Wood, Henry and King join those ranks Then you look at the AFL Listed players and note their is very little experience especially with Crouch withdrawn after the first half ...

And here was me believing that after getting into an argument with the Senior Coach, Jones’ papers were marked and he would not play AFL again You heard it first here A welcome addition with his pace and mongrel So who will the Sub be, noting Ross in his 200th is in the listed 18 It will be one of t...