What I am attempting to call out is the nonsense some (continually) contribute to this site If you are of the opinion the Irish recruit is just having an end to end kick, otherwise in the bar and that the Collingwood Coach would be more benificial to his education, then go follow Collingwood or whoe...

There is a Club, now nearing a history of 150 years averaging a premiership every 5 years, which went from 1950 until 1975 between premierships They went down the recruiting from interstate “fix” which saw 2 Grand Final defeats in successive years making 5 Grand Final losses over those 25 years The ...

As I understand St Kilda had a period in time where they recruited significant talent from Interstate starting with Baldock from Tasmania (who also represented Tasmania at cricket making a 50 against the WI touring side of 60/61) Post that period in time the sides with significant backers which tran...

Can’t develop? Marshall, Wilkie, Sinclair all off the Rookie List Then the likes of Wood and Membrey and Steele and Higgins who all came to St Kilda seeking opportunity and who have performed to the level that they are automatic selections and perform to competition standards The likes of Coffield a...

And I repeat, the words of Lyon today are significant and they deliver confidence that the Club is on the correct trajectory in a competition which is fierce and which will become even more fierce post Tasmania Lyon is backing in the Club, from the President to the supporters And taking responsibili...

West Coast is a side which has been decimated by injuries - including that some senior players from their most recent premiership have now been forced to retirement But they still have the remnants of that premiership side including a couple of key defenders They are also the beneficiaries of the “g...

You play to your strengths So given the wailing re kicking to leading forwards, who are our “leading” forwards? Membrey? Caminiti? Higgins? Butler? Because these are our established forwards Noting King is our only established “tall forward”, Caminiti 196cm and played because he has height and in en...

The treatment depends on the exact nature of the damage noting the complexity of the ankle So screws and plates can be inserted, some later removed if causing ongoing discomfort There is also ligament and tendon damage leading to calcification - so rigorous physio the result What you do not realise ...

We have improved our List this season because all of Henry, Wilson and Garcia have been added We lost Gresham, Billings and Coffield It is my opinion we have improved our List because the 3 we have added still have their careers in front of them Now to get some of our core, experienced players back ...

That should have said look at the players recruited from GWS and Gold Coast - and where we have Steele who came to St Kilda for opportunity With those players leaving those 2 Clubs have had a conveyer line of high Draft Picks as compensation The other player Geelong lost for a time was Ablett to Gol...

We need support for Marshall, support for Howard and support for King And we need goal kicking mids - so mids who win games by not only performing but because they also kick clutch goals Do we have these resources on our books among our younger players? Time will tell Apart from that where do we get...

Geelong not only had the father/son advantage They also attracted players to the Club such as Ottens by deploying the methods they did The offers of post football careers plays its part in Geelong noting not all former players have been successful in the business opportunities gifted to them They do...

IF some venting have had their fill of St Kilda and just the one premiership (so history), aligned to the position of the Club on the premiership ladder in 2024 then I suggest they change shift their support to who they think will win the 2024 flag, then change again in 2025 on the same criteria The...

Reasons are not excuses Reasons are what needs to be worked on - and that includes getting more of our key players back on the park and playing well It is noted that post the injury to their talented key defender GWS have fallen in a hole - including late in the game against us One played, a key pla...

Wilkie Howard ……… Sinclair Battle Wanganeen-Milera Hill Steele Henry ………. ……….. ………. Higgins King ………… Marshall Crouch Windhager ………. ………… ………. …….. ………. The caveat is that Battle is just 193cm and 80dd kgs, so mid-fielder size not KPP size (noting the job he does) To these incomplete foundations we...

And Cordy was recruited as back up - because after Howard, Wilkie and Battle who did we have as a KPP defender? So Cordy replaced Frawley Both Cordy and Frawley played at AFL level because we have had injuries - and the kids of KPP size are still developing (when not injured) For some height in defe...

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 ...