And Stokes’ political propaganda network?

How much is it costing Stokes to keep it going - noting the types it has defended in the Courts, the outcomes of those proceedings and the ultimate costs to Stokes

Look at who Essendon has played so far this season and their winning margins (including against us) Yes, they beat GWS but when GWS was in a slump And they drew with Collingwood whose form is equally as problematic as is Essendon’s Then look at their losses, the size of those losses and who the loss...

Why do you think pre seasons are so rigorous? Simply, to build match fitness If you miss a block of training including games your conditioning is compromised It is not just getting over the injury and being cleared to play It is everything that goes into your endurance, touch and confidence - and be...

And one question For how long did the likes of Melbourne and Carlton (and others) languish at the foot of the table getting Number 1 Draft picks? Now North Melbourne and West Coast are getting the Number 1 Picks Noting that in a very even competition Brisbane and Geelong and others have gone on losi...

With all due respect I would never describe Bonner and Dow as “guns” We simply provided them with opportunity to extend their AFL careers given performance IF they were “guns” how did they get to St Kilda so easily? Henry has the where all to be a “gun” To me, all of Billings, Gresham and Bytel were...

The other observation I have is that tackles are not rewarded - so you can just hold onto the ball in a tackle choosing when you want to dispose of it We just do not have the bull who sees ball, gets ball including bruising the opposition in the process, standing upright in the tackle they invite an...

Add to this that Caminiti does not impact, still learning the game As I have often contributed to this site, in the first instance we need support for Marshall, support for Howard and support for King And that was exposed again yesterday The supports may be on our books courtesy of Heath, Keeler and...

And I thought Melbourne just owned us with their physicality - and there was no response by us

No one stood up challenging their arrogance

No one said “cop this”

Instead we had them appealing for free kicks because one of our players hit their hip with his head

Agree entirely These days there is a hell of a lot of scragging and blocking around the contest, so what we need is someone (or more( who can crash and bang, get the ball and feed it forward to the advantage of our runners The only player doing this is Marshall, and when he getting hands on the ball...

So for all the comment on here, no Garcia in the VFL today

Unless there is a late change for the AFL game

So maybe injured or being managed

And no Collard in the VFL

The Premiership table is what it is at this stage of the season - but I don’t put a lot of faith in it the competition being basically pretty even So it is down to who you have played and where Geelong missed the finals last year - and I do not see that they have improved plus they have their age pr...

Well, BM, it takes one to know one

Including that with your presumptions you are a natural freak

And that is not complimentary!!!

The “he showed his true colors by taking the money and running” haters baited by yet another thread Why there is a negative reaction to the compulsory “media” appearance I am not too sure If you actually listen to what Lyon is saying you may learn something Then there are “media” questions, noting w...

That Harvey had twin sons of comparable ability to him and that Lockett had a son of comparable ability to him

All playing for St Kilda under Father/Son

Much is being made about a Collingwood (of course!) player conceding a free kick by handing the ball to a teammate not directly to the Umpire I only watched some of that game (not including the incident referred to) but, what I did notice was Sidebottom putting the ball on the ground for the umpire ...

So, what we learn from this site is that the evening TV “News” services have 1 viewer Noting that media in Australia is the uneducated telling their fellow uneducated what they do not know The days of Coaches imploring players to run thru brick walls are long since gone - including that there are no...

And Collard as sub?

Late in a game his injection with his pace could be of advantage

That said, I was surprised at his inclusion last week off VFL form BUT there is such a place as the training track

And how many games did Bytel, another slow midfielder, play over how many years under which coaches?

Now at Collingwood as a top up player in case of need (think Dunstan)

Byrnes has pace - and kicking skills off both sides

When Wood came back from long term injury I thought I heard that because it was a shoulder injury he had been able to keep his fitness levels up With Higgins, it was a suspension so able to keep his fitness levels up With Henry he would have been unable to train hence underdone But I put his immedia...

The numbers will be trimmed back to 23 That said, I can only assume that 100% fitness is the requirement so players like Crouch and Clark who have been absent will need a conditioning block ahead of selection And with both Wood and Henry struggling given their long term absences we do not need more ...

It appears that some are of the belief that opinion posted on this site is the fact In terms of what our midfield delivers out of the contests this has deteriorated absent Ryder assisted by Marshall Noting Ryder’s availability including because of suspension The ball being put to advantage assists

ALL Clubs draft players who either get little exposure or no exposure at AFL level - returning to where they were recruited from, elsewhere or just losing interest in the game

It is not only St Kilda

And some of those who do not make the grade for whatever reason are First Round Draft picks

Going back a generation, a side had a full back who could distance They also had a competition class ruckman The tactic was to let the ruck run to a back pocket with no pressure, the kick out short to him then man up the full back Worked a treat - every time we played them Ditto the way opposition d...

With all due respect, Battle at his height can get away with playing a CHB (nominally) But it is another matter playing as a key forward at that size where you have an opponent focused on spoiling (at least) And Owen is 191cm, so smaller again In regards Ratts and defence, during the season in Queen...

To put the bulls*** to one side AND identify the idiots who promote it, Ratts NEVER presented that St Kilda had a “top 4” List I can inform as fact that Brett, in his final season, presented to the Board that our List ranked 14 of 18, and an improvement based on the recruiting of Hill, Ryder and Cro...