We also need to be seen as an attractive option for free agents on the move. Draft picks are not the only option. Are we aiming for top 4 in 2025? Are we flag contenders in 2026? I don't think we're either...so let the development occur organically with a core group of youth aided by the experience...

We also need to be seen as an attractive option for free agents on the move.
Draft picks are not the only option.

The game didn't bookend well for mine. They jumped us at the start, even though we did kick the last three of the quarter, and they went on a run of three unanswered goals in the last quarter before we got the last one. I wanted to see us mainain the pressure until the last siren, but we dropped off...

Lovett has never been convicted. Simply untrue! He is a repeat offender. From this article... https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/former-afl-player-andrew-lovett-jailed-for-eight-months-for-repeatedly-assaulting-then-girlfriend-20220317-p5a5dr.html Former Essendon footballer Andrew Lovett h...

I find it fascinating that the original question I asked - "why is the community exclusively focused on female victims of violence/homicide when across the community in total 70% of the victims of violence and homicide are male"? The focus is entirely on 30% of the victims and "we sh...

Wood and Hayes suprisingly good. Why is that surprising? First game after a long break, didn't expect much. Maybe that's true with Hayes, but not Wood. Hayes showed in that game why he is so important to our structure. He's a target up front, a relief ruckman, and a cool head. Immensely more valuab...

Waltzing St Kilda wrote: ↑Sat 04 May 2024 8:48pm Wood and Hayes suprisingly good.

Why is that surprising?

I did say that "I am not sure if this is increasing issue, or if it's being more widely acknoweldged as an issue because of the victims speaking out."
But good on you for researching!

Our two worst wins last season were WCE and North...Both by 8 points and both teams were barely VFL level when we played them.

The government has caused financial distress through its inept policies which is putting a lot of pressure on households and causing all sorts of problems for families like domestic violence. But the government wants us to point the finger at other men. I am not sure if this is increasing issue, or...

The Pou and Sheezel were drafted 7 picks apart. Sheezel has averaged almost 30 disposals per game since. The draft isn't linear. I am sure that if we were in North's shoes that we could play the kid on the half back flank where he would be unaccountable and not tagged because he's in a VFL standard...

WellardSaint wrote: ↑Sat 04 May 2024 8:50am Keep reminding Norf that either our club or theirs is bound for Tassy, and we both need to impress the Tassie folk watching

Given Tassie already have a team promised now, nobody will be relocating.
More likely to fold or merge to keep the clubs at 18 unless the AFL can find a 20th team PDQ.

Otiman wrote: ↑Fri 03 May 2024 12:02pm4. Don't lose

My first line was "Other than win the game"

Other than win the game, what must we do this week?

1. Win all four quarters. We can't be sleeping at all. The longer the game goes, the more we should be in front.
2. Win the contested possessions and tackle count.
3. Win the clearances.

What else?

The AFL have been pressured by medical bodies, legal bodies and the public generally about addressing concussion, and rightly so. It's more than likely that if a player is concussed due to a tackle of any sort from an opposition player, and fails concussion protocols, then it would be hard to talk ...

Any process where the same action can receive two vastly different penalties because the outcome is different- is obviously flawed! That and trial by media And yes - having Christian alone deciding all penalties is also ridiculous It should be an expert panel It used to be. Before the MRO, it was t...

We are irrelevant, not because of the AFL, we are irrelevant because we are mediocre and other than a few spikes in performance here and there, have been mediocre or worse in our entire history. This is more accurate than we care to acknowledge. We've played (prior to this season) 125 seasons of VF...

King, Hayes, Schoenmaker, and Webster are automatic inclusions. If Marshall is fit, he plays forward with Campbell coming in. Marshall should not attend a centre bounce as a ruckman, but can ruck in the forward half. Hayes to go to the ruck to give Campbell the rest. King, Hayes, and Marshall make u...

How can the impact be severe if the bloke gets up and takes his kick? Surely, severe is when you're KO'd instantly? I would ask what else are players to do in some scenarios? Higgins never once changed his grip on the bloke, never once changed the action, wasn't violent in the tackle. He'd be giving...

cwrcyn wrote: ↑Sun 28 Apr 2024 10:28am Round 6

St Kilda: King Wood Henry Clark Webster Crouch Howard Dow (8)
Bulldogs: Ugle-Hagan Liberatore Richards Smith Daniel Keath (6)

Both Daniel and Keith were availabe...They were just not selected. Big difference. And Richards played.
So, it's 8 v 3.

Every club would have put Boyd, Kelly, and Billings in the top 3. ' Every club' feeds the media whatever the media expect to hear. They're not going to disclose their actual picks Only gullible supporters would swallow the excuses used by incompetent recruiters. Only St Kilda would flip flop from t...

Game as a bullant. Aussie colloquial. Fighting against great odds. David v Goliath Support your team. Sure put your purile sarcasm up any orifice you like. But don't kid yourself you are a real supporter through thick and thin. Young blokes doing their best and coaches doing the hard yards. And you...

Game as a bullant. Aussie colloquial. Fighting against great odds. David v Goliath Support your team. Sure put your purile sarcasm up any orifice you like. But don't kid yourself you are a real supporter through thick and thin. Young blokes doing their best and coaches doing the hard yards. And you...

Our loss to the Dogs is a reason they're 9th on the ladder.

Hayes could be our 25th ‘best’ player But structure wise he’s critical He’s a better forward than Caminiti and a far better ruckman than Owens or Caminiti Caminiti has been woeful this season and was only given a pass for last year because of where he came from and we had no King or Membrey But the...