https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/garry-lyon-slams-caroline-wilson-for-onair-claims-about-afl-stars-family-situations/news-story/0c5a25b83d53fbb0ab4c92756026d87a This isn't sticking up for St Kilda or its players. He's using it as a stick to beat Caro with, and to claim the moral high ground -...

How about our players just get on with it? How about we let them? They will. While I respect Tony 74 for his insights and itk info, I have grown tired of the incessant PR type spin. I know the players and staff are hurting. Let's see that hurt converted into effort. That's all I'm looking for. We n...

Maybe. As noted here, good at general administrative stuff but has not had an impact on playing performances except for last year. For all the social issues advanced there seems to be no improvement in bread and butter stuff like a succession plan and winning seasons. That's the nub of the issue, I...

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/garry-lyon-slams-caroline-wilson-for-onair-claims-about-afl-stars-family-situations/news-story/0c5a25b83d53fbb0ab4c92756026d87a This isn't sticking up for St Kilda or its players. He's using it as a stick to beat Caro with, and to claim the moral high ground -...

Thought Long at least made an invested effort, time and again. Made errors but wasn't his worst game this year.

Lonie? He's simply not good enough for this level.

I expected Billings was a certainty to leave, and to get a $700k contract offer elsewhere. He's battled away this year but his value has fallen. He's a 550-600k player at best on the open market. I think he'll probably end up staying now. He isn't going to get a big offer from, well, anywhere. A clu...

Curly is right. We finished 14th in 2015 We traded for Carlisle and handed them pick 5 (we got something back and that secured Gresh) They already had pick 4 because they finished below us. https://www.zerohanger.com/afl/2015-afl-ladder/ https://www.google.com.au/search?q=essendon+draft+picks+in+20...

Maybe we'll get another 'keep up the good work fellas' message from the President, the CEO will clap on about some theme round, Roughhead will continue his 'yeh-nahs' and the 'Sounds of the Saints' podcast will spin out more of the same. I don't think the club gets it. We have become a laughing stoc...

Deadset, I want him to succeed. We've overlooked him so many times. He deserves to have a great coaching career and I hope he blitzes it. But going in right now is risky - 30% chance he keeps the job permanently, 70% chance he doesn't and isn't reinstated as an assistant. Virtually 0% he moves to an...

The Jimmy Webster impact. Sigh. I'm so tired of the turnovers, bad decisions, late reads of the play.

Disappointed to miss Callow - so close to our second pick. Odd pick for Hawthorn, Callow will be way down their KPP list as they're developing a lot of them. Heath was an obvious one and looms as a nice project to work through in the coming years. Can see him ending up on the rookie list at season's...

Interesting that there's a misconception of the MSD; that somehow we would "sell the farm" for certain players. I totally disagree. I think we get a free hit to look at some potential project players - four! - who we are generally obsessed with at the National Draft time. Marshall, Wilkie ...

Sorry, but Matthew Lloyd is just about the perfect person. - Max trusts him - He overcame kicking woes early in his career - He developed the most reliable set-shot routine in the game - He communicates in a no-nonsense manner I'm totally bemused that Roughead would be a better option than Lloyd. Go...

Pleasing to see him play. He was OK. That tackle was a beauty. The intercept Mark very nice. A lovely long kick near the end. All moments rather than a consistent display. He has some ability and I’d like to see us give him the next two weeks. He’s clearly playing for his career, but we equally have...

Culture is the most overused word in footy. It's also the misunderstood word in footy.

Saying the word ≠ understanding culture, how to create it, build it and preserve it.

Was pleased to see a message from him, with good sentiments. Has he got it in him to drive success in a sports-based environment? Still unsure about that one. One thing is for sure: we need him to lead by example, and he has to get on the front foot, create expectations and drive them. The era of qu...

No chance the club and ratten have no game plan or structures. It is laughable that people agree with the original poster. Just on this - please go back and read Ratten's words. In any event, *sigh*... of course there's a game plan and structure - my point is that they've de-emphasised system, and ...

This will be up to Ratten and his coaching staff to identify and recognise - the longer it goes on, the more our confidence will drop, and the worse it will end up being. This experiment has to be brought to a halt. A month on from that initial post, it feels like our confidence did drop, and we di...

Yes the money ball approach worked for a season (just like the film/book), but at some point we needed to get youth in again to continue the growth Sorry - but what part of what we did was the Moneyball approach? The fundamental misunderstanding of sabermetrics - labelling any kind trade week activ...

I've got a lot to say on this, but I've said it all before, and it doesn't change anything. The club doesn't really understand the mechanisms around high performance, drafting and player development, and has instead opted to try and fix everything via a salary cap and trade week-driven approach. It'...

He's in contention to win his 3rd B&F in 5 years. That's one way to look at somebody who doesn't get a lot of love.

Not saying he will, but he's started the year really well. His effort is high and he's noticeably quicker and more intense.

Remains a best 22 player, clearly.

Taken from here - https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/you-ll-see-a-different-type-of-st-kilda-ratten-s-plan-takes-shape-20201216-p56o47.html - in December 2020. Ratten has pledged to allow his team to "go out and play" and not to weigh them down with tactics and structures. The Saints have...

My personal pick was always Jacob Koschitzke, who I think was a smarter pick than Parker (largely based on him being an U/18 All Australian) and will play more AFL games. I'd have been happy with Parker as a rookie selection. Little bit surprised we overlooked Koschitzke when Parker almost certainl...

At 198cm, he absolutely should be in contention to be a relief ruckman and I thought his will to compete was as strong as I've seen in years. He genuinely fought it out with Nic Nat in a way that meant we weren't dominated - and that's all you can ask. Thought he wasn't the worst against the Bombers...

Wasn't good enough. Expect he'll dominate the WAFL this year, because it's nowhere near AFL level and he's been trained in an elite system for two years. Don't forget, Paul Hunter dominated the SANFL last year and was obliterated so badly in his first two AFL games that you've got to question the j...