Thanks for posting this saynta. By far the biggest misjudgement of those still playing, apart from Petracca and Bontempelli, is Jack Riewoldt, who was overlooked in 2006 at pick 9 to take the unknown David Armitage from Mackay in Qld - the kid was really keen to play alongside his older cousin Nick...

I was in the post office the other day and everyone was wearing a mask except 1 50 year old tanned guy in smart surf clothes - and all I could think was 'here is a guy exercising his right to be a c#ckhead' whilst I certainly am not happy with the way we are having to live our lives at the moment I ...

You might have a point re kent - there have been a few times I have said that I never want to see him in Saints colours again and his last game doesn't erase those thoughts entirely. But for mature age picks I think we need a ruck and a key position back - do we have room for drafting kids and Const...

Thanks Tony- I hope you’re right

There’s a fair bit of s*** that gets posted here and I don’t need to quote lines - but Hunter unfortunately wasn’t that great and Cambell wasnt last guy in the squad in the bottom team (We might not get him anyway) We do need a break glass in emergency guy and hopefully we have one lined up who is b...

Are we not going to get injuries next season? Yes of course we will and again the rucks might be stretched and P.Hunter hopefully can be fitter and play ok if required- but you're right I have re thought my post - and now think - "f#ck we missed Xerri, 2022 is now a complete write off - we are...

We need another key defender - I liked the idea of Xerri but think we mightn't need him if Ryder can get a good number of games in this year - 2023 maybe 2 x king can chop out for Marshall - Heath you would think with luck is also a possible occasional player by 2023. But we need another big guy in ...

Should this guy have a case to answer for ?

I didn’t think Clav was going to make it - just seemed to lack some presence on the AFL field ( didn’t see much of him at vfl level and all on the TV) Having said that I’m surprised to see him go - With the departure of Carlisle and Frawley ( who did nothing but were ‘on paper’ this year) we are ser...

Probably good that he’s gone mostly unnoticed. We can spring him on the comp next season. Agree with this - and think at the end of the day it’s a good result - the kid has had amazing start to what we can only hope as is an incredible st Kilda career - and it’s probably best to keep the pressure a...

last Saturdays Give Cooper No27 now that it is free. He is our next (Right Footed) George Young for those who can remember.... Beautiful kick of the ball was George Young! 2 or 3 chances = 2 or 3 goals. [BTW did I see Cooper kick a left footer against Freo, or just imagined it?] He kicked a nice le...

I have posted about this guy before - I don’t know why we didn’t recruit him as a rookie when he was training with us a few years ago - check his form at Sandy - he was 18/19 and was getting top 10 on a regular basis that year - was top 1-2 in something like 4 of the last 5 games of the year - I pos...

Get around him

We need something left field I think - like Scache from WB - hopefully whoever has the job to find these type of guys and get them to the club is doing a good job - we need them to be

Ratts has clearly stated Howard is the #1 Wilkie he trusts as a #2 Highmore the 3 I believe that is an issue - as it leaves Wilkie exposed for size My belief is Howard should be a #2 Wilkie a 3 Coffield in as a ball carrying/intercepting number 4 Paton, Sinclair and Hill as the smalls Yep definitel...

Damn ball spinning!!! When the team the team averages 87% (6/7) week in week out from set shots I for 1 will be happy to not be concerned about ball spinning during approach on a set shot - until then I see it as an issue and an obvious one to address - I don't know if it will improve our efficienc...

The mechanics of his kicking action (laying back, not kicking through it) The psychological effect of Goalkicking Are the ACTUAL issues I don’t think he should spin the ball, but it’s not the reason he misses Worrying about the wrong thing, This notion of ‘just kick like plugger’ is ridiculous NO I...

Kane Williamson spins his bat whist the bowler starts running in Boon and Smith touched each pad before facing up Davey Warner undoes his gloves and does them up every ball Each player has their idiosyncratic behaviours It’s whether those behaviours (which calms them and brings them into focus) int...

I dont believe either of the Kings spin the ball. Max looks like he is so petrified when he walks in he wouldnt have the capability of spinning a ball. On Max, he is like many others. He only gets his technique correct when he is not expected to get the goal. Eg on an angle, further out. It appears...

Yep, I’ve read it and if I had the answer I’d be earning a lot more than I currently do. We may be in Perth for a fortnight, WC then Freo. Maybe Thanks for the response Tony As someone else responded above maybe they spin the ball to settle the nerves. - I don’t mind that - spin it a few times if i...

I'm not sure your exact role Tony but you clearly have some involvement at the club I've posted this a number of times - but who is the goal kicking coach ? Why are they not introducing some kind of a routine ? Our guys constantly spin the ball when they're walking in to kick for goal - Dunstan wasn...

Quicker we put this finals talk to bed the better Let’s not get distracted from what we need to do end of year 1. Bring in another quality draft kid 2. Trade well 3. Cull deadwood Guys like Kent from now on should not be played ahead of kids - I’d rather see Connolly, Byrnes, Bytel et al get games ...

Quicker we put this finals talk to bed the better Let’s not get distracted from what we need to do end of year 1. Bring in another quality draft kid 2. Trade well 3. Cull deadwood Guys like Kent from now on should not be played ahead of kids - I’d rather see Connolly, Byrnes, Bytel et al get games ...

Quicker we put this finals talk to bed the better Let’s not get distracted from what we need to do end of year 1. Bring in another quality draft kid 2. Trade well 3. Cull deadwood Guys like Kent from now on should not be played ahead of kids - I’d rather see Connolly, Byrnes, Bytel et al get games ...

Haven’t read the article - sounds like a lazy bastard just doing the minimum to collect a pay check I still remember exactly where I was standing when I heard confirmation of McCartin pick - virtually everyone in football knew that was a f#ck up except for 3-4 blokes at st Kilda - hindsight has prov...