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Rubyjo wrote: ↑Tue 27 Sep 2022 10:51pm I always thought Clark could be our Pendlbury...has the skills but not the presence .

I suspect it is not the presence but the awareness - where you are/where your mates are and where the opposition are. That 360 degree vision that seems to give Pendles so much time. What a player!

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One touch, dual sided, great evasive skills - what is missing? A sense of urgency perhaps, or maybe he is all slow twitch muscle fibre and has no speed? His kicking too often is hit or miss - tends to lay back on the kick, but why would we trade him? If he has shown no desire to work on his deficien...

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One touch, dual sided, great evasive skills - what is missing? A sense of urgency perhaps, or maybe he is all slow twitch muscle fibre and has no speed? His kicking too often is hit or miss - tends to lay back on the kick, but why would we trade him? If he has shown no desire to work on his deficien...

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We are all delusional , we're Saints supporters after all but the last two posts go beyond delusion. Billings as an Elliott type when he can't kick a clutch goal, good disposal - how this myth continues Despite all evidence to the contrary ? Well we delude ourselves

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who of Hill or Billings would you keep? Presuming interest in both. For me Hill stays, Billings goes. Mason Wood has shown up Billings as a wingman, Billings couldn't hit the clutch goal not the bullet pass to the lead so as a half forward adds little, his marking apparently claimed as a strength is...

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needs to learn how to handball, not just swing the boot at the ball.

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How many goals left begging from poor skills, and conceded as well. In the first half alone easily 4 potential goals could have been possible had the kick not gone straight to a Sydney player or over the head of the leading player. Dropped marks and fumbles also resulted in at least 3 goals against....

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Ok, so my thumbs will give you all a chuckle - the last sentence should read every contest

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As anyone knows who has reviewed my posts I have made positive comments on the kid - but I was wrong. He has no composure, rarely hits a target even with a handball, and is clearly not a defender. Can he find a position? Who knows. Before the usual excuses watch ebery comtesy he is in amd those he s...

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5. Steele
4. Windhager (blanketing Kelly- no mean feat)
3. Crouch
2. Butler
1. Marshall

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blocking frees in the ruck are a blight on the game- not quite the same order as the "Selwood " but not far off- most are paid because the bounce is not straight , heads towards the disadvantaged ruck who has to stand waiting whilst the opposing ruck barrels into them. Who wants to stand t...

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Impatient Sainter wrote: ↑Sun 24 Jul 2022 6:47pm
The Fireman wrote: ↑Sun 24 Jul 2022 6:39pm Clever kick by Gresham ..good to see for a change
Absolute trade bait IMO.

He is the most over rated player on pur list. He would have to be caught holding the ball more than any other player in the comp. When he does kick it its a scrub kick the rately hits a target.

Worth repeating!

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great thread title- I immediately thought it referred to Gresham rather than Hill. Why do they so often run themselves into trouble ? Hill rarely has a get out option running with him (watch the better teams- typically one or two shadowing the runner) which is not his fault. Gresham, if he had suppo...

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If you are going to play slow then you need elite kicking - our players are more likely to turn it over. If you want to run the ball you need 2 or 3 guys with you as bail out as well as guys who can think their way thru - we rarely have more than one (usually Sinclair) and when a quick bail out hand...

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200 will be a stretch I think.

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106 goals in 149 games- not quite a goal per game BM. Look, he is a good player - no need to exaggerate beyond that. The stats do not support it.

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enuf of the exaggerated respect- to have played 150 games at the top level means you are a good player. But that is all. Billings is not a good kick, though he looks like one as is true of many left footers. which may explain why this myth persists. He is not a reliable kick for goal nor a field kic...

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Apologies for the confusion, won't happen again!

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kosifantutti wrote: ↑Sat 02 Jul 2022 9:34pm
6621104 wrote: ↑Sat 02 Jul 2022 9:22pm 1. Sinclair
2. Marshall
3. Membrey
4. Hill
5. Crouch
Crouch our best?
Controversial

To clarify_ Best from the top! i.e. Sinclair, 2nd best Marshall ......
All said and done Crouch was as instrumental as Steele and I guess it was a toss up.

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1. Sinclair
2. Marshall
3. Membrey
4. Hill
5. Crouch

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the last couple of games has exposed a serious flaw in recruitment- we have few elite kicks - players that will take that risk to break the defensive structure facing them. So we kick wide to the pocket and close the ground around the ball carrier, rather than making the opposition defend the entire...

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Waltzing St Kilda wrote: ↑Tue 28 Jun 2022 12:58am Surely the worst value-for-money recruit in club history. Probably AFL history.'

I vote Bill Barrot the worst decision ever made by our club

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Out? Long - aggression, despite many on here lauding the kamikaze style, does not cancel out dumb footy - a poor decision maker, constantly drags his man to the ball but remains unaccountable for him as the ball is cleared and is an unreliable kicking for goal. In for Long- Sharman who is to stay cl...

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Tony Brown- think a smaller, slower Seb Ross. Still- played over 100 games. He had no trouble getting the footy!

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Was well beaten by Duncan - especially early But do do some brave acts and when he commits to a contest he only knows one way. Duncan had 2 contested possessions and 2 intercept, as a defender. How does that count as beating anyone? When we dominated field space and pressure acts, Duncan disappeare...

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