Josh Kelly Cup Tonight

[saintsRrising]

With Saints and North both chasing Kelly hard tonight's game may possibly play a factor in his decision.

So we want to see the GOOD Saints tonight.

[Goose is king]

If Kelly is watching tonight's game he will probably sign a two year deal with GWS tomorrow

[Wayne42]

If Kelly is watching tonight's game he will probably sign a two year deal with GWS tomorrow

I hope so, we don't need to bankrupt the club with this dude.

[WellardSaint]

Josh Kelly has just deleted the Saints and Norf phone numbers from his mobile.

[saintsRrising]

Yes we blew it.

We should have won by 60 points but just turned it over under often little all now pressure.

Our 3 small forwards were particularly dismal.

[WellardSaint]

Yes we blew it.

We should have won by 60 points but just turned it over under often little all now pressure.

Our 3 small forwards were particularly dismal.

After all the noise about losing 3 in a row, as soon as we got a nice lead at half-time,
they just mentally went into "relief" mode
and was just self-preservation,
no support at all, not playing like a team. Just playing for me

[citywest]

Lonie tries hard but he is not AFL standard at the moment. If I was his coach I would be telling him to hit the weights hard next pre-season and put on heaps of muscle otherwise he will be delisted. Time and time again he gets brushed aside too easily.

[Devilhead]

The Henny Penny complex that entangles this site is astonishing

Welcome Josh

[meher baba]

We weren't wonderful, but Norths had far less to offer. There is some raw talent in their side, but most of their better players last night are over 25. Under Brad Scott, they have always been competitive and a contender to make the finals, but they haven't ever looked that close to being champions. And, with the current lineup, they look quite likely to continue in that vein for the next 4-5 years.

With one or two top class players like Kelly or whoever, we could step up to be a top side. Whereas North needs an overall lift: more youth and talent all around the ground. Their best option would be to sink to the bottom for a couple of years, do a cleanout and pick up some early draft picks.

[ace]

Lonie tries hard but he is not AFL standard at the moment. If I was his coach I would be telling him to hit the weights hard next pre-season and put on heaps of muscle otherwise he will be delisted. Time and time again he gets brushed aside too easily.

Time on Ground
Dunstan 65%
Lonie 69%
Weller 71%
Stevens 71% (off with injury for some time)
Gresham 73%
Acres 73%

Ross 89%

It hard to rack up the statistics when you spend so such time off the ground.
That's 6 players playing 4 full games between them.
Given the same game time as Ross
Dunstan gets 25 possessions
Lonie 22 possessions
Weller 20 possessions,
Gresham 23 possessions
Acres 22 possessions

Ross deserves his game time 32 possessions

Based on those figures Lonie did OK when you consider that at Sandy he gets to play midifeld but at St Kilda he has to play defensive small forward.
But as you point out Lonie gets to many tackles only to be brushed off.
If only others just got to those tackles.

[saintsRrising]

You have to look at what the player does when he gets the ball. Gresham and Lonie were dismal in this regard against North.

Gresh in particularly missed kicking the ball to team mates and direct to North players.

Lonie as a small forward needs to kick the easy goal he missed last night.

Now Gresh I have no doubt will ultimately make it. But last night his ball use was poor. Lonie I still do not know about.

[Con Gorozidis]

The reason Dunstan never plays over 70% is because he has the wost tank of all midfielders in the comp.

[skeptic]

The reason Dunstan never plays over 70% is because he has the wost tank of all midfielders in the comp.

Personally I think take Dunstan out of the midfield per'se and put him on the HFF in Mav's spot. He does everything Mav can do and kicks the odd goal too

[Con Gorozidis]

The more I think about it the more I want Whitfield.

[stonecold]

The reason Dunstan never plays over 70% is because he has the wost tank of all midfielders in the comp.

So, your not classing Christine Patricia as a mid then?????

[perfectionist]

The Henny Penny complex that entangles this site is astonishing...

Remember, Henny turned out to be right!

[Proph3t of egan]

The reason Dunstan never plays over 70% is because he has the wost tank of all midfielders in the comp.

The reason he only played 70% is because his calf acted up this time

[longtimesaint]

The reason Dunstan never plays over 70% is because he has the wost tank of all midfielders in the comp.

Personally I think take Dunstan out of the midfield per'se and put him on the HFF in Mav's spot. He does everything Mav can do and kicks the odd goal too

Dunstan is a very poor kick at goal both penetration and accuracy so I don't think he's a half forward

[Devilhead]

The Henny Penny complex that entangles this site is astonishing...

Remember, Henny turned out to be right!

There are several endings to the fable the most notable being that those who believe Henny Penny end up being devoured by a fox

[To the top]

Don't be sucked in by media look at me rubbish looking for a headline they can attach THEIR photo to - as if we don't know what they look like already!

Players will understand that good sides win tough - and NM's season was on the line in 2017 after being finalists in 2016 - and it is a while since we beat them

We got the win and did the work when it had to be done

Kelly's knowledge will come from when he plays against us and any other side said interested in his future

The rest is all just "chatter" in the media and of absolutely no relevance

One matter of interest is that apart from GWS we have beaten the 5 of the bottom 6 we have played

In assessing ladder performance who you have played where and who you have to play and where that is important - such is the impact of the draw

[skeptic]

The reason Dunstan never plays over 70% is because he has the wost tank of all midfielders in the comp.

Personally I think take Dunstan out of the midfield per'se and put him on the HFF in Mav's spot. He does everything Mav can do and kicks the odd goal too

Dunstan is a very poor kick at goal both penetration and accuracy so I don't think he's a half forward

Seems to be kicking more goals than Mav though

[longtimesaint]

The reason Dunstan never plays over 70% is because he has the wost tank of all midfielders in the comp.

Personally I think take Dunstan out of the midfield per'se and put him on the HFF in Mav's spot. He does everything Mav can do and kicks the odd goal too

Dunstan is a very poor kick at goal both penetration and accuracy so I don't think he's a half forward

Seems to be kicking more goals than Mav though

MAV has scored 8 goals this year and Dunstan 4

[skeptic]

The reason Dunstan never plays over 70% is because he has the wost tank of all midfielders in the comp.

Personally I think take Dunstan out of the midfield per'se and put him on the HFF in Mav's spot. He does everything Mav can do and kicks the odd goal too

Dunstan is a very poor kick at goal both penetration and accuracy so I don't think he's a half forward

Seems to be kicking more goals than Mav though

MAV has scored 8 goals this year and Dunstan 4

Damning all round but Mav's played more games this year and he kicked 2 of those goals in the training run vs Hawthorn which has been his only reasonable game to date this year

[stonecold]

Anyone find out what Josh's injury is?????

[Devilhead]

Anyone find out what Josh's injury is?????

GWSitis