You may be right, 2019 is a long way away.
Category 1 players are looking strong at this stage to make it though.

I hope that is the case.
Plough raised it on SEN & I was thinking it during the game on Saturday.

I expect all in Category 1 to be there in 2019 alongside Jack Stevens although that's a long way away.
That is 6 years away including this year, that's a lifetime in AFL.

That's great to know, have not seen either so cannot comment.
I forgot Seb Ross, another one for category 2 who is raising concerns.
Lack of genuine run ( Speed & endurance) is apparently a major concern.

23 year old Tommy Lee raises concern. At his age he should be demanding selection in Round 1, especially for the currency we traded for his talents. Beau Maister is not the future yet he was chosen. It seems Lee lacks the physical qualities Maister has otherwise you would expect him to be in there w...

My gut feel Maister wont be replaced.

Webster may not come up & Billings may be the other for Hayes & Montagna

Can anyone tell me the feeling about this boy? I was quite excited when I first saw him, he had a great rig and looked like he had a great left peg. It seems he may be in the level 2 category ie Category 1 ( those that look likely to have excellent futures) Luke Dunstan Nathan Wright Jack Newnes Tom...

Yes St Byron, 2004 to 2010 was an amazing ride but the sheer adrenalin & experience at Moorabbin with Plugger in the goal square for me will never be matched. When G Burns or N Winmar or G Mc Adam or R Harvey burst out the square & Plugger would start dummy leading waving his arms in the air...

Thanks Dr Spaceman, its a fine line isn't it?

That's the 3rd Melbourne player from the late 80s to die young from Cancer. Stynes, Wight & now Bailey.

I used to play soccer against Gordon Fode, he played for Sandringham & I was playing for East Bentleigh. I think he took up tennis as a teenager & then footy in his late teens. Next thing you know I turn up at Moorabbin after not seeing him for a few years & he has made top grade Footy. ...

I will never forget that day, it was the start of the rise from a shocking period at the club & Plugger had to be seen to be believed back then. Its a sore point of mine that in he period of 1987 to 1990 especially, Match of the round wasn't at Moorabbin very often & the great moments of Loc...

The only thing that keeps me in the game is my unconditional love for my club, St Kilda FC. I realised over a decade ago its a business & the AFL are a bunch of politicians. My anger towards the biased advantage the Swans have enjoyed for years nearly made me sign off from the game. Its sad &...

Some strong arguments either way, whether you are optimistic or pessimistic about our short term possibilities we are all in agreement the fact there are so many questions to be answered by young &/or new players & the new era under a new coach the unknown makes it extremely interesting in m...

I don't believe any of us will be too fussed with the wins & losses ratio this year or the next as long as we see improvement & the list taking shape for future successes. I am optimistic we will be in most games as we learn our new game plan, some experience is coming back this year as I st...

With the last 3 years seeing our great team decline & reshape after the 2 Grand Finals I see 2014 as the year we stop declining & start the slow & steady rise with a new list & generation of footballers. 2014 for me will be a year when we learn how to become an extremely tough & ...

Yes I stand corrected, Plugger's 100 against Hawthorn was in 1992 but the point was we beat the eventual Premiers in their home ground in 1991 & had a great team that year. The Finals system destroyed us that year along with Ablett's thuggery. 2004 we dropped a game in Tassie & again you may...

In my time the following years were missed chances: 1991- Beat eventual Premiers Hawks by 11 goals at Princess Park with Plugger kicking his 100 that day. Ended up 4th and due to a ridiculous Finals system play 3rd plac Geelong in an elimination final 1st week. Ablett's thuggery knocks out Burke &am...

Lenny Hayes

Agree with most of the names posted, what about Jimmy O'Dea? Didn't he end a Collingwood players' career at Moorabbin? Nothing to be proud of though as I heard it was a hit behind play.

NDS played 260 games for us & will go down as a Saints man when he retires. Cant blame the guy for wanting to enjoy his last 3 years of his career when we are on another path. I am as one eyed as they come but this was completed with a lot of class & respect, full marks to all parties involv...

Today I say good bye to one of my favourite Saints of all time in Nick Dal Santo. He was at his peak a sublime player of rare class described by Kevin Sheedy as the modern day Ian Stewart. I gained enormous satisfaction watching him play but I will survive, I have expereienced worse. Afterall I said...

Today I say good bye to one of my favourite Saints of all time in Nick Dal Santo. He was at his peak a sublime player of rare class described by Kevin Sheedy as the modern day Ian Stewart. I gained enormous satisfaction watching him play but I will survive, I have expereienced worse. Afterall I said...

An amazing day, I took my son and daughter to experience a special Saints day. I was over whelmed with emotion at times, happiness & sadness. These boys deserved the ultimate glory, I can only imagine what it's going to be like when Lenny, Dal Santo & Roo retire. In a new era of fee agency s...

Only seen very little of him but the gut feel was this boy can play and has some real character. Good on him, I am happy with the foundation work we have done this year blooding so many players and putting some miles into them. The stars will come with our high draft picks and some aggressive recrui...