I don’t think it’s up to Mattaes Phillipou to determine where he plays. He was of value to the team when he played as a forward. I reckon we should play him as a forward. I think we are hellbent on his fast track to success. I just hope it doesn't derail his career. Don't know about the fast tracki...

6 kicks 10 handballs As a full time mid in the VFL He cannot find the ball in transition- he only gets a possession at stoppage. He is so down on confidence- he is running in wet concrete and in circles Happy if he gets it at stoppage and gets it out. So he got it 16 times. Needs to get it more oft...

At the start of the season (honestly!) Did you have us 3-8 sitting 15th on the ladder?! Honestly, yes I had us anywhere from 3-8 to 8-3, given the tightness of the competition. Then when the injuries started to roll, particularly to Henry (and Dow not getting on the park) the pendulum swung closer ...

No injuries, seriously! Are some just arse clowns or are they deliberately just anti-Lyon? Sure our injury list is down to 1 or 2, with the rest coming back from long term injuries which necessitates a few further weeks of conditioning when they return to match play. Crouch, Clark, Butler & Haye...

I’m an on the record RL fan. Huge upgrade on our previous coaches, BUT I’m also very troubled how we’ve managed Pou. Picking him last week was as dumb as anything that has happened in the last 18 months. This kid is struggling massively and somehow the wool has been pulled over the eyes of the coac...

Someone should convince Lyon to try Max King in defence. Maybe at FB? Starting with a few simulations during training, maybe? Open up the forward line ... and the possibilities. No more bombing it into the F50 as the go-to plan. We need to concentrate on recruiting quality midfielders ... Max King ...

Player review from Batchelor https://www.saints.com.au/news/1559953/vfl-player-review-heath-and-garcia-kings-of-the-jungle-as-the-zebras-take-down-tigers Just watched this. Did anyone notice Matt Allison's game? Wow! He can play. A couple of more games like that and he's got to get an opportunity.

B.M wrote: ↑Sun 19 May 2024 5:02pm Is not a small forward!!!

He started there at Freo and struggled for consistency- like most small forwards

Moved to the Wing and averaged 25per game

He is being played out of position

Because Higgins and Butler are missing. He wouldn't be there if both were playing.

Jack Stevens played 30 games before Ross showed his true colours and ran off to Freo for the cash. So if you claim he developed him he didn't develop Fyfe who already had 40 games before he arrived. Sean Darcy played 26 games only under Ross. You haven't really helped your own argument by showing h...

Well North don't need mids so we should get a beauty. Also no Thursday or Friday matches and few Saturday evening games. Unfortunately it also means a game at Mt Barker, about 8 interstate fixtures and no mercies from the MRO and umps. Character building. Give me Mt Barker over the Norwood Oval obl...

OUT: Sharman, Collard, Jones & Paton

IN: Clark, Crouch, Higgins & Stocker

Jack Stevens played 30 games before Ross showed his true colours and ran off to Freo for the cash. So if you claim he developed him he didn't develop Fyfe who already had 40 games before he arrived. Sean Darcy played 26 games only under Ross. You haven't really helped your own argument by showing h...

As someone who witnesses training twice a week I can assure you it’s not the game plan. The training drills and ball movement are fast, in some cases kamikaze speed. It is basically all out attack. But obviously the defensive part of those drills are less than frantic as injuries would happen all t...

As someone who witnesses training twice a week I can assure you it’s not the game plan. The training drills and ball movement are fast, in some cases kamikaze speed. It is basically all out attack. But obviously the defensive part of those drills are less than frantic as injuries would happen all t...

Cordy is decent, a bit underrated. Might need to bring him in to the defence and move Howard or Battle forward.

The flaw in Connolly's argument is that when Lyon had as going as he wanted in 2009, we were No.1 in defence and 4th for offence, this slipped to 8th offensively in 2010 although we remained No.1 defensively. The thing Connolly neglects to mention is that we didn't have Riewoldt for 12 weeks in 2010...

So Teffers Are you saying he inherited a bad list Ipso facto Ratten had a poor list Meaning it wasn’t his coaching - it was the list then too… right?! Ratten's defensive systems were s*** and he didn't know where our List was at. So it had a bit to do with his coaching. In hindsight Richo was a bet...

So Teffers Are you saying he inherited a bad list Ipso facto Ratten had a poor list Meaning it wasn’t his coaching - it was the list then too… right?! Ratten's defensive systems were s*** and he didn't know where our List was at. So it had a bit to do with his coaching. In hindsight Richo was a bet...

It is not an either/or situation. We need to turn over the list because we lack talent certainly. However, players are going backwards under the new messiah's watch. I would challenge any member of the Ross cult to try to refute that. The way we play lack's any semblance of a coherent game plan for...

But the players were ok last season?? Trouble is, no one was really saying that the players were ok last season. Many including me, always said we had issues with the midfield. I don't recall many saying we had a Top 4 List. Aside from Jack Steele (who is not elite), none of our midfielders are cur...

CURLY wrote: ↑Sat 18 May 2024 11:24pm Clearly playing the list to see what’s what.

Collard over Membrey
Patton over Ross

Yeah of course he’s going full tilt

Are you suggesting we're tanking? Certainly may as well now.

I mean if you constantly fumble and drop marks any gameplan disintegrates, you can't score and cannot possibly win.
The fact that we are just losing and not getting smashed, might have something to do with our system, particularly defensively, being ok.

I mean if you constantly fumble and drop marks any gameplan disintegrates, you can't score and cannot possibly win.

There's one if two possibilities. 1) the game has passed Lyon and his game plan doesn't work anymore. Or (2) Lyon's game plan is good but our players are too stupid to be able to follow it. The answer is mainly no. 2 and that some of our players simply aren't good enough. Our game against Collingwo...

Put a fork in him, hes done. Taken a middle team and turned them into a bottom 4 side that cant score. For reference Geelong without a bunch of their best players go to Darwin, get flogged by 60+ points and still manage to kick 100 themselves. At least their supporters have some goals to cheer. We ...