"Gill McLachlan failed to publicly recognise the debilitating effect a poor stadium deal at the Dome had on the Saints' capacity to reduce debt and initiate innovative strategies to push the club forward." (Age article) Since day one when the AFL in its' wisdom forced the Saints away from ...

Hey 45th. I'm allowing for some growth in this saintly crew & would be surprised if the blues leap-frogged us on the ladder. I managed to see nada of the 1st. prac game but am glad Armo got through ok & just might be a regular contender once again in the middle. Paddy clocking up more game-t...

Anyone agree with Gary Lyon ?[/quote]
No.

Glad to hear that.

A few sainters probably heard G. Lyon discussing the Saints fwd. structure this morning (Thur) on SEN. Well he carried on a bit about the inherent problem of St.Kilda having 4 big fellas up front - I took that to mean available, Paddy, Bruchie, Battle & Members. Having all of them in contention ...

Very disappointing for the Free man.
I'm still hoping he gets a bit of luck going his way.
All the best of luck to Nathan.

"He's had a really good run at it in the period leading up to Christmas and post-Christmas, so he'll now join in. "He's in really good shape and mentally he's still really positive. I've never met someone as strong as him mentally." Richo is up-beat & impressed with what's happeni...

Drake Huggins wrote:

bigcarl wrote:Wtf?

To quote Pauline Hanson, "Please explain! "

She would need a lot of explaining.


Is Steele in or out of a moon-boot ?

Drake Huggins wrote:

bigcarl wrote:Wtf?

To quote Pauline Hanson, "Please explain! "

She would need a lot of explaining.


Is Steele in or out of a moon-boot ?

I was glad to hear that Ben Long has a good connection with Ben McGlynn “He keeps a real eye on me and finds ways to help me get better in every aspect of my game, which is really good.” (from the St.K website). Sounds like Ben Long is going fine @ the moment, This preseason sounds like a definite s...

Actually glad I didn't get any further , saved a few brain cells along the way.

Go Saints

Since Jack Steele arrived @ Moorabbin (I like saying Moorabbin by the way) I could detect a surge of enthusiasm in myself. Same thing happened when I first noticed what I took for a real serious attitude on the face of a young Seb Ross. Ok it could have been wishful thinking but I couldn't remember ...

That's right saynta S.Fisher was 'Chips'
Another one I was having trouble remembering yesterday was 'Sizzler'
'Sizzler' for Steven Sziller.
- apparently Tom Hafey gets the recognition for this one by miss-pronouncing Sziller
& getting 'Sizzler'

Welcome to the Red, Black & White Hunter.
I was hoping Clarke would be one of our picks @ 7 or 8.
All the best for pre-season& beyond H.C.
& hoping you get a gig in the firsts fairly soon.

Regarding potential nick names:
'Coffee' works for me.
It suggests energy
& where it really counts: powering the millions of human minds hooked on the stuff.
Things are heatin up @ St.K !

The 'E' is silent & so Hunter's family name is pronounced & sounds exactly like Clark. Hopefully if he's to be identified by a future nick name it will be a bit more in inventive than Clark 'EE'' Sainters can do better than this. I used to cringe @ the nick-name given to Ben McEvoy 'Big Ben'...

Welcome to St.Kilda Ben Paton.
I watched a few highlights this morning & did a bit of reading on here as well.
Wishing Ben all the very best for the future & his football journey in the red, black & white.

G O S A I N T S !

B.Anderson on SEN around 8:00 this morning has us picking Clark and Coffield as well

cwrcyn makes a good point that the club brought in Seb Ross, Jack Newnes, Jade Gresham & Jimmy Webster. We can feel ok atm regarding Dunstan & Acres/both have more improvement in them and are capable I believe of maintaining the steady curve of improvement in 2018 & beyond. Witnessing ge...

I remember being hopeful that Arryn would make it through to become a regular @ St.K.
It was disappointing that he went off the radar so to speak but now he has a whole new adventure before him.
Good luck Arryn Siposs.

"Just got home from Illinois lock the front door oh boy!
Got to sit down take a rest on the porch.
Imagination sets in pretty soon I'm singin'"

. . . doo doo doo the Saints are coming through

Seconded. I'd much prefer a genuine thinker and straight A student of the game than an entertainer.
The players will keep us happy if they're entertaining in the right way.
Hoping AR has his best year yet.
. . . and he's just a nice guy - plenty enough entertainment there for me.

loris - "AR has spent his time away from the club walking the Kokoda Trail. Tramped it with his wife and two sons. I admire the way Richo endeavours to keep his life in balance and not be totally consumed by AFL football." A R. seems like a healthy minded guy. I was also impressed with his...

" It beggars belief that we lose money at games where we don't draw 28,000 spectators" Crazy Big time @ the Dome !! This situation must put enormous pressure on the club, financially & psychologically. If this was happening to Collingwood for instance they have plenty of deep pockets t...

I think the enthusiasm, hope & intrigue surrounding picks 7 & 8 has many of us scouring through the list of players from roughly 5 to 10 and mounting a case for each one. On one level I'm enjoying the position our club is finding itself in, it's been a decade & a half since we experience...

Stating the obvious I know. It's been 16 years I believe since the Saints had 2 picks within the top 10 in a National Draft. This rare situation our drafting brains trust find themselves in will either produce a very significant injection of positive momentum into this young group or it may deliver ...