Riewaldt should not be the captain. He is mentally soft. He will become a better player if he relinquishes the captaincy. He is an on field leader and will always be. However when it counts he does not stand up. He doesnt kick the goals that he should, doesnt stand up in finals. Lenny is the natural...

Fit Gardiner is in best 22. We need him if the Saints are to go anywhere in September. Kosi has only played well in isolated quarters. Big Mac did well in the ruck on the weekend. Who cares if you dont get the tap but you win the clearance.

recycled hacks arent going to win us a premiership.
Time to get some youth into the team.

DO you want to replace Jess Smith place in the team (formally the position of X Clarke). .... in the rehab room.

You couldnt be serious thinking of trading one of the best young recruit we have for a player that cant string 4 games together without breaking down.

One thing is for sure, if you have a game plan that only realistically allows 30 shots a game at goal (at most), you would want to put away the set shots. Totally Totally unacceptable to be 15m directly infront and scrape it in for a point Goddard

The game has been over complicated with strategies, game plans and structures. If you ask someone to sum up the point of a game in a sentence it would go along the lines of "Kick the ball through the big sticks". I am just dumb founded that the skill that is most neglected in practice is k...

Damien Hardwick said tonight on On the Couch (Foxtel). Players dont practice kicking at goal as they dont have the time at training and the conditioning staff dont like it as it can add to injury. It is obvious that players dont practice. Yes key forwards have a bit of a kick and giggle at the end o...

We are looking old and slow. The player just seem to be going through the motions, but there is definately a lack of structure around the forward line.
Flooding and stagnated ball movement will be found out this year. Time to refresh, inject some youth and get some better free wheeling ball movement.

slow the game dow n....hahahaha ... increase rotations yes. The teams will use it as a weapon. really how often do players get so hurt they cant go back on?
Send a player out to run flat chat for a half. Never stop running. Then replace them in the 3rd quarter. Slow the game down I think not.

thart Geelong game was his breakout game.

The Saints problem comes from their backline. They need to compensate (for whatever reason) and therefore get drawn into the flood too often. The Saints look good on the "fast break". Realistically this 'fast break' occurs when they dont get dragged to far up the ground and hold their posi...

One thing about Gwilt .... he is a big game player. He is one that really rises to the challenge of the big game. Very impressed with how he has come on.

I like Big Mac, but he is still a project player. He doesnt win many taps, doesnt win much around the ground. Realistically all he is in the game for is to give Gardiner a break. Kosi needs to step up. THe only time he has looked good this year is when he is in the ruck. We will need Baker on Didak ...

St Fidelius wrote:

repta wrote:What is the last row? I am on level Q row MM.

I am the same Q35 row MM

I just worked out ... MM is the back row ..... it has to be a sign, sitting up in the Saints sitting up in the heavens.
At least I am not going to have any annoying loud supporters behind me

What is the last row? I am on level Q row MM.

we better not cop it and move on. This would not have happened to Collingwood, the outcry from Eddie would have the AFL bosses in hiding. St Kilda must stand. They must be ablet o go in with a million other examples of similar incidents that were not reported at all. There is an enormous difference ...

dont think we need a new whipping boy. Raph and Zac are good enough. We can blame them for not being out there.

I just hope they have learnt from their failed experiment down in Tassy last time. Supporters hated it, players hated it, I am sure sponsors werent thrilled.

what is it with the preoccupation with money? I thought they played for the supporters. The ones that can go. The members who fork out their hard earned, just to miss out on games as they double sell the tickets. StKilda wont keep 40,000 members if they sell their sole (games) interstate.

Jack will flurish away from the shadow of Nick. It was a mistake with Armo as I dont think he is ever going to be a star or a player to build a team around, but I dont think Jack would have been the best option. Saying that he would be more than handy at the moment with Nick injured and Kozi being o...

He is no star, but is a great solid player. Much improved over his career. (He gets better each year.) His greatest attribute is that he always puts in 100%. He is not always 100% effective, 100% skilled or 100% right in decision makinh, but there appears to be 100% effort and commitment to the caus...

Played well. Still doesnt move the ball on fast enough, therefore puts himself under pressure and ends up missing the intended target.
If he didnt leave it to the last second to dispose of the ball he would improve remarkably.

At least we arent playing in YELLOW anymore.

He should be coaching now ....
- Kozi how to mark
- Zac / Fisher / Gilbert / current backman playing FF, how to play in the forwardline.

Not sure whether I would get him to coach kicking for goal .....

I am not a Zac fan, and think the only reason he gets a game is that we have no alternative tall backman. He desperately needs a spell, however with Richmond and Adelaide coming, he should stay as he will get the better of Porpus and Riewaldt. If not it is the end for him. Both backmen arent gorilla...