recruiters and clubs don't give a rats which schools the draftees come from. It just happens that good footballers are encourage to goto private schools with scholarships. I know in Ballarat if there are some year nine footballers doing well in a public school they will get offers to transfer to a p...

Also was still playing country footy for most of the time

samoht wrote: ↑Wed 19 Oct 2022 1:18pm

B.M wrote: ↑Wed 19 Oct 2022 10:50am Got them to a GF

And what happened the year after, and then the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that ... which became too much and ended up getting him sacked?
Freo had seen enough.

Extremely rare for coaches not to be sacked

Shache and Weideman duds? Maybe… But they cost nothing, and have a role that suits at StK - supporting Max. Who still hasn’t got support!!! They don't cost nothing, they cost salary cap space and list spots, better to take long shot on a draftee than wasting them on no hopers. Problem with list man...

Brunswicksainter wrote: ↑Mon 17 Oct 2022 10:48pm Do also recall all of those players playing in the Lyon years. Lynch in particular was extremely ordinary.

Played 6 games for the saints, was really good at Adelaide thou injury prone

Basset and leathlan to front the media at 11:30

Anyone else think they might have Luke Beveridge lined up?

Banger9798 wrote: ↑Fri 07 Oct 2022 7:05pm They'd be offering a 4th probably

Given their history we would have to send our first with Bytel to get that 4th.

Could someone please copy the article? Here’s the SEN take https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/10/07/delisted-by-text-message-ex-saint-reveals-brutal-exit-from-club/ Thank god for Tony Brown "Clarke says he reignited his passion for the Saints until years after his departure through St Kilda welf...

mr six o'clock wrote: ↑Fri 07 Oct 2022 4:20pm As I'd been a good worker for him for many years , I was somewhat pissed off that the c u next Tuesday didn't have the decency to speak to me.
Cest la vie .

Was probably keeping the job keeper as well.

B.M wrote: ↑Thu 06 Oct 2022 8:14pm Why

They are both key defenders

ones a lock down player ones a drifter/intercept player (ala may, lever), maybe cordy to be the lock down howard to be the drifter?

Rubyjo wrote: ↑Thu 06 Oct 2022 9:36pm Very poor culture at the Saints .

This was ten years ago, but also very bad

Also whats the content of the link it's paywalled.

anther Charlie Constable

silverhalo wrote: ↑Tue 04 Oct 2022 7:18pm Far too injury prone

That and he would tease, do some great stuff and then follow it up with some shocking stuff. Did that in the second half of the year with Freo as well after good first half.

I wonder if the ceo got a golden handshake considering he was on the panel to find a new CEO and appointed himself.

New CEO is a bit controversial as well https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/essendon-news-bombers-appoint-andrew-thorburn-as-new-ceo/news-story/8f5e88a1f5460f10723c150298822652?amp New Essendon chief executive Andrew Thorburn is chairman of a church organisation which likens abortion to the operat...

Not a "Essendon man" will get sack in a year or two

get paid what you bring in - simple

Sheedy = Grant Thomas if he got a board seat

De Goey - was NEVER coming to St Kilda https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/09/28/report-jordan-de-goey-commits-to-collingwood/ Link is dead and withdrawn and was dated yesterday as he has not committed to them yet. (see paragraph 3 of the below SEN article) https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/09/29/essen...

Harveys is coming out of retirement and nominating for the draft

deal was done months ago

Useful backup forward?

no one is going to pay 750k for a backup forward

Vortex wrote: ↑Tue 13 Sep 2022 8:07pm Wilkie
Syncs
Battle
Crouch
Ross


Thats ya order, take it to the bank

Well thank god no one took it took the bank

Sinclair
Wilke
Steele
Membrey
Ross

too late there already have agreed on terms with the clubs there going to

PLayers want to make money or win premierships if our Reiwoldt Hayes era was five years later we would have been one of the goto clubs after free agency and would have been constant top 6, just bad timing.