Kane Williamson spins his bat whist the bowler starts running in Boon and Smith touched each pad before facing up Davey Warner undoes his gloves and does them up every ball Each player has their idiosyncratic behaviours It’s whether those behaviours (which calms them and brings them into focus) int...

I dont believe either of the Kings spin the ball. Max looks like he is so petrified when he walks in he wouldnt have the capability of spinning a ball. On Max, he is like many others. He only gets his technique correct when he is not expected to get the goal. Eg on an angle, further out. It appears...

Yep, I’ve read it and if I had the answer I’d be earning a lot more than I currently do. We may be in Perth for a fortnight, WC then Freo. Maybe Thanks for the response Tony As someone else responded above maybe they spin the ball to settle the nerves. - I don’t mind that - spin it a few times if i...

I'm not sure your exact role Tony but you clearly have some involvement at the club I've posted this a number of times - but who is the goal kicking coach ? Why are they not introducing some kind of a routine ? Our guys constantly spin the ball when they're walking in to kick for goal - Dunstan wasn...

Quicker we put this finals talk to bed the better Let’s not get distracted from what we need to do end of year 1. Bring in another quality draft kid 2. Trade well 3. Cull deadwood Guys like Kent from now on should not be played ahead of kids - I’d rather see Connolly, Byrnes, Bytel et al get games ...

Quicker we put this finals talk to bed the better Let’s not get distracted from what we need to do end of year 1. Bring in another quality draft kid 2. Trade well 3. Cull deadwood Guys like Kent from now on should not be played ahead of kids - I’d rather see Connolly, Byrnes, Bytel et al get games ...

Quicker we put this finals talk to bed the better Let’s not get distracted from what we need to do end of year 1. Bring in another quality draft kid 2. Trade well 3. Cull deadwood Guys like Kent from now on should not be played ahead of kids - I’d rather see Connolly, Byrnes, Bytel et al get games ...

Haven’t read the article - sounds like a lazy bastard just doing the minimum to collect a pay check I still remember exactly where I was standing when I heard confirmation of McCartin pick - virtually everyone in football knew that was a f#ck up except for 3-4 blokes at st Kilda - hindsight has prov...

I know there is a thread re Long, Dunstan & DMac but I think this bloke deserves his own thread. Before the 2020 season ( I think ) I posted that the 2 guys I wanted to see picked each week was Long & Battle - there’s been a fair bit of water under the bridge since then for both blokes - and...

The head is meant to be protected by rules -a broken jaw deserves to have weeks of suspension - I’m sure I’m slightly biased as a Saints fan but I can’t help but think that If Ben Long had been the guy who made that bump he would have got somewhere between 2-6 weeks suspension - footy fans I think s...

Does anyone have any info re training sessions in Sydney- while the team is based in Sydney

Fingers crossed for him - I started a thread before the season touting him as a very important part of our continued development - if he can make it - I really hope he can but am not holding my breath Good luck though !!!! Interestingly according to his profile he's shrunk since being in the elite s...

Can he not be persuaded to retire and given a 2 year coaching gig at $300k ? gets him off the books and frees up a spot and he still more or less earns his coin - just takes a bit longer

I’m not sure he’s best 22 in a top team - is not far off though - so maybe he can continue to improve and better his career

BUT that was a very gutsy effort by him and I think he should get plenty of cudos for the way he goes about it

He was ok at Sandy No star, he was an undersized ruckman/forward and was handy in both roles. If you go back to the reports - they list 11 games he played in in 2018 Was named sandy's best 3 times, 3rd best once, 4th best once, 6th best once - thats 6 out of 11 he was named in the top 6 - he was na...

I'm pretty sure Sandy watchers will say the kid was a good player - I think this is an issue of poor recruitment rather than player development

If it’s only a handful can he be retired at season end or would he need to retire ?

There are plenty of posts flying round at the moment re our recruiting/drafting obviously headlined by McCartin But I couldn't figure out at the time and certainly still can't work out why we didn't take Haydn McLean for nothing as a pre season selection - he was a young big guy starring at Sandy, t...

Didnt mind his contract as 'banking ' the $$ for the future due to salary cap - which I've posted here recently - BUT I was then reminded of Treloar - if we could have 'retired' Hannebery when Treloar was potentially available to us that would have been ideal - As it stands now Hanners is beginning ...

I agree with the posters calling for a bit of respect when discussing players I also agree with those hoping Hannebery hangs his boots up at the end of the year - no offense to him but I think he’s done - if he miraculously comes good physically and contributes like a champion for the second half o...

I’ve had it - it took years to completely go ( I’m
Old though ) hopefully they don’t need to inject him before every game

I agree with the posters calling for a bit of respect when discussing players I also agree with those hoping Hannebery hangs his boots up at the end of the year - no offense to him but I think he’s done - if he miraculously comes good physically and contributes like a champion for the second half of...

After 3 weeks Im already ready to play for 2022 ( that's probably what 50 years as a saints fan does to you) Supp draft another young ruckman - best available - play them Play clavarino - if hes a bust delist end of year We dont need to see Hannas, mckenzie, frawley, gears, Mckernan, Hunter or paddy...

I played junior footy with Rod and probably played the same day as a few of the shots in the article ( definitely at least 1) he was f#cken unbelievably good He was always a very nice guy to me and an absolute gentleman to my parents whenever he saw them for decades later - it was well known locally...

Seems to be the forgotten man - we really need another tall in the back line - and if he is going unmentioned even in the conversation it looks like his tickets are stamped - would be a miracle if he can turn it around now you would think Which means we really need to find a KPD in a trade next year