Roo has been brilliant this year, his kicking has taken him to a new level, the fact we kick to him too much is not his fault. It is an issue of confidence, composure and deference. You see it in other parts of the ground too. Young players making unecessary handballs to Hayes and Montagna etc. Not ...

I thought the effort last night was a big improvement on last week they had a dip even in the second quarter we were applying effort Carlton just got on a hot streak kicking 8 straight many from out near the 50. No doubt effort was 99% of the focus from the coaches during the week. Tactically we wer...

Firstly let me declare I have always been of the opinion that a return to the Junction Oval was a pipe dream and that there would be too many obstacles to make it work; heritage restrictions, council restrictions, Grand Prix, Cricket Club, Local Residents, all the sporting clubs already using Albert...

We shouldn't get sucked in by their height Subi is a big ground and the only way to win there is to pick a team that is prepared to run. If they end up kicking long bombs to Cox NicNat and Sinclair that is a win for us, emphasis needs to be on stopping their run, big tasks for Ray Jones and Curren t...

The Daisy Thomas comparisons are the most apt to my eye. Most impressive thing for me was he looks like a one touch player doesn't fumble and can collect the ball at full pace without missing beat. Thought he looked to hand it off a little too much as a first gamer trying to fit in to the team, will...

I reckon the quality over quantity debate is a luxury only teams with half way decent lists can afford an incremental approach wasn't going to work for us. Pelchens strategy in extracting multiple picks in the teens and twentys for slightly higher picks or established players is about rebuilding the...

The McEvoy Trade was effectively this see below St Kilda Gain Savage Dunstan - 18 Acres - 19 Lose Mc Evoy Hartung - 24 Ceglar - 59 Haw Gain Mc Evoy - StK Hartung - 24 Ceglar - 59 Lose Savage Dunstan - 18 Franklin - FA Comp 19 - Syd So Sydney are the clear winners in this if we forget about the Salar...

I chose my moniker in Sept 2011 when all the insiders on here were confident Lyon had or was about to re-sign as a nod to his loyalty and idiosincratic ways, not 24 hours later he was off to Freo and my new login made me look like a right prat. It is pleasing the new coach has embraced the phrase lo...

I grew up in Frankston in a Saints family but now live in the North East after spending most of my 20’s and 30’s in the inner city sipping espressos (milk should never touch good coffee). Where St Kilda have their training ground is totally irrelevant to me I watch them play not train and I will nev...

It is in both Dal Santo's and St Kildas and Essendon or North or whoevers interest to use the Free Agency option. My reading of his contractural situation is that he has satisfied the clauses in the contract to enable the optional year to be triggered however that contract extension has yet to be lo...