Yep, really came into the game in the second. Had a few of his tackles broken but that's okay. Keep playing the kid. He found the pace eventually.

Would hope that Highmore comes in this week. If we can't stop opposition scores by winning clearance and stoppages, then have to generate something through intercepts. Would've been great to have Ryder back this week, as I reckon we could've stretched Freo's back six for height. But I understand the...

I worry about Sharman. He's probably the winner of the most over hyped player I can remember in recent history. Maybe since Brandon White, sorry I meant Buddy White. How so? The journos and social media sites are obviously feeding off hype generated by the fan forums. He has played 4 games which we...

Really sucks for Hunter Clark. Loved seeing him get more midfield time. If we're going to really challenge the top sides, we need someone composed and clean like him creating opportunities for our runners and forwards. Hopefully he's back before too long. Also wanted to see more of Sharman but I gue...

Strange that Sharman hasn't played any minutes

Seriously As an inside mid One would hope he averaged 24 He’s around the ball at every stoppage he’s on the ground and running around in the midfield Dunstan had a great month this season Career wise pretty ordinary With a career average of just better than 20 disposals, since turning 22 in 2017 wi...

Jack needs to sneak a few votes in the early rounds to win it. His back half of the years was better than anyone else's. Hopefully he polls in our early wins against GWS and Hawthorn, but I'm not sure he will.

Our F*** ups hard to hear about Yorkeys?! Perhaps we should ignore our history??? There's acknowledging our history. And then there's dwelling on it. A week rarely goes by when someone on here doesn't bring up McCartin/Petracca and Bont/Billings. I totally get the frustration. Those picks were wron...

Would be great if we could let the Petracca/McCartin and Bont/Billings thing go. Melbourne picked Trengove and Scully over Dusty and now they're playing in a GF. Bloody good on em. Let's focus on what we can do rather than what we didn't do. We've got a solid list that needs some tweaks. Hopefully w...

Which match winning goals? The one against GWS in round 1 was alright I thought it was Membrey Snap over his shoulder from the boundary. In the wet. Right hand end on the TV. Pretty decent kick. Next goal was Butler after a free against Cal Ward. Lonie, I mean. Though I do agree his time has probab...

magnifisaint wrote: ↑Fri 10 Sep 2021 8:21pm

Lennylegs wrote: ↑Fri 10 Sep 2021 8:12pm

magnifisaint wrote: ↑Fri 10 Sep 2021 7:55pm Which match winning goals?

The one against GWS in round 1 was alright

I thought it was Membrey

Snap over his shoulder from the boundary. In the wet. Right hand end on the TV. Pretty decent kick.

Next goal was Butler after a free against Cal Ward.

magnifisaint wrote: ↑Fri 10 Sep 2021 7:55pm Which match winning goals?

The one against GWS in round 1 was alright

Frawley is out for the season, as per AFL.com. Thanks for your service, Chip. Pity it didn't work out...

Just wanted to comment on Darragh Joyce's performance as well. Thought he was great. Gotta play the rest of the season now. Hopefully he can build from that game...

Apologies if there's already a thread about Darragh. Just wanted to mention him.

This will probably get howled down, as their are a few on here that have been calling for Butler to be dropped - and rightly so, to a certain extent. But I'd love if we tried playing him on a wing in the final few rounds. We really need the ball in his hands more often, especially going inside forwa...

The culture is changing for the better. Good coaches good Pres. Inspirational captain. Recruiting recently been ok overall. But we know change takes time and players that won't or can't get on board have to go over time. However AFL does not have flexible employment arrangements and most players ta...

Anyone on here advocating for us to relocate or merge needs to take a decent look at themselves as a St Kilda supporter. That's the kind of weak-kneed capitulation that we as a football club need to distance ourselves from. Can't believe how quickly and easily some people on here turn. Lose a game a...

Saintmatt wrote: ↑Sun 11 Jul 2021 12:32pm

Lennylegs wrote: ↑Sun 11 Jul 2021 12:23pm Highmore reminds me of Tom Stewart. Hopefully he can become just as good.

That’s an excellent observation. Similar indeed. Far out - if we end up with an AA mature age defender from a State league … I may just lose my s*** altogether (in a good way)

Wouldn't it be bloody great

Highmore reminds me of Tom Stewart. Hopefully he can become just as good.

Said after last week's fourth quarter that our fadeouts were all too to do with negative mindset and conservative ball movement. So glad we kept taking the game on in that last quarter when the games was still in the balance. Couple that with our effort, pressure and physical aggressive, we can beat...

Though fitness could be an issue, I blame our fadeouts on a complete lack of courage with the footy. When teams come at us, we tighten up and use the safe option. We go into our shells and want to save the game rather than win it. That said, our connection going inside 50 was atrocious all day. Gave...

Strange time to drop Battle. Thought he was pretty good last week. Has been pretty average before that. Why drop him now?

Anyway, rapt they retained Connolly. Keen to see more of him.

Go Sainters

Good luck to Paul Hunter but I really don't like seeing his name on the team sheet.

Another good article in the Saints quoting Justin Leppitchs comments on SEN - https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/06/30/theyve-found-their-dna-what-leppitsch-has-loved-about-st-kilda/ Excellent insight. Makes sense of our season to date, compounded by injuries to key players. Our percentage is diaboli...

I thought the style of footy we played was as promising as I've seen under Ratten. Hard, accountable footy. Worked in numbers. Didn't scoot ahead of the ball looking for free kicks. It was a workmanlike performance, which hasn't been a trait of ours under Ratten. Give me that performance over any of...