Deliberately hand balling over the goal line

What is the history?

IIRC, Clarkson flew to the USA to try to convince Carlisle to go to Hawthorn not St Kilda Rattan knows Clarkson well, obviously Not all can stand Clarkson’s Langer like approach With Long, Rattan was the catalyst behind St Kilda embracing Long’s culture and cultural home a couple of years back, Long...

In the final VFL game of the season, as 1 of 6 AFL Listed players in the side which beat Williamstown, Allison had 18 disposal,, took 4 marks and kicked 1.2

The kid, coming from the background he has come from, is 20 years of age, 195cm and 79kg.

So give him time.

If BM says he has packed up all his belongings and returned to Adelaide on a permanent basis, then that is the fact. BM also informs that he shared his removal truck with James Gallagher, who is also back in Adelaide on a permanent basis. BM also informs that, as St Kilda does not have a credible AF...

Apart from the exceptional, so very rare, you are not going to get a KPP player transitioning from Under 18 football to "tearing up" the AFL the next season (or for a number of years). The likes of King are the exception. There is currently a dearth of KPP players at the level. Sydney, to ...

The reason for the absence of a core of 200 game class players in my view is that Lyon supported our clas players with rejects from other Clubs He did not promote a youth policy, giving Drafted youth the opportunity to play alongside Stars of the competition This takes a generation or more to correc...

In reviewing the List, the most obvious deficiencies are (once again) the lack of KPP players to support King and Howard, the absence of Ruck support for Marshall AND We will have 4 (yes, just 4) 30 year olds on our List in 2023, being Hill, Ross, Webster and Campbell. Then 29 year olds in Couch, Me...

Yes But the Pandemic has added a further dimension Media rights attract what they attract in terms of money into the AFL coffers The AFL is not a public company but the Media Companies are (so we know what they pay for their rights to coverage) The EPL and other completions do not have a finals seri...

Howard’s reasons for departing Alberton have not been made known - but are (or were) the subject of supporter rumour at Alberton, mostly incorrect He left Port Adelaide for personal reasons - and Port Adelaide did not want to lose him but accepted his reasons after a period of failing to address the...

In one word, Yes. Look at Cricket Australia and Channel 7 with its broadcast rights. Channel 7 are presenting that CA has reneged on the audience size they offered in the negotiations, due to the absence of certain players, and want to re-negotiate the Contract, reducing what Channel 7 pay for the R...

The simple fact was that, due to the impact of the Pandemic (which continues hence the WHO Risk Grading maintains), the AFL had to go to its bankers requesting a Line of Credit, secured by mortgage over the Docklands site (which is of what value, especially given a forced sale?). So there was an imp...

I repeat, those I refer to continue to identify themselves

Plus, of those we played twice, we travelled to Brisbane, Sydney and Fremantle (all finalists) It was not as if we played Collingwood or Richmond twice, so at Docklands and the MCG (so not having to travel) So our Draw had a double negative That said, you have to win games wherever A couple of point...

Media trawl sites such as this, then peddle the rubbish put on these sites. The position St Kilda is currently in sees them needing to build on the class players we currently have on our List. The loss of Ryder and Hannebery sees an absence of experienced class - and St Kilda's improvement is contin...

And those I refer to are identifying themselves I note

No more needs to be said

More to the point v Sydney, if Ross had not dropped a handball fed to him and Battle had not dropped a mark he should have held And the list goes on Across 100 minutes of game time there are many incidents you could highlight but the 2 I have referred to led directly to Sydney walk in goals which we...

BM, your contributions to this site, passing your summary opinions on players, is noted.

And rejected.

With Gresham, Higgins and Butler (plus Peris), why would we entertain playing a "lock-down" forward?

And at whose expense?

Older Saint is on the money. But, in normal times, the exploitation of the lack of height in the St Kilda defence (Battle 193 cm and 92 kg's and Wilkie 191cm and 88kg's) sees Howard needing to "read" where he has to defend this height deficiency. So dammed if he does and dammed if he doesn...

And, just to add, Sharman is 193cm and 85kg's

Compare that to the key forwards around the competition.

Including King at St Kilda

Marshall competes in ruck contests body to body. Where his real advantage is is his ability to win a contested ball and to then put it on his foot (including at around the ground and boundary throw ins). He also has good marking ability. And he is mobile. So, for a big man, he has some unique footba...

The Report a couple of years ago, when Long was standing still and braced for a collision in the course of the game, has impacted on Ben’s confidence Today we saw the full effect of the targeting of him by Umpires and the impact it has had on him and his confidence to compete St Kilda need to have a...

If you have concern with Paton, take a look at Ross The damage Ross inflicts on the side was on full display today Including dropping the ball resulting in a walk in Sydney goal Paton has skills to work on - noting he has come back from a season out with a badly broken leg His efforts today were qui...

Just to speculate, add Hickey, McCartin and Acres to the structure and class of our List. Hickey allows Marshall to play up forward, taking pressure off King. McCartin, with his Number 1 Draft selection credentials confirmed after just 1 (One) uninterrupted season of AFL football, fixes our defensiv...

My view is that we lack KPP height among our back-line options, not that we have enough "talls". Howard is our only "tall" Wilkie and Battle are flanker/mid-field size at 191cm and 193cm respectively. Hence Joyce being retained and, before that, Frawley being added as cover for 1...