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...

And just to add, Kent is on 99 games So med sub gives him 100 AFL games - and achievement I have no problems getting him to 100 games In regards Bytel, he played at the end of last season in preference to Dunstan (who polled Brownlow votes during the season) There was a reason for that Unfortunately...

Lockett had games where he did not play well When his form was down, they threw him into the ruck Further, Tony missed multiple games across his career at St Kilda, including thru suspensions He finally left St Kilda for Sydney Magnificent footballer and a top person to boot But, as with everyone, n...

Quite frankly, Hayes (finally) making an AFL List from Woodville West Torrens in the SANFL, and then receiving the commentary of his performance we see on here, is a commentary on the AFL and the structure of Lists Basically, the recruiting is from the Under 18 competitions Then you get to Wilkie fr...

If both Ryder and Hannebery choose not to continue with their AFL careers, both will be sadly missed Simply, along with Hill, they represented our class, experienced players The players you need to build a successful side If you are looking at a core of players 30 years of age and over to provide ex...

The question is what was in the email for such a response to be provided The response covers the position of every Club which does not win the premiership - so the 17 Clubs which need to review performance to bridge the gap to the premiership Club And even the premiership side looks for improvement ...

If the comment on Gresham is that he runs around in circles and does not hurt oppositions, what about Ross who is widely lauded on here? Gresham actually thrived with Ryder rucking The problem is injuries - and not only to Gresham And, as I have put on here before, KPP support for Howard and King pl...

I would hope Hayes stays well clear of this site

One glance, identify the idiot “supporter” class, would see anyone run a mile

No doubt all those who incessantly bagged Hickey and McCartin on this site will attend Sunday

And eat their words

Noting they continue to bag the Club and the players as they do

In the first instance we need to know who is in prospect to come thru the door Our deficiencies are support for Howard as a tall defender, support for King as a tall forward and added offensive skill in the centre square to feed off the inside work of Steele and Crouch Good sides have good experienc...

So where are our like for like with Daniher, Neale, Rich, McCarthy, Zorko, Lyons, Cameron, McInerney, Adams - all well experienced players around whom their younger players perform? Compared to Brisbane, St Kilda are a developing side. This and structure are the risks tonight. Mind you, as I have pu...

Huge responsibility on Marshall, Howard and King.

Apart from that trio, we just do not have any height.

Will need to keep the ball on the ground and control it.

Which itself is a big ask.

Brisbane are by far the more experienced side.

We have played Hawthorn twice for 2 wins. We have played Fremantle twice for 1 win We have played Geelong twice for 1 win We have lost to Brisbane in Brisbane (now to play them in Melbourne) We have lost to Sydney in Sydney (yet to play them in Melbourne) Yes, St Kilda is a basket case. A List with ...

At the time Hickey had gone past McEvoy - and easily McEvoy was seen as one paced and limited - including in ruck contests Plus Longer was on the radar - a first round draft pick The fault from there was the preference for Longer over Hickey - Hickey eventually leaving for West Coast and now at Sydn...

Just so far off the mark - from the speculation to the facts

When we defeated Geelong earlier in the season, Ryder kicked 3, Gresham had it 30 times and both Billings and McKenzie had it over 20 times

There are a number on here who obviously need psychiatric help IF you are an AFL footballer in the modern era you are committed to the Club and performance because that is your employment So that differs from some years back when you also had a job - and even had to miss games because of employment ...

An informative contribution - and correct Wilkie was among other mature aged State League players bought in because of the age/experience demographic of our List In support of the analysis I would add that many making their opinions known on this forum have no idea of what it takes to build (yes, bu...

Was influential until caught under a head first collision coming off the centre square after a centre bounce in the third quarter - and injuring his ankle going to ground under bodies The strain is reported as minor and he will hopefully be fit for this week because we need his class A class footbal...

As a guest of Geelong last Saturday night, so with the best seat in the house, the sub par player for St Kilda was Ross A lack of accountability, a lack of presence and abysmal with the ball in hand The Geelong comment on Hannebery at half time was how valuable he was to St Kilda - the opposite to R...

Then you add those on our List who are established and with skills, so the likes of Steele, Crouch, Hill, Membrey, Marshall, Sinclair With role players such Howard (because he is a full back$ and Higgins Add Gresham, Billings, Battle So there is half a team excluding those mentioned in my prior resp...

IF, fingers crossed, Heath, Adams, Wanganeen-Milera, Windhager, Owens, King and Sharman develop there are the blocks from within Plus the likes of Coffield and Clark and Paton who have all endured injury interruptions Plus further drafting and trading But, back to the subject The draw has not helped...