The only reason you would move him on is if you had an equally tall, agile forward who's ready to blossom. Enter the Hammer! And he's got some peacock about him which is what you want in a key forward, he's got the ole Dermie head bobble thing going on. Hey Vortex, if you really think Caminitti is ...

Saints have (almost) a full list of players ..

We have a huge batch of home games ..

The majority of 'good teams' have got the heebie-geebies and lots of injuries ..

And I still reckon we've got a better list than last year ..

Wilson does not even play a remotely similar position or in a similar fashion to Baldock Darcy is a wingman/high half forward with a slender build, elite runner Baldock was powerful and strong and a great ball handler Baldock came to StK at 24yo - having already Captained Tasmania and been Captain ...

Darcy Wilson is the new Darrel Baldock... There are a couple of similarities. First, he has great skill on both sides - not only in kicking but in handball. That was something back in the 50s and 60s displayed by triple Brownlow Medallists. After watching the replay of yesterday's game, I gave him ...

........... Our players look and act like they’re carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders. Maybe it’s the weight of expectation. I’m sure that’s been drummed into them. No premiership for 68 years etc etc.........

But I was 10 years old when we won the flag .. and I'm only 68 now ...

It would be great to reward Heath if he was that good. If Max King is injured, perhaps Marshall & Heath can rotate between Ruck & Forward, not likely to be much worse that Max's recent form. It would be fantastic if we could find a 2nd ruck who can play forward. Keeler may be another option....

The Coach's post match press conference was interesting ..

This feels like a reserve grade semi final.

Well, I completely agree with Kane Cornes. The Ross Lyon 'blueprint' game plan is designed to suck the life-blood out of talented footballers. I'd imagine Max has a lot of team mates who'd prefer to be playing for a team with a less taxing, and more positive game plan. The boys just want to play foo...

I’d rather play Crouch than Steele. I've seen so many similar comments. I'm still not happy with what I witnessed from our Captain last Sunday. I can only imagine its been tense between Coach and Captain this week. If you weren’t at the ground on Sunday - it’s hard to put into words. There was a lo...

Which would you prefer? The opposition ruckman hacks the ball 40 meters in their direction to a contest .. or .. Marshall hacks the ball 40 meters in our direction to a contest? With the Marshall scenario, the ball is 80 meters closer to our goal, and it's to a contest. So the question should be, ho...

Only watched the 2nd half, a lot to like from a Saints perspective.

Garcia looks all class, hard to understand why he was dropped.

Couch and Hunter Clark also looked good.

Allison kicked 5, and Keeler looked good. Keeler might be good, he moves with a lot of poise for a tall guy.

There is no way Boner the Butcher should kick out.

We have Sinclair and Wanganeen who are capable.

I'd like to say the game plan sucks, but to be honest I just don't understand the game plan. Am I stupid? Do the players understand the plan or are they too dumb? Serious question; can anybody please describe the actual game plan? The next question is: Is there a plan B? And is the game plan actuall...

On Collard's selection ... he didn't have a great game v Box Hill but it was clear that we missed having a specialist small forward last week v Hawks ..... he is currently the only one we have available to pick Hopefully he doesn't start as the sub Lets hope the selection is not a 'token' in acknow...

Make sure we keep Battle and Windhager. Recruit another batch of decent kids. Then look for a couple of quality mids ..like Butters, Gulden or Tom Green .. hopefully around age 23-24 Then a couple of free agents to 'complete' the list so it's good for the next 4-5 years. Oh, we may also need a new c...

Usually where there's smoke there's fire .. King and Owens have both been disappointing this season, and so has Philipou. Actually the whole squad has been quite disappointing, some may suggest lacking passion and positive energy. Some supporters, like me, are frustrated with our game style. It's qu...

Perhaps Enright in for Lyon may provide a more positive game plan ..

Going down for a butchers hook on Sunday..


... did you mean .. going down to look at the butchers on Sunday?

Like Battle forward

Devilhead wrote: ↑Sat 11 May 2024 3:53pm Our connection with our forwards is non existent

Missing Philipou?

Webster back in the team adds a bit more grunt

Perhaps it just the name .. but I reckon Hunter Clark is built like former Carlton legend Ken Hunter.

Hopefully Henry is back, probably at the expense of Hastie. I'd also like to give Shoemaker a game in his home state, possibly at the expense of Cordy. Philipou is an interesting one, I was at the game against North and he seemed to be running good patterns, he wasn't really beaten badly in one-on-o...

The question of forward craft warrants discussion. It was encouraging to see Jack Hayes actually lead toward the ball carrier on a few occasions. This has been lacking, by most, possibly with the exception of Jack Higgins. Max King rarely leads, but rather presents himself as a contested marking opt...