It wasn’t the umpires that lost it for us It wasn’t the venue that made us lose the game. It wasn’t the coach or the selection committee in my opinion. We simply failed to capitalise when we dominated play and …we kicked poorly with our set shots Reasons we lost firstly, Poor goal kicking conversio...

Yep it’s a big game in the context of the season. We have a very tough draw post the bye. No easy games - except North maybe. WC over in the west are never easy. Essendon didn’t look too bad yesterday so by the time we get them they may actually be playing more like what most experts predicted pre s...

Good read. Sebby is having a great season. Most enjoyable for me is that rather than blazing away like he has in previous years, most of his kicks are now finding a target. Credit has to go the new fitness guy. Some players thrive with extra fitness and Seb looks like one of the beneficiaries His ch...

Agreed this a big game - but to be fair they all seem like games atm. IF we want to play finals, I feel like we need to beat Port this week. The following 2 weeks then give us an idea of how deep into finals we might go. Melb look like they will finish top 4 Brisbane for me are the other team that a...

In: Ryder, Jones, Leinert Out Hayes, ? , Highmore I think we can get more from Highmore than Leinert Who goes out for Jones ? It’s one of WIndy and NWM I think that makes way. Wood doesnt do enough in my view but really the most like for like is Sharman - who just can’t find it at the the moment. S...

If I was Bytel, I’d look elsewhere Windhager playing in front of him… behind Steele, Crouch, Ross, Jones, Gresham, Byrnes, Owens, Windhager He’s a long way back Can’t see him getting in at this stage either. They other bit I heard was how good the club have been to him regarding the back procedure ...

In: Ryder, Jones, Leinert Out Hayes, ? , Highmore I think we can get more from Highmore than Leinert Who goes out for Jones ? It’s one of WIndy and NWM I think that makes way. Wood doesnt do enough in my view but really the most like for like is Sharman - who just can’t find it at the the moment. So...

3 years ago we had no speedy outside runners with great foot skills which is why we went after Hill and Jones. Ironically Hill now plays high HF, And Jones better suited to inside mid. NWM is still developing and building a tank that will allow him to run out a season, and DMac is so Kamikaze it’s u...

The door just creaked open for him with Hayes going down, and Wood having another quiet game.

Its now up to him to have a good game v GWS reserves.

You take him as a free agent every day as long as the $ are not unreasonable We will lose some talent off the list this year due to retirement (eg Hannebery, Geary) and it’s good to have experienced talent come in as we build up our youngsters. Covid protocols could still be in place and randomly wi...

Heard a good solution today - give the players 2 seconds. This is enough time to wave their hands in the air on frustration , and then gather their cool. No talk back, no pointing at the big screen allowed, but a 2 second grace period to wave your arms would resolve the instinctive response

If we are a genuine finals team then we need to win this game (and next week)
Will be a tough contest.
Webster for Windhager the only change I foresee
Windhager to be the medical sub

Fits the profile type of player we have been recruiting the last few years , natural footballer and/or a good athlete, and perhaps a few cm shorter than ideal eg Hayes, Sharman, Wood, Highmore, Wilkie, Allison Hard not to back our recruitment teams recent efforts which has had more hits than misses....

Jack Steele been throwing the arms out over the last few weeks and lucky not to get pinged so far. Let’s just hope that he doesn’t get done when the game is on the line.

I like Leinert with the kick ins , more than any of the other defenders But I dont think he offers anything more in general play than Webster. If Webster is fit, he comes straight back in for Leinert who is unlucky to be dropped Jones in for Windy. The kid has shown a bit and getting a couple of gam...

Vortex wrote: ↑Sat 16 Apr 2022 6:58pm Sebby is probably in career best form +++

Getting off the chain and really attacking hard offensively.

They all look fit this year.

Some players thrive on the extra fitness and on the flip side also look terrible when they are not quite fully fit. Seb is one of those players. Coffield another.

I don’t know if he will ever rack up 30+ possessions, but right now he is doing more with his 15 possessions a game than Dunstan ever did with his high 20s possession games .

One of the best “depth” recruits of recent years.
Will fight and scrap and give you a contest every single time and wins more than he loses.

If you are in the AA squad , you are Elite.
If you are on the fringes of the AA conversation your are probably A grade
If you are not in the conversation at all, you’re a solid B grader at best.

Has played all his best games when Ryder is not playing And his best season 2019 without Ryder A much better ruckman than forward IMO a 8/10 ruckman, and 3/10 forward Agree with the sentiment, but I think he is better than 3/10 forward. And i think if we can split the ruck duties 50/50 with Ryder w...

McKenzie blossomed when we played him in the position he played as a junior - a running wing.
Paton’s 2020 was outstanding. He has been a bit inconsistent this year, but having a year out with a broken leg you can forgive a few inconsistencies. I expect his back half of the year will be more solid.

Yes we did pay a lot for Hill But he was mid contract - and Freo could have held onto him for another 2 years. Peter Bell also wanted to make a statement that clubs couldn’t just expect to pick up their star players mid contract without paying a high price. Rotten was desperate for guys who could ru...

Witts is a giant of a man, so I think Campbell gets the nod over Hayes and we use Campbell against Witts and Marshall against Chol.

Higgins in for Windhager. A bit stiff but he gets the opportunity to go back and work on his game. Long’s pressure was outstanding and deserves another crack.

Good luck to the young fella on his debut.
Personally would have preferred him to do another week or 2 at Sandy.
Hope he has a blinder and makes me look like a fool.

To all the Attack Dogs, the reasons you have stated clearly illustrate why St Kilda has 27 wooden spoons and are the laughing stock of the football general public. Take a good look at how good Hawthorn are at regenerating their list.They have no problem jettosing favourite players if it means the t...