Who should we poach this year?

[Waltzing St Kilda]

Eddie Betts: We always need another small forward.

Jack Gunston: Will hit 30 this year so good potential for a 5 year contract.

Michael Hurley: Has serious hip problems so we can take him on as a project player.

Jordan de Goey: Needs to pay off some fines so $900k a year should do the trick.

[The_Dud]

I hear Kane Simpson is looking to go around again...

[Wayne42]

Eddie Betts: We always need another small forward.

Jack Gunston: Will hit 30 this year so good potential for a 5 year contract.

Michael Hurley: Has serious hip problems so we can take him on as a project player.

Jordan de Goey: Needs to pay off some fines so $900k a year should do the trick.

Funny, true, but, the recruiters need to draft kids and then hope we can find someone who can develop their talent.

Good luck Saints staff.

[whiskers3614]

Hill has a brother, right age group!

[The Fireman]

Humpty Dumpty ?

[Impatient Sainter]

No one go to the draft.....

[Ghost Like]

No one go to the draft.....

Or as our recruiters say, "Go with the daft."

[Vortex]

The crazy thing is, only 5 weeks ago us Saints people were all happy little campers and we were pretty happy with our list and how the recruitment department had performed.

How's that saying go, "it doesn't take long to go from rooster to feather duster".

[samoht]

The crazy thing is, only 5 weeks ago us Saints people were all happy little campers and we were pretty happy with our list and how the recruitment department had performed.

How's that saying go, "it doesn't take long to go from rooster to feather duster".

You mean happy with:
4 small forwards (when Gresham is also playing)?
4 or 5 inside midfielders ... Crouch, Steele, Bytel, Dunstan all inside midfielders (is there one other - Byrnes)?
Hunter and McKernan?
Hill?
Jones injury prone (we all knew that), hamstrung and not getting continuity?
Hannebery - a write off (we all expected that)?
First round draft picks Clark slow and playing hbf and Coffield with pace but also playing hbf (and not really midfield material) - when we need quality, young, running midfielders (like Bailey Smith)?
McCartin (vs Petracca - always the smart choice)?
King will be a player in 3 or 4 years time.... blah, blah, blah?
Alabakis?

What great recruiters we have!
We should be poaching the best recruiters, first and foremost!

[repta]

Lance Franklin.

If we can get his body right we can frame a team around him. We have the expertise (or so they keep telling us).

[Joffa Burns]

Given the health of our list first priority should be Dr Rudy Wells.

[Wayne42]

Lance Franklin.

If we can get his body right we can frame a team around him. We have the expertise (or so they keep telling us).

Get him, then Buddy could keep Hannebery company in the Grandstand most weeks.
Trouble is that would mean we have 2 superannuants rather than the 1 we have now.

[bangaulegend]

What about the Reid brothers

[Laurie]

Definitely Jack Watts No 1 draft pick would fit perfectly into our forward line alongside Membery and King.
BOOM BOOM

[Vortex]

The crazy thing is, only 5 weeks ago us Saints people were all happy little campers and we were pretty happy with our list and how the recruitment department had performed.

How's that saying go, "it doesn't take long to go from rooster to feather duster".

You mean happy with:
4 small forwards (when Gresham is also playing)?
4 or 5 inside midfielders ... Crouch, Steele, Bytel, Dunstan all inside midfielders (is there one other - Byrnes)?
Hunter and McKernan?
Hill?
Jones injury prone (we all knew that), hamstrung and not getting continuity?
Hannebery - a write off (we all expected that)?
First round draft picks Clark slow and playing hbf and Coffield with pace but also playing hbf (and not really midfield material) - when we need quality, young, running midfielders (like Bailey Smith)?
McCartin (vs Petracca - always the smart choice)?
King will be a player in 3 or 4 years time.... blah, blah, blah?
Alabakis?

What great recruiters we have!
We should be poaching the best recruiters, first and foremost!

So I take it you were accurately predicting 5 weeks ago that we would be a basket case by round 6 and in need of a rebuild. Where did you think we would finish on the ladder this year?

[samoht]

Vortex...
While I was happy with our win round 1, I saw problems with our recruiting ... and I have posted about this on many occasions.

So much so in fact, that I am probably sounding like an old record to many on here who have heard it all before from me over and over again.
From the number of sarcastic posts on this thread regarding our recruiting, clearly I am not on my own.
We havent really started any meaningful rebuild, have we?

[Vortex]

Vortex...
While I was happy with our win round 1, I saw problems with our recruiting ... and I have posted about this on many occasions.
So much so in fact, that I am probably sounding like an old record to many on here who have heard it all before from me over and over again.
From the number of sarcastic posts on this thread regarding our recruiting, you can see where many others also think our problems stem from.
We havent really started any meaningful rebuild, have we?

All I remember is the excitement and expectation 5 weeks ago about us being on an upward trajectory.

[The Billings Method]

Lance Franklin.

If we can get his body right we can frame a team around him. We have the expertise (or so they keep telling us).

Get him, then Buddy could keep Hannebery company in the Grandstand most weeks.
Trouble is that would mean we have 2 superannuants rather than the 1 we have now.

At least they could share a bit of the devil's dandruff.

[samoht]

Put it this way, Vortex.
There will be some teams that we will probably beat on the "inside" or get a mismatch against with our 3 or 4 small forward set up.
But we dont have the right balance to be a seriously good side ... and we can blame our recruiters for this.

[Wayne42]

Lance Franklin.

If we can get his body right we can frame a team around him. We have the expertise (or so they keep telling us).

Get him, then Buddy could keep Hannebery company in the Grandstand most weeks.
Trouble is that would mean we have 2 superannuants rather than the 1 we have now.

At least they could share a bit of the devil's dandruff.

Be like old times, spending the hours reminiscing, in a fog.

[Vortex]

Put it this way, Vortex.
There will be some teams that we will probably beat on the "inside" or get a mismatch against with our 3 or 4 small forward set up.
But we dont have the right balance to be a seriously good side ... and we can blame our recruiters for this.

Interesting times ahead. Bruise free players and a game plan that is under construction, recruitment can't help that right now.

[SaintPav]

A chicken.

Hard to f*** that up.

Then again, knowing our club...

[Yorkeys]

Poach as in boil? CEO.