Let’s be positive!

[whiskers3614]

Pick any 3 current day players that added to our list will make us genuine flag contenders in 2024.

1) Bont captain

2)Oliver

3)Rachele


If our list stayed fit would that get us there?

[B.M]

JDG

[whiskers3614]

JDG

What, he alone and our current list?

[B.M]

You’d be surprised how much difference he would make


I like our Backs (Howard a bit iffy)
I like our forwards (if they pick Billings)
Mids missing an offensive power mid

[Otiman]

Butters
Bont
Greene

[whiskers3614]

Butters
Bont
Greene

Who do you drop from current best 22 to fit them in?

[Otiman]

Nah i'd just put em in the cheersquad.

[CQ SAINT]

Butters
Bont
Greene

Who do you drop from current best 22 to fit them in?

About 20 % of the salary cap.

[Teflon]

Bont

[Sainternist]

The two guys we should have drafted a decade ago: Bontempelli and Petracca.

And Darcy Moore.

There, that should get us a premiership or two!

[skeptic]

Tim Taranto
Connor Rozee
Caleb Serong

[SaintPav]

Bont
Petracca
N Daicos

[Vortex]

Jeremy Cameron

Mat Rowell

Noah Bolta

[lewdogs]

Oliver

[Ghost Like]

The Bont
Petracca
Finlayson

[D.B.Cooper]

Based coaches votes against us it would be…
JHF
Sicily
Daicos

Who I’d like:

Sam Draper - aggressive big man, can play forward and work well with Roma.

Ed Langdon - the perfect wingman/ partner for Wood in RTB game style

Zac Bailey - quick, dangerous, skillful, good outside user under utilized in the strong Brisbane midfield.

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Yes they are not superstars, but good fits for us IMO.

Per above:
The call on us drafting Bont, is hindsight bulls***.
You could pluck similar from any draft.
He was a Smokey by the WB at #4 and was never on the radar that high.

Billings was clearly ranked #3 in that draft and has been a solid successful pick.

The comparison between the McCartin/ Petracca debacle is inaccurate.

If I could take one player in the competition I’d probably take JHF.

[Sanctorum]

There's not much point speculating about which star from another club we might want to have playing for St Kilda in order to be a genuine flag contender in 2024, it ain't gonna happen!

Much better to look at which players currently on the list that have potential to improve the team's chances next year, narrowed down to those who are aged 23 or under sequentially:

Nicholas Coffield
Liam Stocker
Jack Bytel
Max King
Sharman Cooper
Ryan Byrnes
Leo Connolly
Matthew Allison
Max Heath
Nasiah Wanganeen Milera
Marcus Windhager
Oscar Adams
Mitchito Owens
Anthony Caminiti
Jack Peris
Isaac Keeler
James Van Es
Olli Hotton
Mataeus Phillipou
Angus McLennan

That's 20 in all which suggests that if just half this number take their game to the next level in 2024, maybe bring in one or two players from other clubs to cover current weaknesses and bingo, the Saints'll go marching in....

[SydneySainter]

Based coaches votes against us it would be…
JHF
Sicily
Daicos

Who I’d like:

Sam Draper - aggressive big man, can play forward and work well with Roma.

Ed Langdon - the perfect wingman/ partner for Wood in RTB game style

Zac Bailey - quick, dangerous, skillful, good outside user under utilized in the strong Brisbane midfield.

————————————————————————-

Yes they are not superstars, but good fits for us IMO.

Per above:
The call on us drafting Bont, is hindsight bulls***.
You could pluck similar from any draft.
He was a Smokey by the WB at #4 and was never on the radar that high.

Billings was clearly ranked #3 in that draft and has been a solid successful pick.

The comparison between the McCartin/ Petracca debacle is inaccurate.

If I could take one player in the competition I’d probably take JHF.

Inaccurate how? We had pick 1 and could have gotten Petracca (who was the clear number 1 choice) but Trout got spooked over the Boyd trade and then tried to outsmart the draft.

[B.M]

I’d like to know exactly what Boyd had to do with us?!

If that was a part of the consideration - it set us back years and an example of how amateur we were in recruiting

Just like when we didn’t select Jack Reiwoldt for reasons other than footy

[D.B.Cooper]

Based coaches votes against us it would be…
JHF
Sicily
Daicos

Who I’d like:

Sam Draper - aggressive big man, can play forward and work well with Roma.

Ed Langdon - the perfect wingman/ partner for Wood in RTB game style

Zac Bailey - quick, dangerous, skillful, good outside user under utilized in the strong Brisbane midfield.

————————————————————————-

Yes they are not superstars, but good fits for us IMO.

Per above:
The call on us drafting Bont, is hindsight bulls***.
You could pluck similar from any draft.
He was a Smokey by the WB at #4 and was never on the radar that high.

Billings was clearly ranked #3 in that draft and has been a solid successful pick.

The comparison between the McCartin/ Petracca debacle is inaccurate.

If I could take one player in the competition I’d probably take JHF.

Inaccurate how? We had pick 1 and could have gotten Petracca (who was the clear number 1 choice) but Trout got spooked over the Boyd trade and then tried to outsmart the draft.

Perhaps I did not articulate my comment correctly.

Mt intention was to state the taking Billings before Bont claim is not valid as Billings was clearly rated #3, Bont a smokey even at #4.
This was unlike the McCartin/ Pettracca debacle where we clearly overlooked the #1 player in the draft.

[D.B.Cooper]

I’d like to know exactly what Boyd had to do with us?!

If that was a part of the consideration - it set us back years and an example of how amateur we were in recruiting

Just like when we didn’t select Jack Reiwoldt for reasons other than footy

I think it was the Emma Quayle article, that highlighted a meeting between the StKilda "brains trust" that quotes Trout referencing the Boyd deal and backing up a truck to buy a key forward as part of the lure of McCartin over Petracca.

I recall the article being republished here more than once over the years.

I do remember a "not so" funny part in the article where Richo questions Paddy's running capacity/ tank, and Trout responds positively that Paddy's dad was a XC runner.

If Paddy's dad was a surgeon, would you let the brothers operate on you Trout?

[SaintPav]

Trout was a f***wit.

He should have been given the arse years ago.

[Yorkeys]

OK, we will improve. Can't put time on it but, Max, Pou, Windy, Owens, Nasiah, Hammer are a great start.
They will be handbraked by older cunning players but clubs tolerance level dropping because we tasted success for a few short weeks and we like it, want more of it. Cue C&W singer.

[Saints58]

What big name recruit are out of contract for 24 that we can target we have to get another quality mid if not 2 and a KPF and a ready made Ruck to help Row.
I would also get a young Ruck to come up with Heath there are plenty around.

[Saints58]

What big name recruit are out of contract for 24 that we can target we have to get another quality mid if not 2 and a KPF and a ready made Ruck to help Row.
I would also get a young Ruckman to come up through the system with Heath there are plenty around in draft and other leagues.