Delisted Jack Lonie

[HARKER]

You guys should be genuinely happy with Lonie.

Some of his pick-ups at full tilt were breath-taking through the finals.

Given he can kick 5 goals in his position also showed up he has a good future ahead of him. He's a good one alright.

 

[Fruity Boots]

Welcome to the Lone ranger

 

[Persevering Saint]

That second link on the first post, 2:01 into the video. Wow. Elusive, fast, and the kick under pressure. Stoked to get this guy!

EDIT: and 2:59 into that same video, holy s**t! The speed and quality kick this kid has. WOW

Just watched that same video. I literally gasped with delight at some of those highlights.

• "Slippery", weaving himself through traffic beautifully.
• Goal sense, was pinging them from all over the joint, even off the outside of the boot under pressure.
• Pinpoint entries into the forward line - pure elegance. Our talls will love him - one of them already does.

Give him any old number, for now. He's more a #13 than a #44. He can get it when Schneids retires at the end of next year.

 

[Persevering Saint]

Oh, and enjoy your time somewhere else, Saady. I love ya, man, but your job has just been filled.

 

[CALL ME SNAKE]

Welcome to the Lone ranger

If hes the Lone Ranger it would be good to see him kick 100 goals to bring up the TONto




That joke was so bad it actually hurt my fingers typing it

 

[saintsmania]

I can bet Lonie to be one of our best picks...humble guy and I love how he spoke and went Go saints at the end...already lovin it.....

 

[Barrels]

 

[TheJackal]

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't concerned with CJ signing with Sandy in the same team as Lonie

 

[Persevering Saint]

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't concerned with CJ signing with Sandy in the same team as Lonie

Seriously, that has be belly laughing. Gold.

 

[Defacto]

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't concerned with CJ signing with Sandy in the same team as Lonie

Hahahaha

 

[NarklesHelmet]

If hes the Lone Ranger it would be good to see him kick 100 goals to bring up the TONto




That joke was so bad it actually hurt my fingers typing it

Mods, this joke is so bad it is surely a card-able offence right?

 

[SplintWhisky]

When I worked with him all I can say is you have a serious footballer on your hands. Last year he identified all his weaknesses and worked on fixing them. He is super serious and will always give 110%. As the guy in sen said "lonie has to be drafted"

 

[Ducky Tie]

 

[goodie23]

Those tweets are a pretty stark contrast with the bloke Carltank picked up

 

[sixtosaint]

Those tweets are a pretty stark contrast with the bloke Carltank picked up

Not negative so it won't get reported hey! But it's great to see, seems like we are getting great footballers and also great people. Hopefully it builds a culture that attracts.

 

[King_Steele]

Not negative so it won't get reported hey! But it's great to see, seems like we are getting great footballers and also great people. Hopefully it builds a culture that attracts.

+1.

 

[Defacto]

I ducking knew it. The bloke is a saint. Gets even better and the paddy and lonie bromance Just gets better and better

 

[L_W_P]

So Paddy, Goddard and Lonie are all tight. How long until that lone wolf McKenzie is part of the pack?

 

[AuntieBarrels]

Lonie reminds me so much of Schneider AND Milne...

He reminds me of Schneider because of his class and his ability to kick very good goals along with setting up team-mates point blank on the chest.

He reminds me of Milne because he is a great crummer and knows where the goals are. Few goals that I've seen from his footage where he just picks the ball up and kicks it straight through the middle without even looking where the goals are. This kid is a natural. Will be very important for us in the years to come.

I also love the fact that he is a Saints fan. It will make him an even better player for us. This draft couldn't have gotten any better. Smiles all round.

 

[CALL ME SNAKE]

If he ends up half as good as Milney was , he will better than most other small fwds going round now.

 

[Armitage2Riewoldt]

Lonie reminds me so much of Schneider AND Milne...

He reminds me of Schneider because of his class and his ability to kick very good goals along with setting up team-mates point blank on the chest.

He reminds me of Milne because he is a great crummer and knows where the goals are. Few goals that I've seen from his footage where he just picks the ball up and kicks it straight through the middle without even looking where the goals are. This kid is a natural. Will be very important for us in the years to come.

I also love the fact that he is a Saints fan. It will make him an even better player for us. This draft couldn't have gotten any better. Smiles all round.

The thing is, looking at his facebook and twitter page it seems he's a Carlton supporter.

Supporter of football like Goddard or just took a liking to St Kilda cos we're down the road from him? Either way, pretty awesome things to see a (used to be) Carlton supporter tweeting about.

 

[AuntieBarrels]

The thing is, looking at his facebook and twitter page it seems he's a Carlton supporter.

Supporter of football like Goddard or just took a liking to St Kilda cos we're down the road from him? Either way, pretty awesome things to see a (used to be) Carlton supporter tweeting about.

Look at the tweets tomsimpkin31 posted. Seems to me that he is a saints supporter. You could be right

 

[SK_MD_#7]

He was a Carlton supporter not St Kilda.

 

[CALL ME SNAKE]

He was a Carlton supporter not St Kilda.

Thats ok.
He has identified his old flaws and fixed them

 

[SaintLex]

Clubs aren't looking for a Milne anymore. You need to be more than just a pure small forward in today's game. It just happens that Milne was the best of the best so he was able to get by but even then, you could tell the game was passing him by towards the end.

It's good that Lonie has elements of Schneider as well. His kicking and set-up play will get him further with Richo, imo.