Training Saints preseason 2026

[dudeintheswamp]

43 minute last quarter?
Or is that allowing time to pause and get drinks?

Well quite some time passed when Gawn and Trac and co all bolted to the forward fifty and had to be brought back as Choco was counting his fingers.

I would suggest, as I often do, to sneak in some prep a little earlier and have those drinks ready and close at hand!



Ya never know, might even hit the clubs later, been rehearsing some fresh new moves!

 

[akaifu]

I don't really agree with the Smith comparison. Smith has Wilson well and truly covered for disposals and clearances over their respective first seasons. Smith has always been a big accumulator and has largely played mid throughout his career. He isn't necessarily the player winning it at ground level all the time but he is the one bursting out of congestion and roosting it forward.

Wilson more strikes me as someone who will sprint out into open space and beat opposition on the spread (plus work extremely hard to present the opposition from doing that to us).

Smith is a brilliant player and was levels above Wilson in their respective draft years so to compare them when Darce is relatively unproven is admittedly always gonna be quite optimistic

But Wilson had 32 33 37 disposals in the VFL playing the same inside mid role Smith plays at AFL level iirc

I’ve watched Smith super closely bc of SuperCoach and what makes him elite despite his lax kicking is the ability to do both of what you said - burst from contest but also hurt on transition. He runs non-stop and no one can go with him. Metres-gained player. Wilson did that for Sandy and perhaps with a bit more class at the lower level

Transition from VFL to AFL is where development will come in but early signs in that role are v good. Just needs to iron out some aspects of his game ie. physicality and consistency which hopefully will come with the bigger frame

His third year in the system will be telling

 

[SG34]

On field leadership.
Who picks it?
It showed potential last year in that Melbourne comeback.

Rewind to 2017, you have to wonder.

Leadership Group ‘17
Mav Weller
[PLAYERCARD]Jack Newnes[/PLAYERCARD]
[PLAYERCARD]Dylan Roberton[/PLAYERCARD]
[PLAYERCARD]Josh Bruce[/PLAYERCARD]
Seb Ross

With [PLAYERCARD]Jarryn Geary[/PLAYERCARD]

 

[inntheno]

On field leadership.
Who picks it?
It showed potential last year in that Melbourne comeback.

Rewind to 2017, you have to wonder.

Leadership Group ‘17
Mav Weller
Jack Newnes
Dylan Roberton
Josh Bruce
Seb Ross

With Jarryn Geary

Ouch. That’s one “interesting” group. A mixture of frightening and bewildering…though I loved Dylly Bob!

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

43 minute last quarter?
Or is that allowing time to pause and get drinks?

The quarter itself was 34 minutes from memory

 

[kosifantutti]

The quarter itself was 34 minutes from memory

32 minutes 41 seconds according to AFL tables.

AFL Tables - St Kilda v Melbourne - Sun, 27-Jul-2025 3:15 PM - Match Stats

Start watching at 23:27:19

 

[Username Unknown]

Ross drops Wilson in after round 19. Brings Wilson back into the team round 22. Highlights him in his Essendon presser (5:29 min). Wilson comes out the week after and kicks 5.

Just shows how much weight his words carry with players.

'I thought it was a struggle all night': Lyon

Watch St Kilda’s press conference after round 23’s match against Essendon

www.afl.com.au

 

[jimmytigs]

can it be set up that if you bookmark a post that gets deleted,that it is replaced by the next post or the previous post?

as it is i will have to make a note not to bookmark a post where 2 bozos are arguing or insulting each other,its a damn pain in the axx trying to find where i left off again

 

[jimmytigs]

Every AFL player supported a team before being drafted. Long bow. I wouldn’t be too concerned.

i remember dunstall talking about this one time,he said as soon as your drafted who you follow as a kid is the first thing gone,in his case he played his 2nd and 3rd grand final against the team he followed as a kid

 

[SG34]

Ouch. That’s one “interesting” group. A mixture of frightening and bewildering…though I loved Dylly Bob!

I wonder what they were channeling back then? a bit of Grant Thomas? Give the lesser lights a role? It was also the last JR year. (Joey & Rooey) Times have changed.

 

[dudeintheswamp]

Bigfooty doesn't seem to wanna face up to 2026

 

[Diehard Saint]

I wonder what they were channeling back then? a bit of Grant Thomas? Give the lesser lights a role? It was also the last JR year. (Joey & Rooey) Times have changed.

That’s the truly sad part - they weren’t our lesser lights

 

[g_TRAIN]

Where a bunch of posts deleted or something?

 

[SG34]

That’s the truly sad part - they weren’t our lesser lights

Then it is perhaps amazing that we were not terrible in those years. Having Gold Coast and GWS as soft targets, a scandal-ravaged Essendon and a weak Melbourne back then might have given us an easier ride, but St Kilda were competitive again by ‘16-‘17 , at least for patches of those years. A credit to Richo perhaps.

 

[wannabewinner]

Then it is perhaps amazing that we were not terrible in those years. Having Gold Coast and GWS as soft targets, a scandal-ravaged Essendon and a weak Melbourne back then might have given us an easier ride, but St Kilda were competitive again by ‘16-‘17 , at least for patches of those years. A credit to Richo perhaps.

How many of those seasons propped up by wins against GWS/Suns

 

[dudeintheswamp]

Training start again this coming week or the week after?

 

[Hayes4PM]

Well. The good news is we traded our captain in last years trade period. So we can't have a "captain cheats on wife by rooting friends missus" scenario. So we've got that going for us I guess. Which is nice.

 

[SG34]

How many of those seasons propped up by wins against GWS/Suns

whether we won those or not, the comp was ‘softer’ when teams are emerging.

 

[dudeintheswamp]

Well. The good news is we traded our captain in last years trade period. So we can't have a "captain cheats on wife by rooting wife's bff" scenario. So we've got that going for us I guess. Which is nice.

Efa

 

[StFly]

Where a bunch of posts deleted or something?

Forum was down and updated so there were things afoot in the backend. Long and short is dun worry about it.

 

[pebblesofsand]

Happy New Year

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[Windtagger]

Well. The good news is we traded our captain in last years trade period. So we can't have a "captain cheats on wife by rooting friends missus" scenario. So we've got that going for us I guess. Which is nice.

Jack Steele would never.

 

[Remboy]

Training start again this coming week or the week after?

Pretty sure it's the 12th.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Pretty sure it's the 12th.

of???

 

[dudeintheswamp]

of???

12th of January is Monday week