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Short and sharp hour long session today. Good to see all the forwards out there doing extra goalkicking practice beforehand. Butler and Higgo still with their struggles on a set shot. I feel like I'm turning into a grumpy old man but still seeing too many Hollywood shots from the boundary at the...

Call me crazy but I would love to see Matteas in a run with role on Bont at some point, depending on how the game is going. He is barely 19 and gets marked way too hard on here, the experience of playing on Bont would be invaluable

Wood, Dow, Crouch, Howard, Henry, Clark, Webster + Butler severely underdone - you can't just take those best 22 players out of a team without feeling a lot of hurt. I just wish we were like the filth, who last year won all of their close ones. Win all of those 'could go either way' type...

Earlier you said 30 seconds, now a minute, by the end of next week it'll be a good half an hour disruption to training whilst they both had to be airlifted to the Alfred. The incident was in the middle of the 50, so it wouldn't matter what side you were on. Having said that, I'm just messing...

You couldn't have been watching that closely on Thursday considering you missed Dow hobbling straight past you all and up the race to the medical room before the match sim. In fact, with you old blokes and your eyesight, I'd be surprised if you could even tell Max from Higgins out there in the...

I don't want to stir up trouble or rumours... BUT I have to get this off my chest. After Thursdays training I mentioned (on the preview thread) that King had an incident with Howard in a marking contest. They both got up limping, King did run throughs and was obviously cleared to play. But...

11 touches, 8 contested, 7 tackles in 34% gametime, could we be seeing the first rising star nomination for a player subbed on after half time? 🤣

That's actually when I stopped watching. On another note, something I've noticed about Collard at training, he kicks a banana further than a drop punt on most occasions. Very unusual to see that.

I know his knee is now giving him issues, but grabbing Crouch as a FA was a great piece of work. The real gem was Mason Wood, who came via the SPP after the draft. Looking at the names drafted, those 2 are as good as any other additions during that off-season. Edit: forgot about Higgins too...

Whilst in hindsight it's obvious, I actually didn't realise this. Of available players, only Hayes (coming back from injury), Campbell (break glass ruckman) and Jones (just omitted) have actually played an AFL game. That's dire! Two schools of thought here, I will use Gus as an example. Hastie...

Darcy is a bit of a Unicorn with his mix of speed and endurance. The number of runs from pocket to pocket in last quarters is something to behold. As much as Darcy belongs at that level, if he had an off day - the least you can expect from him is that he'd still be running himself to every...

I might be drawing a long bow, but how good is it that Hugo is debuting against the team that gave us the pick for him. For those who don't recall, we traded Carltons future 3rd for the pick we used for Garcia.

Just saw that! Aside from Wilson, he has absolutely earned that spot amongst first year draftees. Love his endeavour, we've got a beauty! I'd assume Hastie plays VFL this week to get some minutes into him.

Not a great deal to report today, was relatively wet under foot so there were a few hairy (slippery) moments. Paddy, along with Hastie and Lance were doing a drill at the far end of the ground with the guys playing VFL. He looked rusty blowing out the cobwebs a bit, skillswise was fine but...

Has Cole copped his back issues like Windy did in his U18 year yet? Man I'd love for him to slide onto our list!

Feels like a broken record but Matteas and Harley Reid have very similar stat lines so far this year, yet somehow Pou is struggling? I'm comparing him to Harley because he is supposed to be the second coming, if Matteas was born 5 days later he'd be a first year draftee. Whilst he is listed as...

I wasn't posting until a couple of weeks ago but there are reasons behind the lack of attention that he got. He even had family watch him at training who were talking about how hard it will be for him with our half backline. From day one it was obvious he (like all of our recruits) was great...

How many months is Kosi Pickett going to miss? Jokes, but really if he doesn't miss weeks (after last year's hit on Bailey Smith), the AFL can gagf

The answer is obvious, drop his knees into his back

It really has, he is better off lining up the player and dropping his knees into his sliding body. 100% would get a free kick vs a 1 match ban. What a shocking 24ish hours it's been in sport for my 3 teams 😢

Keeler does this effortlessly at training with the backpack bag things. More talent in his little finger than most on AFL lists

I don't think I've seen it mentioned yet so I feel I need to point this out. Bonner, Nas and Sinclair absolutely torched easy chances from 50 right in front. It always surprises me that these guys can hit a target with a bullet all over the field but can miss a 6.4m target when kicking for goal...

Garcia had 16 touches, 14 tackles and kicked a goal. Arie had 33 touches, 13 marks Hastie had 17 touches and a goal. Collard was quiet, I've considered that he'll be a lesser player in the VFL compared to AFL - but yeah, very quiet. Either way, these guys are very noticeable. Butler had 8...

Butler may have been an obvious selection, but it was a safe selection. He has more experience but is underdone and not in form. I don't think he impacted today's game at all. Collard and Hastie have been sent into a cauldron for one quarter each, but I believe (based on this year so far) that...

So much to digest still. Butler was putrid last week for Sandy, has been average at training and isn't match fit. I don't care if he has the experience, Garcia/Collard (even Arie with some magnets shuffled) had done the preseason work and needed to be backed in. Sharman got hit just before 3/4...

Umpires didn't help us, at all. But we were a bloody disgrace. Zero structure or systems. Completely broken down, selfish stupid football, beaten by a bottom 4 side - what a joke. The Butler selection was a joke, no way in hell did he earn or deserve a game. Hastie will be a player, but was a...

Ross, Jones and Cordy hitting targets and Sinclair couldn't hit the side of a barn today. What sort of twilight zone rubbish is this? I'd like to resume normal programming now thanks Saints

The point of footy is to win, but selfishly, I'm really not enjoying this

So frustrating, we should be 10 goals up. Our set shots are so average and genuinely let the team down after brilliant build ups. Sinclair has been surprisingly average by foot, Bonner has been well below average, Nas quiet, Cordy isn't a great footballer, Stock looks 75% and Wilkie/Battle are...

Absolutely, I alluded to Auntie Katrina with our systems in place. Hill, Wood, young quality guys like Nas, Henry, Windy and co - if he's ever going to make it, it's in our environment. He MUST sort himself out for it to be a consideration. But in 7 years we'll have Saints fans getting old...