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Wasn't there for the 2004 game but the 2005 and 2009 ones made up for it.
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Was there for half of the 2004 game...….had to nick off at 1/2 time to go to my best mates 40th(of all nights)...…...the 2005 and 2009 games were awesome.

For those games.......a packed stadium and an electric atmosphere.

How I yearn for those days again !!!!!!!!
 
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They are on the horizon......
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Joffaboy…..you've just pumped up my excitement level 20%.

I caught up with a group of diehard Saints fans last night who I hadn't seen since the Carlton game at the MCG.

Was surprised how meh they all were towards all the players who had left.

The general feeling was that drastic action had to be taken with the list.

We all agreed that the off field appointments/group is the best that any of us could recall.

How that translates to the onfield…..time will tell.
 

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What will the 2020 AFL fixture offer?

The carefully-curated AFL news cycle never really stops. Next up, the fixture for next season.
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"The Saints are the perfect team to plug into Thursday and Friday night footy because they play their home games at the weather-proof Marvel Stadium and if they’re winning their fans turn up in their droves and they’re loud."
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Droves? Loud? Since when?

I hadn't noticed Browne Ash peddling Saints propaganda previously, what's changed? Or is it actually true?
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Volume was pretty impressive at the Saint-Freo game
 
I can honestly say Paddy is one of the nicest guys you'll ever come across. The universe has a lot to answer for lumping shit like this on the kid. Life can be a cruel bitch at times. He must be pretty upset.
 
Impatient Saint said:
It seems the AFL have recognized his struggle and are helping us/him out. He will be taken off the list and offerred an ambassadorial role - well done to the Saints & AFL.
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where does it say that he will be offered an ambassadorial role?
 
saint66au said:
So if he is "relisted" in 2021 as the article says, can we put him back on automatically?

Great that hes staying around the Club learning the coaching craft. Just a quality bloke.
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no he can go to anyone.
 

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Hawthorn VFLW coach heads to St Kilda AFLW role with plenty to be proud of
When Paddy Hill departed Hawthorn for St Kilda he took with him an outstanding record of success and his leadership group.
David Turner, Progress Leader
November 1, 2019 4:30pm

Most people, when they depart one job for another, take a heap of experience, years of memories and maybe a stash of office supplies.
But when Hawthorn/Box Hill VFLW coach Paddy Hill left Box Hill City Oval and headed to St Kilda, he took his captain and vice-captain with him.
With Hawthorn not in line for an AFLW licence until 2023, the Hawks’ 2018 premiership mentor was forced to turn to the Saints for his opportunity at the next level.
But he will not head to his new role as St Kilda VFLW coach and AFLW assistant-coach without some company.
Last week the Saints selected Hawks vice-captain Rosie Dillon with pick No. 24 of the AFLW national draft and skipper Tamara Luke with pick No. 33.
“It was a tough decision,” Hill said of his move. “I would really have liked to stay at Hawthorn. I had to look at other long-term career opportunities.”

Seeing his captain and vice-captain earn a call-up has made the move easier.
“Rosie has come from so far back (fitness),” Hill said. “We tried her up forward and downback and nothing worked. I said to the coaching staff ‘do you think I’m crazy to try her in the midfield?’. She would have less distance to run to be near the ball.”
A bit of pre-season pressure and Dillon knuckled down to the hard work needed and her career turned the corner.
“She’s done a mountain of work to get to this,” Hill said.
Luke’s selection is also a great source of pride for the new Saints coach, the former Melbourne Kestrels national league netballer learning the game under his tutelage.
“I saw her on the very first day of football,” he said. “I can remember that first day. She cheated her way through the beep test, she kept missing the line and no-one told her. She just kept going and going.
“I remember thinking ‘I like this girl, she’s got such spunk’.
“She wasn’t much chop in the first year but she’s got such character and we made her part of the leadership group. She’s a good leader, she really brings people in.”
As well as the two new Saints, Laura McClelland (No. 25 to Richmond), Serena Gibbs (No. 44 to Carlton), Jordan Membrey (No. 74 to Collingwood), Talia Radan (No. 92 to West Coast Eagles) and Chantella Perera (No. 101 to West Coast Eagles) are on their way to the big league.

Hill departs the Hawks with plenty to be proud of. After taking the competition strugglers all the way to the premiership flag in 2018, Hill reckons this year’s draft haul is the crowning success of his tenure.
“This does mean more to be honest,” he said. “We won the flag last year, which was great personally, but I was really annoyed that only four got drafted out of that team.
“This year to get seven is a bit of righting the wrongs.
“It’s probably more pleasing for me (than winning the flag). I was confident of getting five drafted but to get seven was so satisfying.”
 

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ST KILDA

Rowan Marshall gave St Kilda’s pursuit of Paddy Ryder resounding tick of approval

Paddy Ryder’s arrival at Moorabbin will mean less time in the ruck for Rowan Marshall. But the breakout Saint star has revealed he gave the tick of approval to the club’s pursuit of the veteran big man.
SAM EDMUND, Herald Sun
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November 7, 2019 7:29pm

'We can be a good duo'

Blossoming St Kilda ruckman Rowan Marshall has hailed the recruitment of Paddy Ryder as he looks to take his game to another level next year.

Marshall was the shining light in the Saints’ disappointing 2019 campaign, finishing second in the best and fairest after a spectacular breakout season in which he carried a huge load.

Rather than feeling threatened by Ryder’s arrival, the 23-year-old said he was eager to learn from the 2017 All-Australian.

“I’m stoked, I’m over the moon,” Marshall said.

“He was obviously an All-Australian ruckman a couple of years ago and I’m pretty new to the craft. I’m looking forward to learning from him and I think we can be a pretty good duo down the track.”

Drafted as a forward, Marshall said he was more than happy to spend more time inside 50m to accommodate Ryder, believing they can form a dangerous double act in 2020.

The pair have been in touch over the phone in recent weeks.

“We spoke about going forward and how it’s going to work. I’m excited to either play in the ruck or down forward – I’m just happy to play in the senior side and whatever is best for the team,” Marshall said.

“I think I’m more than capable of playing as a forward and I really love playing down there. We’ll wait and see how it works out.

“I was in talks with ‘Gags’ (list manager James Gallagher) last season and I was all for it. Whoever takes the ruck role it’s going to be a lot stronger in there because we can pinch it more and have more of a rest.”

Regardless of role specifics, Marshall said he would soak up as much information as he could from Ryder in the hope the former Port Adelaide big man could fill the blanks in his skillset.

“He’s a superb tap ruckman … that’s one weakness of my game I’ve got to work on,” he said.

“I think, at times last year against the bigger ruckmen I got found out a little bit in the ruck craft, but with Paddy here I’ll be able to improve on that.”

Ryder was one of five players snared by the Saints in a hectic trade period. He will join Brad Hill, Dan Butler, Dougal Howard and Zak Jones at training from November 18.

“We’ve brought in five really good players who should play senior footy every week so the vibe around the club at the moment is really good and I’m excited about next year,” Marshall said.

“Everyone wants to play finals, but we’ll focus on having a good pre-season and starting the season well.”

WHY RYDER, MARSHALL ARE A ‘WAIT AND SEE’ PAIRING
Sam Edmund

We’ll call them the ‘wait and see’ couple.

St Kilda took to the track for the official resumption of training on Thursday, fresh from an off-season dripping in positivity and optimism.

The new coach’s first pre-season, a glittering trade period, key coaching appointments and the expected natural improvement of its youngsters has the long-suffering Saints faithful feeling all warm and fuzzy.

But on a gloomy Thursday morning, our wait and see pair were nearly as cool as the unseasonal weather.

When you’re virtually the only two supporters watching pre-season training on November 7 weekday, it’s safe to say this isn’t your first rodeo.

We start the conversation.

You blokes would be feeling good about your boys?

Wait and see.

Your coach is made from the right stuff though.

Wait and see.

But that trade period – that will make a big difference.

Wait and see.

Our rusted-on duo have been coming here for decades – with a few years worth of detours to Seaford in between – and they’ve seen their share of disappointments and false dawns at the one-flag foundation club.

They are the reminder of the sometimes out-of-proportion excitability of the trade period and the fact games are harder to win on the field in July than they are on paper in October.

They watched from the fence, near a large chunk of roped-off freshly-laid turf as about 20 of the club’s 1-4 year players were put through a low-key session.

Fittingly, for a club that has seen the winds of change sweep through its coaching and playing ranks, a gale howled across this famous old ground.

Yet there was no Brad Hill or Paddy Ryder here, while most of St Kilda’s senior core were en-route to Byron Bay for former teammate Josh Bruce’s wedding.

A major reason the Saints were happy to trade Bruce was out there though, with Max King doing some drills and run throughs with Jonathon Marsh.

Hunter Clark, Jade Gresham, Ed Phillips, Nick Coffield, Josh Battle and Nick Hind were among those to be eased in to the program run by high performance manager Matt Hornsby.

Coach Brett Ratten devoted some one-on-one time to highly-rated teenager Jack Bytel and new part-time strength and conditioning coach Sean Dempster was a keen onlooker.

Former Bomber Nathan Lovett-Murray (indigenous welfare support) was also on-field.

Watching it all from a balcony above was football strategist and the recently-appointed “head of football program” David Rath, having been lured from the AFL.

As he cast a bespectacled eye on proceedings he was joined by football manager Simon Lethlean.

If the latter helped lay the exciting foundations in the trade period, both will be entrusted with ensuring it bares fruit.

There’s a vibe at Moorabbin. But will it translate to a first finals appearance since 2011?

Wait and see.
 
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If the latter helped lay the exciting foundations in the trade period, both will be entrusted with ensuring it bares fruit.

There’s a vibe at Moorabbin. But will it translate to a first finals appearance since 2011?

Wait and see.
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No thanks - nothing naked, fruit or otherwise.
Been there, done that! 🙄

Let me clarify....I mean the players have, a few years back.
 
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The US would be a nicer place if they demanded the right to bare arms.
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Really, I’d just like to have bare arms in Melbourne...I’m over this weather.

( By the way, I just clarified my previous post - wasn’t talking personally 🙂)
 
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ST KILDA

Rowan Marshall gave St Kilda’s pursuit of Paddy Ryder resounding tick of approval

Paddy Ryder’s arrival at Moorabbin will mean less time in the ruck for Rowan Marshall. But the breakout Saint star has revealed he gave the tick of approval to the club’s pursuit of the veteran big man.
SAM EDMUND, Herald Sun
Subscriber only
|
November 7, 2019 7:29pm

'We can be a good duo'

Blossoming St Kilda ruckman Rowan Marshall has hailed the recruitment of Paddy Ryder as he looks to take his game to another level next year.

Marshall was the shining light in the Saints’ disappointing 2019 campaign, finishing second in the best and fairest after a spectacular breakout season in which he carried a huge load.

Rather than feeling threatened by Ryder’s arrival, the 23-year-old said he was eager to learn from the 2017 All-Australian.

“I’m stoked, I’m over the moon,” Marshall said.

“He was obviously an All-Australian ruckman a couple of years ago and I’m pretty new to the craft. I’m looking forward to learning from him and I think we can be a pretty good duo down the track.”

Drafted as a forward, Marshall said he was more than happy to spend more time inside 50m to accommodate Ryder, believing they can form a dangerous double act in 2020.

The pair have been in touch over the phone in recent weeks.

“We spoke about going forward and how it’s going to work. I’m excited to either play in the ruck or down forward – I’m just happy to play in the senior side and whatever is best for the team,” Marshall said.

“I think I’m more than capable of playing as a forward and I really love playing down there. We’ll wait and see how it works out.

“I was in talks with ‘Gags’ (list manager James Gallagher) last season and I was all for it. Whoever takes the ruck role it’s going to be a lot stronger in there because we can pinch it more and have more of a rest.”

Regardless of role specifics, Marshall said he would soak up as much information as he could from Ryder in the hope the former Port Adelaide big man could fill the blanks in his skillset.

“He’s a superb tap ruckman … that’s one weakness of my game I’ve got to work on,” he said.

“I think, at times last year against the bigger ruckmen I got found out a little bit in the ruck craft, but with Paddy here I’ll be able to improve on that.”

Ryder was one of five players snared by the Saints in a hectic trade period. He will join Brad Hill, Dan Butler, Dougal Howard and Zak Jones at training from November 18.

“We’ve brought in five really good players who should play senior footy every week so the vibe around the club at the moment is really good and I’m excited about next year,” Marshall said.

“Everyone wants to play finals, but we’ll focus on having a good pre-season and starting the season well.”

WHY RYDER, MARSHALL ARE A ‘WAIT AND SEE’ PAIRING
Sam Edmund

We’ll call them the ‘wait and see’ couple.

St Kilda took to the track for the official resumption of training on Thursday, fresh from an off-season dripping in positivity and optimism.

The new coach’s first pre-season, a glittering trade period, key coaching appointments and the expected natural improvement of its youngsters has the long-suffering Saints faithful feeling all warm and fuzzy.

But on a gloomy Thursday morning, our wait and see pair were nearly as cool as the unseasonal weather.

When you’re virtually the only two supporters watching pre-season training on November 7 weekday, it’s safe to say this isn’t your first rodeo.

We start the conversation.

You blokes would be feeling good about your boys?

Wait and see.

Your coach is made from the right stuff though.

Wait and see.

But that trade period – that will make a big difference.

Wait and see.

Our rusted-on duo have been coming here for decades – with a few years worth of detours to Seaford in between – and they’ve seen their share of disappointments and false dawns at the one-flag foundation club.

They are the reminder of the sometimes out-of-proportion excitability of the trade period and the fact games are harder to win on the field in July than they are on paper in October.

They watched from the fence, near a large chunk of roped-off freshly-laid turf as about 20 of the club’s 1-4 year players were put through a low-key session.

Fittingly, for a club that has seen the winds of change sweep through its coaching and playing ranks, a gale howled across this famous old ground.

Yet there was no Brad Hill or Paddy Ryder here, while most of St Kilda’s senior core were en-route to Byron Bay for former teammate Josh Bruce’s wedding.

A major reason the Saints were happy to trade Bruce was out there though, with Max King doing some drills and run throughs with Jonathon Marsh.

Hunter Clark, Jade Gresham, Ed Phillips, Nick Coffield, Josh Battle and Nick Hind were among those to be eased in to the program run by high performance manager Matt Hornsby.

Coach Brett Ratten devoted some one-on-one time to highly-rated teenager Jack Bytel and new part-time strength and conditioning coach Sean Dempster was a keen onlooker.

Former Bomber Nathan Lovett-Murray (indigenous welfare support) was also on-field.

Watching it all from a balcony above was football strategist and the recently-appointed “head of football program” David Rath, having been lured from the AFL.

As he cast a bespectacled eye on proceedings he was joined by football manager Simon Lethlean.

If the latter helped lay the exciting foundations in the trade period, both will be entrusted with ensuring it bares fruit.

There’s a vibe at Moorabbin. But will it translate to a first finals appearance since 2011?

Wait and see.
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