St Kilda 2019 vs St Kilda 2009

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I'm far too lazy and occupied to look through the average senior 22 of 10 years but I'm wondering how we would go about comparing in player by player, like for like sense, the two teams.

I'd be equally interested in the same type of comparison of this year's Saints team and the premiers of 2009 and 2010 if any of you have the stomach for it.

My suspicion is that our current team is closer to 2009 Cats or 2010 Pies than 2009-10 Saints.
 

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I'm far too lazy and occupied to look through the average senior 22 of 10 years but I'm wondering how we would go about comparing in player by player, like for like sense, the two teams.

I'd be equally interested in the same type of comparison of this year's Saints team and the premiers of 2009 and 2010 if any of you have the stomach for it.

My suspicion is that our current team is closer to 2009 Cats or 2010 Pies than 2009-10 Saints.
I'm equally as lazy but i'd be going with this side being more comparable to the 97 side age wise than the 09-10 teams

Will also add this side still has it all to do and has achieved nothing yet compared to any of those sides!
The 09-10 sides would eat our current team for breakfast! That's not necessarily a knock!
Dare say they would have eaten the last 3 premiers for brekkie too! Times have changed, cannot see any side dominating the competition
Like some teams have in the past! Have never seen the whole comp so even as it has been in recent times!
S'pose the whole equalization mantra whilst still not without some anomolies is working a treat!
 
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Should probably elaborate:

In 2009, the Cats were a fairly even team with few huge stand outs, whereas there was a huge gap between the top and bottom six Saints players.

In 2010 the Saints had been in the most recent GF and most of the players were experienced finalists, whereas the Pies were relative noobs. In fact in the media leading up to the first 2010 GF, our big advantage was the players recent experience, which sadly evaporated for the replay.
 
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Should probably elaborate:

In 2009, the Cats were a fairly even team with few huge stand outs, whereas there was a huge gap between the top and bottom six Saints players.

In 2010 the Saints had been in the most recent GF and most of the players were experienced finalists, whereas the Pies were relative noobs.
I think that's meant to be Knobs!
Yeah i get you! Think eventually this side potentially has a much more even spread of talent than 09-10 where you correctly point out our
Bottom 6 let us down! Have said before our general depth is about as good as i've ever seen it!
We just need 3 or 4 blokes to go to the elite level and then we will be set!
 
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I'd liken this year more to our 1997 effort. In 96 we didn't make the finals, we made some astute mature-age pick-ups in Heatley and Thompson and leapt out of nowhere to make the Granny. Can see similarities between Heatley and Membrey, Brown and Shanahan, Thommo and Ross, Savage and Aussie Jones, even Steele and Burkey.
 
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