David King pointed it out today that they don't have enough elite players.
I thought I'd go through the stats and see if it stacks up, and it doesn't look as if St Kilda have developed their players, brought the right structure to their list, and or drafted the right players. Now there will be some discrepancies due to any up and coming players that are rising fast.
Key defenders are ranked very poorly, in fact only Hawthorn and Port Adelaide have lower ranked key defenders, but both have good small defenders.
Small defenders are also quite lowly ranked with 4 of their players being ranked very poorly. Defensively overall the saints don't have any highly ranked talent.
Midfielders they have one player I'm not sure is technically elite. I'm not sure on the numbers, but Steven is their only close to elite player. Their other players are not consistent players as David King mentioned and their overall midfield talent is terrible.
Overall in the forward line, they have a reasonably robust small forward setup.
In the ruck, they have possibly the worst and most under-performing ruck setup in the competition.
I think the overarching realization here is that they have not drafted the right players or given them the right structure to developing talent, and that they have drafted quite poorly.
Give your thoughts
Key Defenders
Jake Carlile at overall 286, position 29
Nathan Brown 319, position 34
Small Medium Defenders
Savage overall 158, position 22
Roberton 164, 24
Gilbert 187, 31
Geary 212, 37
Midfielders
Steven, overall 17, position 14
Ross, 51, position 32
Newnes 116
Dunstan 159
STeele 169
Key Forwards
Bruce 257, position 22
Mid Forwards
Acres 266, position 15
Sinclair 209, position 18
Small Forwards
Memberey 119, 15
Gresham 129, 17
Billings 153, 19
Ruck
Hickey, 249, 15
Longer, 356, 23
I thought I'd go through the stats and see if it stacks up, and it doesn't look as if St Kilda have developed their players, brought the right structure to their list, and or drafted the right players. Now there will be some discrepancies due to any up and coming players that are rising fast.
Key defenders are ranked very poorly, in fact only Hawthorn and Port Adelaide have lower ranked key defenders, but both have good small defenders.
Small defenders are also quite lowly ranked with 4 of their players being ranked very poorly. Defensively overall the saints don't have any highly ranked talent.
Midfielders they have one player I'm not sure is technically elite. I'm not sure on the numbers, but Steven is their only close to elite player. Their other players are not consistent players as David King mentioned and their overall midfield talent is terrible.
Overall in the forward line, they have a reasonably robust small forward setup.
In the ruck, they have possibly the worst and most under-performing ruck setup in the competition.
I think the overarching realization here is that they have not drafted the right players or given them the right structure to developing talent, and that they have drafted quite poorly.
Give your thoughts
Key Defenders
Jake Carlile at overall 286, position 29
Nathan Brown 319, position 34
Small Medium Defenders
Savage overall 158, position 22
Roberton 164, 24
Gilbert 187, 31
Geary 212, 37
Midfielders
Steven, overall 17, position 14
Ross, 51, position 32
Newnes 116
Dunstan 159
STeele 169
Key Forwards
Bruce 257, position 22
Mid Forwards
Acres 266, position 15
Sinclair 209, position 18
Small Forwards
Memberey 119, 15
Gresham 129, 17
Billings 153, 19
Ruck
Hickey, 249, 15
Longer, 356, 23