Toast Welcome to St Kilda Jackson Macrae

[Michael Goodinski]

?? just weird

Don't knock it 'til you've tried it!

You sure he wasn't a Hawthorn supporter...?

Come to think of it............Hey, wait a minute!

 

[SG34]

Same here. I went to primary school at St.Agnes in Highett. Lots of sainters, hardly any opposition. This was the early to mid 70s, when our club was still feared and a regular finalist.

I didn't stand a chance, did I? I remember after I'd finished crying when we lost in 1971, my neighbour, a fanatical saint, assured me we'd win another one soon. He said winning a flag was the greatest feeling in the world and I'd be sure to experience many more.

I'm still waiting, of course. I should sue the bastard for breach of promise.

At Hampton State/Primary it wasn’t St Kilda rich. I was also early to mid 70s and I seem to remember a lot of Richmond jumpers. North, South even. Fitzroy and Essendon. Sandy jumpers.

1974 was when we Grade fivers would be considered the ‘biggies’ .. But just as we felt big, St Kilda slid into terminal decline, finishing 10th in a 12 team comp not good! Lost six out of the last seven games! See, I got my St Kilda jumper in ‘74 and was so proud. Damn.

Massive improvement in ‘75 but missed the five.

1976 9th
1977 spoon
1978 bi-polar disorder season

……next is 1991

By then I am supporter with ‘character’. And a very dark sense of humour.

 

[PoppedCorn]

i came in about a decade later and still 6 years of misery
period there from 77 onwards that was terrible, a big span of bugger all games won in all
seasons with 3 6 4 5 9 wines from 22

 

[Michael Goodinski]

i came in about a decade later and still 6 years of misery
period there from 77 onwards that was terrible, a big span of bugger all games won in all
seasons with 3 6 4 5 9 wines from 22

No one, not even the purple knobhead, can accuse us of being fickle or disloyal as supporters. We've all won our shields the hard way.

What a celebration it will be when we finally break through! I just hope I'm still around to see it.

Just my luck it will be in more than ten years time when I'll be a resident of "The Twighlight Years" maximum security home for the aged. My celebration, if I'm still able, will probably involve watching the replay, in my wheelchair, a blanket over my knees, sucking a blend of two fruits and custard through a straw.

Hope to see you there, Saint Watto, Popped Corn and SG34. We've earned the right the hard way.

 

[Remboy]

At Hampton State/Primary it wasn’t St Kilda rich. I was also early to mid 70s and I seem to remember a lot of Richmond jumpers. North, South even. Fitzroy and Essendon. Sandy jumpers.

1974 was when we Grade fivers would be considered the ‘biggies’ .. But just as we felt big, St Kilda slid into terminal decline, finishing 10th in a 12 team comp not good! Lost six out of the last seven games! See, I got my St Kilda jumper in ‘74 and was so proud. Damn.

Massive improvement in ‘75 but missed the five.

1976 9th
1977 spoon
1978 bi-polar disorder season

……next is 1991

By then I am supporter with ‘character’. And a very dark sense of humour.

I miss hearing people talk about making the five.

 

[Saint Watto]

i came in about a decade later and still 6 years of misery
period there from 77 onwards that was terrible, a big span of bugger all games won in all
seasons with 3 6 4 5 9 wines from 22

I just had PTSD reading your post PC.

They were certainly baron years.....to put it mildly.

And in 1981.......we somehow won 2 games about midway thru the season and then had our 8 points stripped due to the Doug Cox incident.

Unbelievable.


Near seasons end,they were reinstated.


The footy gods still hate us tho !!!!!

 

[Saint Watto]

No one, not even the purple knobhead, can accuse us of being fickle or disloyal as supporters. We've all won our shields the hard way.

What a celebration it will be when we finally break through! I just hope I'm still around to see it.

Just my luck it will be in more than ten years time when I'll be a resident of "The Twighlight Years" maximum security home for the aged. My celebration, if I'm still able, will probably involve watching the replay, in my wheelchair, a blanket over my knees, sucking a blend of two fruits and custard through a straw.

Hope to see you there, Saint Watto, Popped Corn and SG34. We've earned the right the hard way.

I hear you there MG.

"The clock is a ticking"

The 4 of us can just sit there....or be slumped there.....and talk about the good ol days.

Or should that be.....the never ending bad ol days....

Two fruits and custard.....now....there's a combo that I haven't heard for decades....lol.

Us kids used to get that combo served up for dessert every 3 or 4 nights.

I reckon the old man had shares in Ardmona.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Our Jack stocks bolstered once again

**** I hope we give Crazy another year.

 

[TheJackal]

Anyone else find it interesting that Macraes wife and her family are mad St Kilda supporters?

After all of the Battle stuff with his partner, it's nice to have someone working for us for once! Thanks Mrs Macrae!!

 

[ScrappyDo]

**** I hope we give Crazy another year.

It's a tough one. We'll have the Zebs player, maybe Hotton and maybe Crazy all potentially non viable players for different reasons.

 

[Doggstats]

32 touches and 7 clearances. Still can't believe you blokes got Macrae for only pick 45.

It wasn't that long ago that he averaged 33.9 touches and 6.9 clearances a game for a whole season. But you can only play so many 190cm+ big bodied midfielders these days and with Bont in the team it made sense that Bevo wanted Treloars leg speed over Macrae. It's the same reason we lost Dunkley but at least we got a decent haul of picks for him even though he's not even close to as good as Macrae.

You can pretty much lock in Macrae averaging 30+ disposals for this season. I've never seen a player make racking up 30+ as easy as he does. As well as clearances.

 

[StCicatriz]

Takes the pressure of Steele massively. That's all we needed.

 

[maddog37]

Seems like he is just continuing to do Jacko things.

 

[Armitage2Riewoldt]

35 touches (only 1 clanger!)
16 contested poss
10 tackles
8 marks

2nd most metres gained

 

[mattwa]

A lot of opposition supporters used to say that Macrae wasn't damaging with his disposals but he has elite vision and most of his inside 50 entries are quality - would have been very handy for us on Friday night. You got a steal in getting him

 

[tomjoad]

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A lot of opposition supporters used to say that Macrae wasn't damaging with his disposals but he has elite vision and most of his inside 50 entries are quality - would have been very handy for us on Friday night. You got a steal in getting him

That's what I had heard about him. Big accumulator, but not damaging. I was looking for it, and other than the very odd time where that may be the case, he pretty much makes the "right" decision every time. He's been great so far for us...and desperately needed.

 

[hayes]

He’s a level of midfielder we haven’t had since the Lenny/Dal days. We still need to find someone like him who’s 20 and not 30 but my goodness he is what a multiple AA midfielder looks like. I don’t know how the Dogs can lose all these players and still have an elite midfield.

 

[gringo2011]

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That's what I had heard about him. Big accumulator, but not damaging. I was looking for it, and other than the very odd time where that may be the case, he pretty much makes the "right" decision every time. He's been great so far for us...and desperately needed.

I've always rated guys like Matt Crouch, Tom Mitchell and other mass accumulators more than others. Game breakers like Bont are obviously the most valuable commodity in footy but when you have a bit of both you get a really good set up.

 

[nahnah]

what a player

 

[marcus1232]

Gonna be honest thought he was the style of player that gets 30 but doesn’t hurt.
For pick 45 I was happy enough.
But my lord have we got an absolute bargain.
I can’t believe the dogs let him go

 

[Mantis Toboggan]

Absolutely delighted to see Jack back to his best. Gutted it’s not with the Dogs, mind you. Would have loved him in the team on Friday night instead of Sanders. Can’t believe we pushed him out, even if he was on big money.

The whole ‘not damaging enough’ argument has never had any legs. He gets the ball to a teammate in a better position. That is worth more than blazing a 50m kick to a contest.

Wonderful lad to have around the club, too. Surely a great role model for the younger players.

Congrats on a great win.

 

[Mr Clunk]

Absolutely delighted to see Jack back to his best. Gutted it’s not with the Dogs, mind you. Would have loved him in the team on Friday night instead of Sanders. Can’t believe we pushed him out, even if he was on big money.

The whole ‘not damaging enough’ argument has never had any legs. He gets the ball to a teammate in a better position. That is worth more than blazing a 50m kick to a contest.

Wonderful lad to have around the club, too. Surely a great role model for the younger players.

Congrats on a great win.

Congrats on the best young talent in the game in Darcy

Kid is something else

 

[Mantis Toboggan]

Congrats on the best young talent in the game in Darcy

Kid is something else

Yeah, he’s unreal. We’ve got a gem there.

 

[Verdun66]

Always have had a soft spot for Jack. Nearly always in my Fantasy/ SC teams. Even last year when the going was rough for him.

I used to look at Macrae and rue the fact that we had no one like him. Where was our classy high accumulator? Can we recruit someone like that?

So I can’t quite believe we now have the genuine article. Albeit in the twilight of his career. Although he might be someone who goes on and on. Very durable.

Just a great performance against the Cats. And he is back on my VC/C roster in the Fantasy games. Wish he was my Captain yesterday!

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Always have had a soft spot for Jack. Nearly always in my Fantasy/ SC teams. Even last year when the going was rough for him.

I used to look at Macrae and rue the fact that we had no one like him. Where was our classy high accumulator? Can we recruit someone like that?

So I can’t quite believe we now have the genuine article. Albeit in the twilight of his career. Although he might be someone who goes on and on. Very durable.

Just a great performance against the Cats. And he is back on my VC/C roster in the Fantasy games. Wish he was my Captain yesterday!

Bloke will be 31 at the end of the year and as far as I can tell has never really been injured.

Get 5 years out of him and it will be great guns.