JLT Match 3 Sydney Swans v St Kilda @ Lavington Sports Ground

[Aprilbr]

That Jack Steele would have been a good pickup if only! The Saint player that really caught my eye until injured was that Maverick Weller. I would love to have him in my side - quick, aggressive, skilful and fearless. The Saints have a beauty there.


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[707]

That Jack Steele would have been a good pickup if only! The Saint player that really caught my eye until injured was that Maverick Weller. I would love to have him in my side - quick, aggressive, skilful and fearless. The Saints have a beauty there.

Reckon they got him for free from Gold Coast.

[Ludwig]

The Saints have picked up several good players for nothing or next to nothing, besides Steele and Weller, including Bruce, Membrey, Brown and Roberton. That's a pretty good start to rebuilding a good team.

[Auntie.Gerald]

Weller was Gc
Steele gws and Bruce gws from memory

It's a good team that is playing with great intensity all 4 qtrs

I thought it was a really good hit out

[707]

I travelled over for the game, amongst others things I had to do in Vic.

Given we were missing six best 22 players against what appeared to be a fairly full strength Saints, I was pleased with the result.

All the obvious players were of a goodly standard, Lloyd just continues to rack up the numbers and is a smart footballer, Tippett was getting back to his early 2016 form (he gets unfairly bagged on here), Buddy just does what Buddy does, Ramps well he's an AA.

Of the younger players who will be much needed this year, Naismith is looking a first ruck lock in tandem with Tippett, new recruit Reid is looking dangerous and firms up our forward line to be much more potent and unpredictable which Buddy will love, Melican is looking very polished for a yet to debut player and will blossom this year as third tall, Florent is all class I can see why we chased him and plays tough for such a slightly built player, Robbo may have had his breakout game and is now a R1 lock.

Fox I'm unsure about and Hayward looks promising but a long way off, Foote just doesn't do enough at this level.

So for mine, Robbo, Melican and Florent are certainties for R1. I haven't dummied up a R1 team yet but we may need another player or two in addition to those three.

[Swansongster]

Reid to Buddy... About 5 times. Wonderful.

Not enough love here for Reid IMHO. he impressed me yesterday with size, presence, hands and decision making. Hope he stays fit. Could be an important contributor this year playing various roles up front.

[Mug Punter]

Not enough love here for Reid IMHO. he impressed me yesterday with size, presence, hands and decision making. Hope he stays fit. Could be an important contributor this year playing various roles up front.

Promising signs I agree but for mine we should get the odd four quarter effort our of $500,000 a year. He has the potential to tear games apart, I just don't feel we've seen him at his best, and given that this is his eighth year on the list I think it's about time.

Thing is, if we let him go at year end, deliberately or due to cap space, you just know he'll go somewhere else and absolutely tear it up

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Weller was Gc
Steele gws and Bruce gws from memory

It's a good team that is playing with great intensity all 4 qtrs

I thought it was a really good hit out

The Sainters look in a good place don't they. McCartin staying fit is a big one for them. I can see both of the Dees getting in the 8 this year

They have two first round picks this draft and plenty of space in their cap if they want to go after a free agent. Reid could be a good fit for their forward line, just saying....

[707]

KPF are the most difficult players to draft, all the good ones are top 10 picks. That makes Reid more valuable than most. What he gets paid is up to the club.

I think his excellent 2015 campaign is too often overlooked on here, will be a vital player for us this year both in output and structure.

[liz]

KPF are the most difficult players to draft, all the good ones are top 10 picks.

Mostly the case. St Kilda's acquisition of Bruce and Membrey on the cheap (the latter not quite a KPP but turning into a very handy 3rd forward) is one of the reasons their rebuild is coming along so nicely.

[bloodspirit]

The Sainters look in a good place don't they.... They have two first round picks this draft and plenty of space in their cap if they want to go after a free agent. Reid could be a good fit for their forward line, just saying....

I would think someone like Carlton or even Hawthorn is a more likely suitor - although maybe Hawthorn will go all in for Fyfe. It seems they may have the cap space and since Fyfe's a free agent they don't need to cough up picks that they don't have. The Saints, on the other hand, are pretty well stocked for talls and hopefully won't be targeting Reid. They need some more midfield guns. We need to just re-sign him. With the increased salary cap we should be able to. We have succeeded in signing a number of our key players on big contracts already and since the salary cap increase looks to be greater than it might have been we should have enough space to keep the players we want (Reid, Jones, Mills first among these and not necessarily in that order).

[wolftone57]

Very enjoyable pre-season match and I think both sides will take a bit out of that:

Random comments and observations

* Buddy mercurial and his field kicking is very very good, he looks set for a career best year
* Tippo looked good and took some good contested marks, likewise I like young Darcy Cameron and whilst he is not quite ready yet I think he will be a very good player once he has a full season under his belt with us
* Melican started well but faded and looked tired at the end, reckon if AA gets through the NEAFL game he is a lock for R1 though
* Jones looked the best mid by a mile out there, sign him up guys, his value will only go up this year
* Haywood - looks slick and there's something exciting about that kid but he is a fair way off senior selection atm but could see him playing back half
* Florent has done enough to be selected R1 for mine
* Marsh is unfashionable but gets the job done, he needs to just keep things simple, will go close to a R1 gig
* Towers - not enough for mine to warrant R1 and even though it was a pre season match my heart still skipped a beat when he had the ball with 28 secs left on the clock; gets caught too often with the footy
* Equally unconvinced re Robinson but he did himself no harm tonight with that effort
* Good to see Parker fire up and he'll be in tip top shape R1

Finally, some of the 15m interpretations tonight by those three blind mice were terrible, I'd make it 25m anyway but surely it cannot be that hard

We're ready to rumble, bring on season 2017

I don't agree re Marsh. He was crap. He held the ball too long and then gave it up after having it for an eternity, not once but three times. His stupidity caused three turnovers for 2.1 and it could so easily have been three if the player had kicked straight from directly in front. The reason I am so hard on Marsh is that his job is to not give up points (points are the whole score; the total between goals & behinds). I'm astounded his disposal efficiency is 75% but then again a kick in panic down the line to the opposition is efficient according to that mob.

What have you got against Robbo. He was one of the best a field. 28 disposals, 1 tackle, 1.1. Second only to Lloyd in disposals, equal with JPK.

I was impressed with all the rucks on the night. as for Darcy Cameron, he only got 45 minutes game time so I think a little harsh to mark him on that. His previous matches have been good. He can clunk the big mark and kick a goal from any angle by the looks. He only got about 55 mins in the last match too. Sam Naismith proved why he is our first ruck. Hickey is a quality ruckman and Sam was the one who blitzed him when he was in the ruck. When the others were opposing Hickey he was on top.

As for the rest I agree.

I was impressed with Sam Reid's effort tonight. He is in his natural position of CHF and this is starting to show. I have been a little disappointed with his progress up until now but last game he proved just how valuable he is in that spot. This gave the Budweiser the license to roam and how bloody damaging was he? Bloody big destruction. His field kicking is incredible if he doesn't brain fade. This forward line when they get used to each other is going to be incredibly strong.