I suspect someone might need to tell some of their supporters that as with the addition of 3 pretty hyped up players (Howard, Jones and Hill) they'll be expecting more than that. Maybe not a premiership but certainly a significant rise.
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I'd be happy if I were a St Kilda fan given they had bugger all draft picks and have managed to get the players (granted that they are not superstars but they got some solid role players into the club) who committed to them through the door.
This may not pay off this trade period but it well may pay off in future trade periods because people can see that when they commit to the Saints then the saints will try their best not to abandon them.
There all OK players Josh Bruce will kick between 50-70 goals for us next year.
I would be very concerned if I was a saints fan. They are kind of caught between rebuilding and topping up. It feels like they had cap space so just got anyone they could. It will give them a spike but not sure it’s been great for their list build. Losing their best player and their best goal kicker hurts too.
In terms of the result from the trade period itself, I think they've done reasonably well.
The problem is they've got very, very weak draft hands both this year and next and I'm not sure they're in a position to not be bringing in young talent at the moment.
They'll be considerably better on the field next year but they need to be able to keep Hannebery on the park, otherwise that trade will bite them in the arse in a big way.
It's a fair point you raise but the new coach would have had his say in the direction they're taking and has obviously wanted to bring some experience in.
I don't think this will change much for them in 2020 but their fans probably wanted some hope and they've been given that
Hill is a huge plus for them (especially under the roof at Marvel) but they had to pony up big to make it happen.
Howard is a potentially strong selection but he hasn't got massive amount of exposed form, very similar to Keath but at a bigget outlay (age is positive)
Ryder is cheap insurance but his best footy is behind him and he also excels as first ruck, not ruck-forward
Zak Jones is simply a mediocre AFL standard player and the hype far exceeds the output. He won't suddently become a better decision maker or ball user at his age.
Butler is steak knives and a handy addition to their forward set up, but he is behind about half a dozen players in similar roles at Richmond.
They did well to land their targets but I'm not sure all their targets will improve them a great deal. And they have compromosed their draft hand significantly for the next 2 years whilst also losing bankable quality in Bruce, Steven and potential quality in Acres.
2 leading goalscorers last year were Membrey (44) & Bruce (36). Next after that was Parker with 16. They have lost massively in the forward line and will struggle massively next year due to it.
I think long term they will be better off but thats not what has been sold to their members
AFL site rating Saints as having the #1 best trade period of all clubs and us at #3.
https://m.afl.com.au/news/2019-10-16...out-draft-hand
Given that Jack Stevens only cost pick 58 I would have negotiated for him for Dogs.