St Kilda

[Happy Days]

Re: St Kilda

Very Port Adelaide thing to do

[Grantysghost]

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The 'you are either with us or against us' stance the Saints have taken is the populist position and will greatly appeal to the majority of supporters who are frustrated with their performances this year. Playing the victim card on father son and academy picks will also resonate with many of their supporters. Battle played for them all season and didn't deserve to be isolated away from the night.
It's not like he bagged the club in the media and didn't meet their standards through the season.

Yes I get using that lever against city hall.
Using it against one of your players who bled for the club and finished third best is poor form I think.

[GVGjr]

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Yes I get using that lever against city hall.
Using it against one of your players who bled for the club and finished third best is poor form I think.

I know Dunkley isn't a popular player for our supporters now but I thought the club, Bevo and Dunks handled it well last year. I'm not sure that the Saints have done themselves any favors for the way they've handled Battles departure. It will however give them a short term spike with the supporters.

[Grantysghost]

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I know Dunkley isn't a popular player for our supporters now but I thought the club, Bevo and Dunks handled it well last year. I'm not sure that the Saints have done themselves any favors for the way they've handled Battles departure. It will however give them a short term spike with the supporters.

And probably a negative through the afl players group which is pretty dumb. They already struggle to attract players.

You got to play it like Barksdale and Stringer did to Omar on the wire.

Play it cool, parley, ask for a truce. Then we he sticks his head up you whack it!

[Topdog]

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Apparently Battle told the players he was staying after they won in the last round so players were actually upset with him as well.

[Mofra]

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A President pushing his case in the interests of his club. I really don't see an issue with it. I'd take that over the silent meek approach to dealing with AFL house

[jazzadogs]

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Apparently Battle told the players he was staying after they won in the last round so players were actually upset with him as well.

And then sent out a group text to tell them all he wasn't.

[Bornadog]

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A President pushing his case in the interests of his club. I really don't see an issue with it. I'd take that over the silent meek approach to dealing with AFL house

Did well and got pick 8 for battle

[Bulldog Revolution]

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I know Dunkley isn't a popular player for our supporters now but I thought the club, Bevo and Dunks handled it well last year. I'm not sure that the Saints have done themselves any favors for the way they've handled Battles departure. It will however give them a short term spike with the supporters.

Because we are bulldogs we over analyse players who leave

Dunkley left for $$$

All the other stuff is a smokescreen to cover that Brisbane offered him the longest contract and the most dollars

He'd already had what 2 shoulder reconstructions? What was he with us - our 4th/5th best midfielder

We definitely wanted him to stay - hes a valuable player and was for us.

Our club might have wanted him to stay but if the offer to go was so substantially larger then we cant really begrudge the player too much. We dont have to love him, but as others have commented he gave it everything he had whilst he was with us - he is a Bulldog premiership player - I personally appreciated all his efforts in the tricolours and now he is effectively dead to me until a premiership re-uniuon

[Bornadog]

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Because we are bulldogs we over analyse players who leave

Dunkley left for $$$

All the other stuff is a smokescreen to cover that Brisbane offered him the longest contract and the most dollars

He'd already had what 2 shoulder reconstructions? What was he with us - our 4th/5th best midfielder

We definitely wanted him to stay - hes a valuable player and was for us.

Our club might have wanted him to stay but if the offer to go was so substantially larger then we cant really begrudge the player too much. We dont have to love him, but as others have commented he gave it everything he had whilst he was with us - he is a Bulldog premiership player - I personally appreciated all his efforts in the tricolours and now he is effectively dead to me until a premiership re-uniuon

BINGO - my thoughts exactly. It was always for money. Said that from the start.

[Happy Days]

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Did well and got pick 8 for battle

Can’t wait to trade a future 4th for whoever they pick in 2029.

[Stevo]

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Sainters can't take a trick. I'm not sure if they knew this prior to the draft but Alix Tauru will have a reduced workload until sometime in Feb due to a stress fracture of the back.

[azabob]

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Sainters can't take a trick. I'm not sure if they knew this prior to the draft but Alix Tauru will have a reduced workload until sometime in Feb due to a stress fracture of the back.

This was known too them.

Fun fact though when the drafted Jamie Cripps many years ago they did not know he had type one diabetes, which in the context of professional sport is a huge deal.

[Axe Man]

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This was known too them.

Yeah he spoke about it in interviews in the leadup to the draft. Played through the discomfort towards the end of the Coates League season and found out after Gippy Power were knocked out of finals.

[GVGjr]

Saints are poised to sign ruckman Harry Boyd to back up Marshall.