Dal Santo

[Mousey 47]

I just heard Dal Santo has been dropped to the VFL for this weeks game!

I cant believe he would be dropped before others on that team.

Yes he is not a hard nut but the guy oozes class and is one of my fav players on another team.

Question-

Say Dal Santo wants out at seasons end and the saints are willing to trade him away, would you be keen to have him?

I for one think he is exactly the type of player that we need to create the great balance of toughness( jones and brock) and classy skill .

[sylvinator 96]

I just heard Dal Santo has been dropped to the VFL for this weeks game!

I cant believe he would be dropped before others on that team.

Yes he is not a hard nut but the guy oozes class and is one of my fav players on another team.

Question-

Say Dal Santo wants out at seasons end and the saints are willing to trade him away, would you be keen to have him?

I for one think he is exactly the type of player that we need to create the great balance of toughness( jones and brock) and classy skill .

Let's all barrack for the dockers this week

[The Emblem 1]

I just heard Dal Santo has been dropped to the VFL for this weeks game!

I cant believe he would be dropped before others on that team.

Yes he is not a hard nut but the guy oozes class and is one of my fav players on another team.

Question-

Say Dal Santo wants out at seasons end and the saints are willing to trade him away, would you be keen to have him?

I for one think he is exactly the type of player that we need to create the great balance of toughness( jones and brock) and classy skill .

First instinct - YES

[dee-luded 2,958]

I just heard Dal Santo has been dropped to the VFL for this weeks game!

I cant believe he would be dropped before others on that team.

Yes he is not a hard nut but the guy oozes class and is one of my fav players on another team.

Question-

Say Dal Santo wants out at seasons end and the saints are willing to trade him away, would you be keen to have him?

I for one think he is exactly the type of player that we need to create the great balance of toughness( jones and brock) and classy skill .

The guy is, as the latest buzz word suggests, not "meeting his ability", 7 therefore needs sharpening up.

[Cactus 2]

birthday is 22nd of Feb 84 making him 24 so he is out of the 23 and under target but for someone of his skill, assuming we finish on the bottom with less than four wins, i think our first pick at the start of the second round is tradeable (18 is it??), maybe throw in someone else as a swap, not that they have anything we specifically want/need

[Redleg 37,657]

Let's all barrack for the dockers this week

Wouldn't you barrack for the Saints to win without him?

[dee-luded 2,958]

Wouldn't you barrack for the Saints to win without him?

Rank Team P W L D Points

1 Geelong 12 11 1 44

2 Hawthorn 12 11 1 44

3 W_Bulldogs 12 10 1 42

4 Sydney 12 8 3 34

5 Adelaide 12 8 4 32

6 Collingwood 12 7 5 28

7 Brisbane 12 7 5 28

8 Carlton 12 6 6 22

10 St_Kilda 12 5 7 20

11 Richmond 12 4 7 18

12 P_Adelaide 12 4 8 16

13 Essendon 12 3 9 12

14 Fremantle 12 2 10 8

15 W_Coast 12 2 10 8

16 Melbourne 12 1 11 4

[Redleg 37,657]

Rank Team P W L D Points

1 Geelong 12 11 1 44

2 Hawthorn 12 11 1 44

3 W_Bulldogs 12 10 1 42

4 Sydney 12 8 3 34

5 Adelaide 12 8 4 32

6 Collingwood 12 7 5 28

7 Brisbane 12 7 5 28

8 Carlton 12 6 6 22

10 St_Kilda 12 5 7 20

11 Richmond 12 4 7 18

12 P_Adelaide 12 4 8 16

13 Essendon 12 3 9 12

14 Fremantle 12 2 10 8

15 W_Coast 12 2 10 8

16 Melbourne 12 1 11 4

I don't follow. I meant if you wanted to get him it would be easier if the Saints were winning without him. You have highlighted Port and I don't know why?

[WonnaJurah 5]

Milne was also dropped, cough tanking, this from a team that wasted a draft pick on fraser gehrigs second coming, which is like tony locketts second coming

[occo 2]

I dont actually want Dal. I mean yeah geez hes a good player but i personally think melbourne is a good 6 years away from being a premiership contender meaning he would be 30 and perhaps get 2-3 good years out of him. If he was 22 then yes but would cost way too much

[Rhino Richards 1,467]

Milne was also dropped, cough tanking, this from a team that wasted a draft pick on fraser gehrigs second coming, which is like tony locketts second coming

What draft number did they waste?

Milne and Dal Santo have both been dropped. There has been a criticism about certain players playing for themselves at St K....Hmmmmm <_<

[Forest Demon 4,681]

I rare Dal Santo highly. Saying he would want out becuase of this is obviously a bit premature, but if he was available I think he would be a great acquisition. Would complement our midfield nicely and a good age aswell IMO. Although, I find it hard to part with any draft picks around the top 25

[tess 19]

Milne was also dropped, cough tanking, this from a team that wasted a draft pick on fraser gehrigs second coming, which is like tony locketts second coming

Tanking?

To get pick 4 instead of 6? I think not

Blooding a few youngsters while sending a messege to the so called leaders of the club is a good and appropriate direction for the Saints to take.

[Doggo 32]

Yeah i'd take him for a mid 2nd round pick, though if he were to be traded, i'm sure St Kilda would insist on nothing less than a late 1st rounder. Would be a very handy player for us, with at least another 4-6 years left in him.

Not the quickest player, not the strongest body, but has the skill level and poise we're desperately lacking in the middle. A bit like Cameron Bruce in his ball-winning ability, but with the polished skills to top it off.

[Eastie Boyz 0]

Dal Santo is deceptively quick, a bit like Steve Johnson.

just kinda shuffles/glides

[The Backyard Charizard 1,178]

Has been dominating in the last few weeks for the Saints.....

From memory, he had 11 touches in the first quarter last week (in stellar form)

Thinking there may be a mit more to this story....?.....?.....

[Swampfox 190]

StKilda even when they had Lockett , Lowe and Co havent changed in my assesment

The look like Tarzan play like Jane Team

Dal Santo is great when he has the footy

Its when he doesnt is why i dont rate him at all

Milne is an opportunist at the wrong end of his career

From what i have seen we have Maric who is starting his career and i predict he will be MUCH better than Milne at his best

Drafting either of them would be going backwards

[dazzledavey36 48,845]

dal santo defensive game is terrible! hence why he got dropped

[Rivers Run Red 182]

Is his defensive pressure really that bad, or is it just not good enough for Lyon's game plan? I have a few StKilda mates who aren't very happy with this decision, or Ross Lyon being there.

And it leaves a hole in the midfield of my supercoach side...

[do it 4 robbie 1]

You lot really think St Kilda are going to unload Dal. lol

[Rivers Run Red 182]

You lot really think St Kilda are going to unload Dal. lol

nope, but i think it was put up as more of a hypothetical... people are allowed to dream, no matter how farfetched it is...

[Cards13 9,117]

Milne gaaawwwnn

Delboy is unlucky one of the group being sent a message. At the start of the season looking at the list and there preseason form I thought genuine top 4....

So why did St Kilda sack one G Thomas again??? The president should get the chop for one of the worst descisions ever. A descision based on a personal feud instead of what is best for the club.

[Swampfox 190]

Milne gaaawwwnn

Delboy is unlucky one of the group being sent a message. At the start of the season looking at the list and there preseason form I thought genuine top 4....

So why did St Kilda sack one G Thomas again??? The president should get the chop for one of the worst descisions ever. A descision based on a personal feud instead of what is best for the club.

St Kilda didnt sack Thomas their President did and now he is gone as well

I have no pity for StKilda after sacking

Sheldon

Alves

Blight

There just might have been a premiership with one of those 3

Now they have Lyon

Good Luck Saints

[Rhino Richards 1,467]

Sheldon

Alves

Blight

There just might have been a premiership with one of those 3

Both Sheldon and Alves had lost the players at the end of their coaching time. They were finished.

Malcolm Blight cheated St Kilda for the dollar. Blight's integrity as a Coach was in tatters after taking on a job he had no interest in fulfilling.

More like a wooden spoon or two in the lot of them.

[Kit Walker 207]

Both Sheldon and Alves had lost the players at the end of their coaching time. They were finished.

Malcolm Blight cheated St Kilda for the dollar. Blight's integrity as a Coach was in tatters after taking on a job he had no interest in fulfilling.

Don't know about Sheldon, and I agree with you about Blight. I disagree about Alves on the basis that he had shown the coaching ability to take St Kilda to a Grand Final 12 months earlier and who knows what would have happened over another pre-season. Purely a hypothetical though.

Back to the topic, if St Kilda were looking to trade him and he was available for pick 17/18, I'd jump at it. Close to the best user of a ball in the competition, generally leads or gets very close to the top of St Kilda's hard ball gets, and he racks up tackle counts that TJ could only dream about (or has nightmares about depending on your point of view). He'll be 25 next year and that is an age/experience group in which we have a gaping hole.