3 hours ago, Adam The God said:

Which might have some more validity if he was bringing in a host of genuine A graders.

He's maxing out their cap with BOG average, at best, B graders.

Dimma Hardwick is going down the same path

11 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

A real vendetta against the letter M from Bobo, there. Worse than my 'Sams only' drafting and recruiting strategy for 2025-2030.

Gawn will stay on until at least the 2028 premiership.

Somewhere between the reassuring earnestness of James McDonald and the indomitable will of Nathan Jones. That's a relationship with fans that takes a decade to build and now St Kilda's success or failure relies entirely on the performance of imports on inflated contracts, and Wanganeen-Milera fulfilling his apparent destiny as the vorpal blade incarnate.

Meanwhile, Jackson Macrae, brought in by St Kilda just one season ago as a 31yr old slowing but dependable midfielder, must think the world has gone mad.

My anti-M bigotry has been exposed. Almost threw up when I saw the Mitch Marsh thread.

7 minutes ago, BoBo said:

My anti-M bigotry has been exposed. Almost threw up when I saw the Mitch Marsh thread.

McVee felt it. McAdam's hiding from it. Hopefully the Smith/Guerra/King/Rivers/etc/etc broom deals with it and Moniz-Wakefield and Mentha survive unscathed.

Any 'M' still around at picks 7 and 8 might be nervous...

I did laugh when Richo alluded to Jack being great for the kids and then Jack was like ‘yeah, but I am more keen to get my body right and play you [censored]’

Paraphrasing…

4 hours ago, KozzyCan said:

Yeah they were definitely able to keep it all pretty quiet when they were really pushing him out.

Ross does appear at least superficially to be a my way or the highway sort of guy.

Not that a coach should be everyone’s best mate, but he appears to be cold and aloof.

Ross’s comments about footy being messy, contracts being messy, trade period being messy (paraphrasing), as an excuse to trade out Steele was extremely poor, watch him implode the saints again and move into a coaching director role somewhere when it gets all too hard, he should be one of the most under pressure coaches going into 2026

7 minutes ago, BrisbaneDemon said:

Ross’s comments about footy being messy, contracts being messy, trade period being messy (paraphrasing), as an excuse to trade out Steele was extremely poor, watch him implode the saints again and move into a coaching director role somewhere when it gets all too hard, he should be one of the most under pressure coaches going into 2026

Not to cold-water your overall point, BD, but I read his 'messy' list as being about the Leek Aleer (not)backflip?