‘He’s going to kick a lot of goals’: Hawks great pinpoints Buddy-like trait in Saints’ future ‘superstar’
‘The next Buddy’: Huge call on 21yo AFL ‘superstar’ that’s already ‘come of age’
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Refreshing to have a media personality that actually knows what he’s talking about. Not just having played at the highest level but having coached very recently. He would genuinely know about opposition players and game styles
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Was also good to hear Buckley pump up Membrey.
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Another thing you’d get from a former coach. He’d know a thing or two about Membrey ripping his team a new one. He’d probably have Membrey as the first magnet on the board to strategise about.
Meanwhile the usual suspects in the media just parrot the same lines about the same hyped up players.
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‘Mighty’ young star ’erupts’ amid INSANE 64-0 run to seal epic Saints win: 3-2-1
‘Mighty’ young star ’erupts’ amid INSANE 64-0 run to seal epic Saints win: 3-2-1
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Ratts on AFL 360 tonight
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The game changer turning matches on their head: King's ascension only just beginning
Brett Ratten has commended Max King's ability to take control of a match like few players can after his four goals helped hand St Kilda a memorable win over Richmond on Sunday afternoon.
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Coach of St Kilda Brett Ratten joins Gerard, Sam and Lloydy on Sportsday
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Sorry, Henley High ... teacher's busy playing AFL footy
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The concreter, the accountant and the teacher.
Living the dream.
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‘He’s going to kick a lot of goals’: Hawks great pinpoints Buddy-like trait in Saints’ future ‘superstar’
‘The next Buddy’: Huge call on 21yo AFL ‘superstar’ that’s already ‘come of age’
Just keep Ben Dixon far away from Maxy please!
Steeley answered well too. Straight shooter
Great to see. Six lads in the seniors last week. Windy surely to come. Gotta be some sort of record. A very special bond, heartwarming.
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th Australian recruiter has the Midas touch. Could grab any random bloke off the street in Adelaide and turn him into gold
You could say our SA recruiter has bigger balls than the mall! Shinier too.
We are fortunate to have each and every one of them.
First Australians are about 3% of the population, about 10% of elite AFL players are Indigenous, over 20% of our list are Indigenous.
And we have to remember that they may be Indigenous but they are from many different cultures.
We ALL need to learn what is offensive and the Kennett incident shows it..
It has nothing to do with ripped jeans ( but which insensitive boofhead mentions anybody's appearance anyway?), we need to understand Paddy's and Brad's circumstances and mob and Ben Long or Jack Peris is as different as themselves to they are to you or me. They aren't a homogeneous mass.
So happy to have these players representing the football club I support and all are there on their talent.
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Surely our boy nasiah ?
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Well said.
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St Kilda star Jade Gresham reveals how meditation helped him cope with back-to-back serious injuries
St Kilda’s Jade Gresham is playing career-best football after recovering from successive serious injuries that ruined his past two seasonsSt Kilda dual-threat Jade Gresham turned to meditation to help overcome the mental challenge of dealing with two serious setbacks in as many seasons.
The Saints star has emerged from injury hell to be a key driver in his club’s resurgence this year after a disappointing 2021 campaign.
Gresham’s first step was finding a way to win his private battle.
He barely missed a match in his first four-and-a-half seasons, after arriving as a first-round pick from the loaded 2015 draft class, which included Jacob Weitering, Clayton Oliver and Harry McKay.
But a back stress fracture cut Gresham down halfway through the 2020 campaign before an achilles tendon rupture ended his season in round 3 last year.
“It’s been a tough year-and-a-half but you’ve got to take positives out of what happened,” Gresham told News Corp.
“You learn a lot of things being out of the game for a bit. I like to think I’ve learned a lot about myself and how to get my body right.
“I had a really good pre-season and hopefully that holds me in good stead this year.”
The last setback came just as he was transforming into the match-winner he was against Richmond on Sunday, when he collected an equal-personal-high 32 disposals, 18 contested possessions and 10 score involvements.
Gresham’s brilliant performance coinciding with a statement victory over the Tigers, after the Saints kicked 10 consecutive goals to erase a 25-point deficit, made it more satisfying.
He’s played in more losses than wins in his 98-game career and missed out on St Kilda’s 2020 finals campaign because of his back injury.
It was in those types of moments when he leaned on the Saints’ head of mental health and wellbeing, Ben Robbins, who suggested he try meditation.
Gresham now devotes a few minutes each day to mindfulness.
“I took it upon myself for probably the last year to do some meditation every day,” he said. “It just gets you in the present and you stop thinking about the outcome.”
The Saints eased the 24-year-old into the pre-season but he was still running upwards of 10km per session from the start before resuming full training post-Christmas.
Gresham feels as fit as ever and is spending almost 60 per cent of his game time as a midfielder this season, resulting in him averaging 27 disposals through three rounds.
“I have high expectations on myself, so I wanted to come in and play my best footy and there’s no excuses, really,” he said.
“Before my injuries I was playing a bit more midfield, so hopefully I can continue that, while also playing a bit of forward as well, but I like to think I can have a good balance between both positions.
“It’s tough mentally seeing your mates play and missing out on finals but I’m keen to get stuck into this year and hopefully win some games.”
