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man i feel like im falling in love with mason wood the more his team mates talk about him. what an outstanding pick up!!!
 
BrutThough said:

AFL 2023: St Kilda rookie Mattaes Phillipou marching to his own beat​

From not drinking to sliding into a superstar’s DMs, Mattaes Phillipou is doing everything he can to make a sizeable impact as quickly as possible, writes DAN CHERNY.

When he was particularly fresh at Moorabbin, Mattaes Phillipou asked St Kilda development coach Brendon Goddard about THAT mark.
Any footy fan worth their salt would know the grab to which Phillipou was referring: Goddard’s hanger in the dying minutes of the epic drawn 2010 grand final between the Saints and Collingwood, from which then-St Kilda star Goddard converted a set shot to fleetingly make Saints fans believe their drought was about to end.

But Goddard took more than his share of screamers during his 16 seasons in the AFL, a fact he was keen to remind the teenager.

“I just said ‘how about that mark’ because that‘s the one that stuck in my mind,” Phillipou says.

“He‘s like, ‘which one?’”

The following week, St Kilda was thumped in the grand final replay by the Magpies. Phillipou was not even six.

This Saturday, the Saints play Greater Western Sydney in an elimination final. It is the club’s first final at the MCG since that defeat to the Pies, and Phillipou, 18, is set to play in what will be the 24th AFL match of his debut season.

That the South Australian teen has held his spot since the start of the campaign speaks to a single-minded and intense approach to football not unlike that of Goddard, another highly-skilled and athletic teen prodigy.

Taken by the Saints at pick No., 10 in last year’s draft, Phillipou had been strongly linked to Essendon and was reportedly involved in an exchange on draft night with the Bombers’ colourful list boss Adrian Dodoro about the player the Dons took instead: Elijah Tstatas.

Phillipou says initially he was taken aback by the way the moment was reported, but it soon made him realise that such is life in AFL-obsessed Melbourne.

“Initially it got to me I was like, wow, ‘that‘s not exactly the truth.’ Yeah. I quickly realised, you can’t control it. Who cares?”

Speaking to Phillipou, it is abundantly clear that he has no plans just to be a flash in the pan player.

Already getting midfield time in a finals side, footy is pretty much everything at this stage of life for Phillipou.

Just ask him how he’s found his move to Melbourne from Adelaide. It’s fair to say he is yet to delve too finely into the Victorian capital’s cultural treats from the home in Cheltenham he is sharing with fellow young Saints Anthony Caminiti, James Van Es and Isaac Keeler.

“I haven‘t really explored much,” Phillipou says.

“So it‘s been Moorabbin, the ‘G a couple of times, and then Marvel. A bit of Southland. And apart from that I haven’t been haven’t been really anywhere else.”

He is studying psychology at university, plays video games with mates back in SA, but footy is No. 1, 2 and 3 on the list of priorities.

Phillipou doesn’t drink, and can’t remember ever doing so. He accepts he is unusual in that regard, but such is his drive.

“I haven‘t had anything, but that’s just me personally, and I know that’s quite extreme. And the guys have been great in accepting that as well,” he says.

“It‘s different for everyone. And at the end of the day, I think it’s important to know where you’re trying to get to.

“I‘ve certainly got high goals. So in terms of what I do, sometimes I can push the barriers of what’s too much in terms of training and recovery. For me off-field or outside of the club, I’ll look to do any extra training that I can that’ll benefit me.

“I haven‘t really set anything. I just really want to win and win. So I’m more tailored to the team. So I think if I strive towards that my individual game will make strides along anyway. Really, it’s just winning as many premierships as possible.”

Veteran teammate Mason Wood - reborn at the Saints after being culled by North Melbourne at the end of 2020 - has been a key sounding board.

“I know I can trust him, and he really listens and listens to what you‘ve got to say before he offers an opinion,” Phillipou says.

“But I think I think we‘re quite similar in how we go about certain things and how serious we take it. I’ve got a ton of respect for him and everything he’s gone through.

“He‘s not huge on doing too many extras but he understands that it’s different for everyone.

“The start of the year it was mentally more tiring than anything. Then as I‘ve gone through the year I’ve found good strategies. Again, Mason was great for me with that, and ways to savour your energy and really simplify your values and what’s important to you, putting all your energy into that. Once I did that, I realised how much more energy I had. And I really realised now I can put more energy into my physical training. Yeah, without overdoing it. But yeah, you’re right. It’s a fine line.”

But if Phillipou is going to stray to one side, it appears he’d rather go too hard than take the foot off the gas.

After the Saints played Melbourne in round 17, Phillipou was approached on-field by Demons gun Christian Petracca, who offered encouragement and an invitation for any help needed.

Phillipou was caught off-guard and later realised he hadn’t formalised any plans. So he tried to get in touch with the Dee.

“Initially I messaged him on Instagram, but he probably gets that many messages because he’s got his message requests turned off,” Phillipou says.

“I got his number through the club and he responded so I went out, had a coffee with him and he was terrific.”

Petracca’s main advice was: “make it happen.”
“Don‘t wait,” Phillipou explains.

“I thought quite a lot about it. Patience is important and he spoke a bit about that, but it‘s important to make it happen...to make sure you’re ready when an opportunity arises.”

On Saturday, that opportunity arrives.
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Is it bad that my brain just goes to.. he'll leave us??
He clearly has such a clear desire to win premierships that I fear if a big club over the next few years who is in a strong window could poach him.
Sign him up long term nowwww
 
beside the seaside said:
The Age realfooty podcast up to their antics again. Apparently Wilkie shouldn't have been all Australian. That was "the feeling in the room." And we have no right to be in the finals with our list.

GAGF
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Narratives tend to stick and TBH it doesn’t help when Ross buys in to that narrative as well halfway through the season. It’s frustrating to hear but the only way to stop it is to win more.
 
beside the seaside said:
The Age realfooty podcast up to their antics again. Apparently Wilkie shouldn't have been all Australian. That was "the feeling in the room." And we have no right to be in the finals with our list.

GAGF
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It's unusual that most general footy fans (Carlton fans excluded) thought Wilkie's inclusion was well deserved but it's the media who had issues with him being in the team.
 
HunterClarksHeadband said:
Is it bad that my brain just goes to.. he'll leave us??
He clearly has such a clear desire to win premierships that I fear if a big club over the next few years who is in a strong window could poach him.
Sign him up long term nowwww
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Traumatised by the last 11 years. We look like a serious side under Lyon. All he needs is a club that is professional and pushing towards a flag. It's up to us to stay in the right direction and he should be happy enough. He seems like a loyal and very directed person who has a very good grasp of the lay of the footy land.

His ambition is to be the best. In a way his star could shine brightest at a small club and he could be one of the absolute immortals if he can drag us to a flag. He seems to want to make his name part of history, just needs his mates to come with him now.

He seems like the type that wouldn't want a cheap flag where he just jumped on others backs.
 

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beside the seaside said:
The Age realfooty podcast up to their antics again. Apparently Wilkie shouldn't have been all Australian. That was "the feeling in the room." And we have no right to be in the finals with our list.

GAGF
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I think it takes time to rewrite the narrative. We have been very underwhelming in the last decade and mostly play off broadway in shit slots. There is a working class vibe to our game and we look like a side that does everything through hard labour. We don't have many highlight reel moments either.

Funny enough Sydney are like a bit of a flashier version but they get respect for it. I guess that's decades of finals performances and consistency.

To me finals forge your reputation. Play well in finals with the eyes of the world on you and all of a sudden those people who haven't noticed how good you are take notice. My Richmond mates were laughing at me last year for saying that Sinclair was our best player. Now they both think he's a star after watching enough of him.

Wilkie shouldn't be as good as he is, he's too short, he's too light blah blah, but he gets the job done. He's just a professional committed competitive beast. I watch Darcy Moore and he plays a pretty game, he rises up inside a pack and comes out with the ball with his locks flowing. Weitering again, does the stylish and solid, Haggis Andrews stands a head above everyone and mops everything up. Even Sicily gets midfield numbers and crazy amounts of intercepts as a spare across HB.

But if you want to take an opponent out of the game of any size, throw Wilkie on them. If a loose ball is coming in and he sees it he knows when to leave his man and go out and meet it. He's just a terrier who never wants to lose a contest. If it's a grand final and you can choose any player in the competition for defence he's one of the first picked IMO. Similar to Stewart but much more personally accountable. He is like a combination of one of those spares that mop up off HB but also plays 100% accountable to a player.

**** them all, if they underrate him they'll get Wilkied. The Accountant will audit the campaigners.
 
BrutThough said:

AFL 2023: St Kilda rookie Mattaes Phillipou marching to his own beat​

From not drinking to sliding into a superstar’s DMs, Mattaes Phillipou is doing everything he can to make a sizeable impact as quickly as possible, writes DAN CHERNY.

When he was particularly fresh at Moorabbin, Mattaes Phillipou asked St Kilda development coach Brendon Goddard about THAT mark.
Any footy fan worth their salt would know the grab to which Phillipou was referring: Goddard’s hanger in the dying minutes of the epic drawn 2010 grand final between the Saints and Collingwood, from which then-St Kilda star Goddard converted a set shot to fleetingly make Saints fans believe their drought was about to end.

But Goddard took more than his share of screamers during his 16 seasons in the AFL, a fact he was keen to remind the teenager.

“I just said ‘how about that mark’ because that‘s the one that stuck in my mind,” Phillipou says.

“He‘s like, ‘which one?’”

The following week, St Kilda was thumped in the grand final replay by the Magpies. Phillipou was not even six.

This Saturday, the Saints play Greater Western Sydney in an elimination final. It is the club’s first final at the MCG since that defeat to the Pies, and Phillipou, 18, is set to play in what will be the 24th AFL match of his debut season.

That the South Australian teen has held his spot since the start of the campaign speaks to a single-minded and intense approach to football not unlike that of Goddard, another highly-skilled and athletic teen prodigy.

Taken by the Saints at pick No., 10 in last year’s draft, Phillipou had been strongly linked to Essendon and was reportedly involved in an exchange on draft night with the Bombers’ colourful list boss Adrian Dodoro about the player the Dons took instead: Elijah Tstatas.

Phillipou says initially he was taken aback by the way the moment was reported, but it soon made him realise that such is life in AFL-obsessed Melbourne.

“Initially it got to me I was like, wow, ‘that‘s not exactly the truth.’ Yeah. I quickly realised, you can’t control it. Who cares?”

Speaking to Phillipou, it is abundantly clear that he has no plans just to be a flash in the pan player.

Already getting midfield time in a finals side, footy is pretty much everything at this stage of life for Phillipou.

Just ask him how he’s found his move to Melbourne from Adelaide. It’s fair to say he is yet to delve too finely into the Victorian capital’s cultural treats from the home in Cheltenham he is sharing with fellow young Saints Anthony Caminiti, James Van Es and Isaac Keeler.

“I haven‘t really explored much,” Phillipou says.

“So it‘s been Moorabbin, the ‘G a couple of times, and then Marvel. A bit of Southland. And apart from that I haven’t been haven’t been really anywhere else.”

He is studying psychology at university, plays video games with mates back in SA, but footy is No. 1, 2 and 3 on the list of priorities.

Phillipou doesn’t drink, and can’t remember ever doing so. He accepts he is unusual in that regard, but such is his drive.

“I haven‘t had anything, but that’s just me personally, and I know that’s quite extreme. And the guys have been great in accepting that as well,” he says.

“It‘s different for everyone. And at the end of the day, I think it’s important to know where you’re trying to get to.

“I‘ve certainly got high goals. So in terms of what I do, sometimes I can push the barriers of what’s too much in terms of training and recovery. For me off-field or outside of the club, I’ll look to do any extra training that I can that’ll benefit me.

“I haven‘t really set anything. I just really want to win and win. So I’m more tailored to the team. So I think if I strive towards that my individual game will make strides along anyway. Really, it’s just winning as many premierships as possible.”

Veteran teammate Mason Wood - reborn at the Saints after being culled by North Melbourne at the end of 2020 - has been a key sounding board.

“I know I can trust him, and he really listens and listens to what you‘ve got to say before he offers an opinion,” Phillipou says.

“But I think I think we‘re quite similar in how we go about certain things and how serious we take it. I’ve got a ton of respect for him and everything he’s gone through.

“He‘s not huge on doing too many extras but he understands that it’s different for everyone.

“The start of the year it was mentally more tiring than anything. Then as I‘ve gone through the year I’ve found good strategies. Again, Mason was great for me with that, and ways to savour your energy and really simplify your values and what’s important to you, putting all your energy into that. Once I did that, I realised how much more energy I had. And I really realised now I can put more energy into my physical training. Yeah, without overdoing it. But yeah, you’re right. It’s a fine line.”

But if Phillipou is going to stray to one side, it appears he’d rather go too hard than take the foot off the gas.

After the Saints played Melbourne in round 17, Phillipou was approached on-field by Demons gun Christian Petracca, who offered encouragement and an invitation for any help needed.

Phillipou was caught off-guard and later realised he hadn’t formalised any plans. So he tried to get in touch with the Dee.

“Initially I messaged him on Instagram, but he probably gets that many messages because he’s got his message requests turned off,” Phillipou says.

“I got his number through the club and he responded so I went out, had a coffee with him and he was terrific.”

Petracca’s main advice was: “make it happen.”
“Don‘t wait,” Phillipou explains.

“I thought quite a lot about it. Patience is important and he spoke a bit about that, but it‘s important to make it happen...to make sure you’re ready when an opportunity arises.”

On Saturday, that opportunity arrives.
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Terrific stuff, getting that kid with that pick was just the perfect fit for what we needed.
 
gringo2011 said:
I think it takes time to rewrite the narrative. We have been very underwhelming in the last decade and mostly play off broadway in s**t slots. There is a working class vibe to our game and we look like a side that does everything through hard labour. We don't have many highlight reel moments either.

Funny enough Sydney are like a bit of a flashier version but they get respect for it. I guess that's decades of finals performances and consistency.

To me finals forge your reputation. Play well in finals with the eyes of the world on you and all of a sudden those people who haven't noticed how good you are take notice. My Richmond mates were laughing at me last year for saying that Sinclair was our best player. Now they both think he's a star after watching enough of him.

Wilkie shouldn't be as good as he is, he's too short, he's too light blah blah, but he gets the job done. He's just a professional committed competitive beast. I watch Darcy Moore and he plays a pretty game, he rises up inside a pack and comes out with the ball with his locks flowing. Weitering again, does the stylish and solid, Haggis Andrews stands a head above everyone and mops everything up. Even Sicily gets midfield numbers and crazy amounts of intercepts as a spare across HB.

But if you want to take an opponent out of the game of any size, throw Wilkie on them. If a loose ball is coming in and he sees it he knows when to leave his man and go out and meet it. He's just a terrier who never wants to lose a contest. If it's a grand final and you can choose any player in the competition for defence he's one of the first picked IMO. Similar to Stewart but much more personally accountable. He is like a combination of one of those spares that mop up off HB but also plays 100% accountable to a player.

* them all, if they underrate him they'll get Wilkied. The Accountant will audit the campaigners.
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I try not to get sucked into to the stupid lamestream media AFL narratives but the Wilkie one has properly got up my goat. By feeling in the room they must mean King sprouting shit on TV whilst Wilkie was still on stage getting his jacket. You’d think they would be celebrating the amazing story he is but no.

He has the most intercepts in the comp, he is the leader and best defender in the best defence in the league. He might be the most consistently excellent player at performing at their role in the competition. He beats absolutely every type of player every time. It’s so ****ing dumb 😡😡😡
 
www.theguardian.com

Victorian AFL clubs raked in $40m from poker machines last financial year

Carlton, Essendon, Richmond and St Kilda continue to profit from pokies, drawing criticism from fans and gambling reform advocates
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

In the last financial year "St Kilda took $1.8m from 83 machines at its Moorabbin base"

Honestly pretty gross that we still have pokies on the same site as the Danny Frawley Mental Health Centre.
 
saintsrfreak said:
www.theguardian.com

Victorian AFL clubs raked in $40m from poker machines last financial year

Carlton, Essendon, Richmond and St Kilda continue to profit from pokies, drawing criticism from fans and gambling reform advocates
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

In the last financial year "St Kilda took $1.8m from 83 machines at its Moorabbin base"

Honestly pretty gross that we still have pokies on the same site as the Danny Frawley Mental Health Centre.
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Wasn't it only a year or so ago that we had the lowest (apart from North)?
 
saintsrfreak said:
www.theguardian.com

Victorian AFL clubs raked in $40m from poker machines last financial year

Carlton, Essendon, Richmond and St Kilda continue to profit from pokies, drawing criticism from fans and gambling reform advocates
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

In the last financial year "St Kilda took $1.8m from 83 machines at its Moorabbin base"

Honestly pretty gross that we still have pokies on the same site as the Danny Frawley Mental Health Centre
Click to expand...

Totally agree. A real blight on our magnificent complex at Moorabbin.
 
saintsrfreak said:
www.theguardian.com

Victorian AFL clubs raked in $40m from poker machines last financial year

Carlton, Essendon, Richmond and St Kilda continue to profit from pokies, drawing criticism from fans and gambling reform advocates
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

In the last financial year "St Kilda took $1.8m from 83 machines at its Moorabbin base"

Honestly pretty gross that we still have pokies on the same site as the Danny Frawley Mental Health Centre.
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Does anyone know if we have a plan in place to abolish our pokies machines once our debts are paid off or something.

I don’t like having them there in the first place but it’s even more damning if we see them as a viable part in of our financial future.

Here I am complaining about ticketek grabbing half a million from saints fans for a service fee for tomorrow’s final, and our club has taken nearly 2 million in the last financial year alone from most likely Moorabbin locals who have a pick of 83 machines at the club! 83 🤯

It’s just wrong, the pokies specifically, and gambling in general, is a massive blight on our game and on Victoria as a whole.
 
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