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Well done Jake.

I think Bassat is passionate, smart and sensible - great person for the role.

I remember him saying in a previous interview on Saints TV that he's basically deaf - is that why he has that voice?
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yes, he is deaf in on ear.
 

Elwood Peckett emerges as father-son hope for St Kilda​

Elwood Peckett says it would be a dream come true to follow his father Justin into St Kilda colours. He speaks to Paul Amy about how he went from having ‘a few ahead of him’ to genuine draft prospect.

Dandenong Stingrays coach Nick Cox says there were question marks over Elwood Peckett at the start of the 2024 season.
There were none by the end of it.

The son of 252-game St Kilda stalwart Justin Peckett has proved himself an accomplished Coates Talent League player – and a worthy AFL draft candidate.

The Saints have nominated the 186cm, 18-year-old as a father-son prospect but have yet to commit to selecting him.

Collingwood and Sydney have also expressed interest in Peckett, who played mostly as a midfielder/forward this year and averaged 17.4 possessions from 16 matches.

His performance against Murray Bushrangers at Shepparton vaulted him into the Coates Talent League limelight and set off excited chatter among Saints fans: there were 25 touches and five goals.

Last month he attended the state draft combine, recording 3.06 seconds for the 20m sprint and 8.34 seconds for the agility test.

Peckett was born in 2006, the year his father retired from St Kilda.

But he’s watched tapes of him, heard stories and concluded he was a decent player.

“He doesn’t say too much about it. But not many people play that many games. He must have done something right. He was a good, consistent player,’’ he says.

He’ll get no argument from Saints fans about a composed footballer who twice finished in the top three in the best and fairest and who extended his coolness off the field by driving a Chevy Bel Air and figuring in a TISM video clip.

Peckett junior has been involved in St Kilda’s Next Generation Academy for three years, being coached by Trent Dennis-Lane, Nick Dal Santo and, this year, Brendon Goddard.

He calls himself a “Saints man my whole life’’ and says it would be a “dream come true’’ to wear the jumper his father pulled on.

“I’ve been around the club for a while. I’m pretty comfortable there. It’s been awesome to be involved in the program,’’ he says.

At a time when the St Kilda administration is lamenting its lack of father-son selections, it has one at hand. But it’s a waiting game for Peckett, who went through the Bonbeach juniors and made his senior debut for the Mornington Peninsula club in 2023.

He also played four senior games for Bonny this year, in the last of them kicking three goals and having 30-odd possessions. It stoked his form and confidence and he took it back to the Stingrays – his hold-up of the Bushrangers came a fortnight later.

“It gradually got better and better, probably after the Vic Metro-Vic Country break,’’ Peckett says of his season.

As for the Shepparton show, “It was just one of those games where everything went right … it was good to get onto a few.’’

He also had a VFL debut for the St Kilda-aligned Sandringham late in the season, against Richmond at Punt Rd.

Peckett says the pace of the match set it apart from the Under 18s.

But he coped just fine, having 15 possessions. “It was just a good experience to play at that level and get my hands on the footy. Big step-up. You didn’t have long to get rid of the ball. Had to make decisions quickly. Good crowd too,’’ he says.

Justin Peckett and his wife, Teresa, were among it. They have seven children – Tiarn, Sam, Sunny, Jet, Elwood, Ace and Frankie-Coco – and all but Tiarn and Sam play football. “A few busy weekends for them,’’ Elwood says of his parents.

Back to that question mark over him going into 2024.

Last year as a bottom-ager he had to wait until late in the season to play three games for the Stingrays. The rest of it was spent with Bonbeach YCW Under 17s and Bonbeach Under 19s and seniors.

“You just wondered how far he could go and what he could do,’’ Cox says. “It looked like there were a few ahead of him.’’

But, he says, Peckett worked to the knuckle over pre-season, got terrifically fit, was voted into the leadership group (he captained the ‘Rays in three games, for three wins) and had a strong season, ending up a “pretty good overall product.’’

Stingrays talent manager Toby Jedwab had a query too. He wondered if Peckett would be a good Coates Talent League player or could develop into a draft prospect.

“I think in the middle of last year, it was actually a massive question mark on him,’’ Jedwab says.

“Then he played a few games and showed a bit. So we saw he could play the level, but could he elevate his game to the next level? Once pre-season started his attitude and training intensity were very different. Probably the penny dropped going into his top-age year. He was reliable, dependable, you knew what you were going to get.’’

Peckett got to work on his fitness and his kicking (which, he says, has improved “massively’’ in 12 months).

Cox sees a player who is strong overhead and in the contest, and “does everything well’’.

“There’s no real standout trait. He’s sound in everything he does,’’ he says, adding that Peckett is a “pretty relaxed individual’’, but driven too.

What will the Saints or another AFL club get if they pick up Peckett?

“They’ll get a nice player who will chip away and continue to get better over the next couple of years,’’ Cox says.

No question about it.


 
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Echoing the thoughts above....a great job there Jakey.

I still remember the absolutely fantastic interview that your team at the time did with Prez back around mid 2023 season.

The thing from that interview that stuck in my mind.....and still does to this day.......is that when Prez commissioned the club review late in the 2022 season,he asked all the reviewers....."are we on the right track...or are we kidding ourselves"

All came back saying "your kidding yourselves"

Thus Prez swinging the axe in late 2022.

In some ways,despite an indifferent 2022 season....it was a bit of a shock hearing that we were kidding ourselves.

I guess we'd all be always asking the question........are we going to be continually stuck mid table.....or good enough for top 4........the answer became pretty obvious IMO.
 

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He's always going to be bias since it's the program he's in, but it's nice hearing about how supportive our NGA program is. Many of the victorian clubs do the bare minimum so it's good to see our investment producing players.
 
Some indication to the start of our season (would be unreal imo):

St Kilda will have the chance to make a statement early taking on Adelaide away in Round 1, Geelong at Marvel Stadium on Saturday under lights in Round 2, followed by the Tigers in the twilight slot in Round 3.

Also:

SAINTS CONTINUE MCG PUSH​

St Kilda will push its case for more MCG fixtures when it hosts Carlton in round 9 next year.

The Saints went on record earlier this year in wanting to play more matches at the MCG and have hosted single games there in the past two seasons.

The Blues dragged in monster crowds to the ‘G in 2024, averaging 79,129.8 fans across nine matches.

The round 9 clash is likely to be played on a Saturday night, with the full 2025 fixture to be released on Thursday.

St Kilda has hosted its MCG games in the early part of the fixture in the past two years – in round 2 this year against Collingwood and round 3 against Essendon in 2023.

The Collingwood game was Spud’s Game, in honour of the late Danny Frawley, and the Essendon clash was the club’s 150th anniversary celebration.

The Saints have been a Marvel Stadium tenant since the venue opened but have been sending in annual requests to the AFL to play more home games at the MCG.

“I think we have been open about the fact we would like to have more MCG home games, we would like to be a hybrid club playing some games at the MCG, particularly the bigger drawing games,” Saints president Andrew Bassat told Saints TV this week.

“We’re hoping to get at least one game this year, if not two games. Over time we’d like four. We’ll keep that request on there. It is going to be hard but we will keep pushing that year after year.”

St Kilda has been joined by Essendon and Carlton in wanting less Marvel Stadium home games and more at the MCG.

St Kilda landed one Thursday night game in the first 16 weeks of the season, hosting the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium in round 14.

The Saints will also unveil a new club crest next week, joining Adelaide and Gold Coast with new looks in 2025.
 

The List Manager: Jon Ralph examines St Kilda’s current list, its future and everything in between​


If St Kilda fans suspected their list simply was not good enough as GWS put it to the sword in the 2023 elimination final, then the first 18 rounds this year proved it.

They could be furious St Kilda wasn’t surging up the charts like Hawthorn or dismayed at the 6-11 win-loss record to that stage of the season.

But mostly they were on the same page as coach Ross Lyon – the reality was the list just wasn’t good enough.

The midfield lacked star power and weapons that hurt opponents and the wins were often built on extraordinary effort or Ross Lyon’s coaching.

So most of them will be happy for this club to take half a step back to assemble more elite talent before surging again.

And for St Kilda’s bosses, that finals performance in 2023 gave Lyon enough breathing space to absorb the early struggles of 2024 and perhaps even a mid-table finish in 2025.

St Kilda roared home to win five of the last six – with quality wins over Geelong, Essendon and Carlton as well as defeats of battlers West Coast and Richmond.

It won’t hoodwink Lyon or the fans into believing this list doesn’t have a long way to go before the Saints are again in premiership contention.

TRADE PERIOD: 7/10​


The great win was landing a second top ten pick through Josh Battle’s departure for Hawthorn, securing St Kilda a draft hand that is currently 7, 8, 32, 47.

St Kilda let Tim Membrey move on, with Brad Crouch expected to come to terms with the club on a settlement for the final year of his deal.

From there the club secured Western Bulldogs All-Australian Jack Macrae for pick 45, giving up a late pick but committing to over $2 million in salary until 2027.

Jack Carroll also joined the club as a delisted free agent, while Carlton held onto Brodie Kemp despite St Kilda’s late interest and allowed Tim Membrey to cross to Collingwood.

For all of St Kilda’s interest in free agents across the year, none really wanted to come, so the worst possible outcome would have been handing over elite picks in a great draft for moderate players.

LIST HOLES​

If St Kilda is to turn into something special, it will be off the back of the precocious kids.

Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera is simply brilliant.

Mitch Owens was quieter in his third year but again played every game, this time for 20 goals.

Mattaes Phillipou shrugged off an ordinary year to finally hit back hard with four quality late-season games, Darcy Wilson’s best was sublime, and 2023 recruit Liam Henry showed flashes of real class.

But maybe only North Melbourne will go into the 2025 season with more question marks over list holes.

Not only is Max King injury-prone and inconsistent, he doesn’t have a recognised partner in crime who will guarantee him one-on-one looks.

Anthony Caminiti might eventually be that man, and Cooper Sharman would hope to be.

But Caminiti is only a baby in football terms at 20, with St Kilda considering Ivan Soldo then aborting that trade in a move that means Rowan Marshall will have the capacity to play forward much at all.

Battle is gone and so are the 156 intercept possessions he won last year (second only to the brilliant Cal Wilkie, 169) at St Kilda last year.

It will mean Dougal Howard and Zaine Cordy will be called upon more than Saints fans might like, with 198cm key back Isaac Keeler a likely type but yet to debut.

And stars Marshall and Jack Steele will lead the midfield with Phillipou as the potential A-grade teammate while a collection of onballers including Macrae, Paddy Dow, Hunter Clark, Zak Jones try to show they are capable of more than holding up an end.


DRAFT STRATEGY​

If St Kilda does want to bolster its midfield by taking two onballers at picks 7 and 8 there will still be real class by that stage in the draft.

Rivals believe St Kilda might bid on Suns midfielder Leo Lombard, but consider the band of mids available: Sam Lalor, Sid Draper, Jagga Smith, Murphy Reid, Harvey Langford, Finn O’Sullivan, Josh Smillie.

They are also open to trading back with their second pick to get two teens selections so they can’t lose on draft night if it is that they believe they will get a better blend of selections.

St Kilda needs star power.

It needs game changers.

It also needs a backup ruckman given Tom Campbell is gone and the club didn’t follow through on its interest in Ivan Soldo.

So it will scour the state leagues and summer rookie pool to secure back-up for Marshall.

Could the Saints make a play for Leo Lombard? Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images

AFL PLAYER RANKINGS​

In 2024, Jack Sinclair was ranked 22nd, Rowan Marshall 30th, Jack Steele 49th and Cal Wilkie 90th. Ross Lyon will hope Wanganeen-Milera can jump into the top 60 in his fourth season.

PREMIERSHIP WINDOW​

Jack Sinclair turns 30 in February, Jack Steele is 29 in December and Rowan Marshall is 29 on November 24.

Can Lyon fast-track the kids already drafted and find another 3-4 elite talents this November and in the 2025 national draft to give them a chance to contend before they retire?

It’s less likely but as he continues to push the dual narrative mantra – contend which also rebuilding – at least he will give the club a fighting chance.

SALARY CAP ROOM​

St Kilda secured Jack Macrae and absorbed his wage without blinking, another reminder of just how much cap space they have.

They should be putting six-year $10 million offers to Luke Davies-Uniacke as a matter of urgency to at least put a stake in the ground about their desire to secure a matchwinner of his ilk.

Brad Hill’s huge deal expired in 2025 and has been smoothed out in an extension to 2027, while Max King wouldn’t have come cheap after being locked away to 2032.

Yet few clubs other than North Melbourne would have the cap space St Kilda boasts.

The Saints’ interest in the Kangaroos star is no secret. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images

TRADE TARGETS​

St Kilda isn’t fussy. It just needs A-grade talent.

The hope will be that clubs who had money to burn with a new pay deal have used up enough of it for St Kilda to be able to lure them in the way this time around.

Last year clubs like Brisbane had the cash to keep Hugh McCluggage but this year will that cap space make a dent?

St Kilda threw the kitchen sink at Tom De Koning last year.

Tom De Koning could still be in play. Picture: James Elsby/AFL Photos via Getty Images
As a 2025 free agent St Kilda should go even harder 24 months on, even if he will be very challenging to pry out.

If he was prepared to leave as a 26-year-old free agent leaving next October, someone would pay him $1.5 million a year.

At some stage St Kilda needs to land an explosive mid and another key forward but already the best of the 2025 free agents like Cam Rayner, Darcy Fogarty and Noah Balta are being signed up.

TRADE BAIT​

St Kilda will try to sign up Owens, Wanganeen-Milera and Marcus Windhager quick smart as the clear priority signings, and will try to sign Wilson and Phillipou past 2026.

Others out of contract include Dougal Howard, Hunter Clark and Liam Stocker.
 
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The List Manager: Jon Ralph examines St Kilda’s current list, its future and everything in between​


If St Kilda fans suspected their list simply was not good enough as GWS put it to the sword in the 2023 elimination final, then the first 18 rounds this year proved it.

They could be furious St Kilda wasn’t surging up the charts like Hawthorn or dismayed at the 6-11 win-loss record to that stage of the season.

But mostly they were on the same page as coach Ross Lyon – the reality was the list just wasn’t good enough.

The midfield lacked star power and weapons that hurt opponents and the wins were often built on extraordinary effort or Ross Lyon’s coaching.

So most of them will be happy for this club to take half a step back to assemble more elite talent before surging again.

And for St Kilda’s bosses, that finals performance in 2023 gave Lyon enough breathing space to absorb the early struggles of 2024 and perhaps even a mid-table finish in 2025.

St Kilda roared home to win five of the last six – with quality wins over Geelong, Essendon and Carlton as well as defeats of battlers West Coast and Richmond.

It won’t hoodwink Lyon or the fans into believing this list doesn’t have a long way to go before the Saints are again in premiership contention.

TRADE PERIOD: 7/10​


The great win was landing a second top ten pick through Josh Battle’s departure for Hawthorn, securing St Kilda a draft hand that is currently 7, 8, 32, 47.

St Kilda let Tim Membrey move on, with Brad Crouch expected to come to terms with the club on a settlement for the final year of his deal.

From there the club secured Western Bulldogs All-Australian Jack Macrae for pick 45, giving up a late pick but committing to over $2 million in salary until 2027.

Jack Carroll also joined the club as a delisted free agent, while Carlton held onto Brodie Kemp despite St Kilda’s late interest and allowed Tim Membrey to cross to Collingwood.

For all of St Kilda’s interest in free agents across the year, none really wanted to come, so the worst possible outcome would have been handing over elite picks in a great draft for moderate players.

LIST HOLES​

If St Kilda is to turn into something special, it will be off the back of the precocious kids.

Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera is simply brilliant.

Mitch Owens was quieter in his third year but again played every game, this time for 20 goals.

Mattaes Phillipou shrugged off an ordinary year to finally hit back hard with four quality late-season games, Darcy Wilson’s best was sublime, and 2023 recruit Liam Henry showed flashes of real class.

But maybe only North Melbourne will go into the 2025 season with more question marks over list holes.

Not only is Max King injury-prone and inconsistent, he doesn’t have a recognised partner in crime who will guarantee him one-on-one looks.

Anthony Caminiti might eventually be that man, and Cooper Sharman would hope to be.

But Caminiti is only a baby in football terms at 20, with St Kilda considering Ivan Soldo then aborting that trade in a move that means Rowan Marshall will have the capacity to play forward much at all.

Battle is gone and so are the 156 intercept possessions he won last year (second only to the brilliant Cal Wilkie, 169) at St Kilda last year.

It will mean Dougal Howard and Zaine Cordy will be called upon more than Saints fans might like, with 198cm key back Isaac Keeler a likely type but yet to debut.

And stars Marshall and Jack Steele will lead the midfield with Phillipou as the potential A-grade teammate while a collection of onballers including Macrae, Paddy Dow, Hunter Clark, Zak Jones try to show they are capable of more than holding up an end.


DRAFT STRATEGY​

If St Kilda does want to bolster its midfield by taking two onballers at picks 7 and 8 there will still be real class by that stage in the draft.

Rivals believe St Kilda might bid on Suns midfielder Leo Lombard, but consider the band of mids available: Sam Lalor, Sid Draper, Jagga Smith, Murphy Reid, Harvey Langford, Finn O’Sullivan, Josh Smillie.

They are also open to trading back with their second pick to get two teens selections so they can’t lose on draft night if it is that they believe they will get a better blend of selections.

St Kilda needs star power.

It needs game changers.

It also needs a backup ruckman given Tom Campbell is gone and the club didn’t follow through on its interest in Ivan Soldo.

So it will scour the state leagues and summer rookie pool to secure back-up for Marshall.

Could the Saints make a play for Leo Lombard? Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images

AFL PLAYER RANKINGS​

In 2024, Jack Sinclair was ranked 22nd, Rowan Marshall 30th, Jack Steele 49th and Cal Wilkie 90th. Ross Lyon will hope Wanganeen-Milera can jump into the top 60 in his fourth season.

PREMIERSHIP WINDOW​

Jack Sinclair turns 30 in February, Jack Steele is 29 in December and Rowan Marshall is 29 on November 24.

Can Lyon fast-track the kids already drafted and find another 3-4 elite talents this November and in the 2025 national draft to give them a chance to contend before they retire?

It’s less likely but as he continues to push the dual narrative mantra – contend which also rebuilding – at least he will give the club a fighting chance.

SALARY CAP ROOM​

St Kilda secured Jack Macrae and absorbed his wage without blinking, another reminder of just how much cap space they have.

They should be putting six-year $10 million offers to Luke Davies-Uniacke as a matter of urgency to at least put a stake in the ground about their desire to secure a matchwinner of his ilk.

Brad Hill’s huge deal expired in 2025 and has been smoothed out in an extension to 2027, while Max King wouldn’t have come cheap after being locked away to 2032.

Yet few clubs other than North Melbourne would have the cap space St Kilda boasts.

The Saints’ interest in the Kangaroos star is no secret. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images

TRADE TARGETS​

St Kilda isn’t fussy. It just needs A-grade talent.

The hope will be that clubs who had money to burn with a new pay deal have used up enough of it for St Kilda to be able to lure them in the way this time around.

Last year clubs like Brisbane had the cash to keep Hugh McCluggage but this year will that cap space make a dent?

St Kilda threw the kitchen sink at Tom De Koning last year.

Tom De Koning could still be in play. Picture: James Elsby/AFL Photos via Getty Images
As a 2025 free agent St Kilda should go even harder 24 months on, even if he will be very challenging to pry out.

If he was prepared to leave as a 26-year-old free agent leaving next October, someone would pay him $1.5 million a year.

At some stage St Kilda needs to land an explosive mid and another key forward but already the best of the 2025 free agents like Cam Rayner, Darcy Fogarty and Noah Balta are being signed up.

TRADE BAIT​

St Kilda will try to sign up Owens, Wanganeen-Milera and Marcus Windhager quick smart as the clear priority signings, and will try to sign Wilson and Phillipou past 2026.

Others out of contract include Dougal Howard, Hunter Clark and Liam Stocker.
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I think he doesn't take into account just how brutal our injuries were especially to mids. Even without progression and just purely from a better injury run and a softer fixture I reckon we substantially improve.
 
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I think he doesn't take into account just how brutal our injuries were especially to mids. Even without progression and just purely from a better injury run and a softer fixture I reckon we substantially improve.
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I think that is a fair assessment from Ralphy he is usually a lot more critical of us
 

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I think that is a fair assessment from Ralphy he is usually a lot more critical of us
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I thought it was pretty good but Keeler key back??????
 
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