Toast Welcome to St Kilda Jackson Macrae

[Diehard Saint]

Does this have a vibe reminiscent of more recent ex- Carlton recruits, and our #14 and #15?He has become a fringe player at the Bulldogs as the other two were at Carlton?

And their supporters have come on here to wish us all the best.??

Im worried if he’ll be dangerous ..and also wondering if we’ll give Seb Ross a call for the Supplementary list along with Rhce Stanley.

As I may do on the Pies board if Timmy lands up there.

 

[Nutsngum]

They were as cocky as hell post the 2016 grand final. Almost unbearable. Not sure how we’ll all react if we finally get there. We have shit put on us relentlessly so it will be interesting how gracious we are if it ever happens.

Winners are grinners I suppose.

The dogs currently are a lot like us in the 2003 - 2010 period. Made a bunch of finals, have been pretty strong with a couple of periods of shakiness and making two grand finals. The difference being they managed to get one of those over the line.

The reason they havent been more successful with their list as good as it has been is the exact same reason we weren't more successful.. we are both minnow clubs who have to battle uphill with worse facilities and access to top end coaches and administration.

I think we are now moving out of that era with Moorabbin being actually extremely good facilities now and our coaches now actually highly rated within the industry. The problem now is getting the list up to scratch with talent that can go the next step and also maintain that high level.

 

[Munga]

Maybe but I’ll personally never forgive Peter Gordon the second they get their shit together suggesting that not all clubs should survive post Covid, clearly aimed at us. I seem to remember a lot of their fans agreeing as well.

Yeah, I suppose it's mostly a different generation of fans now, 30 years on.

 

[jwikked]

Maybe but I’ll personally never forgive Peter Gordon the second they get their shit together suggesting that not all clubs should survive post Covid, clearly aimed at us. I seem to remember a lot of their fans agreeing as well.

As far as I'm concerned, they are all scum after that moment.

 

[SG34]

As I may do on the Pies board if Timmy lands up there.

EDIT: the caveat here is that I don’t know diddly squat about McCrae as a player. BUt that said…..


I am weary of ‘heart and soul’ players who ‘still have a lot to give’, that’s all.
Especially when they come as exports, with the blessings of their former fans.
I’m a child of the ‘80s too. Even if I was a young adult then.
Geary played too long.
I’m wary.
Remember when Kent came to us. Same. Parker. The two Carlton imports have been OK. Stocker gives it a crack.
Josh Battle was always lauded as bleeding the red black and white. And I’m sure he did, didn’t he.
Tom Mitchell.

I am going to be optimistic and say Bevo was wrong and played McCrae in the wrong position. Even if he is 6/10 the player he was he will still help us. As I’m sure Matt Crouch would have too had we taken him two years ago (when we should have)

We need to be competitive in an environment that we are structurally and systematically built into that is not helpful for that. By dint of being a minnow Melbourne club.

 

[SteeleSaints]

The dogs currently are a lot like us in the 2003 - 2010 period. Made a bunch of finals, have been pretty strong with a couple of periods of shakiness and making two grand finals. The difference being they managed to get one of those over the line.

The reason they havent been more successful with their list as good as it has been is the exact same reason we weren't more successful.. we are both minnow clubs who have to battle uphill with worse facilities and access to top end coaches and administration.

I think we are now moving out of that era with Moorabbin being actually extremely good facilities now and our coaches now actually highly rated within the industry. The problem now is getting the list up to scratch with talent that can go the next step and also maintain that high level.

Unless they win one in the next year or two they will be floundering for a while. They have a great young forward line but look at the age of their star midfield Bontempelli, Libatore, Treloar plus their key defenders it wont be long until they see decline. They do have some kids coming through but Bontempelli and Libba are a once in generation players.

Its the obvious reason why they encouraged Macrae to leave, they are aware the midfield is aging quickly.