Season 2026 - St Kilda

Is anyone actually surprised by what they’ve dished up so far? The carry-on about their off-season imports was ■■■■■■■ ridiculous. TDK is talented, but has delivered very little in almost a decade of being on an AFL list, Silvagni is bog average, Flanders is ok and Liam Ryan is old and inconsistent.

They’ve got some genuinely good players they’ve drafted and developed themselves (NWM, Wilkie, Sinclair), but it’s like they’ve tried to buy relevancy. It hasn’t worked so far, and I doubt it will as the season progresses. I doubt they make finals, if they go 0-3 they definitely won’t.

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Essendon 2017, Ross will absolutely drive this team into the ground and destroy it like he does

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Yep, The Saints in 2026 = Essendon 2017-2019.

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Have GWS away next week, than Lions (H) and Port (A) after their bye. Could easily be 0-5.

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I reckon Liam Ryan has looked like the pick of them all so far

19 disposals, two goals and two tackles across two games. Not exactly setting the world on fire. He did look good in the pre-season game against us though.

This cannot be real, no way they signed him for a mil.

https://x.com/1116sen/status/2033396589264249227?s=20

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Excellent result for the young man, has barely shown anything at senior level and to be on a mil a season is sensational work by his manager

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Struggles to stay on the park long enough to show his stuff.

Tom Morris?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Best in the business. If Tommy says it’s so, it’s legitimate. Phillipou on $1M a year would be the most egregious overpay in AFL history.

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Must have a great manager!

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Would’ve taken him over Tsatas on every day that ends with a ‘y’, but still, if that figure is correct he’s getting paid double what he should be right now.

Yeah insane. I’ve seen moments and even a few games where you can certainly see ‘it’ but his career has really stalled through repeat injury. And then you start to have doubts on ability. They’d be getting pretty jittery. Needs to establish himself properly this year.

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We ■■■■■■■ absolutely suck donkeys you know what, but at least we’re not St Kilda

The “Tom Boyd Effect”; Being grossly overpaid can cause massive resentment in the locker room and in some notable cases it can lead to mental problems of the million dollar player.

Aaron Heppell > Phillipou

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Throw the book at him. Clearly a word he uses habitually.

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He deserves a ban just for his haircut

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