Matt Hepburn

@BradKlibansky As a saints fan I am furious there's a 5 day footy bonanza and we don't have a game. Why couldn't saints and giants byes been one of the earlier rounds so we are full by Easter week Or just don't have an opening round and therefore no byes and one bye for everyone mid season

✍️ “The current state of the game” After tomorrow, the early “Bye Rounds” will finally be over 🙏 From next season it needs to end! The 2026 early fixture has been horrendous. I hope I’m wrong but the rest of the season isn’t looking much better. The mid-season “Bye Rounds” are only 8 weeks away! That’s another 5 weeks of “Bye Rounds”. I’m not sure having 9 “Bye Rounds” in a 24 round season is good for the game 🤷 There’s just going to be no momentum this season, whilst the gap between the best and worst teams continues to widen. The current competition is not nearly as even as it should be and seems to be getting worse. We’ve already seen a lot of 50+ point thrashings. A team last night scored 35 points and lost by over 21 goals at home! Tassie coming soon won’t help either. It’s only Round 4 and we already have three teams- Richmond, Carlton and Essendon whose seasons are over. They will be lucky to win 10 games combined. West Coast and Port Adelaide won’t be as bad but aren’t far behind. I’m sure the race for the “Top 6” will be exciting come seasons end but it’s going to be a very long year ahead for many with so many average and poor games each week. At least we have “Wildcard Round” to look forward too 🤷‍♂️ What about the new rules? It’s still early days…but No sub, 5 on the bench ✅ 🙏 The Ruck - 🤦‍♂️ The “Stand” - 👎 The last touch out of bounce- 🤔 🤷‍♂️ Would love your thoughts on some or all of the ⬆️ Some may like “Opening Round”, the new rules or think the game is in good shape and that’s fine! It’s ok to disagree!

@Quartermain10 @AFL You'll actually never be happy with footy There was 100 pt wins when you used to commentate games on Ten as well, quarters!

What a huge worry for the @AFL competition when one team can beat another by 21 goals. #AFLEaglesSwans

@mrtonymartin Ep 1 popped up automatically last week after i watched something else and I very much enjoyed

Yet another very funny New Zealand comedy hidden away on Netflix - EDUCATORS seasons 1-3.

@MusicBrownlow 3 here comes the sun 2 hello goodbye 1 penny lane Hardest ever

Voting is open in the #EdRichardsStarkeyMedal. We want to know your top three songs by The Beatles. Give us your 3-2-1

@sainter2525 It's past midday.....

EXCLUSIVE Cal Twomey is to report that Stkilda spearhead Max King has suffered another setback with his knee after being oh so close to return. The club will make a statement in due time

@StKFootball Yeah Battles a good footballer without doubt, I'm not sure him leaving has had that much impact. Our major issues are conversion and ball use goinf inside 50...neither of which battle would have solved. If we did that better we'd be 4-0 lol

Agree we lost a LOT when we lost Battle. But Silvagni (free agent who cost nothing at the trade table) should grow to cover much of JB’s position. Tauru - the actual compensation pick for Battle - has 12-13 years of footy ahead of him, whilst Battle will be 28 later this year.

@delbistobeco @SteveHunts37 They spend the same amount as you Zac Williams still on 900k?

@SteveHunts37 You spent $5m on players and have only managed to scrape past a depleted GWS team so far 😂

All your Carlton flogs bagging St Kilda... least we don't blow a 40+ point lead again and again. Bunch of Flogssss #AFLBluesDees

@StKFootball Was always a rough draw to start. If we can be 2-4 I'm still confident we can make something of the year Absolutely have to beat Port

Credit to Brisbane for running over us when the game was up for grabs. Yes, the umpires killed us, but we killed ourselves. Ran out of gas after hitting the front. Good effort to that point. We slip to 1-3. We had to be 2-2 at a minimum by this stage. Your thoughts below 👇

@Michael_60 Can Someone explain to me why we are persisting with Carroll at AFL level and not giving Hastie time in that role.....

Saints VFL side have some patches, but still show very little cohesion or structure. Lots of bomb and hope. Hastie probably our best, but a lot of the VFL squad still adjusting to the faster pace from where they were last year. 45-21 at the half. Jayden Davey both goals

@taylor_nj @superfooty Rules have absolutely never been different for Vic sides...except for Qld and NSW This is made up

@superfooty I remember when St Kilda were able to pick up their NGA player half a dozen picks after Freo couldn't match on ours because the rules were different for non Vic sides. Watch me not care.

St Kilda will be delivered another dose of hard luck in this year’s draft. DETAILS: bit.ly/4lMHXf7

@FootyEgg Hahahahahahha If you watched how the game was going at the time it probably robbed us of being further in front

GWS win that game with 20 more seconds I reckon. Pretty big deal and kind of boggles the mind that this happened in a billion dollar industry. Is the AFL just a giant money laundering scheme?

@lethalfooty If just a corkie I think with 5 on the bench they'd rather have Pou out there even if it's fwd. Hopefully that TOG increases And yes there aren't a host of other options

@Hepp86 Agree. So should he have actually been selected? It’s kind of indicative of where the midfield options are at. Macrae, Clark and Dow injured/recovering.

#AFLGiantsSaints final thoughts: - Pou, Ryan, Sharman, Marshall, Wood really need to find form - Yet to have an A grade performance from NWM this year - Not sure why we spend 2nd half slowing the play down + kicking the ball up the line when our “big” forwards are so small 🧵

@AflGlicko @AmericansFooty Something was a bit up with that today. He was 0% at qtr time and I reckon 4 times he'd hit a target. Do different games have different measures of what's efficient. Was tough in the conditions today especially early I thought he played a decent game

@AmericansFooty 19% disposal efficiency. Scored three behinds from four shots.

$1.7 million dollars and puts up the second worst game since 2012.

@timrosen35 It may not have started at this rate

Will be joining today’s game half way through the 2nd quarter… Please still be a live game 😬

@Shaebee22 Can't start within 30 mins of lighting striking within 10km haha So half hour minimum I guess?

Can someone tell me what time the game has been moved to?

@s_d_mcintyre @Michael_60 Haha I guess. In the old days 193cm was key position haha I think Marshall being the big dog with the other two is ok But absolutely we need king for all of this to work

@Hepp86 @Michael_60 Bit small for key position? He's like a 3rd tall.

So, my Saints nuffies, what say you? Both sides tonight played 2 x KPF's, plus a ruck (Syd) or two rucks(Haw) yet Saints persist (so far) with just one p/time resting ruck as our sole tall forward. Good? bad? No choice?

@jos_ritzerfeld @JaneFallon Come on mate, Teachers is all time!!!!

@JaneFallon never had the urge to produce a tv show again?

30 years ago today our little show first went out …

@Shaebee22 Pou and Ryan are tests so might be playing? I wonder if MacRae had this issue already cos he's looked a touch slower

No Macrae. No Pou. No Flyin. Hopefully Ro comes up. Fucken.