Harry Russo's Roar Profile

Saints and Freo are better teams than this article suggests.
Freo will be top 8 for sure, Sean Darcy is the new Dean Cox
and Saints may be too if their injury list stops growing and not let the margin blow out in losses

AFL Oracle: Which team stuck in footy’s ‘no man’s land’ can crack the top eight in 2022?

Pies up to 8th is a laugh
GC being wooden spooners is spot on though, King not being there will prove that he really is an important player in the team and should have been top 10 in their B&F in 2021. Ben should go to a club that already knows how to treat a young King 😛

AFL Oracle: Which bottom-five team from last year can surge into finals in 2022?

it may be due to the lack of red ball cricket since 2020, and all the covid protocols and practices all the players go through these days. Smith may not be coping well with that, there’s only so many hours you can shadow bat in a hallway before you go mad

Will concussion hasten the decline and fall of S.P.D.Smith?

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I think the loss to the Dogs in the Elimination Final would have lit a fire in their bellies. Teams like Geelong and GWS will slide this year, and Essendon will make it to a semi

AFL 2022 Radar: 'If they don't win a final, it will be a wasted year'

If Melbourne wins the flag this year than the Saints have the longest current premiership drought, and I’m not about that 😂
Its bad enough we hold the most wooden spoons haha

Deja vu as Dees and Dogs clash in front of empty stands once again

I completely agree with this, I think great players of clubs should not coach teams that they played for. Great example not mentioned is Michael Voss and Justin Leppitsch coaching Brisbane, neither of them look Brisbane to finals as a coach.
James Hird is another example, do you think Essendon FC would have gone along with the supplement saga if Hirdy wasn’t coach, my opinion is that if it was any other coach it would have been shut down immediately. He put Essendon back a few years and they are only now showing huge potential for a shot at the premiership over the next few years.

Do clubs' favourite sons ever make good coaches?

I agree with Steele. He’s form is one of the only consistent things in a very inconstant year for the Saints.

Your AFL club's breakout player in 2021

Totally agree with the things you’ve listed. Another annoying thing I find is when players indicate they’re going for goal, take 25-30 seconds to walk in, then kick it off to a team mate. Blatant time wasting.

The six most annoying things on a footy field