Max King

Saints coach Brett Ratten has backed Max King to improve his accuracy in front of goal, while Lions coach Chris Fagan wants the AFL to give players some ...

That he was blocked off the ball and various other things. My personal view is we should review that rule and that’s not a criticism of the way that it is. Sign up for the Real Footy newsletter. “But you shouldn’t get a 50m penalty for just moving slightly. So we want to finish the year really strong as a group. Am I going to get in trouble for saying that? “It was interesting how he was tagged. “I would like to have a look at the tape and see what it looks like but players shouldn’t get blocked getting to the ball like he does. “I can’t imagine that. We’ve been inconsistent. “He’s 22 years of age, we love what he brings to the footy club, and he’s developing, but we know he’s doing the work. “I want to go to war with Max because he delivers, and he will deliver.”

St Kilda coach Brett Ratten has bristled at suggestions forward Max King needs a specialist goalkicking coach after the spearhead's wayward performance ...

“He won’t be seeing anyone outside the club, he doesn’t need to,” Ratten said post-match. “Because he kicks the ball with no momentum he leans back, which means more often than not he misses to the right.” “That’s where you need the strong technique,” he said. Stream them all for free on 7plus >> “When you lose confidence in your routine and your ability to go back and even make reasonably good contact, it’s a horrible feeling.” “His routine was broken to the point that, we watched him pretty close in the last five or 10 minutes and I just don’t think he wanted the ball,” Riewoldt told Fox Footy.

St Kilda coach Brett Ratten has defended Max King after the forward had a bad night in front of the sticks.

I want to go to war with Max because he delivers and he will deliver," Ratten said. "The pleasing part that we know about Max is Tuesday was a day off for the players and he was at Marvel Stadium for an hour and a half having goalkicking practice. He gets pretty rough treatment I reckon." But I guess that's the way it goes. He did everything right bar the finish and for great forwards in the game that's happened. Tonight he had a night where it didn’t work for him.

Max King had a tough night in front of the posts as Saints lost to Lions but St Kilda coach Brett Rattan says he still has confidence in the youngster.

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“The worst thing you can do in those pressure situations or those pressure kicks is lose your momentum in your run up. “It’s hard to fix in the moment. “We’ve all been there, I’ve been there and it’s a horrible feeling. “King’s had four set shots from directly in front. He ended up turning into one of the best kicks in the competition for goal Tommy.” That’s season on the line pressure and that’s a fail.

St Kilda coach Brett Ratten has no doubt Max King will bounce back after the spearhead's wayward goal-kicking...

"I want to go to war with Max because he delivers and he will deliver." "He's 22 years of age, we love what he brings to the footy club and he's developing, but we know he's doing the work. "When you lose confidence in your routine and your ability to go back and even make reasonably good contact, it's a horrible feeling." "Sometimes you don't get the reward all the time but he'll keep doing that and you watch, he'll turn it around." "He'll be at our footy club for 10 years and when we look back we'll be saying what a great player he is and what he's done. "He's doing a power of work and what I do know is I want Max King in my corner," Ratten said.

St Kilda coach Brett Ratten has defended Max King after the forward had a bad night in front of the sticks.

I want to go to war with Max because he delivers and he will deliver," Ratten said. "The pleasing part that we know about Max is Tuesday was a day off for the players and he was at Marvel Stadium for an hour and a half having goalkicking practice. He gets pretty rough treatment I reckon." But I guess that's the way it goes. He did everything right bar the finish and for great forwards in the game that's happened. Tonight he had a night where it didn’t work for him.

St Kilda coach Brett Ratten remains steadfast that Max King doesn't need any external help to aid his goalkicking woes. King kicked five behinds in St ...

Essendon great Matthew Lloyd put his hand up to help King last year, before the Saints blocked the move in favour of keeping all coaching in-house. King kicked five behinds in St Kilda's loss to Brisbane on Friday night, a result that all but ends their finals hopes this season. St Kilda coach Brett Ratten remains steadfast that Max King doesn’t need any external help to aid his goalkicking woes.

St Kilda coach Brett Ratten launched a passionate defence of key forward Max King after the star Saint's wayward night in front of goal in the club's close ...

I want to go to war with Max because he delivers and he will deliver," Ratten said. "The pleasing part that we know about Max is Tuesday was a day off for the players and he was at Marvel Stadium for an hour and a half having goalkicking practice. He did everything right bar the finish and for great forwards in the game that's happened. “Lachie Neale’s last month has been outstanding. Tonight he had a night where it didn’t work for him. Every day we're at the footy club or we're not at the footy club he's there having extra goalkicking and rehearsing and finetuning his game to make sure he gets his opportunity to score on game day," Ratten said.

St Kilda continues to bar Max King from receiving external help on his goal kicking and Wayne Carey can't u...

King and his twin brother, Ben, share a close relationship with Lloyd, who was their high school coach at Haileybury, but St Kilda has refused to let Lloyd work with their young star. "He's 22 years of age, we love what he brings to the footy club, and he's developing, but we know he's doing the work. "He'll be at our footy club for 10 years and when we look back, we'll be saying what a great player he is and what he's done. "He's doing a power of work and what I do know is I want Max King in my corner," Ratten said. "Max got in touch with me after the 1.5 game (against Geelong) and I said, 'I'm willing to do anything we can to get you going'," Lloyd said last year. "Sport at the top level is 90 per cent above the shoulders, he has to master his own mind.