Daniel Cherny - Codesports Chief Cricket Writer (21.07.2026)

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**Mark Duffield** (1:00)
Welcome back to the SENWA studio out here at Optus Stadium on this Tuesday morning in Perth. It is 12 degrees outside, partly cloudy with some showers in the city today, building to a top of 18 degrees. It never rains on the St Kilda football club. They're always playing under the roof at Marvel Stadium. Might be time to get a temperature check on the club from one of their most avid fans, Daniel Cherny from Codesports. Joins us on the show, Daniel, welcome.

**Daniel Cherny** (1:30)
Good to be with you. That wasn't the way I was expected to be introduced, but I always have a problem. Always comes all talking about the Saints. No problem.

**Mark Duffield** (1:36)
Give us your thoughts first, but we'll get on to cricket very, very soon, but give us your thoughts. I was a bit of a buyer on the Saints in recent weeks. I was a little bit disappointed in their effort against Geelong at the weekend.

**Daniel Cherny** (1:49)
I have not to be disappointed. I mean, clearly an enormous opportunity with so many missing for Geelong. Having said that, they were brought back. Pretty decent player in Brian Myers. Closest enough to best on best of ground, best on field, best on ground. You know what I'm trying to say, best on field and best on ground.
If he wasn't anyway. But I know it was. And look, it was just a funny game because they were, they held what was 26 to behind, 4-2 to nothing, and then they ended up losing by 27 points. So from there, they pretty much drew on level, and they were right at the game from that point onwards. But a massive missed opportunity now, talking 27 years with the last win down the highway. I mean, they sort of got off a hook in the end and killed it, remained in the top 10 because of the Giants upset loss to Essendon, and teams like North Melbourne and Carlton missing out as well. And look, it's still very much in their own hands. They're probably still better with a 50% chance of making the top 10
But look, I think it shows that would be very much a, you know, they are mediocre. They have been 8-1 against the teams currently below them, and they were 9 against the teams above them. They're honest in that respect. They're not, you know, they're not pretending to be anything they're not. They are a middle of the roadside. They pushed a few of the top sides close without getting over the line, and they've managed to generally beat the teams below them, often very, very comfortably. So, but the one thing I'd say about the Saints is we are yet to see them with Max King in the lineup, and with potentially Tom DeKoning also coming back this week. So, yeah, he is the wild card, so to speak, in that whole setup. And if he can come back and have an impact, then potentially they get a different look. You know, even if they are a two-goal game, better side with Max King in there, that gets them over the line in two or three games this year, and suddenly it's a different conversation. So, it remains to be seen, but it has been a middling season at best, I'd say from the Saints.

**Mark Duffield** (3:38)
Yep, tend to agree.
It's interesting that they have not been able to win at GMHBA Stadium for so long, because Ross Lyon had a good record at the stadium when he was coach at Fremantle, so he does know how to play the ground. So it's interesting that it's been such a barren wasteland for the Saints. Australia has its squad named for the test against Bangladesh in Darwin, 13-man squad. Nathan Lyon in the squad, your thoughts?