St Kilda’s General Manager of Football Simon Lethlean has detailed his plan of attack in the coming months to better position the football club ahead of the 2019 season.

Lethlean gave an overview of the exit interview process and revealed who’s involved from the football department.

“We spread the 46 players across those couple of days, and essentially roll them through medical screening, player welfare and coaching/performance review,” he told the Dare Drink it Through Podcast.

“They’re pretty important conversations either setting expectations for the year to come, rounding out performance for the year just gone, and in some cases, having conversations about what their future looks like, so it’s a pretty serious day … it’s not necessarily the best part of the industry.”

Lethlean also said that not every player’s future will be set in concrete in the process.

“There’s different conversations to be had; some we’ll have more definitive views on, some we’ll unfortunately have to wait and see what transpires across the next six weeks, and some might have feedback for us, who knows?

“You’d like to be definitive at all times, but the nature of the trade period, free agency movement, contract negotiations, means that it won’t be definitive for all – and in some cases for us.

Listen to the full podcast below:

In this week’s episode…

Host Clair White is once again joined by St Kilda General Manager of Football Simon Lethlean to review the Blue Ribbon Cup and discuss Jimmy Webster’s niggle, Jack Lonie’s future, the exit interview process, the football club’s season review, and James Gallagher’s to-do list.

Episode guide

0:52 – Blue Ribbon Cup review

3:34 – Jimmy Webster’s niggle

4:30 – Jake Carlisle update

5:36 – Jack Lonie’s future

6:30 – Exit interviews

8:27 – Season review

9:35 – Off-season for players

10:46 – James Gallagher to-do list

12:10 – Round 23, off-season momentum