It's fair to say Saints fans have been frustrated with Brad Hill since he arrived from Fremantle at the end of the 2019 season.
In what was seen as a coup at the time, Hill was a recruit who arrived with large expectations and the contract to match.
He struggled to find his best form in his first two seasons in the red, white and black however, with some Saints fans suggesting he's not even in the club's best 22.
But in the early rounds this season, Hill has recaptured his best form and it's no surprise it's coincided with St Kilda's 3-1 start to the season.
I was fortunate enough to play with 'Hilly' in 2016 and it wasn't until I got to see him play up close that I truly appreciated how good he is.
A key member of the Hawks' three-peat between 2013 and 2015, Hill partnered incredibly well with fellow winger Isaac Smith to create an underrated cog in the dynasty team.
Working up and down the ground all day with their elite running power, Hill and Smith contributed in a number of ways: pushing back to help the defence, always providing an outlet option for other players to give the ball to, getting from contest to contest to outnumber the opposition, pushing forward to outnumber in attack and, last but not least, being instrumental in the Hawks' ball movement by either getting involved multiple times in a possession chain or using their elite foot skills to slice open the opposition defence.
When able to play in this role, Hill is as good as - if not better than - his rumoured $900,000 per season contract suggests.
The problem is, however, that this role relies heavily on others to utilise Hill's strengths - if teammates can't get Hill involved, it greatly diminishes his output.
That is why I refer to Hill as a 'cherry on top' player - he can take a team from good to great as the final piece of the puzzle, but he isn't a player you can build a team around.
That's not a criticism, it's just the type of player he is.
Some would argue that makes him a front-runner, but that's a harsh - if not totally incorrect - assessment.
It just points to teams needing to utilise Hill's strengths, and getting the ball to him in the right spot, rather than relying on him to do things on his own.
Hill's goal tally shows this - in Hawthorn's three-peat years, Hill kicked 18, 10 and, 16 goals in 24, 22 and 24 games.
In his first two years at St Kilda, Hill kicked just five goals across 41 matches.
Admittedly they all came in one game - St Kilda's demolition of Hawthorn on Sunday - but Hill has already registered four goals in four games this season.
A regular criticism of St Kilda in recent seasons has been their inability to use the ball well, turning it over with regularity.
Not only does this hurt individuals by not being rewarded when they get into dangerous positions, but it also means they get burnt on transition - if players have set-up for offence, they're out of position when the opposition are handed the ball back.
Hill is arguably the biggest casualty of this - his ability to get the ball in space where he's so damaging, either by breaking the lines with his legs or finding teammates by foot, is completely taken away.
But if St Kilda can continue their hot start to the season and hurt the opposition with their ball movement, instead of hurting themselves, then Brad Hill - the cherry on top - might just be the difference between sneaking into finals and being a top-four side.
