Geez Hawks got f'd over didnt they?! Lose Murphy and Young and gain just pick 66... ouch! Richly desrved. The equivalent of us getting a pick in the mid second round for goddard. We would have cracked the s***s big time. It apparently depends on ladder position so we may have been lucky to have a s...

St Ick wrote:Geez Hawks got f'd over didnt they?! Lose Murphy and Young and gain just pick 66... ouch!

Richly desrved.

SaintWodonga wrote:When was the last time the Saints had pick 13 or lower? Was it Armo?

Ben Elephant McEvoy. Rioli went a few picks later.

I hope we do get Hickey, I think he will become a good player particularly with the new ruck rules. However, I am not so convinced we will get pick 13 for Goddard. Some of the rumours, I acknowledge they are just rumours, suggest it may only be band 2 or even 3 compensation. ...and those rumours wi...

This has probably been posted before but here are a few Hickey highlights ... http://youtu.be/BKOXQgZRFh8 He can take a mark but his ball drop and kicking action are very ordinary. New to the game blah blah open to improvement ...What you don't see in that clip is his biggest asset, he has a good l...

I hope we do get Hickey, I think he will become a good player particularly with the new ruck rules. However, I am not so convinced we will get pick 13 for Goddard. Some of the rumours, I acknowledge they are just rumours, suggest it may only be band 2 or even 3 compensation. ...and those rumours wi...

Honour your contract, you agreed to it... Not the most enticing way of getting him to the Saints. That's like me asking a girl out on a date, using the opening like "you're fat". It's probably not going to work. I guess you can kind of get the vibe that I'm underwhelmed at the prospect of...

"Help us get Ash Smith to St Kilda this year and we'll pick you up next year"

We are in the better position, despite our need for a fullback Eagles don't win by keeping a disgruntled player, that wants to move O'Keefe from Sydney. Can I draw a long bow and predict a Norm Smith for Brown in 4 years time? :wink: Save time waiting and just shoot yourself in the foot. Have to ag...

He's contracted for next year.

BJ does not even want 5, he wants 4, I believe this to be reasonable. yeah, i suppose it comes down to personal opinion. i wouldn't give him 4 because the last thing we need in the middle of a rebuilding phase in 2016 is to be paying a 31 year old $600k a year, taking up money that we could use to ...

What makes you so sure of the above rediculous statement? Is this a fact or your opinion. :roll: is that a serious question? is anything posted anonymously on an internet forum a "fact"? let alone predictions about the future which cannot possibly be facts? Sorry I'll be clearer. The stat...

andrewg wrote:Zac was the reason the cats kicked three in the second quarter. Ubbsh flanger gave them momentum.

No. He played on Hawkins all night, beat him and was in the best. Just wishing doesn't make it true.

but anyone blaming Lyon for his departure is a simpleton And anyone who is not officially involved in the operations of the football club and yet claims to know exactly what happened, and exactly who is to blame, is also a member of the simpleton brigade. Actually it's not that hard at all to know ...

but anyone blaming Lyon for his departure is a simpleton And anyone who is not officially involved in the operations of the football club and yet claims to know exactly what happened, and exactly who is to blame, is also a member of the simpleton brigade. Actually it's not that hard at all to know ...

Well it seems really quite simple Raph Crocker Blake Peake Polo can all wave good bye So can at least 3 or our rookies Shenton (r) Archer (r) Andreoli (r) And then we have at least 5 players who we should be trying to trade Koschitzke Jones Gram Schneider Winmar This would give us at least 5 picks ...

Con Gorozidis wrote:he needs to learn an important part of being a ruckman. if you arent getting the ball. just at least try and hurt someone. nowhere near aggressive or physical enough.

Superb! Agree wholeheartedly.

It's not just that he can't jump, he is not in the contest if the fall of the ball is more than two strides away from him as he is as slow off the mark as he is slow. i agree concerning his skills but it isn't enough.

He ALWAYS goes better in the last quarter when everyone else is knackered and he can finally stagger to a contest or two. He is glacially slow.

Ben's coming good I reckon. We are winning the clearances. Just need to drag a couple of big marks in. Are you out of your mind? He is the slowest ruckman in footy, slower than the living dead - Brogan and Hudson. He reads the game well and he's a fine mark and kick but he can't jump and he can't r...

Absolutely, there looks to be a spot or two up for grabs. I agree with the poster above as well in the comment that we are v small down back. Perhaps this week is an audition for that last backman/bench tall spot. Blake for mine although it would be great if his 200th was at home.

what do ppl view as his strengths and weaknesses Strengths: Big, strong body with a serious presence at contests Gives 100% for the entire game, has surprising endurance despite his slightly jolly appearance Team player; sacrificed his year if kicking goals to fill in as ruck and FB and Sandy Quite...

what do ppl view as his strengths and weaknesses Strengths: Big, strong body with a serious presence at contests Gives 100% for the entire game, has surprising endurance despite his slightly jolly appearance Team player; sacrificed his year if kicking goals to fill in as ruck and FB and Sandy Quite...

Hope we're not committed to using pick 68 just because we got it for Walsh. As the above shows six picks in this draft is two or three too many unless you want to add in experienced and recycled players. First pick a ruckman who can't jump... we've already got one of those. Second pick an undersized...

Capable that's the key word isn't it? Jason Gram has looked very much like a player with a long-term injury issue in the last 18 months. He's altered his game and his kicking style to such an extent that he's unrecognizable. The strange lobbing, slow-foot, kicking action he adopted for the last half...