A lot to be said about timing. Sydney Essendon and Carlton all playing dreadfully when we played them. All going through a rough patch with there game plans worked out. I believe that 10% down v 10% up. Top v bottom of the ladder is anyone's game. We'll I would back the bottom of the ladder. There ...

What I truly love about this forum is reading all of the nonsense. This thread is a classic case in point. Some of the stuff being touted about Tomlinson is not only silly it’s wrong. It’s the same kind of rubbish that was written when we recruited Paddy Ryder and we know how that turned out. And no...

mad saint guy wrote: ↑Mon 02 Sep 2024 1:45am There's a big difference between resigning and re-signing

Thank you. Yes.

If Houston wants to play for the Saints, he is a more than adequate replacement.

Who stays? Who goes?

Allison? Van Es? Paton? Hayes? Hall? Campbell? Hotten?

Has Jones done enough to warrant another year? It’s a given we lose Battle.

There will be some retirements Ross? Crouch?

Over to you.

We play to win. Always.

We play to win. Always.

We play to win. Always.

There are many things I do not understand. Right now one of the biggest is the St Kilda football club. Seriously WTF. They say football is a game of two halves. Never truer words have been spoken. I don’t know what happened at half time. What was said. What was done. I’d like to know. Clearly it was...

Byrnes runs his arse off. Works hard like Clint Jones used to do. But there were things he didn't execute, whether poor judgement on where and when to go, or similar, that made the coaches send him to Zebs to work on stuff. I think Ross said Zebs is the Saint's nursery and it's where our guys learn...

The Saints, at this current moment, are easy pickings when it comes to monumental criticism. Lord knows they’ve copped it and some, on this forum. Some deserved. Some not so much. I too have big concerns. Not talking here about the coaching or the game plan or the lack of basic common football sense...

Seriously not enough is being said about Garcia and his performance. In a word it was sensational borrowing a word. Only 1.5 Quarters of footy, but 11 possessions, seven contested and six tackles against the current number 1 team in the competition. This kid can clearly play AFL footy. He deserves f...

At the risk of stating the obvious, our start to 2024 has not been great. And for all supporters that is frustrating. Does it mean we are staring down the barrel of yet another forgettable year for this football club? No. Way too early to tell. There are excuses for one win from three games. There a...

skeptic wrote: ↑Thu 14 Mar 2024 8:04pm I’d have thought Collard ahead of Jones is a bit of a statement

Not if Jones is injured. And I suspect that is the reason for his non selection.

Practice matches are given that title for a reason. Because they are no more than a bit of practice. An opportunity for clubs to try a few things and some new players as well. So what do we make of St Kilda v Essendon? Well, for a start ignore the scoreboard. It will have zero input into how we will...

Holy Moly. That handball from Henry to Garcia for a goal was outstanding. Yikes.

Bernard Shakey wrote: ↑Sat 03 Feb 2024 12:33pm We've played eight Grand Finals, and I've been at seven of them.
For some reason I missed 1913.
So glad I was there in '66 and later at Sierakowski's pub on Nepean Highway Brighton, at the ripe old age of 16, probably the first time I got drunk!

Bloody excellent.

I am old. That is good and bad. Let’s focus on the good. Unlike many of you, I experienced our footy team winning a premiership. Not just reading about or listening to the recollections of old timers. To experience the joy of it. To see Alan Jeans embrace Barry Breen. Seeing the player celebrations ...

This guy posted the following on Big Footy after training today. It needs no introduction and speaks for itself. It seems that the club is finally moving in the right direction. Interesting observation on Riley Bonner. " It was interesting to be able to get down to training after not having bee...

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/they-fixed-a-broken-ballet-star-now-these-researchers-are-schooling-footy-players-20230818-p5dxly.html When ballet dancer David Hallberg was at the height of his fame, he vanished from the public eye. The star of the American Ballet Theatre – and the firs...

Just passing this on from an observer at training today. " Training at RSEA park was tricky this morning, with a swirling wind affecting kicking skills. Darcy Wilson is such a lovely mover, one of his ground ball pick ups under real heat was brilliant. Keeler took a lovely pack mark..great to s...

According to Big Footy, Wilson, Pou and Garcia in the top 5 behind Hill.

Thank you so much for attending and providing such good info. An invaluable service for all of us.

Than these players... Dow v Bytel Henry v Gresham Hastie v Coffield Collard v Billings Schoenmaker v Highmore Wilson v McKenzie Bonner v Connolly O'Connell v Adams Garcia v Peris Sure if you like comparing apples and oranges or think you can. You can't. I also don't believe comparisons are helpful ...

How well did we do? It’s a question you naturally ask at the end of any trade and draft periods. In 2023 I’m in no doubt the answer is extremely well. Our plan was completely transparent. To use both opportunities to fundamentally re shape our playing list. And we have. The priority was speed and e...