SaintPav wrote: ↑Wed 24 Apr 2024 3:04pm What’s the purpose and benefit of the tactic of sitting back in a game of keeping’s off?

Ross was shielding the players. It wasn't a tactic it's what the players delivered.

Are we going to tag Horne--Francis and Rozee & maybe Butters? Jobs for Steele, Windy and Ross or just go head to head? Either way bench will need aerobic capacity plus. Maybe Darcy could run with Rozee for a bit? Obvously selection this week is going to be tough looking at possible match ups, al...

B.M wrote: ↑Tue 23 Apr 2024 2:20pm Membrey 188cm
Liam Jones 197cm

Jones in AA form

Big ask

OK forget the goal. How about an effective tackle, maybe a chest mark, if that's not too big an ask.

How about the team playing well. Isn't it a joint pact. Going is not cost free and generally the travel is not fun. Have prepaid membership, and gone to Geelong and MCG that's a reasonable show of good faith, no? Anyway had mid week commitment, what's with Thursday nights in winter, anyway, some rat...

Not Tim Membrey,
unless, on Friday,
Tim executes a run down tackle
Prevents his marker taking several intercepts, and
kicks a goal before half time, I.e. while the result is still in question or earlier if result is foregone before then.
Is that too much to ask.

Thought it was more classic saw tooth shape until the recent flight of the lemmings trend.

Unfortunately Membrey & Higgins are no Gehrig & Hammill.
Hopefully Wilkie can mentor the young defenders in the VFL.

SaintPav wrote: ↑Mon 22 Apr 2024 6:35pm We all know what’s coming this week.

So that light at the end of the tunnel is actually......

His manager could suggest to the young man he play a blinder Friday night. Might help the contract price and other loose ends.

Our rock solid defence imploded early, yes? House of Cards then fell? Dougal hammy, Jimmy suspended, for some reason Wilks has not reached heights/consistency of 2023, Sincs calf injury meant he missed a bit of preseason/lost form and sides have realised that tagging NWM puts a hard break on our reb...

A point of agreement!
We all agree Zac is not a gun.
But how do we persuade the selectors, or doesn't Zac need any help with that.

But dropped for whom?
Maybe Clark when he is fit? Not really like for like? (which might not be a bad thing).
Not for me to critique our development plans, but I wonder at times if he is developing "footy sense" and composure at the rate hoped for.

Harley Reid will become a very marked man. That might slow them down, unless he is a reincarnated Carey.

Eagles:
Heartache Tonight
I Can't Tell You Why
Take it Easy
Desperado
Barrack for the Saints, you can check in, but you can never leave
it's Life in the Fast Lane.

I have another, more a deflection really, no matter how bad Thursday night was we are still well better than North and the Hawks. Case studies in how rebuilding is an adjective not a verb.

He signs, he doesn't sign. Life goes on. Port have class mids to burn but he would make a handy half forward. Not big $s. Adelaide have assembled quite a good mid field and have real class half forwards. Not big $s there either. If he goes we get compo & write off considerable development costs....

Good to see three votees are youngsters.

Years in the wilderness has made the core reactionary and have chronic inferiority feelings about our club's on field performance. We are on the slow climb up from horrid depths. Wailing and gnashing of teeth after set backs is immature but completely understandable and inevitable. But that will eff...

What? I am just correcting someone who said he’s never been able to get on the park or play consistently I just reminded them he played 7 seasons at Sydney before he came to StK and we got him for peanuts Lethlean would have had ZERO to do with his recruitment He was NEVER involved in list manageme...

29, 182cm, coming off long injury break, often injured, no particular skill set. Not particularly astute on the field. Certainly not an example to young players or ever inspirational. Give a newbie a go. A Lethlean legacy, fraying badly.

B.M wrote: ↑Sat 20 Apr 2024 12:51pm After this season

Will do a stats comparison between Phillipou and Billing

Who by and large play the same position (HHF)

Stats to include age, weight, height/height change, games played, ladder positions?

I guess it's gracious to acknowledge opponents. I can remember the practice of lining up and shaking hands with opponents after amateur games, regardless of the result; can't remember sides ridiculing each other. Also it might have come to a point where it is clear for all the knowledge he has impar...

What's the alternative to being patient.
I've tried stamping my foot.Scores stayed the same.

We are not close but we are closer. Not good enough at all still after 14 years. Essendon got decimated after the drugs scandal and watching them the last few weeks shows how much ground they have made up too with their playing personnel. Maybe, but that's the hand we are playing. Ross didn't deal ...

We are not close but we are closer.