Nup. I doubt we'll be making any knee jerk moves based on 2020 performances for core players. Jack is a known quantity and and a better strategy would be to compliment Jack and others struggling at present with gettable qualtiy midfielders. Billings like most can take a get out of jail free card for...

kosifantutti wrote: ↑Mon 07 Sep 2020 11:18am Compare it to any game last year. How many times did we score more than 80 points last year in games that were 25% longer?

Yep but which game was more appealing to you? yesterday's game or last year's game, OR the Tassie game?

I think Jack is one of those players who gets better with better players around him. 100% agree, however it is why this season has seen Jack attract the down hill skier tag when those other quality players aren't in the side. It also highlights his inability to be the onfield leader type we've been...

What a goal fest. Saints 11G Hawks 9G . 20 goals in 16 minute quarters. In the corresponding game last year there were 19 goals kicked in 20 minute quarters under a roof. What point are you trying to make? Which game was more appealing to you? Can I introduce the win against the Hawks down at Tassi...

I think it's a case of lowering expectations. He's best 22, he's just not going to be in the conversation when discussing other pick 3s and will settle in quality somewhere between an A and B grader. But that's ok, you need a few of those types in your team. The frustrating part is he's not going to...

Teams have worked us out by zoning deep defensively to not allow the goals from close range. We have to find another way or be more accurate from distance. Our straight kicking flattered a lot of our early performances. AFL coaches don't need to wait a whole season to "work a team out", t...

Sebby is holding our midfield together at present.

The calls for Roberton to play are baffling, I half can understand calls for Savage. Roberton and Savage wont play again this year,, maybe they might take the big gamble with Savage but it's way too late in the Season to try and get players fittness and conditioning up to a level that won't embarras...

What a goal fest. Saints 11G Hawks 9G Clearly our young team has been compromised by the impact of rolling out the Asterisk Cup. Clearly the "festival of footy", 3 hour bus rides each way to a game, restricted training conditions and the list goes on. The bottom line in amongst all the sla...

Our best CHB at the moment but hopeless up forward. I'm genuinely unsure why it is you think this, Gershwin? Umm...because he is. He is? What? What are you talking about? Thank you for your insightful post about................um, something. Well I just assumed insight might go over your head if yo...

Each year the AFL always pushes the envelope when it comes to the number of rounds played. Even this season, it has gone on at least two weeks too long. But it's same old, same old and it happens every year. It's quality v quantity and there are just at too many dead rubbers to make viewing games i...

Please if you don’t have anything nice to say start your own negative thread and if you have a great memory leave it here As a club in the last few years we have not had too many milestones to celebrate, but we get one today Many forget that Jarryn was a rising star nomination in 2008 In our great ...

Biggie and Gresh are there too. From what one could see Hannas moved quite freely, but obviously in a tiny area. That Gresh did not partake with so little time left does not bode well for 2020, though perhaps they were just wanting to be ultra cautious given that rest seems to be the main treatment...

Harves Man wrote: ↑Sun 06 Sep 2020 9:20am

Gershwin wrote: ↑Fri 04 Sep 2020 7:19pm Our best CHB at the moment but hopeless up forward.

I'm genuinely unsure why it is you think this, Gershwin?

Umm...because he is.

Good op, although I feel “unrecognisable”, is a tad harsh. This week I forced myself to watch a couple of non Saints games in their entirety, and did detect some brief segments of recognisable good AFL footy amongst the rolling mauls, and the “mutually agreeable circle work” (love that term). I wou...

I tend to agree with SK. Not as an asterisk Premiership, but games are becoming unwatchable. Friday night a case in point, Collingwood v Brisbane. One of the most pressure filled games I've seen on the TV. But as a spectacle? Crap. Too many players on the ground - too many interchanges. I'd love to...

Carlisle is incredibly important to our side, it is no coincidence that we lose when he doesn't play.

Howard has been a liability at times and so without Jake down back our backline is vulnerable and with Kingy being a work in progress Battle has to go forward often further exposing Howard.

Marsh and Lonie were the obvious ins. Kingy would have had a spell, needs one urgently, Member's finger kept him in. Did I read a reference back to the 2010 season in this thread? Really weird. It's really simple, we are short a few qualtiy players AND, it's the Asterisk Cup which means what I hear ...

Some posters on here understand how a club works, some don't. Gears took over the Captaincy at a very challenging time, the list condition barely had options for AFL capable players let alone leaders. We were deep in transition, and arguably still are, Gears has held himself with absolute class and ...

Tiges 42
Pies 34

11 goals scored between 2 flag contenders 3 weeks out from a finals series...unprecedented.

Take a look at tonights game between the Pies and Lions, not a bad standard in the early parts of the game, at times the intensity and excellence looked familiar and frequent scoring looked a possibility, however even well before Q3 was over, most players had hit the wall and struggled to drag thems...

The_Dud wrote: ↑Fri 04 Sep 2020 8:15pm Lots of people have been calling for a 17 game season for a few years now.

Ironically I actually think that is one concept that could be carried forward and create value and integrity to an elite footy comp.

Unrecognisable by definition means no resemblance to what we know by sense. It is still 18 teams, made of 22 players on match day, 18 on the field, 4 on the bench, no change to rotations, no change to rules (possibly interpretation, but that is week to week as well as year to year). Matches are sho...

skeptic wrote: ↑Fri 04 Sep 2020 5:08pm If he’s not 100% then rest him.

Otherwise he’s just more likely to hurt himself and be out for longer.

It’s not like there’s a shortage of players waiting for opportunity

Totally agree. We will be playing witches hats this week. No use wrecking yourself in a scratch match.

The question of whether or not the 2020 AFL premiership is at "full strength" or otherwise is immaterial, as is whether or not people like or dislike the quality of football this year. Everyone is entitled to their personal opinion. Me? I really enjoy the footy this year and admire the wa...