Will be interesting. Usually a ruckman or midfileder fills at least one forward spot (ie Everitt FP), but I think MacIntosh and Cox will be named with one IC. Brent Harvey, Ablett, Bartell, Judd (let's not forget he was almost unbackable midyear for the Brownlow), Kerr, Hodge (probably HB), will all...

Freo are in form, but don't have a super quick midfield. Play Bakes on Carr, and see how far the niggle gets him. Farmer is the wildcard, but control him early and he loses interest. Pav will get his, we've got to limit their others, especially Bell and, if he plays, Headland. When they get a couple...

its crap but sadly the saints cant be blamed for that the fact is we have over 1000 westernsaints members and only get 250-300 tickets ! so even if he missed the first game there was no sure fire way he was gunna get to the second game but he stood a better chance then those who went to the first g...

I don't think I can take it
If we miss another soda
So if any of you do it
Next week you're at Kokoda

Hated to see all of the go, and we basically got nothing in return. Dal Santo still hasn't proved anywhere near as valuable as any of these three, and that's nothing against him, just fact. Why trade a half-decent player who's supposedly a prick (but still remains friends with many at the club) for ...

And my brother, who also lives in Perth was denied a ticket to both games, even after registering for the first and told he had priority on the next game when he missed out. Flew over for Harve's 350th against Geelong, missed it, and was refused the privilege in his own backyard. Disgraceful. And no...

Why trade/delist if you're gonna bring in players from the 2s who can't get a game now. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Why not delist/trade Brooks, Watts and their ilk.

I'm not bagging Roo, just asking the question. Pav and Brown are both CHF's, not FF's, and all three are playing tremendous footy. I'm sure the judges will alter positions like they do every year (ie. Pavlich FP, Brown FF) but maybe they may throw a few curve balls. Who knows?

I'll be honest here, I don't know jack about the VFL structure in Vic, but why wouldn't a team look at having a stand alone reserves team. If it's fiscally viable, it could only enhance both the playing stock and the brand.

the all australian team should be picked in positions If so would Roo even be on the bench? Just a question, as J Brown and Pavlich have both been pretty good, and sit around us on the ladder. Brown has never got an AA berth, so is a shoe-in IMO. If going by position, that leaves Pavlich and Roo fi...

Pavlich and Brown are both having great seasons, and I think Franklin may sneak in as FF (just a gut feeling). Either Steve or Brad Johnson will get a FP berth (guaranteed), and 3 CHF's don't usually make the cut. Who's been better, and let's not be biased.

Smart and the Brown family don't exactly go hand-in-hand.

like the idea of trading gehrig, we could cover him and if we could get a top 20 pick

We'd jump at it. No club would seriously contemplate it though, so let's not go there. I love the G Train, but why a club would give a possible 100-200 game player up for one season from Gehrig is beyond me.

It took me 12 on the weekend.

Watch the movie Blue Chips and you'll see how it's gonna go in the future. Sure it's a crap movie, but boosters are pretty common in the US collegiate system, and there's even less you can do about it at AFL level. It's the way of the future. But please GT, just STF. You aren'treally that important ...

Let's not forget Watts and Brooks were both at other clubs before joining the Saints, so we aren't the only club to get nothing out of them (I think, I've been drinking so excuse me if I'm wrong). Our talls aren't the problem at the moment, so even if they can play, they just jumped on the wrong boa...

We're playing the Dockers
And not West Coast, damn!
They'd all throw the game
If offered a Gram

To be replaced by who Brooks or Watts? Give me G anyday.

36 - Robert Harvey................No
34 - Andrew Thompson..........Yes
34 - Matthew Clarke...............Yes
31 - Fraser Gehrig..................No
30 - Aaron Hamill...................Yes
29 - Michael Gardiner.............No (one years grace)
29 - Brett Voss......................Yes

Hear, hear. Depsite that, I couldn't really give a toss who wins if the Saints aren't in it. So long as the beer flows and the waitress is naked I can quite honestly tell you somebody will have to tell me the next day who won anyway. Without a vested interest in the game, the actual event becomes a ...

Lets see what you say after we beat fremantle this week and are sitting 8th after round 19.

But we're sitting ninth after round 19, that's the problem. And don't think the Freo game is a gimme. We'll have to play a lot better than we have the last 3 weeks to match them, let alone beat them.

Doesn't bode well for our forwards that line up. Looks like Roo's gonna be carrying the burden for the forseeable future. Which isn't a good thing.

That's it for us I think. Can't see us winning the next three on the trot and hoping for Brisbane to fall over on the way. Not much of a season really, and one I'll be pretty grateful is over. Only a couple of positives (Joey, Gilbert, Kosi playing again) and a whole lot of problems to figure out be...

B: S.Fisher, D. Glass, D. Milburn
HB: A. McLeod, C. Cornes, H. Shaw
C: C. Judd, G. Ablett, N. Lappin
HF: N. Reiwoldt, J. Brown, C. Ling
F: B. Harvey, C. Mooney, B. Johnson

Foll: D. Cox, S. Mitchell, J. Bartel
Int: K. Cornes, P. Everitt, D. Kerr, S. Black

And one more thing. I'd prefer to keep an Gardy on standby and Rix in the ruck than let Brooks anywhere near senior football again.