At the moment we have a chance to win the flag. Not a good one perhaps but we are in the race. It would be criminal not to give it our very, very best shot. Just take it a week at a time and see what happens.

I just want to check this against what other people think. I think a major turning point of the game was when Hill and NWM suffered leg injuries. They appear to be not serious, but I thought they both faded out of the game after the first quarter. They were very influential up to that stage. It does...

Taking off Cordy and to then have the players bombing it in high seemed to lose us the match.
We needed Windhager for his fresh legs, but taking off Cordy was a poor coaching decision.

2 talls 2 mediums and 3 smalls.
King, Caminiti, Membrey, Owens, Gresham, Higgins and Butler.

I don’t mind Phillipou spending some time at Sandringham developing his game.
No place for Cordy.
Billings no longer best 23.
Hill and Wood on wings.
Byrnes getting better.

Hill and NWM brilliant in the first quarter then both get knocks and fade out of the game.

saynta wrote: ↑Fri 31 Mar 2023 3:36pm

magnifisaint wrote: ↑Fri 31 Mar 2023 3:03pm A very nice story.
Unlucky breaks and raising the steaks: New Saint's wild ride to the top - https://www.afl.com.au/news/892093

yes, a lovely story. The boy has ability.

He plays like he thinks he’s a star. And long may he play like that.

Let me just say that the selections of NWM and Mattaes Phillipou just fell into our lap. No recruiter should puff out his chest and say 'that was me'.

Number 5 for me please.

I thought Freo were very poor.
We were better and deserved the win.
And we can get much better than that.

I expect he will miss half the season through injury. In the games he plays he will show flashes of brilliance but be ineffective most of the time. Same, same I guess.
Negative I know and will be deliriously happy if I am wrong.
Your thoughts?

Makes sense to me.

Ghost Like wrote: ↑Fri 17 Mar 2023 5:54pm Paton makes the most sense, covers more contingencies. God help us if Marshall goes down (at anytime)!

Yes, my nightmare.
If Campbell plays, Marshall can get a rest at times and we have a mature big-body to help out.

I’ll be disappointed if Campbell doesn’t play and pissed off if he doesn’t and Marshall gets injured.

chook23 wrote: ↑Thu 16 Mar 2023 8:32pm As bad a team squad we have had in awhile

Just missing so many

Yes, could get a hiding.

Hmm

Surely the fitness staff are getting a 'please explain' email.

Look into your crystal ball/s and make a prediction. We can revisit at the end of the season.

Mine is that Phillipou will be a permanent senior player and finish in our top-10 B&F.

Have we not learnt anything why do we play Marshall in Essendon game what if he gets injured he is in good form he doesn't need the run. Even if we play Marshall for half a game and then rest him would have been ok but as we don't have Campbell and Adams in Marshall will ruck the hole game looks li...

The Fireman wrote: ↑Thu 02 Mar 2023 9:07pm ruck...we need a ruck

Yep, struggling with the one ruck decision. Flogging Marshall before a long season seems criminal.

Hard not to feel gutted for the lad. Tries his hardest and this is cruel. Lots of competition for his spot and this may be the beginning of the end.

Ridiculous negativity He is 19 years old, I repeat 19. Born 2003 Played 7 games last year and some time yesterday. Such a huge body of work!! Enough apparently for the “good” judges on here to write him off FQF Yes, I agree. I remember that Lenny Hayes took at least 3 years to look like a decent pl...

SaintDippa wrote: ↑Fri 24 Feb 2023 5:28pm The best passage was in Q2, Higgo with the free 50 out drops it 20 out on Butler's head surrounded by May, Lever and Gawn. Words fail.

Tallest player in our forward line?

We have a group of us, around 12 guys that go to training regularly. There’s a lot of banter between us, I joke that I’ve got adoption papers in for Windhager and Phillipou, one of the other guys says he’s adopting Owens and we’ll have shared custody of Windhager!! We do have a lot of fun..if ever ...

Only an interim appointment at this stage until the end of the year. Yes, this is a bit odd. Why not fill the position now on a permanent basis. I'm assuming this would be a $150,000+ remuneration and as such would require advertising the position, interviewing external and internal applicants etc....

An enormous talent who is best suited to the wing. But lets set him back by playing him in defence.

We weren’t that bad last season were we? I mean we weren’t great but not terrible. And we have only lost Ryder (and Long).