Newspaper reports suggest Goose Maguire made an impressive return to senior footy yesterday with the Lions. The Lions' website lists him as accumulating 20 disposals (almost a game high) in an "impressive" display. Did anyone see the game? Early days yet but good signs. I, for one, hopes h...

The Age tody reports that StKlda's refusal to lift his indefinie suspension has escalated Lovett's grievance with the club and it is now in the hands of his lawyers. http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/lovett-saints-moving-closer-to-a-showdown-20100203-ndhj.html It also confirms that Lovett: - Is ...

HeraldSun reports that Andrew Lovett has lodged a notice of grievance against the club. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/andrew-lovett-lodges-notice-of-grievance-with-st-kilda-saints/story-e6frf9jf-1225826070478 Discussion on SEN suggested that he might have had the backing of the Players Assoc...

The Age published a post draw analysis which claimed that Collingwood were big winners on the basis that they had scored something like 19 free-to-air TV games.

Has anyone seen an equivalent figure for us?

I've held these 3 players in high esteem since thier careers began. My take on their current predicament, though, (and I'd add Max to this group) is that they were all, in their way, stars of a game we no longer play. Maguire is the classic CHB; strong, mean, dropped off his man to mark the long bal...

Fromer Saints whipping boy Justin Plapp made the news in Tassie over the weekend. http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/sport/general/heartbreak-at-siren-for-gallant-dockers/1621944.aspx The current captain-coach of Burnie had an after the siren set shot to put his team through to the Grand Final of...

Clearly a set play; Maxwell on Mini was the first of at least half a dozen similar hits. Probably strictly within the rules because the shepherder timed their hit each time just as the umpire called play on. The AFL indicated they didn't like it in the Dawson case (I don't think he waited for the ca...

I know he's been written off by many here but I hope that this year's bolter will be X. I live in hope that he is able to put the knocks of the past couple of years behind him and give us something special. A fit and focused X is virtually a new recruit for us and (my increasingly minority opinion i...

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24403203-5012432,00.html The Australian reports today the both Kosi and Dal have been hawked around as trade bait according to other Melbourne clubs. Article says that the asking price is a first round draft pick. Claim has been emphatically denied ...

Thought he may be in trouble. Happened in the third quarter on the members wing. Didn't see the incident but the aftermath was a spiteful wrestle behind play that was broken up by the emergency umpire. He spoke only to Lenny and appeared to take his number. I was surprised I'd heard nothing until now.

.... on a 6 day break!

The AFL have just released the schedule for week 2 of the finals. http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=67212 Footscray and winner of North/Sydney on Friday night @ the G on Friday at 7.50pm. Collingwood vs loser of Geelong/Saints on Saturday night @ the G on Saturday ...

Robert Walls (not this forum's favourite columnist) wrote an article recently called ‘How to skin the Cats’. Worth a look http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/how-to-skin-the-cats/2008/08/22/1219262532388.html His 10 commandments were 1. Play a 6 man forward line – you can’t afford to give ...

A few blasts from the past: Jamie Lamb, Ben Ingleton and Mick Dwyer too

Was at the ground today and the most pleasing thing for me was that a number of boys who've, rightly or wrongly, copped a fair bit of stick over the season delivered today. Raph, so often maligned for his 'rabbit in the spotlight' reputation took them on and, more often than not, came off. I like th...

I was in the animal enclosure on that day too - everyone jostling for one last game standing in "their spot". I was prepared with a knife and container so I could take home a piece of Moorabbin turf. While I was hacking away in the middle a suited man tapped me on the shoulder and I though...

Just heard Kerr offered 3 weeks for what was clearly an intentional contact with the head. It was, in my eyes, by any reasonable measure a more deliberate action than Bakers and, what's more, caught on camera. Bakes has every reason to feel hard done by

Must be not much more than 10 years when Joel Smith did his knee at the G in the last game he played for us ... and not much less than 10 years when Spider did his collarbone at Waverley in what was the last game in his best season for us.

For me the issue is that I want to see that a reasonable and fair process is followed. My understanding is that the tribunal is set up to make a judgement on the case that is put up by the prosecution. In this case, the tribunal appears to have found him not guilty on the case put to them and then a...