Please, this is not a post to in any way to humiliate Harvey but there was a stage in Cripp's career where I thought this bloke is better than him... I remember that we were able to take Harves out of the centre & put Cripper in for no loss. He was a really hard worker like Bob. Tough & pre...

Was Eljay ever the lead singer for The Pogues?

You Vics are all the same, seriously!!! The other teams didn't join the VFL, they joined the AFL, & if they didn't, the VFL would've gone broke! The first interstate teams did join the VFL. The VFL was renamed the AFL in 1990. A very dark year for football. Collingwood... Libba... Thank you to ...

and don't forget Banger has won close to the most EJ Whitten Medals in the history of the game :) And should have had another one. Got about 400 possesions in one state game vesrus SA but Leigh Matthews (the former Col*** coach) gave it to Gavin Brown (LM's Col*** captain) . He thought that Brown t...

$273,000, of which $167,000 is for holiday pay even though Thomas already signed a stat dec stating that he'd already been paid all of his holiday and annual leave entitlements already Is this not weird? How many muppets can't see this? If it is as simple as that then GT's lawyer has found a cash c...

Repetitive rubbish Why don't you just answer Solar's questions ? It's a forum. Not a soapbox. 1) Was signing hamill to a lower per annum contract at the time (with no injury background and a important leadership position) not a important part of the resigning of all our young stars? 2) Was it Grant...

El Wood wrote:...Lyon shouting "support the ball carrier"...

Does this mean we are going to see the first Saints shepherd since 2005?

Hope so.

The most entertaining game I ever went to was round 15 1995 vs Geelong at the MCG. Attacking football, skills, Ablett specky (over Sierra), Harvey late snapped goal, Winmar overhead defensive pack mark to make the game safe. Brilliant game. Would love to have it on DVD... Saints 2.6 9.10 12.13 13.15...

barks4eva wrote:If only we'd have had a professionally run football department like we have now, five years ago, we might have won a premiership by now

We couldn't have afforded it five years ago.

I also think that the often stated aim to 'keep the group together' has been a security blanket for some players. I have often wondered what trading a player at the end of 2005 might have done in terms of a wake up call that this is a ruthless business. I really expected RL to lay down the law when ...

On the subject of Nixon..

Heard him on the radio disgusted that carlton would not write a clause in LW's contact in the case that he "did not present in proper condidtion".

Says plenty about Lance. And something about Ricky.

Ken *Played for the Saints *Coached the Saints *Worked one year as the Saints Football Manager That means that he has contributed more to the Saints than most....may not have been perfect....but he has contributed more than most... Did not contribute more than most.. Who is 'most'? Got paid for eve...

pace is overrated, get a player whocan play football. nottosay that the 3 names you suggest arent any good but pace does not make you a great player,you still need to find the ball. I dont regard harvey as the paciest man around, hasnt stopped him from being great has it? No player runs as fast as ...

Problem was, in 1997 he had a free run.. Did very well. After that, every team in the comp realised he couldnt mark overhead and completely shut him down. I seem to remember a stat that approx half of his 89 (?) goals from 1997 were from free kicks. These dried up in 1998. I assume defenders smarte...

SaintBot wrote: travis cloke above nick dal santo

and how the hell hird features is beyond me

Travis Cloke won a best and fairest. Works hard despite not having silky skills. Gets the job done.

NDS has nice hair and waxed legs.

Riewoldting wrote:Well BC never intimated the headline was written by Sam Lane, that was your assumption.

So your assumption is that M..USA knows that the sub-editor is female?

I understand that but getting Brooks to the club actually caused more good than harm. (in TPP & team balance terms) It's still a bad trade but all you can do is to look to improve in area where you have failed in the past. RB & the gang did it. Hopefully GW and his mob will improve again. If...

The Brooks trade needs to be put into context. We used picks (not the exact ones I don't think - definitely 6) traded for Peter Everitt. This trade not only got rid of the dreadlocked anchor it freed up (reportedly) somewhere between 10-20% of our TPP. That money would have been used to pay future/u...

Wasn't it the inability of the previous board to raise those extra dollars despite relatively healthy on field performances over a number of years that saw them removed?

GW's brief is to raise those extra funds.

And incase you missed it.....Grant currently has a better coaching record than RL Not for the first 22 games of his career he doesn't! Ross Lyon - winning record of 50% Grant Thomas - winning record of 23% But then again I suppose that doesn't count does it, as invariably it would have been someone...

barks4eva wrote:And what might Ross need to learn of Grant?

How to make finals? How to translate possesion onto the scoreboard? How to motivate players?

Let it go... RL gets his first pre-season and Westaway will soon be announcing a major sponsor. Look forward.

Enrico, how about you stop repeating ad nauseum the old RB line about debt and profits...other threads for weeks and the AFL stats part of the SFF website have exposed the real facts underlying this ...The issue now is that RB and his mates are ignoring 8500 members who have decided (whether you or...

A bit hard on Lovell, Joffa good luck to the cats, i say. they stuck to their guns and deserve their success. but i do find it interesting that they didn't really blossom until their bogeyman, GT, was out of the way. Obviously Geelong should be thanking Rod Butterss for their success as it surely w...

You cannot be serious about Jason Blake. Rate it as a terrible pick and he has played about 100 games. Dont worry who was picked after him. Did all the guys before play as many as Blakey. I doubt it very much. Not very nice to a loyal Saints player who puts in every week even if he is no star. Just...

I agree about the gameplan. It seemed that in the 2nd half of the season, with key personnel back (and somewhat fit), we were able to find more of a balance between being accountable and attacking. A balance between attacking and defending? Coll 9 point loss Adel 2 point win Haw 17 point win Carl 1...