No he is not overrated... he is a massive impact player, whose 8 or 9 possies a game are worth 20 from other players.. even last year he had enormous impact on quite a few games.. sure, it often lasted only a quater or 2, but he deserves his standing as one of our best players..

riccardo wrote:A very big year for my boy. AA honours and 15 + votes in the Brownlow.

yeah, but gram is ugly.. good player, but bad hair..

The_Dud wrote:

saintspremiers wrote:The Greasy Greek - Fonzie the Foghorn!!!

i find this extremely offensive, so me and all my cousins are gonna hop in our rice-burners, find you, and belt you with baseball bats and gold chains

stay in bendigo dud... never leave.. please..

Pretty sure Hinch came under some fire last week or so for the "greasy greek" statement.. Disgraceful comment.. Boarderline use of the 'R' word i feel...

sorry but the cup for Harv's is all i want.. whatever it takes, this must be the year...

that aside.. Essendon to battle it out for the spoon with the blues... Ive already had a lot of blues supporters in my line of work boasting about top 4... making me sick...

4 not taken?? how does it work for signiicant numbers.. would 4 be offered to someone, or is it up for grabs??

This is Bullsh1t... stirring it up on a slow news day hey...

Dont stress homework... Im actually a big fan of yours.. your one liners are to the point and clear... unlike many others around here you always talk football... keep it up... Cant believe how many people have written off Eljay over a handful of blokes that were overlooked by every other team in the...

Not really sure there is a need for big key defenders... Geelong had scarlett as their biggest body in the GF, and he weighs about as much as one of Goose's dumbells... Tall, agile and fast is what is needed, and i Think we have that pretty much covered..

Overall the list looks very good...

Mini has been a midfielder his whole life.. All through his juniors and school footy he was a midfielder, with now real weapons aside from his ability to run all day and accumulate possesions.. He would regularly get high 30's per game, and his skills were always sound, but not great... There is no ...

knee issues wsnt it.. reconstructions a few times over.. or was it hamstrings..??...

Two big names not mentioned missed out in Sampi and Dunn... Looks like a couple of potentially good/great careers washed away... a abit of bad luck, particularly for Dunn... Horrible run of injuries... Glad mini is back as a rookie. He has a lot to prove now, and not going to cost us as much if he f...

saint edward, I have always been entertained by the many abuses of the English language on this site, but I must say "irriplasible" in the context of: with schineider i hope it will make milney reaslise that hes not irriplasible is one of the greatest example I have ever seen of the decli...

brown-coat wrote:Wake up call time.

• Essendon will beat us

This one scares me the most... what is it about this club.. or was it Sheedy.. In amongst the rest of the other crap brown coat, this is a good observation...

Zero second effort for Watts... Ok footballer, and in another era may have made it, as mentioned earlier.. But in todays game, there has to be more than 1 string to your bow.. Watts was/is mark.... kick.... and thats all...

I actually think we should've kept 70 and hope for something in the pre season draft.. we can still have a pick in the pre-season draft if we want to..salary cap permitting...just transfer one of harvey or maxxie to the vets list...would mean one less rookie....... who, if anyone, is currently on o...

did someone suggest X was soft? OMG the normal criticism of X is he doesn't have any self preservation circuits and gets anhilated because of his own courage. X possibly along with reiwoldt and ball are amongst the most couragious players in the team. along with thompson, burke, v2, amongst the mos...

Another not mentioned above is Rix..a good honest tolier but clearly limited. His fate for 2009 may well rest in Gardi's feet....and whether VanReehan steps up....IF both of those players perormed in 2008 then Rix spot as a cheap back up ruckman on our list would be under the pump.....partucularly ...

Raph's possie is a funny one too... seeing him at training, and in civilians, he is actuly quite a sizeale lad.. Im surprised by his height, and he is slowly filling out... must be over 190cm at a guess?? Playing wise tho, he is very flanker type, so a key possie is out of the question, but it woul...

Raph: I love Raph, while our expectations on him shouldn't be as high as X, the kid needs to stay injury free this season. I'm sick of hearing about his groin injurys and no preseasons. Am not so worried about form (but I want to see him live up to his talent) but I've had it with him being on the ...

Agree with all of them overall, even Ball... If the team clicks, and we have a good run injuries wise for the season, and a few young'uns come on, there may be no room for J. Blake come season '09 either...

saintbrat wrote:at the golf last week he said he wslooking forward to running

so he hasnt started running yet... as in, in general, or at pace with the rest of the crew... Surely he would be running generally now. If not, much of next season doesnt look good...

B: Dempster Hudghton Gilbert HB: S. Fisher Maguire Gram C: Riewoldt Hayes Montagna HF: Schneider Koschitzke X. Clarke F: Goddard Gehrig Ball R: King Dal Santo Harvey I/C: Milne R. Clarke Fiora Blake EM: Armitage Allen McEvoy ** Baker to take one of the I/C spots upon his return. *** M. Gardiner to ...

[quote="congorozides"] I cant find a spot for Rix or Blake in the top 26 assuming there are zero injuries.[quote] dont need to justify not finding a spot for either of them... Id imagine most saints supporters would agree that full strength or need to, neither would be in the side... Blake...

massive step backwards in my opinion by the hawks.. No big deal in it being 1 player, i know, but its the thinking behind it that i think is all wrong.. they think they are close and are topping up... They will slide in '08, no doubt..