better skills than Peake/Polo/Eddy/Mini combined, therefore thumbs up.

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I notice that Hawthorn picked up St Kilda/Richmond reject ruckman, Adam Pattison - bears some thought. If he gets an opportunity and does well... i simply couldn't bear it Pattison is an absolute lump. We have more chance of Michael Rix or Cain Ackland biting us on the bum, than Pattison being afl ...

i'd given up on him around midyear, until i saw him split open a couple of packs with that aggression you speak of.

Hopefully one A. Hamill can get in his ear and make it a regular occurance in 2012.

can we sack that runner who keeps giving away free kicks?

desertsaint wrote: drove them into the ground and took two years to get them up.

exactly.

Those first 2 years under ross were the headless chook years.

All those pie charts and meetings take a loooong time to sink into footballers brains.

Freo to miss the 8 again next year.

decent summation scallop. It sounds a little strange to say it after his actions before leaving... but i genuinely think RL has been great for the culture of the Saints. Brought a ruthless, sterile, professional win at all costs mentality which we needed a good dose of. A modern coach. It's up to th...

well they must have someone already lined up if they are going to pay Harvey to coach himself next year.

i'd be getting rid of the rest of our useless kicks before moving gilbert on.

You can carry a few guys who are ordinary by foot, but not half a team.

Gilberts upside is huge, and his kicking wouldn't hurt us anywhere near as much when he has more blokes around him who can kick it.

He's not a bad full back. As someone mentioned above, has anyone kicked a bag against him?. Not the point. Our defence sets up to nullify big forwards so they are always going to struggle to kick goals against us with or without dawson. He missed 2 games this year against the blues (ohalphin kicked...

samoht wrote:

saintphantom wrote:Fevolution!!!

Good slogan .. but does Fev have what it takes to become the next negating tagger ?

bravo

StKilda Football Club: Lovett

Was there any point in having adam pattison on the list in 2010 while we are all venting i'd also like to know why we backed our medical staff in to fix Jesse Smith, yet let heart and soul clubmen like goose, X Clarke and Ball go? Also a good point raised with regards to polo being delisted by the ...

Quixote wrote: I like the guy. Heart of a champion. Skills of a goat.

that just about sums it up perfectly.

we have a lot of feel good stories, but not a lot of talent.

Enrico_Misso wrote:The free against Dal in the last qtr was an absolute DISGRACE and effectively extinguished our season!

our season was extinguished by the 7th best side in the comp, about right for where we are at i think.

nothing to do with any umpire.

meher baba wrote:You could add Ray to the list tonight too.

you need to actually get a kick before your skills can be assessed, so he's not on the list.

amazing year, has added to an already impressive bag of tricks this year.

he, Milne and to a lesser extent Big Ben have been the shining lights in an otherwise forgettable season.

i agree but that next crop are 5 years off being genuinely useful.

We have rolled the dice in a big way the last few years topping up, and now we pay the price

not sure how you can be advocating moving heaven and earth to resign the coach for 3 years in the same breath as bemoaning the use of recycled role players??

I think RL and recycled role players are a bundled package not to be sold separately.

SainterX wrote:Give Rossy some credit, his move to take Raph out of the action in the third quarter sparked us into life with the next 4 goals

laughter is the best medicine. thumbs up

[quote="Strangle 'em Saints" neither he nor armitage have shown they can play finals footy for mine[/quote]

not yet.
both worth persisting with though, jack needs to kick it properly and armitage needs to get fit or go play wafl.

my bank account just sighed with relief and will be sending a thankyou letter to StKilda's kicking skills.

Wollongong_saint wrote:Ross's lack of sentiment has sucked this club dry which is a shame.

its a sign of the times for the game i think.
cant afford to risk it- it might cost a sponsor or something according to a piechart.

gilbert has had a good last month or so.

was ok tonight.

no more false dawns, no more rose coloured glasses looking at the past 2 years. The fact is, and has been all year- we are about the 7th/8th best team in it. This fall from being top 2 is indisputable and some fundamental changes are needed. A team of try-ers aint gonna cut it. Maybe even a coach wh...