Sainter_Dad wrote: ↑Tue 12 Sep 2023 9:01pm The Ryder case was from a different era - bull tish result - but a different era

True. AFL is now a different game year after year. (Historical player records have also become meaningless.)

As long as the beer is cold we'll be ok.

Trev from the Bush wrote: ↑Tue 04 Jul 2023 1:54pmGresh, who I had open clearance papers ready for him to sign at half-time, really got on his bike. I swear I even saw him look for one of our players before he kicked.

That was rather astonishing!

B.M wrote: ↑Mon 03 Jul 2023 1:06pm McKenzie - TBC - Calf

Far out.

Fair enough

I remember early days of Nigel Smart. Looked awkward, like a baby giraffe, terrible kick at goal and couldn't pass. I made a derogative comment about him an my older pies supporter brother-in-law just looked at me, put on his sage footy eyes and said, nah he will go alright. He could see the potenti...

After last week's shite I actually tipped Weagles fir this gane. They were always going to come back hard at home after that drubbing. $1.05 was ridiculous not sure how we could be odds on favourites afer the past month. I was pleasantly surprised to see the Saints wrangle it back not least because ...

5 Hill (critical 1%ers that kept us in the game plus several elite pin point passes)
4 Crouch (pressure acts/tackles)
3 Owens (nailed what needed to through big sticks)
2 Wood (getting back to the Wood we knew early rounds)
1 Marshall (good to see clunking defensive intercepts)

Banger9798 wrote: ↑Mon 26 Jun 2023 12:18am We seem to be a different side to the first 6 games.
Just dour and defensive now as opposed to exciting and daring.

The transition from the Ratten game plan to Lyons?
(ducks for cover)

meher baba wrote: ↑Fri 23 Jun 2023 10:02pm Every time Sinclair went back into his usual role we looked better.

Yep

Playing like a bunch of spuds. I think they have taken the theme too literally.

An AFL club playing ducks and drakes with the media? WOW!!!!

The Fireman wrote: ↑Tue 20 Jun 2023 10:14pm f*** degoey and f*** Collingwood.

Agreed

For mine I see too many blind kicks out of trouble or into the fwd 50 from senior players. I wont mention names but one senior player who is not one of the repeat offenders (of whom we have several) made it really obvious kicking the ball from the defensive 50 and only after the ball left his boot t...

For the statisticians:
Howard v Richmond
14 disposals
85% efficiency (Second highest efficiency stat for the game after Rioli)
Gresh 31%
Stocker 46%
Marshall 47%
NWM 50%
Ross 52%
Higgins 54%
Wood 55%

Never see big forwards like Tom Hawkins, Jack Riewoldt, Buddy Franklin, Taylor Walker etc playing for a free... oh wait...

(The misery head flop a different issue, don't like it either, but I think runs in the family)

This will be a belter of a game to win more so if the filth beat Melbourne.

My point was that in the last two games Caminiti appeared to be focussed on the goal assist rather than the goal. Which is why I disagreed that he is a "KB". Before his suspension I think he had a good balance between shooting for goal or setting up a goal. A balance that belied his lack o...

You can add Caminiti to that group. Has the KBs about him. In the last 2 games I had Caminiti to kick 2 goals in 2 multis. But in both games he kept dishing it off. I was shouting "stop doing the team thing and have a crack" to no avail. Unlike his hunger for a goal before he was suspende...

We are scrappers. As long as the players remember that and scrap hard for four quarters in every game we will win more than lose.

I listened to the explanation of keeping Windhager in the twos for a month of extended 'learnings" and to have him focus on his deficiencies. It sounded positive. So I wonder if they can now rotate Windy back into the firsts and swap him out for another mid so that they can also have a turn of ...

Poised waiting to pounce more like it.

Dan McKenzie Calf 1-2 weeks

Given those stats I don't quite understand the rush to put Owens in the centre. He clearly would be very good as we have already had glimpses, however the stats below suggests he is doing something remarkably well but which he woudnt be able to do as a pure mid. Here is a question - if we play Owens...

Right now I would rather have Glouftsis umpire a Saints game over Fisher, Chamberlain or Whetton.

(Fisher a very good umpire in non-Saints games)