when you mention all those pickups theres only one per club!!! The fact is Bevo did a brilliant job with the rescouces he had to get the saints recruiting up to par with other clubs (yes up to par but not exceeding). Saying that after pick 30 there is far from guareentees, also gilbert monty just o...

For footy Trivia buffs - Daniel Ward was a listed Fitzroy player (not a senior player at the time) - so joins Chrissy Jonno as the last of the RoyBoys.

Carl Mynott wrote:McLaren is only 196 cm tall,he's not tall enough or good enough at this level to be a ruckman.

We need to draft for need and we don't need duds.....

Harsh but fair. Dylan is too short to be a ruckman and too crap to be a KPP. Sorry mate.

Of course if ur out boozing every night and hanging out at Crown with tools - you probbaly have an attitude problem and should be ditched before too long. I presume that is just a general statement. FFS, a lot of guys who are 18 booze most nights of the week and hang out at places in the city. By d...

All the teams are pretty much the same. List ages are way over-hyped by the Melbourne Media and crap coaches keen to deflect their losing form and give hope to the fans. All in all its a distraction. Your list is either good, average or crap. Once you make an AFL list you should be expected to perfo...

Of course if ur out boozing every night and hanging out at Crown with tools - you probbaly have an attitude problem and should be ditched before too long.

You have to be very careful when you talk about young guys attitudes. Leigh Matthews said his biggest mistakes as a coach was when he judged young guys for having "bad" attitudes or being "soft" when he realised it was actually a lack of confidence. He cited Chrissy Johnson and N...

it aint easy. but CJ must have been a low pick because we got armo at around 10 didint we?

R.Lyon said he wants more Mid-Fielders and Small Fwds. Mid-Fielders Richard Tambling (Rich) Paul Haselby (Frem) Brett Peake (Fre) Kane Tenace (Gee) Ryan Crowley (Frem) Byron Schammer (Frem) Jordan McMahon (Bull) Mark Nicoski (West) Jude Bolton (Syd) Travis Johnstone (Melb) Brent Moloney (Melb) Smal...

clinton jones cant play footy. Matt priddis was ten times better than him. We have to look nationwide. Not just in our own dirt patch.

riccardo wrote:I'd be looking at a mature bodied ruckman first.

Note: mature in BODY, not in years. No more 30 year olds, please.

not another dud ruckman pleeaaaseee....

some players mature later - i want a sam mitchell or a matt priddis.

My draft strategy is VERY simple. Get the BEST midfielder in the country playing senior football in the country under 23y.o. So the best midfielder from the VFL, SANFL or WAFLE. Simple. Forget the Under 18 comp (ARmo and Mcqualtar are duds) and look at what Priddis has done. Get a 20-22 year old tha...

i reckon we have no choice but to play him at CHB. 191 cm is tall enough. only gives away 2-3cm on the tallest CHF's. dont see any other options. My first 22 looks like this. You notice the forward pocket position. We could put Sampi there? Risky I know. L Fisher Maguire S Fisher Gram BJ Gilbert Mon...

SaintWodonga wrote:Forget Hasleby, we need youth & speed.

yep. well said. probably spot on.
we ned good players and less hacks. that should be the motto for 08

Saints - No Hacks 08


(that would mean farewelling about 20% of our list)

Fair rant Joffa. I certainly didnt read any of it but it was long. took up half the page. No idea what you are on about. Time to get a hobby or something.

Did I mention that Hutchy was a tosser?

All fair points Dan Warna. At leat Birss has ok disposal! McGough turned it opver 99% of the time making his hard efforts worthless unfortunately. I know Mcqualtar has a good pedigree but some kids are stars as juniors and cant make the step up to seniors. Sometimes kids grow bigger early etc. And t...

the only thing i would consider from freo would be brett peek , steven dodd and crowley the rest can stay in purple thanx headcase would prob look good with dal lenny and ball around him but hes a nuff nuff player like the seagull farmer takes his opertunity then does nothing as for haselby hes too...

Wasn't there scuttlebut about the "pumped" WCE teams who won the flag in 92 and 94? Mabye the drug culture was there under a previous coach? Who knows? It was more than Scuttlebutt. The Eagles weights coach was none other than Matt Barber. Infamous athletics coach who coached Dean Capobia...

The fact we are trying to put 3 absolute GOP's in the correct order helps us all understand why we are battling for 8th spot and not battling for top spot..... :P What is a GOP? Point taken - Lets be honest with ourselves they are all hacks. I want Lasar Vidovich back. He was awesome! We really nee...

Did I mention I hate Hutchy? Tosser.

some forumites are very keen on just handing over picks for supposedly talented players coming from a poor culture of crapola such as freo im glad they are not leading our club... Well a fat lot of good we do with our pics. Mcqualtar Watts and Brooks - all top 10's. Birss is no good - too slow. McG...

the only thing i would consider from freo would be brett peek , steven dodd and crowley the rest can stay in purple thanx headcase would prob look good with dal lenny and ball around him but hes a nuff nuff player like the seagull farmer takes his opertunity then does nothing as for haselby hes too...

id take Haselby in a heart-beat. id take sampi too (ONLY if he is committed to playing afl). Just keep them off the booze and they are guns

We still need some midfield pace though.

less than one urine test per annum per person and that in the most stringest year of testing is really stamping out the problem >< the dumbasses are the ones who get caught. really. :roll: amphetamines are a stimulant and facilitate performance short term. by example the USAF issue them to their pi...

no doubt options werent a plenty. IM not blaming anyone here. but the mistakes I saw Blake make shouldn't have been made by a guy with 7 years experience. If you realise you lost your man but then you get lucky when the ball heads in your direction and your man is way out of it - so you to say to yo...