Reality check (which will go over the heads of most of the morons who follow AFL or any other sport for that matter). Jason Blake is the most the important member of the current (read fit) Saint squad (as I have said before). This does not mean he is the BEST player or the MOST SKILLED player or any...

Not for the first time, Harvey won it for us What a player! So much the opinions of morons.

One change in original team - Max OUT Leigh Fisher IN Don't get too carried away with our "depth". As all the teams which have won the last 111 premiership demonstrate, the best team with the least injuries wins the flag. Each year there are about four or fives teams which, given their bes...

Nicky Winmar had everything as a footballer, certainly every skill. Pace, marking, tackling, handballing and the one that less than 1% of all players ever master, being able to kick naturally with both feet. I always find it hard to list players in order of merit, but I can tell you that whatever sy...

Never heard of this notion. How does any of this guarantee that if he can actually play, he will play with us!

Yes, a chain reaction indeed. Within the space of a half of football, our chances of winning a flag dramatically plummeted. First Vidovic, then Everitt, who would not have been in the ruck if Vidovic was playing and would (most likely) have not done his collarbone in the first few minutes of the ver...

Might be somewhere else, but now that the cricket is all but over, I've turned my attention to the main game. So, who is unlikely to be fit for Round 1?

Those who bag Jason Blake are entitled to their opinions, even if they are morons. As for Gardiner, we'd have more luck with Chauncey!

If Geelong don't get any injuries, every other contender gets ten and they get an easy draw again, then they are certainies for the 2008 flag. Then again, if we don't get any injuries and all the contenders get ten and WE get an easy draw (i.e. no more than 3 interstate trips) then we'll win the 200...

No injuries, eleven home "state" games, worth 50% more than home home ground games based on the stats of the last 20 years i.e. since the national comp began and luck. None of which ever applies to the Saints. Fortunately, I was there in '66. I feel sorry for the poor schmucks who will bar...

As I predicted, the pussies are winning in a trot ( or whatever cats do). Port aren't a top eight side let alone a premiership team. But, they have eleven home state games and because they finished low last year, had an easy draw (and how many games did they win by less than goal?). The cats also ha...

Last week, I predicted that the pussies would sink. Well, I wasn't too far off the mark. So, here's another prediction. The pussies will win by 15, no not points , goals. If ever we had a season which underlined the importance of injuries it was this one. The Kangas had almost none (except the big g...

Good at getting the ball, but a poor disposer and no left side. A wasted pick in any event.

Not hard to make a profit - just cut costs to match revenue and be conservative. What is hard is to increase revenue so that you can increase expenditure to enable real improvements in quality without going into debt. RB has had his time, just as it comes to everyone. He and a few other Board member...

I cannot recall a more pre-emptive call for a flag than this year. Without doubt, teams which have been blessed with little or no injuries throughout the season to get to the top two and then to the PF an GF have prospered in the last three years even though their ability is just equal to or even le...

Who knows whether Boards of Directors make a difference? Well, me at least . The next time Rod Butterss says something that makes the least amount of sense will be the first. I don't underestimate the problems of a Melbourne team attracting money at competitive rates against interstate clubs. In fac...

And the last All-Australian Saints backman was? A Jones in 2004 and previous to that Danny in 1988 and prior to that Bob Murray (the man who gave us the '66 flag). The fact the Trevor Barker had to play in key positions said it all. He was a great, the last backman who could take the telling (and tu...

No doubt about the skills of the Geelong players - on both sides of their bodies. We don't seem to have had a skills coach for quite a while. However, as others have said the core Geelong group is no different to that beaten by us repeatedly when we had our best team. But that team is now a thing of...

Flexibility during the game was denied by the available personnel. Blake did well until the WC got on top via number 11 on our number 7. Lenny's coming back from a major knee injury so we can't expect much more from him this year. I would have moved Blake into the ruck for two or three bounces to se...

My advice to Steven Baker is simple; tell the truth i.e. what he believed happened. This will not guarantee a just decision as we have witnessed over the last two years following games against Freo, where an umpire fibbed and the AFL neglected the rules in favor of a "process" to award Fre...

Went to the testimonial and listened to what he said then and subsequently It's clear. As for "tightness" I suggest people take a good look at the replay.

Obviously. And I might say, his game up until the point he was injured was almost perfect from the team perspective - keeping Bell away from the play. The other Harvey (Mark) was well and truly out coached today. It's remarkable how many goals we kick when we don't play a lose man in defence all the...

Yes - in not so many words - and we all know it. He has been the greatest St Kilda player ever!

Two minutes before three quarter time, Harv's quad went. Quite innocuous. But it's always a four week job, especially for someone of his age. I could hardly believe it. He does not deserve it. But the truth is, unless we win one of the next two ( quite possible) and then the first two finals (rather...

Both Clarke brothers have excellent although not identical skills. Both suffer form the same problem - the ability to get injured (not confined to them unfortunately). When fit and match hardened, they will be champs, but not his year. Injury has meant alack of pace for X and and a lack of match pla...