It’s funny, last season and this season panned out very similar With massive injuries we were a better team. When you have to play a raw 19 year old kid as your main key forward for 18 games (17 in the Home and Away Season) you know that you are undermanned. 9% better over the Home and Away Season....

I would suggest that BM belongs to that small minority of fans who have been able to move on from the fact that Billings isn’t Bont. He’s a pretty good player. If Lyon doesn’t want him, then fair enough. But I think he still has a contribution to make somewhere. The suggestion that Higgins is a bet...

This is being reported on AFL website; Shiel is 30 , injury prone and is on par with Gresh for s*** disposal plus we’d be picking the difference in the salary cap. Apparently there’s discussions around trading picks as well. Would we really do this deal? FYI , this deal is all about getting the Sai...

That’s why I wanted him last off season I would’ve offered my left nut!!!! Plays like Dusty, Bont, Petracca - just can’t be stopped Big time player - big game player He plays this season - we were top 4 Yes most of us wanted him. And the Saints went hard to get him, but DeGoey's Manager in the end ...

Josh docking and Will Nish are the top age main prospects this year. Docking, an outside mid with good foot skills, is a possibility to be picked, most likely as a rookie. I think one reason why Peris is gone as a Cat B Rookie is that the Saints have someone else in mind. Quite possibly one of our ...

silverhalo wrote: ↑Wed 20 Sep 2023 10:29pm

I'm really not interested in Dow, not the player we need

Well it sounds like he is coming anyway.

Hope Peris rookied If he can tackle and score his pace will worry forwards Peris was already a rookie but a rookie B. You can only have a max of 2 rookie Bs. Liam O'Connell will be a rookie B so either Angus McLennan or Peris had to go or be upgraded. Despite his speed Peris had the problem of bein...

Ozymandias wrote: ↑Mon 18 Sep 2023 11:02pm Just reported on a Twitter ( X ) feed

So 4 posts, and you are a fakenewsbreaker LOL

Yep, I get that. I meant our fixture in the sense of how it goes week-to-week in a live sense. i.e.we got to play teams who were a tad down in the dumps or struggling before they picked up (Carlton, GWS) as well as the usual suspects like North, West Coast and Hawthorn. Ya know we didn’t beat a sin...

Ratts gave Nas, Owens and Windhager multiple games in 2022 and he also gave Sharman opportunities as soon as he was drafted. Ross only gave Pou an opportunity this year and all the other first year draftees were essentially ignored. Ignored is not really the right word. Most simply were available a...

Fun question Now we get a tougher fixture and that weak midfield is a year older again. ""The AFL uses a ‘weighted rule’ to determine who plays each other twice, breaking the 18 teams into three groups: the top six teams from the previous year’s ladder (based on finals results), the middl...

magnifisaint wrote: ↑Tue 12 Sep 2023 2:49pm Don't need Dow. He's too slow plus he's re-signed with Carltoon for another 2 years. .

Where is that reported that he has re-signed?

I just had a look at the various footy forums and afl.com.au etc and cannot see that mentioned anywhere.

I like Chol, has enormous potential, however I reckon Hardwick may want to keep him. chol wonts out of GC he was under Hardwick at Richmond and hardly played reason why he went to GC I here he is desperate to get out so would get him cheap if that's the case why not. He wants to play at a club in t...

Could we do a North Melbourne of the mid 70s? Why not? Because the 10 year rule is long gone. North voted against the new rule. But then acted swiftly when it came in to nab 3 huge starts at the peak of their powers. https://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/24/remembering-the-10-year-rule-from-1973/ But ...

Has he re-signed? Would you like to have a guess why Hint It’s not because he wants to stay! Gresham has just had his season exit meeting. "St Kilda’s Jade Gresham has just wrapped up his exit meeting with Ross Lyon and other football staff. There isn’t a contract offer on the table but he has...

Well since is rumours (and add in speculation): The Club wants more draft pics in order to gain more kids at the draft and also Henry and Dow who have both said to be Saints bound. Strategy is to become very good over years by adding more young players around our current good group of young players,...

Also people forget we had the least scores against for the season, our back 6 and out FB was a big part of that. Not sure that is that relevant to discussion of whether Howard or Cordy is best for FB? Plus Cordy has only played games there late in the season. I think one thing that the Final did qu...

Mate - it’s a final With 68 000 spectators at the ground hoping for a win You pick the best team that gives you the best chance of winning Gifting games in the HA is one thing - but overlooking proven players for kids who have done pretty much FA is a bit stupid imo! Well if it was me, then as I ha...

Why play Phillipou? Perhaps sacrificing the present for the future.. They obviously think that playing him in the VFL is a waste of time and they want to fast track him asap. I think Lyon, and our other coaches, in this year of exploration (and high injuries) to see what players can do, made the br...

First time round Lyon was bagged for not playing the kids. Lyon's brief back then was to win it NOW with the list he had. We had some very good players, especially mids, but we also had a number of gaps and not so good players. This time around he is bagged for playing the kids. Lyon's brief this s...

“But ideally when I get a bit older, maybe a Dusty [Martin], [Jordan] De Goey mid-forward role would be pretty nice.”

Well if this happens it will be more than nice!

Brisbane arguably have the best list in the league. Coff will find it a difficult side to break into. True. If the rumour is true as Marcus Adams has had to retire, the Lions may have Coffield in mild to be a possible replacement for him now. Coffield is about the same size and weight now that he h...

Yorkeys wrote: ↑Tue 05 Sep 2023 7:20pm
Billings: club ambivalent. If an ok offer comes he goes, otherwise handy wing/half forward resource. Significant drop in pay.

Billings is not out of contract at the end of this year. He is contract for 2024 and 2025. So no drop in pay if he stays.

Vortex wrote: ↑Tue 05 Sep 2023 7:43pm

After Sharmans shocker against the Lions I'd be gob smaked if he is selected.

You are Gob SmaCked every time he is selected.

Sell the farm Like we did with Hill If we didn’t take Hill and just kept the picks We would still have Acres Kysiah Pickett and Max Holmes 1/ The people that did that deal are no longer in our football department. 2/ Hill was contracted. Henry is out of contract. This means he goes for unders. 3/ H...