You might be right. But is it over hype or just the expectation from the general feeling from Saints supporters that we need to try something different in terms of our forward line structure? Not to say that Rhys will be the saviour but it gives the opportunity to guys like Rhys to show if they hav...

Let's just hope we don't get a repeat of '97/'98. Team falls agonisingly short of the ultimate prize, and someone -- the coaching staff, the players or the administration (probably all of them) -- gets a bit full of themselves. The result? We limp into the finals, get dispatched in straight sets, th...

Determinations creates speed and skill. Only 18 months ago we smashed the fleet-footed Bombers by 108 points. The boys have looked flat ever since slumping to the ground after the hard-fought Fremantle victory. Time to take the bit between the teeth. Draw a line in the sand. Whatever. Time to start ...

More to the point, Walsh is still on the rookie list, is he not?

And who's on the long-term injury list? Not Jesse Smith. Not Riewoldt, either, as far as I know.

Michael Frost. But the best ever trade? Craig Devonport to Carlton at the end of '95 for pick 19. Devonport promptly declared he'd fit in nicely playing in Carlton's elite midfield of Williams, Bradley, Ratten, etc. In fact, he played 1 game and was dropped. St Kilda meanwhile used pick 19 to pick u...

One for the club noticeboard next time we play the Pies.

After the NAB Cup Grand Final, Lloyd said he couldn't see the Saints beating the Bulldogs this year.

Seemed like a reckless thing to say, even for an inexperienced commentator ...

Worst case scenario for Stanley at full forward: He drops marks in the goal square, gives away free kicks, misses goals from close range, has no spatial awareness, fires off uncoordinated handballs, gets toppled like a top-heavy garbage can, and gets reported at least once a year. If you know what I...

To win Goal of the Year, Milne would have to mark the ball at kick-out, dodge 15 opponents while doing cartwheels, stop at the 50m line, swallow the football, then run to the boundary line and shoot it out of his a*$e.

Wait for some Essendon player to kick it backwards in the goal square though ...

That's the first time I've seen Jodorowsky mentioned in a football forum.

I'd congratulate you, but I actually think "El Topo" is the worst film I've ever seen.

Interesting that the New Ltd shark pack goes mercilessly after blood in high places (think Christine Nixon and Peter Garett) but lays sole blame for the Storm catastrophe right down the food chain.

Don't forget that GT had a hand in player contracts and the AFL would like nothing better than to destroy his credibility. A new investigation is highly possible.

As well as Peter Temple, local authors Anthony O'Neill and Anson Cameron are known Saints fans. Could be more. What is their genre Waltzing St Kilda? Don't think they have a specific genre, unlike Temple. O'Neill's latest was the satirical crime novel The Unscratchables . Cameron did a book called ...

As well as Peter Temple, local authors Anthony O'Neill and Anson Cameron are known Saints fans. Could be more.

A mate of mind reckons he saw a drunken Peter Everitt in a Sydney pub when he was playing for the Swans. Spida was loudly declaring to anyone who would listen: "I don't give a f@#* about the Swans, just like I didn't give a f@#* about the Hawks when I played for them! I'm a Saint and always wil...

I had some dealings with Rory last year -- a total pro.

Milne has kicked numerous such goals that never get much attention from the general media ... because he's Milne.

So don't expect to see this one on a goal-of-the-year highlight reel, either.

Plenty of stuff from Rioli, Betts, Didak and Davis, though.

My fault -- I meant to write "2010" for the preseason storm.

If memory serves, Dal Santo and Milne were dropped for the 2008 Freo match after performing poorly against Sydney the week before. Back-up, anyone?

1999. Umpire Peter Carey takes a mark from a Freo short pass. (Considering the trend of umpiring that night, he may have briefly forgotten that he wasn't officially playing for Freo.) 2005. Whispers in the Sky. Free kicks rain on Freo during a tight last quarter after GT bagged the umpiring departme...

The Pies hierarchy seem to be hiding by a "tit-for-tat" defence; i,e., we were called names and responded in kind. "If you give it, you've gotta take it," said Nick Maxwell. But who in fact started the slanging match? According to Caroline Wilson, Malthouse called Baker a "d...

Saints players should be reconsidering their membership with the AFLPA ... if they haven't already.

In Round 4 1993 the Saints, minus their star full forward Tony Lockett, ventured to the fortress of Victoria Park to face the undefeated Collingwood. The Pies were highly fancied for the flag. The last time the two teams met was in the first week of the previous year's finals, in which St Kilda had ...

Was at that game too. At one point Carey waltzed into an open goal and launched a low flying missile over the top of the cheer squad's heads. It went all the way to the back of level one and rattled a sign in the concourse.

You gotta admire GT's chutpah in constantly carping about the AFL administration. With Channel 9 currently seeking AFL rights for the next period, he'll be lucky to keep his job. Perceived pressure might just make them jittery.

Good summary. I'm also strangely resigned to a 2-3 goal loss (and so will be delighted to have egg on my face). Our record against the Swans ain't spectacular, and I'm worried about our bookends. Fisher is a major loss, and if Lenny doesn't play ...