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by Gershwin
Sun 15 Jan 2023 6:03pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Next Generation on Rise in 2023
Replies: 2
Views: 392

Re: Next Generation on Rise in 2023

And we have a state of the art training facility and a great group of coaches and support personnel.
Do we have the culture for success?
by Gershwin
Fri 13 Jan 2023 8:32pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: TRAINING REPORTS - JAN to MAR
Replies: 250
Views: 21116

Re: TRAINING REPORTS - JAN to MAR

Can we at least give Cordy to the middle of the season to prove his worth? If he hasn't improved by then ....... Lets give Cordy a chance its up to him to make a impression if he doesn't he wont play. I do know the WB rated cordy and were not happy to lose him, is he carrying a injury? Guys like Va...
by Gershwin
Thu 12 Jan 2023 9:02am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Crouch
Replies: 53
Views: 4782

Re: Crouch

Nice to read such positive words. No coincidence Steele and crouch are so lean with the boss building his game plan around run & spread. We do need to get the skill level up to minimise turnovers. On Monday there were some really basic skill errors occurring that need to be rectified if we’re t...
by Gershwin
Wed 11 Jan 2023 4:25pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Crouch
Replies: 53
Views: 4782

Re: Crouch

Nice to read such positive words. No coincidence Steele and crouch are so lean with the boss building his game plan around run & spread. We do need to get the skill level up to minimise turnovers. On Monday there were some really basic skill errors occurring that need to be rectified if we’re t...
by Gershwin
Tue 10 Jan 2023 3:14pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Player sponsorship 2023
Replies: 59
Views: 5859

Re: Player sponsorship 2023

Put me down for 2 shares please.
by Gershwin
Fri 06 Jan 2023 11:07am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Sack & Happy - Happy Sack
Replies: 48
Views: 2801

Re: Sack & Happy - Happy Sack

Yes
No
by Gershwin
Tue 27 Dec 2022 10:01pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Is Nick US bound?
Replies: 28
Views: 4856

Re: Is Nick US bound?

A very good decision for the support his wife and her family have given him. I hope (& think) they will be back in Oz for 2024. I'd hate to see his three boys doing what Dustin Fletchers sons are doing in college football, being punters. I'd rather them as F&S's in the RW&B. I think her...
by Gershwin
Tue 27 Dec 2022 7:45pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: 5 key players who must and can improve.
Replies: 95
Views: 5867

5 key players who must and can improve.

IMHO these are the players that will determine our 2023 season: 1. Rohan Marshall Injury plagued last couple of seasons and didn't even make out top 10 B&F. So much depends on him in 2023. 2. Brad Hill Can't find an excuse for his very average performances. Equal 7th in B&F is not good enoug...
by Gershwin
Tue 27 Dec 2022 7:12pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Is Nick US bound?
Replies: 28
Views: 4856

Re: Is Nick US bound?

Be good for the kids to experience life in the USA . Yes - well done Nick. Moving to Texas with strict anti-abortion laws as of 2022 and the Uvalde shooting where 18 Students were killed and many more injured! Great experience for your kids. Congratulations. Yes, it takes a particular type of perso...
by Gershwin
Wed 21 Dec 2022 3:07pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: John Ralph, Predicted ladder after first six rounds
Replies: 18
Views: 1938

John Ralph, Predicted ladder after first six rounds

From John Ralph - Herald-Sun HOW THE LADDER COULD LOOK AFTER ROUND 6 1. Carlton 5-1 2. Melbourne 5-1 3. Geelong 5-1 4. Fremantle 4-2 5. Brisbane 4-2 6. Richmond 3-3 7. Collingwood 3-3 8. Sydney 3-3 ---------------------- 9. Western Bulldogs 3-3 10. Port Adelaide 3-3 11. Hawthorn 3-3 12. Gold Coast 3...
by Gershwin
Mon 19 Dec 2022 1:48pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Training - Friday December 16
Replies: 79
Views: 7916

Re: Training - Friday December 16

I’ll be surprised if Phillipou plays more than 6-8 Injury dependent Should he space them out through the season or should he make his debut in Round 20-22 and play through to the end? The thing about the first year players, is that they have never been tackled as hard as they will be this year. The...
by Gershwin
Tue 13 Dec 2022 4:02pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Gags going at end of 2022
Replies: 58
Views: 4134

Re: Gags going at end of 2022

Just need to develop a process to resolve our different opinions and we split the moolah. Who’s in? I'm a business analyst...And I've modelled the process for us already: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221586306/figure/fig1/AS:843248637575168@1578057550537/Excerpt-of-a-typical-Spaghetti-p...
by Gershwin
Tue 13 Dec 2022 3:08pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Gags going at end of 2022
Replies: 58
Views: 4134

Re: Gags going at end of 2022

No worries, we can do this role guys.
Just need to develop a process to resolve our different opinions and we split the moolah.

Who’s in?
by Gershwin
Fri 09 Dec 2022 4:49pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Sydney Stack ?
Replies: 177
Views: 16974

Sydney Stack ?

According to the Western Australian we are in discussions with him. Possibility of him joining us.
by Gershwin
Thu 01 Dec 2022 9:40am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: What a brilliant draft - well done Saints!
Replies: 80
Views: 6383

Re: What a brilliant draft - well done Saints!

To be honest Phillipou just fell into our lap. And if it wasn’t him it probably would have been McKenzie so no credit to Gallagher is warranted. The top 10 players were pretty well known and we were always going to get the last one left. Van Es was expected to go in the 30’s and you don’t have to be...
by Gershwin
Thu 01 Dec 2022 9:21am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: What a difference at our club in only a few months
Replies: 32
Views: 2764

Re: What a difference at our club in only a few months

‘Summertime and the livin’ is easy’
by Gershwin
Tue 29 Nov 2022 10:51pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Welcome Isaac Keeler
Replies: 43
Views: 3844

Re: Welcome Isaac Keeler

Adelaide didn’t rate him.
Not physical enough and question marks around his training standards.

Interesting.
by Gershwin
Tue 22 Nov 2022 9:26am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Pre season training
Replies: 45
Views: 4598

Re: Pre season training

Read the comment on a post that Ratts aged 10 years over his 3 year coaching reign..it takes a certain type to be able to handle the constant grind and pressure of being a coach at the elite level,fortunately we now have one of those at the helm! Postecoglou at Celtic loves it. Can’t get enough of ...
by Gershwin
Tue 22 Nov 2022 9:21am
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Brad Hill to play on the wing
Replies: 46
Views: 3740

Re: Brad Hill to play on the wing

Only position he can play.

If he can’t hold down wing then he plays in the two’s, then out the door.

Personally, I think he won’t hold his spot but will be happy to be proved wrong.
by Gershwin
Mon 14 Nov 2022 7:38pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Tsadis / Phillipou / McKenzie
Replies: 113
Views: 11288

Re: Tsadis / Phillipou / McKenzie

Getting McKenzie would be a great result and quite likely according to the experts.
by Gershwin
Mon 14 Nov 2022 7:35pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Jade Gresham
Replies: 36
Views: 3006

Jade Gresham

Is it time to take him out of the midfield? I get the feeling that his body just can’t cope with the rigours of a role which requires stamina and endurance. Playing as a permanent small forward showcases his talent and eye for a goal. IMO he is better than Higgins and Butler. At 25 he should be at h...
by Gershwin
Sun 06 Nov 2022 3:32pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Nick Coffield is…
Replies: 52
Views: 4519

Re: Nick Coffield is…

... a work in progress. Nothing to suggest he won't be a good player for us. I'm looking forward to him pushing for a regular spot in the backline. It has to be said that the position that he seems best suited to is probably the easiest position in the team. The intercepting tallish defender. So he ...
by Gershwin
Fri 04 Nov 2022 6:19pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: Goddard's Back???
Replies: 78
Views: 5993

Re: Goddard's Back???

The coaches are all a big tick for me. The big question I have is 'does the current list have the same drive/want for success as their coaches'? I think the answer for many is 'no'. It's going to take a few years of turning the list over and recruiting a bunch of players which have the 'drive'. I t...
by Gershwin
Sat 29 Oct 2022 12:50pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: THE common denominator of successful coaches
Replies: 38
Views: 2576

Re: THE common denominator of successful coaches

Ange Postecoglou: ‘We play attacking football’ ‘We don’t change our style for any opponent’ ‘We never stop. We stop at half-time and at the end of the game when we celebrate’ ‘I would rather win 4-3 than 1-0’ ‘I don’t lie to the players’ He recruits players that fit his style of football. The player...
by Gershwin
Thu 27 Oct 2022 12:39pm
Forum: Saintsational Fan Forum
Topic: ‘Homecoming’ ‘fairytale’
Replies: 13
Views: 1509

‘Homecoming’ ‘fairytale’

Wow. How well have we done to turn the media 180 degrees from calling us a ‘rabble’, ‘run so badly’, ‘terrible’ to now writing about the feel-good story of Lyon, Hayes and Harvey back together again. Would the media have turned if we had appointed Yze with let’s say Don Pyke as his right-hand man. I...