Sad to say - but we don't need goose at the moment. He's a handy back-up but that's all for the time being. We won out first 7 in a row without Max and played some superb footy doing it. I'm pretty relaxed about whoever Ross brings in, but am fairly sure it won't be Goose though. May be the making o...

At the start of the year the commentators were saying that opposition teams should ty and isolate Zac with the ball and make him kick it. THat used to worry me a bit. Each game he looks more and more assured as his confidence grows. Now I'm more than happy for the ball to be in Zac's hands. When Max...

Agreed. However thought he struggled in the 1st quarter where he failed to get a body on a fwd - namely Riewoldt, a couple of times. After quarter time he was superb though. A couple of tap ons which don't register a stat, were as valuable as any hard ball get or handpass out of a pack.

Did Goddard play as a third forward? I thought he was mainly in the midfield flaoting fwd?

I reckon Grammy is one of the most important players in our team. One of the few who has pace and can carry the ball. As someone said, he's a risk taker who's trying to find a way through the lines. Some times it doesn't come off, but I would hate for him to lose that dare. If the team goes into the...

I agree saint66. Obviously the team thought we had a definite advantage down there and were trying to use it. However I was disappointed that Milney wasn't at their feet more like he usually is. once the ball hit the ground. The tiges definitely appeared to be flooding back on Kosi alot. Don't think...

Ace - I was at that game and couldn't believe what I was witnessing. Any home & away game I probably would have run on and 'acted' like a kid as well :lol: I just couldn't believe that saints supporters (I think they were saints supporters anyway) could be so stupid. We had Port by the balls and...

I thought you were an AFL member plugger? Best thing about AFL membership is that if the club makes the big one, there is NO stress about getting a ticket. You don't even have to line up.

I understand that, but living in perth i don't really get to go to 11 games in fact its 1 . Hell of alot of fans live interstate and are full paid up members who don't get to go to games. Thats not the reason I become a member. I do it to support the club. Sorry to be harsh, but if you are only pre...

If a player is ready to play it does not matter whether he is 15 or 22.....age is irrelevent....do not agree with Ross that a player does not have to develop in the AFL.....if they are ready they should develop where they are best suited..... Judd, Selwood, Rioli, Murphy, Gibbs, Cooney, Griffen, De...

Bit of a worry then for the last game in September if we start tiring after 12 games,we may well be exhausted by then....that's more than 12 games away..... Yes but the advantage we have over every other side except Geelong is we have wrapped up a top 4 spot so training can be adjusted to make sure...

THat's him. cheers

ifhe keeps kicking a bag and being in the best then I say YES we are lacking a third tall forward and if the kid is performing then he comes into contention Has he kicked any bags for Sandy though? I think one week he kicked 4 or 5. Doesn't need to do that every week, but would want him to be in th...

I reckon one thing that's forgotton about 2004 is that sure, we were average in the middle part of the year, but by about Rd 18-19 we had picked ourselves up again. A couple of things to remember about 04. Our losses, by and large, were to the finalists often played interstate. ie Sydney at the SCG ...

all this stuff about winning 12 in a row no team has miss out etc.. its all rubbish the only win that gets you into the GF is the preliminary final win. its anyones game! bulldogs, carlton, lions, hawks, essendon....they are all a chance! Agree completely. How many teams have won their first 10 gam...

all this stuff about winning 12 in a row no team has miss out etc.. its all rubbish the only win that gets you into the GF is the preliminary final win. its anyones game! bulldogs, carlton, lions, hawks, essendon....they are all a chance! Agree completely. How many teams have won their first 10 gam...

I love the fact that ppl are desperate for these third tier players to be given a go at the expense of proven seasoned players. Maybe these 3rd tier players should be brought in, so we learn to appreciate our seasoned players.

Whenever the form of Luke Ball is discussed, invariably comparisons are made with a) Judd and Hodge and b) his form in 2005 in particular. I'm sure Ball himself would love to get back to that sort of form. He appears to apply himself as well as any player on our list. Sadly he probably will never ki...

Don't know that the pressure's dropped (we still had something like 67 tackles), I think teams are simply more ready to fight the good fight. Note the focus many teams take on getting to HB and only then attacking the middle with handballs to facilitate the forward switch, or performing a normal sw...

reincarnated - where has anyone made fun of Kruezer? He was used as an example of how much the loss hurt the blues. I don't reckon any saint supporter would make fun of any player for crying. I reckon you've taken that thread by saint75 out of context. The fact that Kruezer has earnt more money than...

Didn't the poster say the thread wasn't intended to take the piss out of Kruezer, but to illustrate how much the loss hurt? I think the point is that the blues had set themselves in a huge way to win last week, and for us (the team - NOT supporters) it was just another challenge to meet. The boys me...

Agree completely. It's hard to thoroughly enjoy a game when you're not sure if your team is going to win. Watching the replay (knowing the result) gives you a chance to really appreciate how great the game actually was. In the cold light of day I found it difficult to be critical of any of our playe...

I guess ppl go for different reasons. I go cos I love footy. Being an AFL member I wouldn't even know whether it's our home game until I turn up and see the reserved ticket holders on the Axcess 1 side of the ground. They're playing in Melbourne, just get along and enjoy. This might be a once in a l...

Betts has been out of form actually. That's what my supercoach scores are telling me anyway. Bakes was serviceable, but Betts got away a few times and kicked a couple of vital goals. I'm still happy to have Bakes in the team though. If we're going to nit pick about disposal/decision making, then Len...

Crows in 2005 looked unbeatable at the half way mark. I remember they pumped the swans by 6 goals in Sydney. They also pumped us by about 40 points at Telstra dome. THEN Riccuito got some disease, Hentchel busted his knee, the birdman lost a wing and it all went pear shaped - and Harves gave them a ...