Why would Battle go to Hawks on less money, if he's thinking of his family's financial security?

Was asked about whether this will be Membrey's last game. Said 'should be' Then began a big thread. He said we'd be better trading Skunk for picks. Said he'd 💯 trade King for 2 1st round picks. Also said Sinclair and Steele should be shopped around 🤷‍♂️ while they have trade value. Someone said 'no ...

If the blues can actually field the team they have named they will probably win more to play for, better mids, solid backline and Curnow to kick a few against Howard that said it would be great to beat these salary cap cheats. You're thinking the squad think they're world beaters, and they've got b...

Lets look at the bigger picture... the only way we take Shiel is if they give us their 1st Rounder as well. So we get Shiel, pick 7 & his massive salary and give up a 3rd or 4th round pick. This is a salary dump for the Bombers like what Gold Coast did when Bowes went to Geelong. That would be ...

As I mentioned on the other Hayes thread - I think that he (or Campbell) must play - otherwise the team would be too short. I disagree, the only advantage we have over Carlton is speed on the outside so why would we bring in Campbell or Hayes. We need to run and spread as much as possible to expose...

Agree Battle is at most a 700k player Never been on the podium in the B&F Never been in the AA squad Has had a good year, but really at 193/92 is an undersized key defender If he was 196+ 95kg+ like Harris Andrews He would be a 900k player So 3cm and 3 kg would make a difference. Do you serious...

magnifisaint wrote: ↑Thu 22 Aug 2024 7:44pm He's been named in the squad. This is interesting.

I didn't think Ross was sentimental.

Maybe he thinks it will give the team a bit of extra oomph, you know, it's Hayes' last game so let's win it for him

In

Pou
Hayes
Campbell
McLennan

Out
Caminiti

Bench is from
Byrnes
Dow
Butler
Garcia
Wilson
Hayes
Campbell
McLennan

I suspect bench will be
Butler
Byrnes
Wilson
Maybe Garcia

Sub to be Hayes as a farewell game?
Or Dow...

Gawd...he's too old 😖 He was planning to retire at end of 2023 because of niggling injuries, but somehow got over them (Dr Ageless and injections again?) We don't need a has-been A twitter post (by a Saints fan) says Shiel's on $800k and we might offer to pay half and Injectors the other half. WHYYY...

A guy on FB says the CEO spoke to supporters a few hrs ago and the feeling was that Battle will prob leave- he was saying it's gonna drag on till start of trade time. See, this is why I say King is a liability. He's got too much $$ (more than he's worth) which leaves less money for Battle. It doesn'...

Saints to win by 10 points against Carlton's reserves team, in a 10 goals to 8 nail biter. So it will be a return to RTB's signature style of rugby meets auskick, where we squeeze the life out of the game because the players are scared of losing, rather than trying to win. Because RTB hates high sc...

Saints to have a big win Campbell selected and has a big game Yep A few boys playing for their careers, so I'm not expecting bruise-free footy Will Jones bring his energy and brains from last week. Butler is too far off his 2020 form, but this game is his last chance to bring his A-Game. He did som...

I refuse to make any guess on final margin.

First goal
Higgo, Skunk or Sharman

Most goals
Higgo 3

Most disposals
Sincs+NAS 30+

Margin
Who knows

His first number was #40 His first yr in seniors, 2015 Games 18 Avg disposals 10.78 2016 Games 9 Avg disp 12.56 2017, was handed the fabled #35 Can anyone recall the circumstances around the number change? Curious I reckon there's youngsters in juniors now who wear 35 for Sincs hoping to be as good,...

I was there in 2014 when we sent off 3 club greats Blake, Kosi and Milney Any St Kilda supporter that lived in Melbourne and didn't attend that day is a bum I have great memories of that day too 👍 If Seb is announcing anything and if he's picked in the side, I'll be there to cheer him one last time...

Well done to all for the responses. My own feelings about his 56% TOG and his trajectory this season, are a bit of a smorgasbord of every post here. I see merit in every point raised here. Good work all. I agree that Clark might seem sort of lanky but he knows how to sidle his way out of congestion,...

He was on field for about 56% of the 3rd qtr 45% of the last qtr Total for the game was 56%. He still got 22 touches- i think 16 kicks. He seemed to be everywhere in the 3rd qtr and set up several F50 entries. When he got the ball, he made things happen. I can't recall any clangers or is that my ros...

Stocker missed a tackle on the wing near the bench, but he'd been sprinting hard to get there and was gassed.
He made a huge effort to get there

I went for Cats by 32 as I have a feeling (channelling Curly) that the umps will be the Cats' 19th player. I expect Cal might give away some frees for 'in the back' as The Kremlin will try to make a statement. I expect at least 4 goals from Dougal clangers. He made 4 clangers in the Rd 19 vs Crows H...

Rubyjo wrote: ↑Sat 17 Aug 2024 1:59pm Saints to upset the cats in an almighty arm wrestle ..the Hammer to kick 5 Cooper 3 saints by 5 points.

I like your confidence about Hammer, but I don't expect he'll be getting >2 goals in a game until late next yr, maybe against Norf or another weak side.

AFL site says each club must draft at least 3 players.
So we need to delist 3 or more.

Jones, Crouch, Ross, and offer Byrnes to Suns or someone who'll take him

Yorkeys wrote: ↑Sat 17 Aug 2024 9:26am Stocker to Stewart
Steele to Dangerfield.

Stocker 184 cm
Stewart 190 cm

6 cm may not seem like much

Vortex mentioned Ronnie Byrnes and Towball being v good recently. Corrrect. Why couldn't they find that form earlier? To help when it counted? Also Sharman vs a very slack Bombers side. I would keep Sharman, but wouldn't miss Byrnes or Jones. Too little, too late for them. If they were serious, they...

Come on...who's brave enough?

First goal by us
Membrey
Most goals
Higgo 3 Skunk 3

Most touches
NAS 30-34 disposals

Final Margin
32 pts (pussies to win)

5th yr in a row of record-breaking numbers