Highlight of the weekend?

[Enrico_Misso]

Tough choice.

Eddie Maguire chucking a red faced wobbly as the Eagles came home with umpire assistance.
OR
Mr Two Strikes held goal-less as the AFL's dream transfer enters year 6 of 9 without a flag for The Parasites.
OR
Geelong Kray brother realising his list can't win a final and that Duckhead and Chequebook are cooked.

[saintsRrising]

Geelong Kray brother realising his list can't win a final and that Duckhead and Chequebook are cooked.

This is why the Cats are into Jack Steven. Trouble is for us Lethers evidently likes cooked players.

[WellardSaint]

I know a lot of women are obsessed with TV dramas and chick-flicks, with the
contrived, unrealistic plots and scenarios.

What you've described here is one of the things that makes this game magic.
It's real life drama, it's karma, it's like a Shakespeare tragedy, or Sophocles Greek tragedy.


I can't choose between the 3, they each get my vote.

[saintspremiers]

Definitely Reddie McGuire.

Given I’ve missed out on the MCC GF ballot I need WCE in the Granny to get a decent seat

[bigred]

Pies were stiff.

WCE get a fkn armchair over there.

Comp is rigged.

[freely]

I know a lot of women are obsessed with TV dramas and chick-flicks, with the
contrived, unrealistic plots and scenarios.

What you've described here is one of the things that makes this game magic.
It's real life drama, it's karma, it's like a Shakespeare tragedy, or Sophocles Greek tragedy.


I can't choose between the 3, they each get my vote.

How did women manage to take a bashing here? (BTW WS, you do know Shakespeare and Sophocles were making it up, right?)

That said, Eddie gets my vote

[CURLY]

Pies were stiff.

WCE get a fkn armchair over there.

Comp is rigged.

bulls*** Collingwood got a very good run.

[Joffa Burns]

Pies were stiff.

WCE get a fkn armchair over there.

Comp is rigged.

bulls*** Collingwood got a very good run.

Curly, I think I’ve worked it out.

Are you Serena Williams?

[SaintPav]

A highlight and a lowlight:

Met up with a close mate of Greg Westeway’s on Friday night.

I lost my s***....

Unbelievably, this geeza used to live in my house in the 70s. What are the chances!!

[kosifantutti]

I'm looking forward to two clubs I don't like being eliminated this week.

I'm not looking forward to two clubs I don't like progressing to the Preliminary final.

[CURLY]

Pies were stiff.

WCE get a fkn armchair over there.

Comp is rigged.

bulls*** Collingwood got a very good run.

Curly, I think I’ve worked it out.

Are you Serena Williams?

How'd you guess.

I loved Ed pissing and moaning this morning about the unfair advantage. Welcome to our world Ed you doughboy.

[chico2001]

Eagles will be in the GF, not a problem but the Tiges will give them a touch up. Eddie gets my vote as always and would love to see the dumbest Kray brother face the music and admit he is a s*** coach. He and Richo are good mates after all are'nt they?

[Sainternist]

Meh! It's depressing when the finals are all about silver linings and schadenfreude. I just wanna see the Saints play in September again. Can't believe it has already been 8 years

[Stephen Theodore]

Highlight for me was Hanneberys poor (personal) game. No way the hierarchy could even contemplate recruiting him, let alone a five year deal, surely.

[Harvey To Hayes]

Highlight for me was Hanneberys poor (personal) game. No way the hierarchy could even contemplate recruiting him, let alone a five year deal, surely.

I only saw a bit of game but stats say he had 24 possessions (8 cont), 3 tackles, 5 clearances, 5 inside 50s which seems reasonable in a team that got smashed, interested as to why his personal game was so poor? Like I said I didn’t see it so not having a go, just curious as to whether it was disposal efficiency, accountability etc?

[Scollop]

Highlight for me was Hanneberys poor (personal) game. No way the hierarchy could even contemplate recruiting him, let alone a five year deal, surely.

I only saw a bit of game but stats say he had 24 possessions (8 cont), 3 tackles, 5 clearances, 5 inside 50s which seems reasonable in a team that got smashed, interested as to why his personal game was so poor? Like I said I didn’t see it so not having a go, just curious as to whether it was disposal efficiency, accountability etc?

He looked slow and that impacted his DE. Got tackled and turned it over after he received the footy in space in the first 5 minutes of the match. It wasn't the Hannebery that we remember when he was an All Australian. Basically he lacked that speed and spread that he was famous for.

At times he'd have a look around for options without any real urgency and his disposals would get smothered or he had to handball in a hurry. Couple of other times his kicks went to no one or went to the opposition.

[saintsRrising]

Highlight for me was Hanneberys poor (personal) game. No way the hierarchy could even contemplate recruiting him, let alone a five year deal, surely.

I only saw a bit of game but stats say he had 24 possessions (8 cont), 3 tackles, 5 clearances, 5 inside 50s which seems reasonable in a team that got smashed, interested as to why his personal game was so poor? Like I said I didn’t see it so not having a go, just curious as to whether it was disposal efficiency, accountability etc?

He looked slow and that impacted his DE. Got tackled and turned it over after he received the footy in space in the first 5 minutes of the match. It wasn't the Hannebery that we remember when he was an All Australian. Basically he lacked that speed and spread that he was famous for.

At times he'd have a look around for options without any real urgency and his disposals would get smothered or he had to handball in a hurry. Couple of other times his kicks went to no one or went to the opposition.

Exactly. In the several games I have watched him now late in this season he has shown no more, and probably less that the slow than the slow, but much younger, inside mids that we already have.

Jack Steele's last half season is way above the quality that Hanners has exhibited of late.


PS: If we effectively lose Steven to get Hanners then the club should hang its head in shame.

[saintspremiers]

Highlight for me was Hanneberys poor (personal) game. No way the hierarchy could even contemplate recruiting him, let alone a five year deal, surely.

I only saw a bit of game but stats say he had 24 possessions (8 cont), 3 tackles, 5 clearances, 5 inside 50s which seems reasonable in a team that got smashed, interested as to why his personal game was so poor? Like I said I didn’t see it so not having a go, just curious as to whether it was disposal efficiency, accountability etc?

He looked slow and that impacted his DE. Got tackled and turned it over after he received the footy in space in the first 5 minutes of the match. It wasn't the Hannebery that we remember when he was an All Australian. Basically he lacked that speed and spread that he was famous for.

At times he'd have a look around for options without any real urgency and his disposals would get smothered or he had to handball in a hurry. Couple of other times his kicks went to no one or went to the opposition.

Exactly. In the several games I have watched him now late in this season he has shown no more, and probably less that the slow than the slow, but much younger, inside mids that we already have.

Jack Steele's last half season is way above the quality that Hanners has exhibited of late.


PS: If we effectively lose Steven to get Hanners then the club should hang its head in shame.

But Hanners is a premiership player.

We need to increase our premiership player quota.

Richmond has tonnes of premiership players that they brought in to win the flag last year remember??

[Yorkeys]

A Joel Selwood montage;
- Hawkins' face when free was taken off him; his eyes uncrossed.
- Selwoods' face when Oliver barrelled him and stole the ball full frontal assault; his eyes crossed;
- Scott's face when Joel perfectly ducked or dived for a free time after time and the umpires were not sucked in; his eyes bulged.

[Stephen Theodore]

Highlight for me was Hanneberys poor (personal) game. No way the hierarchy could even contemplate recruiting him, let alone a five year deal, surely.

I only saw a bit of game but stats say he had 24 possessions (8 cont), 3 tackles, 5 clearances, 5 inside 50s which seems reasonable in a team that got smashed, interested as to why his personal game was so poor? Like I said I didn’t see it so not having a go, just curious as to whether it was disposal efficiency, accountability etc?

May have had 24 disposals, and not sure on efficiency, but looked slow as, maybe he's carrying an injury, but whatever, imo had no impact on the game.

[Harvey To Hayes]

Highlight for me was Hanneberys poor (personal) game. No way the hierarchy could even contemplate recruiting him, let alone a five year deal, surely.

I only saw a bit of game but stats say he had 24 possessions (8 cont), 3 tackles, 5 clearances, 5 inside 50s which seems reasonable in a team that got smashed, interested as to why his personal game was so poor? Like I said I didn’t see it so not having a go, just curious as to whether it was disposal efficiency, accountability etc?

May have had 24 disposals, and not sure on efficiency, but looked slow as, maybe he's carrying an injury, but whatever, imo had no impact on the game.

Guess that’s why naked stats can be misleading sometimes, thanks for elaborating (cheers to Scollop, SaintsRising et all too)

[Harvey To Hayes]

Highlight for me was Hanneberys poor (personal) game. No way the hierarchy could even contemplate recruiting him, let alone a five year deal, surely.

I only saw a bit of game but stats say he had 24 possessions (8 cont), 3 tackles, 5 clearances, 5 inside 50s which seems reasonable in a team that got smashed, interested as to why his personal game was so poor? Like I said I didn’t see it so not having a go, just curious as to whether it was disposal efficiency, accountability etc?

May have had 24 disposals, and not sure on efficiency, but looked slow as, maybe he's carrying an injury, but whatever, imo had no impact on the game.

Guess that’s why naked stats can be misleading sometimes, thanks for elaborating (cheers to Scollop, SaintsRising et al too)

[chico2001]

Have to be Callan Ward, what a captain he is, would love to have him at the saints, That is the type of player who can drag a team up the ladder. Hannebery is gone, cooked.