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Saints lucky to finish 10th.
If we have some youth that turn it on then we could finish 8 but i doubt it. More chance of finishing 12

6 years/$6m is being quoted by multiple ITKs who dont mess around. . Well unless I have misread BigFooty John stated that, and then others are just repeating what John said (as they want it to be true). They have not claimed it to be so apart fro John. So I do not think it is multiple ITKs. John ha...

Adelaide will finish top regardless Then Next weekend GWS beats Geelong Richmond beats St Kilda Gold Coast beats Port Adelaide Carlton beats Sydney Adelaide 66 GWS 64 Geelong 58 Richmond 56 Port Adelaide 52 Sydney 52 Maybe Melbourne 52 & Essendon 48 Adelaide plays Richmond in Adelaide GWS plays...

Maybe we get jelly and whitfield for our 3 firsts. 2 this year and 1 next year. Then we get rocky and trengrove via FA. That would be a dream.

Yes but in the forward line. He is no defender. His good is still quite good and manage him to his 300. His leadership with roo gone will still be valueable. Also depends on trades we get.

Will be remembered as one of greatest ever club men for what he has done around the club. Same ilk as Barker.
Roo is also the second best saints player i have seen, only behind Lockett. Never saw Baldock or Stewart play.

thejiggingsaint wrote:Reality. Sad, but also joyful! Great careers! Great clubmen! Shed tears at their departure, yes. But also CELEBRATE their stay with us!

So true. I just hope we as supporters turn up and cheer them off if our last game is an away against the Tigers

The start of the farewell of our champions. .

Dempster Roo and probably Joey

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ROLS-LEE wrote:In all our thumpings he has been unsighted.

Who has?

I thought Billings. Did some research and he did get the ball, but like most of our side was not damaging with it. Got plenty of it once it was over

tony74 wrote:We have 3 distinct plans.

I only see 1. hand pass hand pass chip kick turn it over. We are a slow unskillful side and its hard to watch.
We have good players but the game plan does not suit and we are too slow.

In all our thumpings he has been unsighted.

Sinclair would be better. He is killing us.

Con Gorozidis wrote:I guess the question is what are we trying to achieve this season?

Exactly. Is our goal to win more games than last year? Play finals? Win a final? Win the whole thing?

Our selection last week was somewhat questionable at best

I believe he heavily invested in last week and it finally caught up with us. Consecutive 6 day breaks with a trip from Perth and the emotion of Maddies game we were mentally and physically gone before the ball was even bounced. Then we came up against a good team that is fighting for some September ...

I was hoping we would get up but i think that the Perth game and consecutive 6 game break with the emotion of Maddies game our downer was 1 week later.

The dopers looked fast and punished us accordingly.

Im only worried that if we only got up for the Maddies game. If we fall in a heap on friday i would be pretty annoyed.

Dominated the hit outs and got quite a few to advantage... 4 marks, 5 tackles, kicked a big goal. 11 disposals... had real presence about him tonight. Now, I'm not stalkin' ya, skeptic, but Billy was a large part of post game discussions this eve among the tribe. All up, probably his best all round...

Dunstan needs a bigger tank and is generally greedy around goals but usually does not convert. Lonie is a funny one. Not big enough not quick enough not strong enough but is smart enough. Needs confidents but can you get that in our forward line??? Longer great tap ruck men but does nothing else. Th...

To me just looks slow and lazy. Always out of position.

WellardSaint wrote:He's already taken 4 marks in the first half
actually good in that regard

A second game player is still beating him.

He is killing it out there and at times his being used to help get it out.

With Sandi out injured your playing on a second gamer. If your going to show something now is the time to do it.

Ps your direct opponents already has 1 goal.

Devilhead wrote:Sandilands is a good match up for Billy who should be able to match him around the ground

Fyfe hasnt been in great form anyway and will be a bit rusty

More worried about guys like Walters and the Hill brothers with their pace

Agreed. The pace of them is what will do the damage against us.

Has anyone else done a player comparison on Longer against other ruckman on Footywire? Its unbelievably bad. Longer isnt anywhere near an AFL footballer. After the bounce and ruck dual we are effectively a player short after that. Now all the noise is Holmes was always the best tap amongst the four...

I think people are missing the point that im trying to make. There is no question that carlisle is doing a fine job. I also feel that we dont have a go to player when things are tight and everyone is manned up. I believe his marking abilities are second to none but we as a team dont use it that much...