a gamble we never took if you are saying that they took a gamble on not picking him up I would say you are correct Aside from observing you're not above changing positions mid-argument... your horse-betting analogy doesn't stack up. I would say it was a gamble that they were bluffed out of I'd say ...

BigMart wrote:Late to training (looked very sheepish when they walked out), joined main group after some running

M.Gardiner, S.Milne, Schnieder

Victims of Connex as like as not!

a gamble we never took Wrong, the Saints did take a gamble. They gambled against him. Richmond got him for PSD pick 6 and a spot on their list - which is about the same as what it would have cost the Saints. As for what Richmond get out of it - they're in a different position list-wise. The compari...

however are you telling me that we didn't have enough room Yes, that's very true...and don't get me wrong, I would have happily had BC in the team BC would have been great in a Saints guernsey, but it's history. As for premiership experience... Geelong had 20-odd players with premiership experience...

I like the player portraits... should say "Sponsoring xxxxx xxxxx" or a list like St Fid's, to clarify the connection for site newcomers and casual readers.

Mark from South Melb - who is he? You're right he's a hothead. I agreed they could have asked about Allen, Dempster's recovery and the decision to hold onto M. Gardiner. The Cousins question was really badly thought out (or not at all). What did they expect Lyon to say? "We're glad he got an op...

They're thrilled with Nick Heyne Tom Lynch will play the NAB Cup round 1 Was asked if criticism of the Clarke brothers was fair: Lyon mentioned Raph's back, epilepsy, and said he'd answered his critics - the club viewed him as BOG in the semi final against Collingwood. Xavier fighting a history of s...

I think predicting ladder positions (based on what I've talked about throughout this thread) is the biggest exercise in futility that you could possibly find. I think it's fair to say we will finish in the bottom 8 of the comp, and most likely not the bottom 4. Which exact ladder position though, w...

I heard a saying years ago that you can go back to a place, but you can't go back to a time. Never is that more the case than when I visit Moorabbin and stand in the spot where I spent so many Saturday afternoons as a child and young man, and turn on the video recorder in my brain to relive favouri...

What if you finish 16th, but lost 10 games by 1 point? What if you finish 3rd, but won 10 games by a point? What if you finish 14th, but lost your 10 best players for the season? What if you finished 2nd, but did not have 1 injury for the entire year? You're over-analysing it. There's the skill to ...

Seen this?

Saints Feeling Fine
http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/st-kil ... 90854.html

Pic at top, with Eljay, Blake, Gram and Monty at the front of the pack. Go Eljay!

I don't know what you're getting your knickers in a twist about. He did say "we did lose the finals quite convincingly". I suppose Leigh Tudor's got the rose-tinted glasses on too and we can all scoff at the "Saints not far off Cat mark" article as well. Jeez. One understatement ...

Good odds but a team with J Brown and S Black will never win the wooden spoon. Good point - and don't forget Bradshaw. He kicked 75 to Brown's 70. My tip is BL to finish 9th. They couldn't take a trick away from home last year, even losing to Melbourne once... Sydney to sink. North to miss the 8, i...

It is reasonable to wonder wehat is coming next..... and I think that this is what has led to the likes of RF feeling that their passion for the club has diminished. Somehow we don't identify with Luke Ball/Nick Riewoldt/Brendon Goddard as being long-time old Sainters as we did Harvey et al. But th...

Well, while we're at it how about a happy 21st birthday to Robert Eddy.

Jarryd Allen is also 21 next week and shares his birthday with Lenny Hayes.