Just wondering if there's been any advance on the Academy Director, which according to the Saints website is still vacant.

Does anyone know if they still plan to fill the position, or have any news regarding this?

Thanks for the info.

BigMart wrote:
Minchington and Staley can do another year... Minch has been surprising, loved what I saw of Staley yesterday.

For those of us that don't know much about Staley; what type of player is he and what in particular did you love about him yesterday?
Also, how fast is Dunell, who does he compare to?

Starting a thread to belittle a player who tried hard for us but just wasn't up to it - then trying to justify it by claiming he "missed tackles" etc. is pretty poor. But it obviously gives you a boost.

Why don't you go back to pulling wings off flies and bullying small children.

Stillwaiting wrote:Desertsaint thanks for your running commentary today, I did not have access to vision of the game. Your after match comments are useful to.

+1

Thanks!

As someone following the game from overseas on a crap internet connection I would really appreciate it if all comments also included a score update, e.g "You're useless (insert name) - 6.6.36 to 2.2.14 "
Thanks Pakenham saint!

My thinking is Roo at Center Half Back. He has a huge tank, is a great mark (and can spoil) and is generally a good field kick running forward. This would take a lot of pressure off him (suddenly no 3 opponents), and give us some height and rebound from defence - he would run off many CHF's. He star...

Would love the info too please. No foxtel in India. Just lots of cricket.

Sick Nal Danto wrote:

HitTheBoundary wrote:Is Terry Milera the new Tommy Walsh?

In what sense ?

In the sense that after one game he seems to have become the new anointed one on Saintsational.
(And I hope he's as good as he sounds, but let's not put too many expectations on him.)

Is Terry Milera the new Tommy Walsh?

For me, a cult hero is a player who is an okay but not a great player, and one who gets a game occasionally and has a touch of the bizarre or unusual. I was always a fan of Milan Faletic, Robbie Muir, and Doug Booth. (Muir was potentially a very good player, but certainly at times bizarre.) Rex Hunt...

So we send our players to India, one third of them get sick (say goodbye fitness) and we get a few newspaper articles (if we are lucky) if there is a connection to cricket. I think we would be mad to come here....(I am currently in India).

I am the head, and sole member, of the Saints supporters group in Tiruvannamalai, India.

Although many of the locals claim to be saints.

You didn't live through the 80's? I'm more optimistic about next year than the years of nothing in the 80's I agree, standing in the rain watching us lose every week, not to mention "flock of seagulls" and "divine". The 80's were tough. I think the boys will go well this year.

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Someone mentioned the likeness in another thread.

I think you are missing the point. If you prefer ruckman, fair enough. You said "we took mid-fielders (of dubious quality)". That is a direct quote. I just asked you to back up what you said, and you waffled back at me about rookies being speculative - as are all draft picks. You went fro...

Gershwin wrote:We could have taken a back-up (of dubious quality) but instead we took mid-fielders (of dubious quality).

Which of the new mid-fielders (none of whom have played yet) do you believe are not up to it?

ace wrote:Baker took Farmer's wheat to Miller who made it into flour.
Then Baker took the flour and made it into bread.


Baker refused to share the bread with Demetriou so he was suspended.
Demetriou said "I am God. Everyone should share bread with me"

From this point on, Baker was toast.

In psychology, economics, and decision theory,
"loss aversion refers to people's tendency to strongly prefer avoiding losses to acquiring gains. Some studies suggest that losses are twice as powerful, psychologically, as gains." - Loss aversion wiki

This thread seems to exemplify that.

I might go. Although I dont like venturing that deep into Seaford. thats right clarky ... there's murderers rapists and junkies on every corner ..... fear for your life ..... :roll: :roll: :roll: Really? I cant say i know of any murderers and rapist's around that area. If you have ever actually bee...

Thanks for the info.

With the upcoming rookie selections I think we may go for a couple of big body/older types.

Magner and Marigliani would seem to fit this description, and by all reports they have been putting in hard at training.

Can someone who's seen them play give me a summary of the pros/cons of these two?

matrix wrote:now i know why i didnt bother coming here for 2 days.........

Yep, can't wait for the footy to start. We can then have posts about football, not posts about posters.

BigMart wrote:I would be happier without the drama

You are the biggest drama queen on this site. You continually make threads all about you.

Just my opinion of course.

blake will take the second tall defender..resting ruck, say dowler will be rookied to me the full-back role is between wilkes and dowler. simpkin is another year to two- away with body strength I hope Blake play his 200th and spends the rest of the year in the Magoos, being a great clubman and help...