The grant thomas era seemed like all forwards and lyon era all backs. We seem to be rebalancing heavily. Hopefully we are doing a collingwood with lots of small forward able to play on ball roles too. We actually have about 16 or so on our lists who were drafted as "forwards" (not even in...

agree gringo. i dont believe anyone should insult anyone ever - no matter who the person is. treat people 'online' like ud treat them in person. sure argue ideas and disagree on the issues . go to town on that. i have no probs there. but personal stuff is simply the realm of sh*t blokes (or girls)....

Why would you expect anything different now. Because those in charge of our recruiting now are different from those we had for much of that time, especially the years under Peake, which look to have been a bit of a disaster. I have a question? Why do you, when supporting the new administration, hav...

I do think our midfield is an area of slight concern though and will probably be an area we will hope to add to through free agency next year. Some clubs talk about having as many as 10-12 high quality options that run through there, whereas we have Lenny, Dal, Joey, Armo, Jack and probably Ray (6 o...

Exactly. High risk high reward. We aren't going to get back up the ladder without bottoming out unless we're prepared to take a couple of gambles.

It's certainly looking like we're going to have one hell of an exciting and fast forward line in years to come!

Thanks for that detailed assessment APS. :) You're welcome and I don't want to pump him up too much, as there is a LOT of water to go under the bridge before he even steps out in an AFL game, but he does have a lot of the tools to be genuinely outstanding at the level. I just wanted to give an indi...

Why would you expect anything different now. Because those in charge of our recruiting now are different from those we had for much of that time, especially the years under Peake, which look to have been a bit of a disaster. For starters, we have Pelchan in charge of the whole thing, who is the one...

Here is his interview from just after he arrived at the club, in case it hasn't been posted already: http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsartic ... ideoplayer

From what I've been told, Goddard didn't really feel that the club wanted him in the end, at least not those doing the negotiations and so on, so when you combine that with the fact that Essendon showed him the welcome mat and love in a big way, and sold him on the idea that they are going to be in...

Getting back to the serious side of this thread.... Collingwood were going to take him with one of their 3 1st round picks till Grundy dropped in their lap.... Yep, I have it on very good authority that that is correct. I was told that Johnno Beveridge was sweating bullets that Spencer would still ...

From what I've been told, Goddard didn't really feel that the club wanted him in the end, at least not those doing the negotiations and so on, so when you combine that with the fact that Essendon showed him the welcome mat and love in a big way, and sold him on the idea that they are going to be in ...

i'm well mate.....steering clear of those punters you mentioned...does wonders for my general well being....yep...i grudgingly admit that caro is pretty switched on...but she still peddles crap at times...imho, that is...how do you think the saints will go this year??? I have concerns. No real subs...

Lee was at the combine this year and they measure their height to the mm there, as far as I'm aware and it was only after the combine that he started to be spoken of as being 195cm tall, in the papers and so on, so I take it they got that info from his combine results. Prior to that he was listed at...

I'll take that as a "no, I'm way too gutless to speak to anyone I meet face to face like I do on here". And by the way, I had high hopes for us against Carlton, as I do every week and have stuck with the side through the thick and thin for 22 years, including buying a membership and going ...

I'm not your mate. If you want to be having a crack at someone, how about doing it face to face, man to man, not gutlessly sitting behind your computer. If you don't talk this way to those you meet face to face, they you are seriously gutless and sad. And by the way, I had high hopes for us against ...

Please get the f*** off your high horse. I was f****** behind us and yelled myself horse at the game last night, supporting the team, like every week. Not just watching it on the TV and thinking I know everything. You act like a real hero on the other side of the world taking pot shots at us here fo...

In all fairness to the umpiring, I think we had the fair share of the marginal calls tonight. True, just as we did against the Bulldogs. But in those two very close losses, we had crucial bad decisions go against us at vital stages and they could genuinely have made the difference in awfully close ...

Sadly you are right. No confidence and could be due a spell in the twos. Is a far better player than he is showing 10 possessions (i think) and two big clangers. Once Fisher comes back he needs to go back to the VFL. Hope Scotty has the balls to do it!! It was more than two big clangers (the paper ...

Wilkes certainly wasn't at his best last night, but I don't think he was "terrible" (except for that dropped chest mark, which didn't come as a surprise at the time, as we were making a lot of silly, costly mistakes then.) and they didn't kick it to him all that often. He also had Jamison ...

Deal of the year? Getting two of the most talented and exciting prospects, who were likely to be ready go from the outset, for a drop of just 5 spots in the draft order, in a reportedly weak draft, is more likely to be a contender for deal of the decade, or more, if these two go on with it.

Reckon West Coast have a deeper midfield than Carlton and Carlton were off their game last night, so we'll have to improve again next week to win it I reckon, especially since we have just a six day break and they have 8. Glad to hear we're going over early, on Friday, though, so instead of the shor...

Heard Joey interviewed on MMM after the match and he said that we got our inspiration from Richmond for tonight's amazing match! Apparently we were so impressed with the way Richmond went about their tackling and pressuring and ferocity at the contest (either this round or last, didn't catch that) t...

Trust me, he was, especially early and I hate to say it as he was one of my favs and I loved watching him play. Just a shadow of his former self.

Great article on him in the Age yesterday, too. Very interesting that he's had really bad shin splints previously and that this last one was his first half decent pre-season, after a successful operation. Really looking forward to seeing how he goes once he gets a couple of pre-seasons into him! : h...