That list is an example of why your recruiting department needs to be probably the best resourced area at your club. For years Bevo operated on a shoestring & relied on his ability to get around to as many junior games as possible & the reports of a small group of volunteers. Under Peake th...

stevie wrote:You forgot Charlie Gardiner. Or was that on purpose to stop the torture? Lol

and lovett and yes

looked at our trading from 2007-2010 interesting reading although alot of our picks were late picks , there are alot of players we picked no longer at the club here is a list for everyone ejay connors nick heyne alistar smith colm begley jesse smith adam pattison will johnson dawson luke miles ryan ...

back to bj. people saying its all clever mgt stuff. i dunno about that. the longer it goes the more it looks like hes going. saint mgt have hands tied behind back with the SC. bj wants to say - i definitely believe him on that - but if we cant offer him at least 70% of what gws offer - he will simp...

The real question is where did he see the Saints finishing at the start of the year? just remember this last year we made the 8 with 12 wins this year we will have a minimum of 11 wins / possibly 12 and miss out injuries to good players eg chips, schneids, rhys,macca,blakey,etc.... no dawson first ...

Old Mate wrote:

Jacks Back wrote:So our tall forwards are Kosi & Wilksy at Jihad in the dry?

Blake in will allow Wilkes and Kosi to be permenant forwards and I'm expecting a late change: Siposs or Stanley in for Saad or Cripps.

definately stanley in for cripps if not big problems

Every player that turns the ball over continually must be replaced with skillful players. OUT: Clinton Jones - Farren Ray (must be our tagger), Jason Gram - Jack Newnes, Delist:- Dean Polo, Justin Koschitzke, Brett Peake, Raphael Clarke, Clinton Jones. St.Kilda please give games to Siposs, Markwort...

I dont think there will be any late changes... think that Faz is a good choice, strong performances, in both AFL and VFL, and will play from the start, as i agree, that he is not an ideal sub... Saady needs to bring his forward pressure this weekend, in leiu of the tackling machine schnides.... and...

CJ to Beams btw. Swan and Pendles just too good, can't stop them. Beams is gettable from a tagging perspective and when he's left to play his own game, is just as damaging as the bigger names. agree also reckon ray has to come in and play a defensive forward role on shaw he sets up alot of their fo...

peake
polo
blake
milne
clarke imo should not be there next year .
others who could make way
gilbert
jones
kosi
gram
would that give us enough room to move in our salary cap?

Why do people think Watters is suddenly going to make up to 5 changes when we havent looked like it all year especially as Sandy have been ordinary lately so that suggests Saints players are struggling. People see a loss and think guys thay probably never see are going to be better even though some...

St Kilda coach Scott Watters said his midfield had been beaten. "[It was] probably one of the first times this year when I really think our midfield lowered their colours," Watters said. "And that puts the rest of your game under enormous pressure. HITOUTS 42 v 29 HITOUTS TO ADVANTAG...

simpkin clarke dempster
gilbert fisher gwilt
montagna hayes schneider
milera riewolt goddard
saad kosi milne
mcevoy dalsanto steven
armitage geary jones sub sipposs
blake to miss out ,along with gram

very hard to fit everyone in . would like to see bj play forward .

Oh Dear.... I'm glad i'm not an eternal optimist, you have to a small grip on reality when contemplating the teams fortunes in 2012 At least I have a grip on my grammar, tried to spit that one out a bit quick Bob? :P great post spot on imo .everyone carrying on about the tigers last night .alot mor...

Buckets wrote:

jays wrote:Think there might be late change

Who???

reckon schneids as sub?

does anyone know how he went today . is he a chance to play friday night .

With the game being so fast today, nearly all players who miss 4 games or more, need to come back through the VFL (Fisher probably one exception). It's good to see the pressure "really on" for a spot in the team. We saw the benefit of that with Ray last night. It took some very good AFL e...

after last nights performance we have some good selection dilemas
fisher
clarke
gwilt
ledger
schneider(when fit)
mcevoy
peake
good to have a bit of depth and competition for spots .especially after our great win last night ,didnt seem to have any passengers.

What I would like a reporter to ask Ross Lyon is: "you said when you left St Kildare that it was the 'end of an era'....were you really saying this groups hit its peak and can't be a contender for some time?" I think deep down, aside from the coin, Lyon looked at the list and said "r...

gram raph saad peake schneids all trained before the main squad all 5 looked good .they ran laps and did tackling drills and handball drills .main group had a pretty solid hitout ,wilkes,polo and newnes all trained well, no clue who out of those 3 will start .my first time at linnen house. the facil...

that team is absurd. we are already the laughing stock of the world for losing to port, lets not make things worse. dont understand how you can say that team is absurd . still has plenty of experience in it . with mature bodies in it and we are playing gold coast not hawks or pies . you have to giv...

Wow one more goal and they would be heroes. Don't think so. Even if we got over the line we expected more against a team that finished second from the bottom last year. These guys would still be criticised. Overall the team played poorly especially the fringe players. I guess that's why we've got t...

philtee wrote:Er, nobhead, I think you've missed the point of my post. I was making a little Scots joke based on your
original thread title. I believe humour is still allowed on this site.

cool fixed it . hehehaha

Och, poor wee mobhead...that should read "players that are nae up to it". why is that ? happy with the teams performance yesterday were you? all of the players mentioned meet your expectation? at least im man enough to admit i made a mistake, about dempster . tell us what you thought abou...

That was interesting... Clearly making it known - even after a Rd 1 game - that he wants contested ball won and hes prepared to change structure/players to get it which is a very early call given Rd 1.....but I agree. Also mentioned sitting back and making assessments on players, then mentions Ledg...