shmic_s wrote:I'd take Dempster off your list. He is in our best side IMO.

Ray as sub?! not sure why we went with him. Would have been better served having Cripps or Peake come on late in the game.

your probably right about dempster . ray got me dumb founded .

Very impressive, particularly in the second half. He took a little while to settle in but was one of our better players towards the end of the game and was very damaging with the footy. He coped with the physical pressure better than I thought he would; he obviously has a reasonably strong core des...

http://m.heraldsun.com.au/archives/old-sport-pages/sandringham-zebras-trounce-north-ballarat-in-vfl/story-e6frf9jo-1226315893254 VFL sleeping giant Sandringham yesterday slayed another high-profile competitor in pursuit of its first flag since 2006. The Zebras trounced North Ballarat by 48 points a...

Of course they will play during the year but you cant do it all at once. When Ledger pulled out we went with Ray. In hindsight which is easy maybe a younger guy like Siposs may have been better. im not saying play them all at once . but for example going on pre season form . would you have selected...

Of course they will play during the year but you cant do it all at once. When Ledger pulled out we went with Ray. In hindsight which is easy maybe a younger guy like Siposs may have been better. im not saying play them all at once . but for example going on pre season form . would you have selected...

very disapointed before the game even started to see , guys like ray geary jones polo depster peake get selected over some of the young guys we have in our squad . imo nothing will change as long as these guys keep getting selected . same basic skill errors ,poor decision making. even when the game ...

MC Gusto wrote:Maybe Schneider gets the week off teavelling etc due to birth of his daughter during the week?

aggravated his hammy .listen to waters interview regarding 25 man squad

No depth? I reckon apart from perhaps fullback and ruck, our depth is OK....more so than last year anyways. Or maybe it just seems that way to me? agree sainterk i reckon this is first year in a long time that we have drafted good young players especialy considering where we finished on the ladder ...

Elite kick, strong mark, good football brain but not properly used. Plays this 'quarterback' role from the back-line which does not result in enough goals IMO. Can get dragged too deep by the opposition and for a player of his reputation needs to be thrown into the thick of it more. Play him up for...

Gerard has the Saints out of the eight this year. Reckons going off the WCE game they have a broken spirit. Not about to slam him, everyone is entitiled to an opinion, but it was a strange segment flip flopping over if the preseason comp means anything at all. I guess in his opinion it does. He's a...

dempster simpkin gilbert
cripps fisher gram
goddard hayes montagna
sippos riewolt schneider
milne kosi saad
mcevoy dalsanto ledger
armitage jones peake sub ray

When do we start becoming happy with honerable losses....When does our focus shift to watching young blokes and seeing good signs and being encouraged by 5 posession games..........because as soon as it does, we realise we are a bottom club again.... We were better, no doubt....were we good??? The ...

Right now it seems like a combination of an outdated game plan, lack of quality personell and a lack of hunger from the capable personell will mean that we aren't going to challenge for a flag this year. So I think the best thing to do is to scrap the battlers who can't hold their own and give the ...

terrific presser from Ross. If it were only as easy to blood all these young players.... the problem is that most of them are no bloody good. Sounds harsh but its not worth playing the kids just for the sake of some new energy and enthusiasm, as it didn't work tonight. Ross is in a place where he e...

saintbrat wrote:Good work Jackson- named in Seniors for first time
and Warrick emergency.... although unlikely with the numbers to go out to Saints

hey brat ant idea when croker and ledger will play?

skeptic wrote:Dempster again

why do we pick passengers?

would rather have Blake

i would be more worried about peake holding his spot . him and dempster have done sweet f/a for a long time but keep getting a game . can't wait for ledger to get right the guy looks like a gun .

What if it's out of Johnson and Archer? Anyone out there seen enough of either to form a view? yeh i reckon johnson would be a better choice than archer and even kosi for that matter . why because he's a more dangerous forward and therefore fletcher would have to be more accountable and not be thir...

Interesting... a tall for a small. Wouldn't have thought the two players were interchangable but maybe it's a sign that RL felt he got structure wrong last week... I can live with that One can only assume that Archer is training and showing 100% dedication now. Now if we could just lose one of Jone...

[quote="dcstkfc"]Assumptions: Steven, Schneider, Kosi, Gardiner all still unavailable Baker Dawson Clarke Gilbert Fisher Gwilt Montagna Hayes Gram Gamble Goddard Cripps Milne Riewoldt Armitage McEvoy Dal Santo Jones Ray Peake Blake Smith EMG: Dempster Archer Geary In: Cripps, Smith Out: De...

saintsRrising wrote:

nobhead wrote:
any thoughts?

See here http://www.saintsational.com/forum/view ... hp?t=66520

sorry i missed that one

one true ruckmen , kosi , macca, gardi backup mobile ruck blake bring in extra mid geary, armo , steven miles as a backman gilbo permant forward stanley at ff imo gives us a few more options ,another marking forward in gilbo. and gives a bit more leg speed around the ground . just thinking out loud ...

geary gone?? f****** no way keep this kid agree next year geary stanley armo miles steven lynch should be played as much as possible . times up for the likes of peake dempster eddy ray kosi to ruck and not ff blake and bakes might be on their last legs as well after 3 to 4 years of trying with this...

Gwilt will play at half back, Blake will ruck against Brown. They will try and use blakes motor and run Brown off his feet. If McEvoy had played we may have won the tap outs but he would have been badly exposed once the ball hit the turf. Brown has played like a midfielder. If Brown does go forward...

Bernard Shakey wrote:Bakes will play.

do you know this for a fact shakey .or you hoping he plays and who goes out for him.cos i reckon its risky playing him in a cut throat final seeing he will be massively underdone.

gwilt to play goddards 7th defender role with his excellent kicks out of defence thus releasing goddard to midfield or forward where he can create either quality forward fifty entries or be a forward fifty target. baker takes ablett and chapman as they rotate forward and jones gets them in midfield...