And then there's our 2015 Pick 5... Carlisle (for only ~$500K per year) :D And Gresham!!! (Remembering that we'd have taken Gresham with that Pick 5, and now the doubters are getting to see why. :D ) Best.pick.5.ev-arh!!! 8-) Would we really have taken him with pick 5? I reckon if anyone from the c...

We had 9 AA players - all at their peak when Lyon had us. Billy Brownless could have coached us to a GF with 9 AA on our list. Absolute rubbish Con. A good coach would have got us two flags. GT had a better list than Lyon, and you overstate how good the nine were in the period under Lyon as some we...

So he was a hard trainer? Lockett himself mocks his training standards, so do others of the time like Russell Morris. Lockett like many, had asthma... Lockett, homesick? He lived an hour and a half away... FFS He was one of the greatest ever.., could've been even better with application ... I think...

Great stuff Kenny. Sheahan tried his hardest to get Ken to break down but Ken refused. Well done.

Looks like Tony 74 is withholding sensitive information. Absolutely nothing wrong with Jack. Lacking a touch of confidence at the moment and working his way through new roles and Challenges. As they are all. Bit sore and battered but no more than anyone else. The complete team man and club man. We ...

That's what the art of leadership is??? Not to bow down, or suck up to stars... Acknowledge they are important but they must adhere to standards like everyone else It's about teaching. If he came through Hawtjorn .... Holy hell! He'd have kicked well over 2000 and they'd have won another flag or 2....

What the?

Con Gorozidis wrote:I have a feeling we might end up making a GF in 2019 or 2020 only to come up against an unstoppable Giants side.

They'll have won 3 in a row and lost their hunger by then. Ripe for the plucking. Our timing will be perfect.

Is he injured, out of form, ahead of himself, down on form/confidence, does he want to be there? Been down for a while now. Anyone on the inside know if there's anything going on?

Sainternist wrote:I rarely listen to SEN these days, but Matt Finnis is proving to be one of best club CEOs in recent time.

On what basis? He might be but how would we know. On any objective measure, he's done what? Not winning, membership crap, making losses and increasing debt. Speaks okay in media though.

Is Richo a bit old school? I wonder why so many clubs turned him down for a head coach role. Even we did the first time. I wonder if he doesn't have a tactically radical approach to the game that many clubs seem to look for. Well when the senior players refer to him as mini-GT, they're not being co...

Is Richo a bit old school? I wonder why so many clubs turned him down for a head coach role. Even we did the first time. I wonder if he doesn't have a tactically radical approach to the game that many clubs seem to look for. Well when the senior players refer to him as mini-GT, they're not being co...

Is Richo a bit old school? I wonder why so many clubs turned him down for a head coach role. Even we did the first time. I wonder if he doesn't have a tactically radical approach to the game that many clubs seem to look for. Well when the senior players refer to him as mini-GT, they're not being co...

Sinclair played in the middle a bit against Melbourne. Definitely a keeper.

Good that he got through, I've got high hopes for this kid. I hope he's a gun partly for our midfield's sake and, secondly, to spite Collingwood, I hope we are able to navigate the fine line between being over cautious with the kid and getting him to senior football. If his body holds up and his fo...

Rangerie

My sadness levels over his being traded depend on what we got for him.

Bluthy wrote:bloody geary unbelebable

Why was Geary going off at Eli?

I'm not sure, I found Barry's comments pretty relevant. If there was a cultural issue, it may have been the reason for failing in that period. It seems there were lots of different reasons in each of the premiership windows. I feel that in 2009 though, we were just so unlucky. He said it was club c...

I'm not sure, I found Barry's comments pretty relevant. If there was a cultural issue, it may have been the reason for failing in that period. It seems there were lots of different reasons in each of the premiership windows. I feel that in 2009 though, we were just so unlucky. He said it was club c...

Met Nick's dad last night. Warm, friendly, open and genuinely caring about other people was my impression. I also listened to him speak when interviewed about Maddie and the money raised and how it is spent. One does not wish to think about the family anguish of losing a child in such circumstances...

Imagine being a lead up forward at StK for 300 games... Now that's an effort On Paddy He hasn't shown an elite attribute as yet, he is slow and has little endurance. But he looks a competitor in the air, and is sometimes clever. Let's hope Petracca does not turn out a matchwinner. Judd, Bartel, Ste...

pick 60.. our 2nd pick. s*** year for us really nick winmar pick 32, smith pick 60, adam pattison pick 62, will johnson pick 77, zac dawson pick 87, luke miles pick 93, plus two trades, lovett and peake. f****** horrible , just horrible. Geez I hate Ross Lyon. That was 2009, 2010 wasn't any better....

Good point Should have 3 flags I wonder if we did have the 3 flags, even 4 (71) would we have double the membership??? Would we be pushing the 60 thousand? Being interstate i dont know as i dont exactly talk to a lot of people who are closet saints supporters Or perhaps, success wouldve brought us ...

great post The Other Thommo it's a bit of a worry that we've taken mostly small mids in recent drafts (Lonie, Sinclair, Gresham) but at least they all have natural football ability and brains recruiting gazelles isn't a great policy if they can't kick or win a contest A few quotes from the very rec...