Going to leave Stewart and Baldock out of mine as it is very hard to comment on players you have never seen play. 1. Lockett - By a long way. Absolute freak, kept us alive onfield in the 80's. In my view had he played in the great Hawthorn teams he may have nudged 200 goal seasons. Kicked 10 on the ...

I don't often post on saintsational but am on most days., I will say I'm super excited about Dunstan looking at his player profile clip. Like Lenny, his attack on the ball inspires those around him. He has leadership all over, if you were a young player he is the guy to get behind. Good with his han...

Coaching can only get you so far. In fairness to Watters we are yet to have top draft picks until this season. Port have been ordinary since playing the GF in 2007. We are in our 2nd year of rebuilding, around 2016-2018 is when we will be doing what Port are providing we recruit well. I have a lot o...

Devilhead is pretty much on the money. We need to recruit plenty of midfielders over the next few seasons. As much as it hurts watching us get pantsed by teams that we have flogged on a consistent basis over the past ten years ie: Richmond, I'm happy with the direction we are heading. Watters is pla...

If Kosi plays his 200th Id send Crowley to him. Might be a chance for Crowley to give Fred Fanning's goal record a nudge playing at full back

IMO: 1: Lockett: incredible footballer enough said 2: Harvey: people easily forget how good Harves was. Even before his groin troubles. 3: Riewoldt: Would be at number 2 if he was a little more accurate in front of the sticks 4: Hayes: Champion of the club. Makes others walk taller 5: Loewe: Ahh, bi...

I don't subscribe to the young bodies not having the ability to run out a game theory hurting us in the close games. Gold Coast don't appear to have any issue with it. Someone earlier mentioned the poaching of fitness guru Bill Davoren from the bulldogs. I don't think the bulldogs were too disappoin...

Absolutely agree with apples on this one. Whilst McEvoy is still relatively young in comparison to the elite rucks of the comp, I can never see him having either the strength and certainly not the leap to compete with the premium ruckman of the competition. Well spotted up on Doyle too, staggering i...

I had Raphclarkeclanger last year but with him no longer on the list I'm going to have to find a new whipping boy

I think GT has been vindicated if you look at the 2012 team stats re: - tap/hitout stats vs clearances. The team stats showed WCE had 15 extra hitouts on average (compared to the overall AFL team average) - thanks to their 2 "master" tap ruckmen - but that clear hitout advantage didn't tra...

Sorry plugger66, was Darren, I knew it started with 'D'. Wore number 21 from memory. Also from around the same era was Tim Allen who went onto Hawthorn I believe. Handy player for a short period.

David Bourke from the mid 90's was a left footer.

My only main criticism of the GT coached teams was our inability to turn games of footy when it wasn't going our way. We were very much front runners, that isnt necessarily a bad thing. If a team were to get out to a lead of +20 points against us it was all over. I very much enjoyed the 2002-2006 ye...

In 2009 we had an attacking game plan. We were about +20 inside fifty at half time. It wasn't Lyon's fault that players missed easy shots or goal umpires stuffed up. In 2010 we were boring but with a lot of injuries and turmoil off field did super well just to make it to the GF. The biggest problem ...

I'm of the belief that McEvoy is a terrific leader and could very well be a future captain of the club. But as many have mentioned earlier his tap work particularly in the middle needs a lot of improvement. Only have to look at how many opposition ruckman polled votes against us in particular the ma...

Round 1 team B: Dempster - Blake (200th) - Geary HB: Goddard - Fisher - Gilbert C: Montagna - Hayes - Steven HF: Siposs - Riewoldt - Schneider F: Stanley - Koschitzke - Milne OB: McEvoy - Dal Santo - Jones IC: Armo - Cripps - Ledger - Ray EM: Polo - Peake - Saad That's how I'd go, only question mark...

Thanks Sainter K, I've followed the saints since 1988, been very lucky to see many good times from the plugger days at Moorabbin, to Harves running amok at Waverley and now docklands. Sitting in the stands when BJ took "That mark' was the first time where I actually believed this might be the d...

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