Needs to sack his manager .....blame him than make up with Saints

Ball needs a new manager and (possibly) a realty check re his career.

Could end up nowhere !!!!!1

If Luke was not performing , why did we offer him a 3 year deal at all ?

"Now all he needs to do is put in the hard yards and prove himself"

I bet they have a plan for him. Big preseason , no misbehaving and
Roo watching him like a hawk !

I am amazed .............what a great pick up ..

So what are his problems ? off field or what ?

Well its been clear for a while there are differences between Ball and the Coaches. Lets remember his good years and realize they are probably past ...be pleased with what he gave us and now let him go with our best wishes. No good keeping him if he takes the spot of an up and commer. Hopefully we g...

I reckon Ross learnt quite a bit in the GF.

2010 should see the results . He is a smart guy who did well all year.

I feel for you ... Sept 08 I was given 12 mths to live..devastating . Had an operation in Dec 08 , bit of plumbing work but could not remove the mass. Jan 09 started Chemo and Feb 09 Radiation . Decided not to renew my membership in 09 as too sick.. What hurt was I got a call from Luke Ball asking w...

Coach and selectors have perceptions of players position and individuals attributes.... sometimes these work against the team. " he's being played out of position. as i've said before, he is not, and never will be, a close-checking defender. i'd play him as either a tall onballer, winger or hal...

"Did anyone see the size of Goose and finals training?? The club with the backing of the coach has invested alot of time and money in Goose and I for one will not accept his best has past him by! His leg has stood up! Now give him a chance. Did anyone take note or ask why he was in the goal squ...

"Kosi in the forward line won't work any more "

Is an enigma.....often missing when we need him

Ross certainly has a job ahead of him.

Ball will not go IMO.

Needs another talk with Ross

"As far as our smaller forward line on the weekend, I am 100% sure that heart and endeavour were there. It's just the somewhat eratic shots at goal, which though they probably had more space and time, were just a result of nervous energy. " Nobody would be feeling worse than these guys ......

Agree....Great game from Bally.

He is so cool in a tight spot and his kicking for goal ........just superb.

Well done !!!!!!!!!!!!!

The fact that they lost a GF last year means little ....if they need that to get going this year then Ppppf. Their recent form is a guide (possibly) but I discount the Collingwood game as they were stuffed. Geelong are good , but would they have got over the Dogs like we did ? We look at their name ...

Their recent 'outs' have returned just in time , but they must be suspect in a hard grinding St Kilda game. We are not another Collingwood of last weekend.... we had a tough game but that probably did us good .

Honestly I think the Saints have been underrated and the Cats are not as settled as people assume. Had the Pies not been a spent force then last weeks second half of downhill skiing would have not happened. It affected opinions , but they are suspect under pressure. The Saints are very even , have a...

For half a game Collingwood put up a fight..... after that they folded and made Geelong look good. Remember a couple of weeks ago Collingwood and Adelaide were red hot ....this same treatment has been given to Geelong this week . They are good and have a few back at the right time ...but they have t...

Agree .... we shouldnt / cant rely on Riewolt each week.

Also , need accuracy with our shots.

Geelong are beatable ...Dont take their big winning margin last week as a
guide .....the Magpies were crap after half time.

Eddy must go this week.

" the players should look at this as their one shot and take it."


Any thought about next year (if we miss) is just letting them off the hook .

I am certain the players are not thinking about next year .

A shot at the big one is soo hard to come by

" The Western Bulldogs tried to work over Riewoldt in the preliminary final but Cats coach Mark Thompson said yesterday his team wouldn't adopt similar tactics. " This will be long forgotten by game day.....its more for publicity than anything. Riewolt will be targetted , double teamed etc...

Lets hope they dont respect the saints... Any advantage to us I will take.

The Saints are focussed , team oriented by all accounts.

Last weeks Bulldogs game would have done no harm at all after a week off. Geelong had a training run after half time....mentally this may not be a good thing.