It amuses me to see Plugger linked with No.4 all the time. He played his best football with No. 14 for us. He won his Brownlow with 14 as well. That is how I remember him

Yaj gotta remember Bakes is out 5 weeks and Attard for most of the seasion. If Maguire is fit enough to play he should be CHB. Here is my effort. F/B line Geary Hughgton S.Fisher HB. Gram Maguire R.Clarke C. Montagna Hayes Gilbert H.F. Goddard Reiwoldt X.Clarke F.F. Gehrig Kosi Milne R. King Dal San...

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Could it be Barks?

I cant see how or why the AFL approved the pre-drafting of a rookie from Queensland under a rule for Irish kids. Can the Saints do the same? I dont think so.

I go with Saint 58. Max.

Barry Pascoe would have to be close to our best South Australian.

Merry Christmas and seasons greetings to everyone. Let us hope we remain vigilant on the roads over the holiday period, and are all around to see the Saints have a successful 2008 campaign.

Everyone is forgetting that the Saints have also expressed a wish to play games at the Gold Coast. Now that Eddie has piped up, does that mean that the Saints offer is no longer an issue?

Everybody seems to be forgetting Geary. He could be a very good player for us.

Actually Khan was born in Sydney. His parents are from N.Z.

The Japanese kid? Oh you mean Eddy?

Travs Dulic, who beat Ben <cEvoy twice in the finals apparently, would be a great pick-up, but I am not sure he is old enough to be rookied.

I go for Lenny Hayes.
If you consider the effect of captaincy on a player, you would not consider either of them. It would have to be Kosi. 11 Brownlow votes in 4 games as Captain, who has equalled that ever!

No, Nick represented Tassy at a Junior level, I would expect that to start with under 12 or 13 maybe, not under 6.

7 rookies is the way I have understood to be the case for the Saints, but everyone seems to think only 6. We will have to wait 3 days to find out whether we take 2 or 3, I suppose.

If we returned to the format of a State of Origin Carnival, who would Nick Riewoldt represent? He was born in Tassy, represented that State in Junior football, before moving to Queensland. He was recruited from Queensland into the AFL. But because he represented Tassy as a Junior, (he may have even ...

If Raph is fit and has a good pre-season he will be in the starting 18.

I would much prefer additional teams going into SA & WA before QLD & NSW. They could easily support a 3rd team, and those 3rd teams would be more viable than 2nd teams in the non-AFL Northern States.

I cant see the candy stripe clashing with Collingwood or any other club jumper. It does'nt. In any case I was going to suggest that is should have yellow numbers, to go with the historical period when the Saints had to wear Red Yellow and Black, to get away from Germany's national colours. during wa...

Joseph Daye, born 2/2/90, 194cm defender from Qld. Is he too young to be rookied?

I would not mind if they took at least one indigenous boy. There are still a few good ones left. I am a fan of Austin Wonaemirri for example.

There are a lot of non-experts posting in this thread. All those names and no mention of Birss and L.Fisher. The fact he was offered to the Swans should tell you where he stands in the clubs opinion.

Attard wont be due back until late in the season from injury. He and L. Fisher may be struggling to get a game with the Saints if Geary and others live up to expectations.

I like BAM's team, with a couple of adjustments. B: S Gilbert - M Hudghton - R Clarke HB B Goddard - M Maguire - S Fisher C: J Gram - L Hayes - L Montagna HF: J Koschitzke - N Riewoldt - A Schneider FF: S Milne - F Gehrig - X Clarke Foll: S King, L Ball, N Dal Santo I: R Harvey, A Fiora, M.Gardiner,...