Anyone who saw that game when riewoldt was out injured in 2007 just before BJ copped his injury where he played CHF, it was pretty damn good. folks stood up and noticed, and he then got cut down with injury. BJ has been between solid and good for a couple of years now, just doesn't get the notice. ...

Good work LENNY LEADS THE WAY. Refreshing to read a positive thread.

There's no point dwelling on the negatives at the minute. I'm very keen to see what the young kids can bring to the side tomorrow night.

Nice post kaos theory. I would select option D. Critical time for the club now...the rest of the year really needs to be focusing on development of the youngsters and finding out which of the "middle tier" players are worth keeping. Crucial draft next year as it will be the last one before...

Its been amazing how quickly he's been able to find good form after returning from the knee injury.

Rooy - Needs to be traded, before its too late. His body is stuffed,hence the 10 rolls of elastoplast every week. Lets tade him while the rest of the league still rates him. Will jump ship anyway Milne - Shouldn't be playing VFL let alone AFL Fiora - Finished as AFL an player, probably never was. C...

a few years ago these same players couldn't be written off when 5 or 6 goals down. now we fold when we are 5 or 6 goals up. I'm pretty sure i heard a commentator in the media somewhere say that at no time under Thomas did we come back and win after being down by 4 goals. Not 100% sure though. Howev...

The first quarter and a bit of the second quarter saw a hard attack on the ball. We outplayed them 70% of the time in the first quarter but two bad umpiring decisions gifted them two goals. That was the most frustrating part about the game - we were actually on top for a substantial period there! A...

The main problem I believe lies with our recruiting from 2004 - 2006. Here is a sample of some of the useless talent we picked up in that period. Allan Murray, Mark McGough, Nick Stone, Fergus Watts, Cathal Corr, Dylan Pfitzner, Cain Ackland, Phillip Raymond, Justin Sweeney. There is many more that...

Seems like a nice person, but he's not up to it. Let's stop beating around the bush here and playing the loyalty card. He's not up to AFL level - you just can't put it any other way. Well said. I thought he tried hard on friday night but some players are just not good enough, thats a fact. He's had...

aussierules0k wrote:The CS are NOT the culprits... it's the rest of us. Saints fans are far too quiet. We don't rally at the appropriate times. The reserved area only cracked it once for a chant. Too many passengers and not enough flag bearers.

My thoughts exactly.

Credit where credit is due - Dal was superb. He's been much maligned this year but on friday night he showed his class - hopefully he can string a few games like that together.

If our midfield continues that kind of form from friday night I think the team's results will lift soon.

Allen looks a likely type for mine, but should be held back until it's clear we need him, or his form can't be ignored. Yeah i was quite impressed by Allen in the NAB Cup and it seems from a distance as if he has been playing reasonably well for the Scorps. I would much rather see him get a game ah...

Im also wondering whether the social club is showing the Port game tomorrow night....anyone know?

Captain Impossible wrote:He raised his voice at the wrong time, tried to create drama where there is no need and ranks as the worst commentator on radio or television.

Hang up the mike Dwayne, you are embarrassing and you do a disservice to the craft of football commentary.

Couldn't agree more mate!

Don't ever listen to Dwayne "the drainpipe" Russell on sports Today. He's always hated Rooey...i can't think of a sports journo out there in the media that is more biased or plays favourites more. All he talks about is Port, Cats, some Adelaide players and Buddy. He'll say anything to get ...

I love it on the 91 season highlights video after every game ken sheldon does a rap up of the evnts and he has the biggest pauses in between sentances/words, they were so big i thought someone had paused the thing :shock: :lol: Absoloutely hilarious :lol: You're dead right St.Edward - Kenny puts in...

Gram did all right on friday night, I feel as though his work off the ball has improved. However, had at least 2 very, very gettable shots on goal in the 2nd quarter though that a player of AFL standard should be kicking. Mind you, he wasn't the only culprit in that regard! He is a very inconsistent...

Kosi's goal kicking has been very dissapointing in the preseason matches. Rooey's has been very accurate though and has been getting shots in more gettable positions instead of getting shots from acute angles as he did last year. Charlie also needs to work on his goal-kicking if he is to cement a sp...

Gilbert has gone passed Raph im afraid. Gilbert shows Raph what could be. Intensity. Tackling. Decision-making. Gilbert has flown past Raph on the development stakes. I dont disregard what RL says, but it was probably wishful thinking of what COULD be. But only Raph can make it come true. Gilbert i...

hAyES wrote:If Raph gets a game this year I will be very disappointed in the selectors.

Agreed.

B Goddard He's coming back from a knee reco. I wouldn't expect too much in the 1st 1/2 of the season, with some really good signs in the 2nd 1/2. Look at Lenny for a precedent !! Good call Eastern. The most we can hope from BJ is to stay injury-free and get some games under his belt and push on tow...

Schneider - merely because if he plays near his best it will give the coaching staff/match committee no reason to play Milne. Before GTrain came back i thought C.Gardiner would have a lot of oppurtunities up fwd...but now that GTrain is back i cant see that happening. Hopefully he can at least put s...

Surely its not going to take a few pre-seasons to get it right ? Maybe getting the players individual strength and fitness programs 100% might take a couple of years, but I would have thought if these guys are as good as the spin says then we would see a definite improvement in injury management th...

Oh When the Saints wrote:First open session next Friday, so we should get some news then.

Is the open session at Moorabin? What time?
thx in advance...

All I know is that my aspirations for 2008 have increased markedly!!!! :D :D after this weeks trades. My expectations have also risen after our great trade efforts! I agree with most points on your wishlist. Although i wouldnt expect toooo much from BJ next season because guys coming back from seve...