Not much support for Thomo getting a bigger send off. I thought he was a fantastic player - 100% effort who really worked on and improved his skills, not up himself and a real team player. If you're into role models, he would have been it.

So, who will (should?) wear number 4 next?

It was a game to watch, so maybe there is hope for the game after all (after last week's shocker, which I hated). I thought the skills of the Pies were very good as usual (especially kicking, including set shots). Malthouse sure knows how to get the best out of an average ability list, getting them ...

Missing commas: Steven, Jack and Connors, Eljay from the Official Saints Players list. My humble apologies to the pedants. Doesn't particularly alter the point of the thread. that right......?????????did you just miss steven's name then on the scorps list.... :roll: :roll: :roll: from your post...&...

Missing commas: Steven, Jack and Connors, Eljay from the Official Saints Players list. My humble apologies to the pedants. Doesn't particularly alter the point of the thread. And rodgerfox (or is that foxrodger?) is quite right, especially in the game that counted - the PF - only Hamill was out, but...

I don't think we've been injury free since '97. Before we lost Smith, Young, Everitt and Vidovic there was a stage we had no injuries and only Boofhead Hall was out suspended. Ah yes, what might have been in 1997. Whilst all teams have injuries and supporters from other clubs claim it is just an ex...

Not wishing to speak too soon, it appears, tribunal suspension excepted, that we have close to a full list to choose from. Taking the Saints and the Scorpions together, 35 of our list of 38 are named in the two teams, the exceptions being Steven Jack and Eljay Connors, not exactly first pick choices...

I note that this number has not been allocated. If we forget most of the 1980s (pretty easy to do I must admit), most of the wearers of this number have been champions, the most recent being no exception. It seems that Andrew Thompson has just slipped away without the send off he deserves. Is anythi...

Jason Blake was omitted from the team that played Sydney in round 11 2004, it cost us the premiership. The idiots who made this decision are now gone from the club. I can tell you that the coaching group at Sydney could not believe their luck. I wish, along with him I dare say, that JB could kick 50...

SaintBot wrote: so sorry, i still dont see how he is our most important player

Gee, and such a reasoned argument too! See para one.

Reality check (which will go over the heads of most of the morons who follow AFL or any other sport for that matter). Jason Blake is the most the important member of the current (read fit) Saint squad (as I have said before). This does not mean he is the BEST player or the MOST SKILLED player or any...

Not for the first time, Harvey won it for us What a player! So much the opinions of morons.

One change in original team - Max OUT Leigh Fisher IN Don't get too carried away with our "depth". As all the teams which have won the last 111 premiership demonstrate, the best team with the least injuries wins the flag. Each year there are about four or fives teams which, given their bes...

Nicky Winmar had everything as a footballer, certainly every skill. Pace, marking, tackling, handballing and the one that less than 1% of all players ever master, being able to kick naturally with both feet. I always find it hard to list players in order of merit, but I can tell you that whatever sy...

Never heard of this notion. How does any of this guarantee that if he can actually play, he will play with us!

Yes, a chain reaction indeed. Within the space of a half of football, our chances of winning a flag dramatically plummeted. First Vidovic, then Everitt, who would not have been in the ruck if Vidovic was playing and would (most likely) have not done his collarbone in the first few minutes of the ver...

Might be somewhere else, but now that the cricket is all but over, I've turned my attention to the main game. So, who is unlikely to be fit for Round 1?

Those who bag Jason Blake are entitled to their opinions, even if they are morons. As for Gardiner, we'd have more luck with Chauncey!

If Geelong don't get any injuries, every other contender gets ten and they get an easy draw again, then they are certainies for the 2008 flag. Then again, if we don't get any injuries and all the contenders get ten and WE get an easy draw (i.e. no more than 3 interstate trips) then we'll win the 200...

No injuries, eleven home "state" games, worth 50% more than home home ground games based on the stats of the last 20 years i.e. since the national comp began and luck. None of which ever applies to the Saints. Fortunately, I was there in '66. I feel sorry for the poor schmucks who will bar...

As I predicted, the pussies are winning in a trot ( or whatever cats do). Port aren't a top eight side let alone a premiership team. But, they have eleven home state games and because they finished low last year, had an easy draw (and how many games did they win by less than goal?). The cats also ha...

Last week, I predicted that the pussies would sink. Well, I wasn't too far off the mark. So, here's another prediction. The pussies will win by 15, no not points , goals. If ever we had a season which underlined the importance of injuries it was this one. The Kangas had almost none (except the big g...

Good at getting the ball, but a poor disposer and no left side. A wasted pick in any event.

Not hard to make a profit - just cut costs to match revenue and be conservative. What is hard is to increase revenue so that you can increase expenditure to enable real improvements in quality without going into debt. RB has had his time, just as it comes to everyone. He and a few other Board member...

I cannot recall a more pre-emptive call for a flag than this year. Without doubt, teams which have been blessed with little or no injuries throughout the season to get to the top two and then to the PF an GF have prospered in the last three years even though their ability is just equal to or even le...

Who knows whether Boards of Directors make a difference? Well, me at least . The next time Rod Butterss says something that makes the least amount of sense will be the first. I don't underestimate the problems of a Melbourne team attracting money at competitive rates against interstate clubs. In fac...