Premiership window just slammed shut??

[jroberts:)]

I dunno, has it?

[dcstkfc]

I dunno, has it?

In retrospect, it was some time between when Angus Graham clumsily tripped Lenny and Lenny started screaming in agony in the middle of the MCG.

[clarky449]

Gunna be a long 5-7 years, but the premiership will come just not this era.

[felixleo]

Cant really say, top four looks very tough from here and can't see anyone winning it from outside it but get some fresh blokes into the side who bloom and who knows.

[Furphy]

At least we could give some rookies a go, can't do any worse than what happened against Essendon. How's the Irish guy going?

[perfectionist]

Already pronounced this time last week. See here:

http://www.saintsational.com/forum/view ... hp?t=68456

[plugger66]

Already pronounced this time last week. See here:

http://www.saintsational.com/forum/view ... hp?t=68456

I am so proud of you.

[SydneySainter]

Gunna be a long 5-7 years, but the premiership will come just not this era.

Agreed

[borderbarry]

Call me naive if you will, but I still think we can do it with our current list, just not the current team.

[Richter]

Call me naive if you will, but I still think we can do it with our current list, just not the current team.

Agreed.

We will struggle to make finals this year. But with the talent available who will still be available 2012-4 (Roo, BJ, Dal, Joey, Lenny, Sam Fisher - all A graders) we can still make an impact with this group. No quick fixes available, but the mission for this season is to pump games into the young players to see who will stand up - any reload is 100% dependent on whether we can produce/develop around 4 or 5 B grade players.

Obviously vital that RL can get the senior players on board with this philosophy so that none of them bugger off elsewhere.

[matrix]

[meher baba]

Call me naive if you will, but I still think we can do it with our current list, just not the current team.

Agreed.

We will struggle to make finals this year. But with the talent available who will still be available 2012-4 (Roo, BJ, Dal, Joey, Lenny, Sam Fisher - all A graders) we can still make an impact with this group. No quick fixes available, but the mission for this season is to pump games into the young players to see who will stand up - any reload is 100% dependent on whether we can produce/develop around 4 or 5 B grade players.

Obviously vital that RL can get the senior players on board with this philosophy so that none of them bugger off elsewhere.

A perfect summation of what confronts us, except that we also remain a show to make the finals this year: you can't give up after 3 rounds!!

[markp]

Is that window half open or half closed?

[matrix]

its ajar...just

[Eastern]

its ajar...just

pffffft.....I could even squeeze my fat guts through that opening !!

[CeilidhSaint]

Jeld Wen Window is closed (until remarkable turn around in form post round 3).....

[Furphy]

Not looking good, we've already lost more games after round three than we did in '09 (excluding GF)

[kalsaint]

Call me naive if you will, but I still think we can do it with our current list, just not the current team.

Agree it might be atruggle but with some change of attitude and motivation improvement as we approach the finals its always a possibility. Just need the leadership group to step up now to arrest the basics lack of effort being shown recently.

[kalsaint]

Not looking good, we've already lost more games after round three than we did in '09 (excluding GF)

Yep we failed in 1997 also by one game to win the prize despite being worse off than our currnt position.

Always a chance at this early stage.

[StSteven]

I have not understood the optimism for this year. The two "up and coming teams" were Saints and Cats. Everyone is writing the Cats off as too old and yet they have recruited better than us as is evident already this year. One free kick and they could have been in GF last year!

Both teams are in similar positions. Can't write them off and expect miracles from our list.

[bergholt]

At least we could give some rookies a go, can't do any worse than what happened against Essendon.

have you been watching gold coast games? we could give some rookies a go and lose to carlton by 20 goals. that would be worse than losing to essendon by 10 goals.