Tommy Walsh set for debut....

[St Chris]

Pretty torn on this....I hope he can have a solid impact, without ever becoming a star....so I say good luck thru gritted teeth!!!!

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/s ... 1ysef.html

[loris]

Pretty torn on this....I hope he can have a solid impact, without ever becoming a star....so I say good luck thru gritted teeth!!!!

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/s ... 1ysef.html

Well I would like to see him star in any match he may play against Fremantle

[Old Mate]

I don't hold any grudges against him. He simply couldn't get a game at St Kilda and was offered more money at the Swans. Good luck to him.

[joffaboy]

Couldn't care less.

I am more concerned about Stanley, Saad, Milera, Sipposs, Simpkin etc etc etc.

If he was going to be anything other than a GOP he would have played longe before now.

[Dr Spaceman]

Pretty torn on this....I hope he can have a solid impact, without ever becoming a star....so I say good luck thru gritted teeth!!!!

My dilemma exactly St Chris.

Good luck Tommy - just not too much good luck

[Ralphy]

Wish him the best of luck, just couldnt get a game at stkilda where he should of in front of so many people at this club. best of luck to him #suchaunit

[jonesy]

Hoping he stays in the side and plays us.

One less hack we have to worry about

[bigcarl]

If he was going to be anything other than a GOP he would have played longe before now.

One would assume so. Hope you are right

[70s sainter]

Initially i was pissed, but im now happy with swap for Markworth.

[Dave McNamara]

Pretty torn on this....I hope he can have a solid impact, without ever becoming a star....

... A star is torn ???

[Megsie]

Has already played a game earlier & was
dropped the next week. Hasn't played since.
No big loss to the saints.

[plugger66]

Has already played a game earlier & was
dropped the next week. Hasn't played since.
No big loss to the saints.

He has never played a senior game.

[Griggsy]

Im torn for a different reason. I really don't want to listen/read about "How/why did the saints let walsh go" for the next 5years so I hope he's not a star. Nothing against him.

[Thinline]

Im torn for a different reason. I really don't want to listen/read about "How/why did the saints let walsh go" for the next 5years so I hope he's not a star. Nothing against him.

You mean kinda how everyone in the entire footballing world can't believe how they let Saad and Milera slip through their fingers...

[joffaboy]

Im torn for a different reason. I really don't want to listen/read about "How/why did the saints let walsh go" for the next 5years so I hope he's not a star. Nothing against him.

You mean kinda how everyone in the entire footballing world can't believe how they let Saad and Milera slip through their fingers...

Exactly - win some, lose some.

We have lost on trades and players leaving. So far this year we have won with Saad and Milera (also got Seb Toss in the deal)

Haven't lost on Walsh. May yet do so, but he really hasn't come on the way the hype said he would and for the coin he was asking for, we had to let him go.

Remember we had to delist Blake from the vets list so we could get a higher paid vet on the list to free up SC. We are tight and couldn't afford to waste it on someone who may never be anything.

Anyway Simpkin is doing the job in the back half, and Stanly and Wilkes are doing the job up forward.

[ShanghaiSaint]

I don't hold any grudges against him. He simply couldn't get a game at St Kilda and was offered more money at the Swans. Good luck to him.

I heard he wouldn't sing a new deal so Ross didn't play him.... rumor is TK was in his ear about a move to Sydney for a while.

[ShanghaiSaint]

Has already played a game earlier & was
dropped the next week. Hasn't played since.
No big loss to the saints.

only played in the NAB cup mate... this will be his AFL debut

[saintsRrising]

For Walsh to have stayed...which established player did you want to ose instead...as salary cap meant we could not keep both.

[samuraisaint]

He is a star with the round ball - not so with the oval shaped ball. There is a huge difference in his abilities. Was worried after the international series, but then saw him in the NAB Cup and stopped worrying after that. he can probably monster some of the smaller players in the NSW State league or the VFL in patches, but that's about it.

[satchmo]

Well I would like to see him star in any match he may play against Fremantle

BINGO!

[Megamaguire]

Initially i was pissed, but im now happy with swap for Markworth.

I was annoyed that he left (had to probably) St.Kilda without playing a couple of games. I understand that was all part of the Lyon era etc. but i like the idea that if Markworth does well i will cope better - good point.

[Dr Spaceman]

Initially i was pissed, but im now happy with swap for Markworth.

Now if we can just get Daniel out of the gyn and onto the footy field

[stinger]

I don't hold any grudges against him. He simply couldn't get a game at St Kilda and was offered more money at the Swans. Good luck to him.

+1....disappointing for us though.......looks like the fans on here aren't the only ones with belief in tommy as an afl standard footballer........go flower yourself lyon

ps...we actually traded walsh to sydney for pick 35..markworth...and pick 68....wilkes....

[gringo]

I watched the NAB game live and watched him run around do jack all night. I was disappointed when he left but it wasn't like you could see a fundamental leap in his move to Sydney. After that I feel he probably still needs a couple of years just to make AFL standard as a GOP. I'm not expecting much so I might get a surprise if he does well. I think it's his gift game at the SCG against a Melbourne team that looks like they gave up weeks ago.

I'm a nice guy so I hope the Swans lose to Melbourne, Tommy gets 2 ordinary touches and a heap of cheap suspensions go against them softening them up for a Sainting.

[supersaints]

Tommy who?