I went to the supermarket last night and just handed over $200....why did I do that..?????..ridiculous.....!!!!stinger wrote:do you reckon that the saints would like to have goddard, dal santo and mcevoy playing for them tomorrow...????.but they give them away....why do they do that..?????..ridiculous.....!!!!
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Re: maclure on the saints...
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Re: maclure on the saints...
citywest wrote:We didn't give them away.....grow up.stinger wrote:do you reckon that the saints would like to have goddard, dal santo and mcevoy playing for them tomorrow...????.but they give them away....why do they do that..?????..ridiculous.....!!!!
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that's what maclure said bummer supporter....but i do agree with him...
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Re: maclure on the saints...
Yes
Those clubs did lose a star to FA
But losing
Pick 2 Captain, B&F 200 gamer
Pick 1 Dual AA 200 gamer
Pick 13 Triple AA 250 gamer
Pick 9 Developing leader 100 gamer
Given that dent in our leadership
Plus the failings of
2008/2009/2010 first draft picks to play 50 games at the club
That's why we are where we are...
Those clubs did lose a star to FA
But losing
Pick 2 Captain, B&F 200 gamer
Pick 1 Dual AA 200 gamer
Pick 13 Triple AA 250 gamer
Pick 9 Developing leader 100 gamer
Given that dent in our leadership
Plus the failings of
2008/2009/2010 first draft picks to play 50 games at the club
That's why we are where we are...
Re: maclure on the saints...
The OtherThommo wrote:He isn't sports mainstream, but Martin Flanagan is always worth reading.Con Gorozidis wrote:I still have a soft spot for Gideon Haigh and I don't mind Malcolm Conn and the English cricket writer they publish whose name escapes me.
Apart from that they all get effed.
I'm trying to think of a good mainstream footy writer but I can't think of any.
I don't mind Dennis sometimes but him and Bruce together is just excruciating .
Channel 7 is just nauseating all round.
Even the abc are pretty terrible these days.
Gideon Haigh lost me when he joined the chorus, led by Roebuck, and went after "Punter". Haigh showed himself to be little more than suggestible private schoolboy rubbish, which he is. I detest the moralists who justify their positions by rabbiting on about how they play the game in the right "spirit" when they venture out onto the fields in downtown inner suburbia.
Haigh's a nose raising spiv, who chose to back a seriously criminal hack who continually tried to present himself as superior to the likes of a bloke who rose from the fibro of Mowbray, all the way to the captaincy of the country's most important sporting unit. And, while Haigh was wading in Roebuck's wake, he never, ever, bothered to mention Roebuck's beating of young African kids, which Haigh knew about, and justified on the basis he'd provided food and shelter for them.
Truly perverse, and selective. Haigh works damn hard to present an intellectual facade. When challenged he's got nuttin'. Not that he gets challenged much, which is why he went to work for Murdoch.
Gimme Flanagan, anytime. His brother writes well, too.
Great post - reckon the Flanagan's are the only sports writers worth a read at the moment. To be honest it seems that everyone is kicking the Saints at the moment and they have not even played a game!!!!
I am looking forward to watching the kids come on - Rucks are good, mids (when all playing) good, defence a lot better and the forward line is a mystery. Time to be tough Saints supporters as the thing to do at the moment is take very easy pot shots at us cause we have actually made some tough decisions that were needed. Maclure taking the easy way as usual!
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Re: maclure on the saints...
Two of the examples you've mentioned for us are FA losses. BJ & Dal.BigMart wrote:Yes
Those clubs did lose a star to FA
But losing
Pick 2 Captain, B&F 200 gamer
Pick 1 Dual AA 200 gamer
Pick 13 Triple AA 250 gamer
Pick 9 Developing leader 100 gamer
Given that dent in our leadership
Plus the failings of
2008/2009/2010 first draft picks to play 50 games at the club
That's why we are where we are...
Our "developing leader" was not an a grade ruckman. He was out-rucked by the guy we kept and we effectively got a pick 8 ruckman in his place (plus some other draft picks and a player).
We clearly didn't value BJ as much as Essendon but I agree with that...He was not worth over $700k pa over four years.
Dal earned the right to chase some success as we are nowhere near competing for a flag.
Ball was a mistake.
Ablett was not a FA loss for the Cats...FWIW.
Re: maclure on the saints...
Yes, we can try to justify those losses, but cannot deny them
Most have lost 1 we lost two, and that was following Ball
Yes, Ben is not an A Grade player.... Few are... He is a B Grade Ruckman with outstanding Leadership Qualities.
He was not out rucked by Hickey at any stage, Hickey ATM is a C Grade Ruckman who will be filling in until Longer comes good IMO
Other clubs have kept the majority of their teams together, we have a shell of the nucleus from our GF times?
Our players chose to leave for whatever reason, unlike the Heath Shaw situation where we moved him on....
Most have lost 1 we lost two, and that was following Ball
Yes, Ben is not an A Grade player.... Few are... He is a B Grade Ruckman with outstanding Leadership Qualities.
He was not out rucked by Hickey at any stage, Hickey ATM is a C Grade Ruckman who will be filling in until Longer comes good IMO
Other clubs have kept the majority of their teams together, we have a shell of the nucleus from our GF times?
Our players chose to leave for whatever reason, unlike the Heath Shaw situation where we moved him on....
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Re: maclure on the saints...
dont think any them blokes dumped us or really wanted to leave, perhaps ball out all of them. All where mutual at a guess for the benefit of both parties , bj would stayed but my gut tells me the club where happy to see him go same as del and ben all so we could move forward for our next tilt in years to come with injection of high picks and cap space
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Yes. I agree with you. He's hated the saints for a long time.SaintPav wrote:Maclure has hated the Saints ever since he was given the arse.
I wouldn't take any notice of anything he says about us.
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I invested $200 in a long term high interest loan. Will use it to buy something down the track.... hmmmmmkosifantutti wrote:I went to the supermarket last night and just handed over $200....why did I do that..?????..ridiculous.....!!!!stinger wrote:do you reckon that the saints would like to have goddard, dal santo and mcevoy playing for them tomorrow...????.but they give them away....why do they do that..?????..ridiculous.....!!!!
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Bit like investing aggressively Solar....
No Guarantees there will be a return?
No Guarantees there will be a return?
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doesn't answer the question, did we give them away?? Or are we banking on the fact we had them for 8-10 years and can use their value to gain another 8-10 years in a high rated youngster. Jury will be out but I would rather do what we are doing then middling like the roos and bluesBigMart wrote:Yes
Those clubs did lose a star to FA
But losing
Pick 2 Captain, B&F 200 gamer
Pick 1 Dual AA 200 gamer
Pick 13 Triple AA 250 gamer
Pick 9 Developing leader 100 gamer
Given that dent in our leadership
Plus the failings of
2008/2009/2010 first draft picks to play 50 games at the club
That's why we are where we are...
FQF
loyal in the good times and bad
In richo I trust
2013 trade/draft best ever?
Billings - future brownlow medallist Longer - future best ruck
Dunstan - future captain Eli - future cult hero
Acres - future norm smith
loyal in the good times and bad
In richo I trust
2013 trade/draft best ever?
Billings - future brownlow medallist Longer - future best ruck
Dunstan - future captain Eli - future cult hero
Acres - future norm smith
Re: maclure on the saints...
Of course, but better then sticking it under the bed and hoping in 3 years time inflation has not gone up. But the point is we never gave them awayBigMart wrote:Bit like investing aggressively Solar....
No Guarantees there will be a return?
FQF
loyal in the good times and bad
In richo I trust
2013 trade/draft best ever?
Billings - future brownlow medallist Longer - future best ruck
Dunstan - future captain Eli - future cult hero
Acres - future norm smith
loyal in the good times and bad
In richo I trust
2013 trade/draft best ever?
Billings - future brownlow medallist Longer - future best ruck
Dunstan - future captain Eli - future cult hero
Acres - future norm smith
Re: maclure on the saints...
Yes
We were compensated....
The picks have shown some positive signs
McEvoy.... Savage/Longer?
Goddard.... Lee/Wright?
Ball...... Zero.. Joke
Dal Santo.... Acres
We were compensated....
The picks have shown some positive signs
McEvoy.... Savage/Longer?
Goddard.... Lee/Wright?
Ball...... Zero.. Joke
Dal Santo.... Acres
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yeah so did my mum...lost the lot....Solar wrote:I invested $200 in a long term high interest loan. Will use it to buy something down the track.... hmmmmmkosifantutti wrote:I went to the supermarket last night and just handed over $200....why did I do that..?????..ridiculous.....!!!!stinger wrote:do you reckon that the saints would like to have goddard, dal santo and mcevoy playing for them tomorrow...????.but they give them away....why do they do that..?????..ridiculous.....!!!!
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The OtherThommo wrote:The great Ken Burns. From his work on the Brooklyn Bridge, to his series on prohibition, right though his dustbowl series, always a giant. The Baseball series is the work of a master - and I don't like baseball.roskilde wrote:Having re watched the "Ken Burns: Baseball" documentary recently, I weep for the state of sports journalism.
Before the television reigned supreme, journalists had to have a voice, they had to bring to life the spectacle of sport with their prose. They had to create meaning for the reader, because without their service the spirit of the day was lost.
Today journalists are moralists, rumour-mongers and paid shills. Such a shame. I think the sports journo of old was quite a noble calling, it also allowed an artistic license and personal tone for the journalist. They were artists as much as they were documentarians.
It was through his work on baseball that I came to learn of the truly great Jackie Robinson, quite probably the 2nd greatest African American after MLK.
I've been to the States once, a 2 day fly by at Oracle HQ in up state NY. On the way back to JFK airport, I found myself on Jackie Robinson Way in NY City. The cab driver was an AA, and when I started telling him about my appreciation for Jackie Robinson, I got a response that started with "Goddamn, you know about about Jackie?". I told him about watching the Ken Burns' doco, and just how great a man Robinson obviously was. I got the cab ride for free, and it was a very big fare.
TOT you confirm what I say about either travelling through the USA, or overseas with Americans on the bus or boat, we Australians often known about U.S history or politics which leaves them flabbergasted . Glad you earns the respect of the tacit driver.
Ps don't forget Ken Burns' "The Civil War" one of the reasons I visited Gettysburg was because of that television series. If still leaves me buggered that from Washington D.C no one offers tours to this historic battlefield. To get there, hire a car and in my case, get totally lost in VA, MD & PA trying to get there.
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Re: maclure on the saints...
based on what i watched tonight and last night... I would have BJ back but not the other two. Dal went missing a lot last night and Mac is done and dusted spot wise with us.. Hickley won some good taps tonight and shows he's got a lot more upside.. think we have done well.. Savage had a ok night imo... want to see more of him...
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