I'd have far less sleepless nights and be very confident with the following or similar mix: B: DEMPSTER DAWSON ROBERTON HB: GRAM MAGUIRE GILBERT M: GODDARD MCEVOY BALL DALSANTO HAYES STEVEN HF: ARMITAGE RIEWOLDT MONTAGNA F: MILNE LYNCH FISHER I/C: KOSI, SIMPKIN, SCHNEIDER, SAAD, GWILT, CLARKE.R, JON...

No regrets whatsoever Sensaintsational. In fact it reinforces my reasons. I have had my time in the media - which was incredibly frustrating - now it is someone else's turn to convey their stance on things. I couldn't have been any clearer on my views. I think most things I have stated in the past a...

This was agreed by the playing group early days and our job was to manage them to those standards. What if the playing group had agreed halfway through 2000 that it would be better to finish stone motherless last and get some quality players in? Would the job of the coaching staff have then been to...

How long do you have Enrico? Short answer is this. The Saints had been a basket case for approximately 95% of their existence (around 130 years). Our role was to earn respect, provide sustainability and become a seriously competitive - and ultra consistent - factor in the competition. These are all ...

WOW! Settle down guys!! I have been very busy on business matters and more recently Xmas prep for family and haven't had time to engage. It's been bought to my attention that there are some testosterone issues. Firstly I accept your criticisms and apologise for not being available. I will attempt to...

GT - you're biggest problem in the last half of 2004 was combatting The uber flood That most teams emloyed against us to stop our run. It seemed our team of the time had no idea how to break it. Your take? "No idea" is a tad harsh but generally speaking it is difficult to dispute your cla...

Hi GT, would be very interested in your professional opinion on the integrity of Patrick Smith as a football journalist I think he is an outstanding writer with incredible wit. Never worried about his ridicule really. I was told very early in the piece that he was the brother of Brother Paul Smith ...

His reluctance to embrace the Tasmanian experiment ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$) Not body slamming Patrick Smith Not body slamming Andrew Demetriou Not publicly blasting Mick Malthouse enough when he butted his nose into the Capuano affair. He may have physically pushed some players too hard,...

GT brought somewhat of a revolution to the St.K FC and did a lot of great things, but he would be the first to admit he's not without his flaws. What are they? His strengths were great: He was/is first class when it comes to dealing with / teaching young men how to grow and mature into adults - he'...

I'm still anti GT. Which going by some of the posts, you probably already know as you seem very familiar with the site. Nonetheless look forward to your thoughts on here. Disagreeing makes it interesting. Cheers Spinner. I am not here to win browny points or recruit followers. If u know me u will u...

Hi Thommo, I have a question for you about " Blighty". One of your staff members regaled me with tales of Malcolm's bizarre behaviour during his brief tenure. If half of what I was told was true, it's a wonder you didn't sack him earlier. Was Malcolm's so called "dignified silence&qu...

Thanks for your insightful comments Thomo in the early part of this thread. As a StKilda supporter for 50 years, I must admit my most enjoyable period other than a decade from the early sixties to the early seventies was the period that you were Coach. I distinctly remember saying to my two young s...

No disrespect intended Grant, but I'd like to know why you were particularly harsh on the Saints in the media, often being one being one of our biggest critics. No harsher than I was before, during or after. It won't change. Id like to understand what u mean by harsh and discuss some particular inc...

with regards to the bigger picture (where my support for you , fwtw , sourced from during your reign) and whilst understanding its a bit of a 'dorothy dixer' i would really like to know , considering 'hindsight' , what if anything you would now do or approach differently Hahaha. Give me some time t...

f*** me there is some serious sucking up in here even by the people saying 'where are the GT haters now' seriously people its so plain to see who is sucking and some are a complete surprise good lord while its great to be asking questions and getting some really good responses to question we've alw...

Hi Thommo Welcome back! I've been following the Saints since the late sixties and I want to say that my favourite time of all was 2004 during the "10 in a row". It felt so good to go along to games knowing we were going to win and play brilliantly. You had put together a precocious young ...

No disrespect intended Grant, but I'd like to know why you were particularly harsh on the Saints in the media, often being one being one of our biggest critics. No harsher than I was before, during or after. It won't change. Id like to understand what u mean by harsh and discuss some particular inc...

Firstly Grant, I just wanna say that it's really appreciated that you come on here to Saintsational. I doubt that too many other/any other(?) fan forums can boast of a recent coach, Board member (bit less recent) and player (ok bit less recent again :wink: ) who has joined up and can be bothered to...

Good stuff Grant, love your work. How much do you hate Wanganeen? Two goals out of his arse, I'm still not over it! To me you were almost heaven sent. The club was in the toilet when you started. You changed the culture and injected St Kilda passion in to the kids veins, you made they guys walk tal...

Welcome back Grant. Many of the original Saintsationalists are still here but post less frequently due to the lack of tolerance for differing opinion and the petty fighting that results. Personally I just try to keep my nose out of others people's business and pop on for a read and sometimes share ...

Dont want to sound like i am sucking up to you Grant but what you and the the Saints did for one of my best mates family when their mother died after being hit by a car was one of the best things any footy club could do. Arranging for players and yourself to visit the family at their home, getting ...

whiskers3614 wrote:Where are all the Lyon lovers/Thomas bashers today?

I'm ok with bashers.. As long as its considered rational and not personal.

loris wrote:Lovely to have you back Grant............... I'll let rogerwa know you're back and he'll possibly start posting on the site again. Gee it will be like an old school reunion!!

Hello again Loris say hi to Roger. He is a very good Saints man

Hey Grant, (not trying to give you a hard time) just wondering if you feel like some of the early contracts (bally etc) you were a part of set an unsustainable precedence of paying top dollar for our stars? Losing BJ was disappointing, but do you think the 'Geelong' model of pay structure is the wa...

Hey Grant saw your daughter play school footy this year as my daughter was also playing . Got to be one of the funniest games i have ever seen played. Good to see your whole family there having a laugh. Has Ally got more potential at school or footy? hahaha. She is genuinely tough - like her mum. S...