Both Blake and Kozi did extremely well. The satisfaction in their faces post game was evident. A full time ruck is still required, we went 3rd man up with Lenny/BJ/even Roo so many times, for a full game it takes too much away from the midfield. Ben into ruck and rotate as a spare tall when kozi doe...

Great photos.

Also great to see the boys relaxed, a few of them like Fish even looks well rested.

No premium available. Prime still available.

Q2 Row G. So happy I got a ticket.

Seems I will see some fellow saintsational'ers up there.

Well apparently all the premium seating allocation has been exhausted as it's no longer coming up as an option - hard to believe given that most of the publicly available seats are in the Premium category. Here is hoping the Club allocations are 50 / 50 and not giving the filfth a higher allocation.

So it looks like Premium is sold out?

So nerve racking. Were not SS or SC member as we live/work interstate and internationally but we will be flying down for it.

Agonizing wait until 1pm. Watching this thread to monitor the allocation exhaustion.

What's everyones opinion on standing vs restricted if it comes to that?

Time for some players to step up:

Goddard to show the freak of football he is and tear up the field.
Gardiner to repay the faith and get some goals forward.
Milne to step up and fill the forward void with some good crumming.

Great team effort. One group of players got us the lead in the first then the other group kept the pressure on for the remainder. Not many, if any, hangers on tonight.

Only one game and should never be considered proof but I would say he is doing a lot better than Birss tonight.

Never been so tense about round 1 of NAB cup.

30 seconds to go saints by 1

Cmon Schnider

Stanley might be pushing for starting side.

Feeling the void of Hayes.

Young boys go down the wing to give Roo a goal.

PM if you want video.

Is anyone is listening to the radio or getting a stream online? I have tried the usual sources but to no avail and the AFL website is trying to get me to install Microsoft products.

I liked the Fox Sports commentary.

The only unbiased person in the box was Lloyd, always enjoy his very precise technical comments.

The rest were a joke. Calling decisions unfair until they see the replay then just joking it would have been good if it had gone against us.

Where is the siren......


WOooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Point.....defence

Boys will realise its up to them to hold and the likes of Goddard will close the gaps and get them motivated to take it home.

Geez the Roos are only playing with 17. That is really demoralising.

Feel for the Roos a bit. We all know how much it hurts having so many players injured. The rest of their season is not going to be enjoyable.

Nice goal by Roo.

Has Lenny had an off game yet this season?
A phenomenal player, such a continual work effort.

Seems a few of the big names had an off game but good to see the likes of Gwilt, CJ, Gram (as Gram has played poorly recenlty) stepping up to fill the void.