B.M wrote: ↑Wed 01 May 2024 10:09pm I am a former serviceman who served in the gulf in 92

Thank you for your service.
Did you get some Exxon shares?

You know what you are Ted... your not a positive and loyal fan, you’re not some inside knowledge guru... you’re a contrarian. The point of view you back is what’s opposite the main stream... view, you love Richo, think Paddy is a gun, feel Hannebery is incredible value, think Kent was recruit of th...

Something dodgy about the Bombers Shiel deal. Anyone have any inside info? Weren't we and the Kangas offering way over what the Bombers were? An Essendon admin told me that Shiel had better pay offers from clubs but that Ess were able to offer better off-field opportunities. DS was introduced to An...

Hardwick wasn't rated by anyone. Would be out of work if his contract had ended in 2016. He had his football department reorganised against his wishes. And they win a flag. If he had his way they don't and he loses his job. Who cares how it happens? Nobody. I'll be delighted to be wrong about <edit...

Hardwick wasn't rated by anyone. Would be out of work if his contract had ended in 2016. He had his football department reorganised against his wishes. And they win a flag. If he had his way they don't and he loses his job. Who cares how it happens? Nobody. I'll be delighted to be wrong about <edite...

Knowing Richo as well as he is known now would any club that didn't have a senior coach in place right now consider him to lead their club?
I doubt he'd be interviewed.

We are bringing in new assistants to review and update the gamelan. Richo's job. We are bringing in senior players to ensure that training standards are met. Richo's job. We are revamping the failing development department. Richo's alleged specialty. All we need now is to bring in someone to do the ...

So the rumours of Richo being sacked have certainly subsided in the last couple of weeks. Seems like most (even the naysayers) are almost begrudgingly willing to accept he'll remain at the helm next year. Has there been a coach to have such a poor record and still manage to keep his job in AFL/VFL ...

Just deplorable clubs being held to ransom by a muppet 33% win record, 5 years , told us all it was a “finals bound list”... now all the players fault Gets a 2 year extension... Only at St Kilda And now he knows next year is his last chance, his back to the wall. He'll either turn it around or be g...

His view was that there may be nothing wrong with Richo (not necessarily my view), however he did point out that the skill errors were either on the Coach or the Assistant(s) and that whomever was responsible had to go. Richardson engineers the game so that we have Geary as our loose defender. He s...

But, I'd go further than that - the players also need to get the best out of themselves - just as Steele did. Take some ownership, themselves. Is Steele going to let the coach, any coach, the ceo or anyone hold him back - hell no. That's why you admire him as a player. Exactly. If the other players...

Geary playing loose is a disaster.
Geary locking down on a small forward is alright.
Geary tagging a midfielder is Clint Jones all over again.

The bloke can only be used as a lock down defender. Otherwise do not select.

You wouldn't go out and hire a coach with a 35 per cent winning record over five years (no matter what the perceived extenuating circumstances were).
So why would you retain one?

A mate of mine is a friend of Stan Alves. Alves told him an anecdote about his days at St Kilda which I don't think he's ever publicly shared, at least as far as I know. Don't know which year this occurred, could've been 1997, but I'm not sure. Stan asked the players to write down the team mate the...

Seen a lot of managers, execs as well as coaches in my time, who have a good rapport with those under them, but ultimately are not doing the job for the organisation or club etc. Sometimes it's a formula for under-achieving. Agreed. And it's not like there's a lot of players at Saints who've been p...

Mr Magic wrote:happy to meet up with any saintsationallers who attend.
I'm easy to recognize - 'big, fat, balding, glasses wearing' and I'll be wearing jeans and a dark jumper

Would love a report when you get a chance. Thanks.

They are playing the kids. Have been all year and more. Rubbish. They're selecting kids because they have to. Go back and look at the round one team that scraped past the lions. Full squad to select from. How many kids were selected against an interstate team that everyone knew would struggle this ...

Gilbert described as laconic and soft. Unbelievable.
He's got his issues as a player but I can't say I've ever seen him squib or not playing at maximum effort.
And there's only a very few I would say that about. Blokes like Blake.

The players we've drafted over five years are all no good.
The support staff around him are all no good.
Richo must be one unlucky bloke.

The thing that has struck me about Richo during this season is he seems to have kept cool in a crisis. He's looked focused, proactive and determined on game day with him coming down to the bench when things haven't been going well. If you are not panicking you don't realise the severity of the situ...

tony74 wrote: ↑Sun 29 Apr 2018 10:06pm The bloke that puts the most money in is none of the above. And I guarantee you have never heard of him.

So who is it?
Or did you just want us to know that you know?

The coach isn't the problem. Sacking the coach would set us back 10 years. It would set us back the 45 minutes it would take him to clear his desk. Multiple players are worse players than when they joined the club. The game plan changes from month to month from creeping around the boundaries to gun...

I've never had a problem with Joffa. Loves his club, hams it up - attends EVERY week. It's what makes the footy colourful. Yeah he's a bogan, so what? He seems harmless enough and anyone who loves footy is off to a good start with me. The cheer squad, that he runs, chanting 'rapist' at our matches ...

I think Summers has to go - he's lame and aspiration needs to start from prez down. I don't know Summers at all. But, I sit in front of him at the games and looked up at three quarter time. Finnis was texting but Summers was looking at the stats rolling through on the scoreboard and he looked ropab...

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