There was a rumour (I am starting it) Lamb shanked his efforts in the West so he could get to St.Kilda. A wolf in sheeps clothing perhaps? This is my thinking as well CQ Saint. I firmly believe that there are players who are drafted away from their home state who completely lack commitment to the t...

Great article, I thought Jack Sinclair was a big improver this year, but would not have classified him as 'elite", but Championship Data prove that he is. There's an interesting analogy to Bucks retiring in 2008 and the Pies winning a premiership in 2010, and I have long considered that Riewold...

With the Saints all but gone for season 2013 it is timely to reflect on the standard of recruiting by St Kilda in the past 5 years. There is probably no better guide than to look at how St Kilda's recruits have fared in the past 6 years in the AFL Rising Stars awards, and it presents a sorry picture...

Sorry this is late notice, but Qld Saints are once again running a tipping for the coming season. We have changed providers to footytips.com.au. The deal is the same as previous years, $50 covers the full 24 rounds, and 5 prize divisions plus weekly 9/9 which jackpot if no-one picks the full card. L...

Foxsports report Raph Clarke is left without a club for 2013 - is this confirmed?

Goddard is indeed a quality player, but he has failed to be the consistent match-winner that he was often destined to become, and I doubt that he will achieve that with the Bombers: at age 27 his best years as a ruck-rover/mid-fielder/backline sweeper are behind him. He has on many occasions display...

Moderators - is it possible for you to make this a "sticky" until the season starts - you have very generously allowed us to do this in the past few years....

Many thanks!!

For all Saints supporters, and all AFL supporters who want to enter a tipping competition that offers good prize money, this is excellent value, and the best part is that it is run by a very committed group of passionate SEQ Saints supporters. The more people that join, the bigger the pool of cash a...

Time may prove me wrong, but I believe Ross Lyon will never achieve as much with Fremantle as he did with the Saints. If press reports of his massive financial troubles are correct, then it is not suprising that he was unable to get the best out of the team. Losing millions and effectively bankrupt ...

To those of you who use the rationality that since modern football is an "industry", players and coaches are justified in deserting their clubs and chase the big dollars, the following article by Greg Baum very poignantly argues the opposite: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-a-num...

In the aftermath of Ross Lyon's treachery it is interesting to reflect on his assertion that not once in his time at St Kilda did he implore his players to consider loyalty to either each other particularly or the team in general. That tells me that he was never really truly committed to his club be...

Gary Lyon completely destroys his hypothesis by suggesting McEvoy be bracketed with Goddard in a deal with GWS - does he really seriously want to deprive St Kilda's of their developing No.1 ruckman, God knows the Saints ruck stocks are not over-abundant! On the other hand, I have long considered tha...

Last season we had 80 paid-up players in this tipping comp, which gave us $1,600 for Division 1 (40%). This year we hope to have 100 players, which will make Division 1 worth $2,000! So far 34 players have registered at http://www.oztips.com/ and we expect many to come on board in the last few days....

Dear Moderators - we appreciate the need for a limit on "stickys", however if you delete the current stickys that are no longer relevant, as suggested, perhaps you will have room for our tipping comp. All we ask for is for this tipping competition to be listed as a sticky until round 3 or ...

(Dear Moderators - Can you please list this as a "sticky" - many thanks!) The organisers of WoM AFL Tipping have launched the 2011 comp on OzTips.com.au. Last year we had 80 members in this competition, with the winner pocketing $1,600. We are keen to increase our membership this year to 1...

I have long argued that Luke Ball never became the gun player that you would expect a first round draft pick to become, and there is little doub that his battle with OP has had a serious effect on his running and kicking. In his final season at St Kilda Ball was only a marginal player, and sure, in ...

FINAL DAYS TO JOIN WoM AFL TIPPING....WE HAVE OVER 60 SO FAR, AND THE MORE WE HAVE THE GREATER THE PRIZE POOLS - ALL FUNDS DISTRIBUTED IN THE VARIOUS PRIZE DIVISIONS, INCLUDING WEEKLY 8 FROM 8. ONLY $50 FOR THE WHOLE SEASON. FULL DETAILS ON http://westofmoorabbin.com/wom/ OR JOIN AS FOLLOWS: 1. Go t...

Come on Matrix......where is your fighting Saints spirit - or are you just gonna roll over n die when Batnoe tries to bluff you, in fact you ought to challenge him on the side for another $50 that you can out-tip him!!! Look forward to see you coming on board......and to quote Obama: "YES YOU C...

The 8 out of 8 is a weekly competition that plays for 20% of the total prize pool. If we have 100 tipsters each paying $50.00 the total prize pool is $5,000, therefore the various divisions will be worth as follows: 1st - $2,000 2nd - $1,000 3rd - $500 4th - $250 5th - $250 8 out of 8 - $1,000 divid...

The WoM AFL Tipping Competition 2010 has just been launched, on that great Saints supporters website: WestofMoorabbin.com. The link that has all the relevant information is: http://westofmoorabbin.com/wom/ In 2009 we had 60 tipsters, with first prize winnings being $1,200, and 25 tipsters in all rec...

I was told recently by a person who knows Luke Ball off-field that his major problem since recovering from OP is lack of confidence that he won't suffer the same injury again. This is evident in his loss of pace (he used to be one of the fastest runners), his failure to put full follow through power...

Learnt today from an "impeccable" source that Goose Maguire has finally had the steel pin and associated bolts removed from his seriously broken leg. This may well explain why he has not been put to the ultimate test in the Seniors in 2009. I do not have medical expertise, but it is not ha...

The following tipsters have won prizemoney and need to contact us with account details as soon as possible: email to - seqsaints@gmail.com Mark Wardlaw / mwardlaw Dayne Evans / Batnoe Gerard Devalence / gerarddevalence Micheal Cafarella / cafarella Laurie Whalen / laurie whalen David Fitzgerald / Sa...

I would be curious to know as well. I am going to be in Sydney Grand Final weekend and myself and my dad are social club members. We are racing in Sydney at the Australian Championships (it's our Grand Final) and it was one REALLY hard choice to make. But the choice has been made and we are going, ...

My wife and I are coming to Melbourne from Brisbane for the Prelim and hopefully GF and whilst I am a Social Club member she is not.....probably silly question but I would love to be able to get hold of a 2nd ticket in case Saints make it to GF from a Social Club member unable to attend. Need to obt...