2014 Preview - The Age

[Con Gorozidis]

http://media.theage.com.au/sport/afl-re ... 29028.html

[dragit]

Bottom 2? How dare they...

[SainterK]

Bottom 2? How dare they...

Was last year so bad results wise for Scott?

[sainterjo]

Looks like I picked a bad year to give up sniffing glue

[dragit]

Bottom 2? How dare they...

Was last year so bad results wise for Scott?

5 wins was probably only slightly under par on paper, but I think the last 2 wins were pretty meaningless... We lost a couple that we really should have won.

Sounds like results were not the main concern with Scott.

[dragit]

Don't call me Shirley, Jo.

[PADDLEPOP1001]

Tough year ahead but look forward to seeing the kids play!

[Sainternist]

Pretty fair assessment. At least there was some optimism in there.

It's not all bad having the press predicting for us to finish at the foot of the ladder. Might provide the team some incentive to prove everyone wrong.

[tweedaletomanning]

Looks like I picked a bad year to give up sniffing glue

Absolute Gold!!

[borderbarry]

Who else did they have in the bottom two? I cant see anyone finishing behind us this year. Not unless we have been conning everyone.

[Junction Oval]

A fair assessment, I thought. Without mid-strength, we will really struggle. Jack Steven's 6-8 weeks foot injury will cost a lot of momentum. Joey is slowing down and unfortunately, Lenny may only be a bit player this year. Still, as reality sinks in, a lot to look forward to with our young guys - just don't expect many wins.

[Stephen Theodore]

Who else did they have in the bottom two? I cant see anyone finishing behind us this year. Not unless we have been conning everyone.

Brisbane

[saintsRrising]

Bottom 2? How dare they...

...well starting the year with so many good outs in a period when some of our most winnable games is going to hurt.

Like our pick-ups for the future. But this year is not going to be pretty.

I will just look to see ow our next gen is developing.

[dragit]

Bottom 2? How dare they...

...well starting the year with so many good outs in a period when some of our most winnable games is going to hurt.

Like our pick-ups for the future. But this year is not going to be pretty.

I will just look to see ow our next gen is developing.

Yeah I was joking, think bottom 2-3 is a pretty reasonable guess, saints fans are slowly coming round to the reality.

[spert]

Trying to compare to last season rather than 2000...we did miss Goddard obviously in 2013 and NDS just cruised most of last season IMO with McEvoy ..and Lenny when playing, struggling to have any impact on games as well and I don't think Lenny will have much impact this season. The first half of this season we will definitely miss Steven.. and Monty for the first game at least.

We still have a fit and experienced group in Roo, Dempster, Armo, Geary, Maister, Simpkin and the improving Webster, Saunders and Wright- quality in Savage, a real goer in Dunstan plus a couple of others, and what appears to be a more versatile ruck combo in Hickey and Longer in tandem.

It is not all doom and gloom and we should be able to win at least as many games as last season and hopefully a couple more as the playing group and coach settle in during the year.

Get to games and support the club!

[saintly]

We just need to not to have knee jerk reactions to the inevitable losses.Such knee jer reactions include sack the coach, sack the board, etc etc.

[dragit]

We still have a fit and experienced group in Roo, Dempster, Armo, Geary, Maister, Simpkin

If that's our experienced core, I want to cry.

[Con Gorozidis]

We still have a fit and experienced group in Roo, Dempster, Armo, Geary, Maister, Simpkin

If that's our experienced core, I want to cry.

I'm afraid so. Just let it out dragit. Nothing wrong with a cry.

[dragit]

We still have a fit and experienced group in Roo, Dempster, Armo, Geary, Maister, Simpkin

If that's our experienced core, I want to cry.

I'm afraid so. Just let it out dragit. Nothing wrong with a cry.

Is there a word for simultaneously crying vomiting and shitting your pants?

[HitTheBoundary]

Is there a word for simultaneously crying vomiting and shitting your pants?

Ebola.

[White Winmar]

A filth premiership.

[spert]

Pathetic supporters on this forum happy to roll over and play dead. How many of the Melbourne "experienced core" have played in finals.. how many of their experienced players have tasted success over recent years? Get on board you bunch of wimps

[Con Gorozidis]

Pathetic supporters on this forum happy to roll over and play dead. How many of the Melbourne "experienced core" have played in finals.. how many of their experienced players have tasted success over recent years? Get on board you bunch of wimps

Vince, Dawes and Cross for starters.

Not sure how much success Maister and Simpkin have had . And Viney, N.Jones and Tyson are legit.

2010 was 4 seasons ago.

[borderbarry]

I am interested to see how many and which of, our young players make it. Some have already written Seb Ross off, I have'nt yet. At this stage it looks like the best of the youngsters are Webster, Wright, Longer, Dunstall. We have'nt seen the best of Billings yet I know, and we have seen very little of White, Acres, and Markworth.

[plugger66]

I am interested to see how many and which of, our young players make it. Some have already written Seb Ross off, I have'nt yet. At this stage it looks like the best of the youngsters are Webster, Wright, Longer, Dunstall. We have'nt seen the best of Billings yet I know, and we have seen very little of White, Acres, and Markworth.

Dunstall is to old i reckon but he would be good if he could get back to full fitness.