Sam (Gilbert) gets to play for 2 more years

[magnifisaint]

St Kilda re-signs unrestricted free agent Sam on two-year contract
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/st-kil ... 7508476035

[karnaby]

Interesting. I hope he can avoid his injury woes from the last few years.

[Clayton Davis]

Thet ders some truly xcleent newzzz, yep, ryght der !!!

Sheeeiiit, we all 'ave re-signed da ryght Sam!!!




(Chips. Partner, sign orff whilst ya'll'z still on top.

Sheeeiiit, ya'll been one of our al tyme bests!!! Go witt da deeegnetty ya'll so deszeervve, soldier.)

[plugger66]

Good news. Obviously wants to stay and the club think he is more value with us than trading away. We are better with him in the side than out of the side.

[Old Mate]

I hope they play him more in the middle. He's a beast

[St Loxton]

Yeah I agree, good news. Hopefully a solid preseason for him gets him somewhere near his best.
Which is very very good.

[magnifisaint]

Hey we all know who Sam is. No need to put his surname in. Ok for others to be cryptic in their posts, like I spoke to someone's dad who said his lad has been speaking to the Saints.

[kosifantutti]

My first thought was why sign Sam Fisher for two years. This is news. The other thread is just a bit of speculation and a little pointless in my opinion. I'm sure the Saints are talking to heaps of kids.

[magnifisaint]

My first thought was why sign Sam Fisher for two years. This is news. The other thread is just a bit of speculation and a little pointless in my opinion. I'm sure the Saints are talking to heaps of kids.

And why not, we'll probably need him.

It's a bit frustrating trying it decifer which players are being mentioned when a certain poster keeps referring to them by their Christian names. No need for hints on who this might be.

When we were young and playing footy, the coach would never refer to the players by their christian names. Always by their surnames and I was coached by the Marist brothers! That's how the team used to go onto the notice board so there was no confusion as to who was posing what position.

[saynta]

St Kilda re-signs unrestricted free agent Sam on two-year contract
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/st-kil ... 7508476035

That's great news to wake up to, and all the Sammy haters can just suck it up.

[Stephen Theodore]

Good news. Obviously wants to stay and the club think he is more value with us than trading away. We are better with him in the side than out of the side.

Agree, easily in our best 22

[Sobraz]

Good news. Obviously wants to stay and the club think he is more value with us than trading away. We are better with him in the side than out of the side.

Agree, easily in our best 22

Easily in our best half dozen IMO..

And thats without a top 10 B&F for 3 years!!!..

[Saint wagga]

Cross fingers toes and everything else he gets a good run at it with his body.

[bigcarl]

Good news. He's a gun and one of a limited number of potential match winners that we have.

[FQF]

Loving him in the midfield. Not only because it frees up a position for one of the many young back flankers we have but because he seems to crave the contested ball and has the speed to break. A good back flanker, an X factor midfielder.

[Con Gorozidis]

St Kilda re-signs unrestricted free agent Sam on two-year contract
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/st-kil ... 7508476035

That's great news to wake up to, and all the Sammy haters can just suck it up.

Yes, all none of them will really be sucking it up.

[Con Gorozidis]

Good news. He's a gun and one of a limited number of potential match winners that we have.

Hes not a gun or a match winner. Unless you define 'gun' as being an afl top 200-300 player - in which case - yes hes a gun.

[Con Gorozidis]

Good news. Obviously wants to stay and the club think he is more value with us than trading away. We are better with him in the side than out of the side.

Agree, easily in our best 22

Easily in our best half dozen IMO..

And thats without a top 10 B&F for 3 years!!!..

5 years. And define 'easily'?

IMO these are our top 9.

Roo
Armo
Jack
Dempster
Joey
Newnes
Roberton
Bruce
Weller

Id have Gilbo next at 10th. Which is still pretty good - still makes him top 10.Id then have Webster and Geary at 10th and 11th.

Who would be your top 6?

[saynta]

Good news. Obviously wants to stay and the club think he is more value with us than trading away. We are better with him in the side than out of the side.

Agree, easily in our best 22

Easily in our best half dozen IMO..

And thats without a top 10 B&F for 3 years!!!..

5 years. And define 'easily'?

IMO these are our top 8.

Roo
Armo
Jack
Dempster
Joey
Newnes
Roberton
Bruce

Id have Gilbo next at 9th. Which is still pretty good - still makes him top 10.Id then have Webster and Geary at 10th and 11th.

Who would be your top 6?

Geary's about 6 or 7 and webster 10 or 11

Bruce is not top 10 yet.. maybe 11 or 12, after Fisher.

[saintspremiers]

Gilbo is a star. An A grader.

It's just he's been injured so long it's taken a while for him to be match ready, which he now is.

[saintsRrising]

"Pleasing" news

[bigcarl]

Hes not a gun or a match winner. Unless you define 'gun' as being an afl top 200-300 player - in which case - yes hes a gun.

Played a cracker against Geelong in a display that should have gotten us four, rather than two, points.

Some don't rate him highly and you are obviously in that camp.

But I rate him and so does the club clearly.

[SemperFidelis]

Loving him in the midfield. Not only because it frees up a position for one of the many young back flankers we have but because he seems to crave the contested ball and has the speed to break. A good back flanker, an X factor midfielder.

This. Loving him as a midfielder too.

[Sobraz]

Good news. Obviously wants to stay and the club think he is more value with us than trading away. We are better with him in the side than out of the side.

Agree, easily in our best 22

Easily in our best half dozen IMO..

And thats without a top 10 B&F for 3 years!!!..

5 years. And define 'easily'?

IMO these are our top 8.

Roo
Armo
Jack
Dempster
Joey
Newnes
Roberton
Bruce

Id have Gilbo next at 9th. Which is still pretty good - still makes him top 10.Id then have Webster and Geary at 10th and 11th.

Who would be your top 6?

As it stands, right now as of today, my top 5 is Steven, Armo, Roo, Gilbo and Dempster.

Gilbo cannot be judged harshly due to the unfortunate circumstances around his injuries when he has proved in the last month his best is at another level to most. He has shown he has not lost his ability, slowed down due to age or has issues with reading the ball.

Having Newnes ahead of him is being very kind to Newnes. We would be falling over ourselves about what an A grader Newnes is if he had a month like Gilbo's to date.

I guess because Menzel hasn't had a top 10 B&F finish in his last 5 years he can't be considered one of Geelongs better players, even though he is probably top 5 when fully fit?..

[Junction Oval]

Good to see for both himself and the team. He is looking a likely prospect for release into the midfield on a more regular basis -we need more grunt there.

Hope he practices his kicking more, which seemed to get better this year