The Lions want to talk to the Saints about the availability of .......

[DJ Higgins]

Shouldn't happen. Jack Steven and Seb Ross are must-haves. We may not make finals with thembut others can learn from them. We may get stuck with for choice of a better word Bailey Smith in this Yeats draft and he will need someone to learn from

[rodgerfox]

Can't lose Jack.

Heart and soul.

Ross just can't use the nut. Never has, never will.

[mightysainters]

Imagine getting an early first round pick for Ross.. pigs would fly too

[saynta]

Trade Steven and/or Ross? Yeah right. Why don't we throw in Acres as well.

You are f****** joking Brisbane.

We will have trouble beating Brisbane in the future as it is. Add either of Steven or Ross and we would have no chance.

[parkeysainter]

Trade Steven and/or Ross? Yeah right. Why don't we throw in Acres as well.

You are f****** joking Brisbane.

We will have trouble beating Brisbane in the future as it is. Add either of Steven or Ross and we would have no chance.

Exactly. All BS anyway.

[mightysainters]

If you wouldn’t give up Ross for an early pick, you’re delusional. About as delusional of someone actually trading an early pick for Ross.

[Teflon]

Rumour is Ross approached club so we’ll see
I’d do it maybe
Ross plus a pick next year for Beams plus lions first.......then I’d run away fast cheering madly...

[Cairnsman]

Rumour is Ross approached club so we’ll see
I’d do it maybe
Ross plus a pick next year for Beams plus lions first.......then I’d run away fast cheering madly...

What, the rumour is he asked to be traded to the Lions?

[Teflon]

Rumour is Ross approached club so we’ll see
I’d do it maybe
Ross plus a pick next year for Beams plus lions first.......then I’d run away fast cheering madly...

What, the rumour is he asked to be traded to the Lions?

It’s rumour only - BF
5 years on table mentioned
Fits the inside mid profile and age they need...
Beams I’d take and their 1st...with some picks back their way...

The other whispers are
3,7,8 all on block 16 wants out (that’s ok for mine..)

[Cairnsman]

Rumour is Ross approached club so we’ll see
I’d do it maybe
Ross plus a pick next year for Beams plus lions first.......then I’d run away fast cheering madly...

What, the rumour is he asked to be traded to the Lions?

It’s rumour only - BF
5 years on table mentioned
Fits the inside mid profile and age they need...
Beams I’d take and their 1st...with some picks back their way...

The other whispers are
3,7,8 all on block 16 wants out (that’s ok for mine..)

Ok, so golden book stories then.

[mbogo]

Ross might be unfairly treated and should not be traded when we need six mid field players and have two of quality. People talk of disposal accuracy, but no one in the forward line has any idea of how to position. Keep Ross, he would excel with instruction. Mark these words of gold!

[Shaggy]

Our depth is good but we are short at the top.

Give up Steven or Ross and we become Gold Coast always planning for the future FFS.

[Gershwin]

I’ll play devils advocate...
Steven is 28. I’d hear an offer

Yep, Jack will be done before we play finals again or will be done before we threaten top 4.

If there was a first round pick on offer it’s worth consideration. Jack is not quite the player he was 2 years ago and has lifted a very heavy load in his career at saints as has Armo.

Seb is a bit younger, and at his peak now.

It’s quite sad isn’t it. IMO Armitage should be a 2 time premiership winner with the Saints and Steven should have played in the 2010 flag

Both have toiled in their career and have little to show for it... except the money of course

If you really want to feel sad skeptic think of Trevor Barker. Seven wooden spoons in eleven years and never played in a finals game. Knocked back lucrative offers to stay with the Saints and then died of cancer at 39. Sigh.

[skeptic]

I’ll play devils advocate...
Steven is 28. I’d hear an offer

Yep, Jack will be done before we play finals again or will be done before we threaten top 4.

If there was a first round pick on offer it’s worth consideration. Jack is not quite the player he was 2 years ago and has lifted a very heavy load in his career at saints as has Armo.

Seb is a bit younger, and at his peak now.

It’s quite sad isn’t it. IMO Armitage should be a 2 time premiership winner with the Saints and Steven should have played in the 2010 flag

Both have toiled in their career and have little to show for it... except the money of course

If you really want to feel sad skeptic think of Trevor Barker. Seven wooden spoons in eleven years and never played in a finals game. Knocked back lucrative offers to stay with the Saints and then died of cancer at 39. Sigh.

I wanted to “like” the post but it seemed in bad taste.

Let me just say excellent point. Unfortunately not my area... I was a mid 90s guy

[Teflon]

Rumour is Ross approached club so we’ll see
I’d do it maybe
Ross plus a pick next year for Beams plus lions first.......then I’d run away fast cheering madly...

What, the rumour is he asked to be traded to the Lions?

It’s rumour only - BF
5 years on table mentioned
Fits the inside mid profile and age they need...
Beams I’d take and their 1st...with some picks back their way...

The other whispers are
3,7,8 all on block 16 wants out (that’s ok for mine..)

Ok, so golden book stories then.

Yes, but it’s getting on to your bedtime and everyone likes a good story?

[remboy]

We can't lose Steven. He's the only mid we've got who has genuine leg speed. He, Carlisle and Gresham should be our untouchables.

[Myron Gaines]

Why trade out established players for talented juniors that will be brought into a football environment they cannot succeed in & then we are at square one with unfulfilled talent? We need to sort out this toxic, unprofessional & inadequately run football department before we even think of trading out established players.

[axcellence]

well, when Richo is off the roster by round 5 or 7 next year, I look forward to taking up the membership again

[skeptic]

Rumour is Ross approached club so we’ll see
I’d do it maybe
Ross plus a pick next year for Beams plus lions first.......then I’d run away fast cheering madly...

What, the rumour is he asked to be traded to the Lions?

It’s rumour only - BF
5 years on table mentioned
Fits the inside mid profile and age they need...
Beams I’d take and their 1st...with some picks back their way...

The other whispers are
3,7,8 all on block 16 wants out (that’s ok for mine..)

Hmmm don’t love this...
If Ross and Newnes go, then I think we need to keep all of Steven, Dunstan and Acres

[Teflon]

More to the point IF this rumour is true then perhaps the players have had enough but st8ll the club continue to back a coach after 5 years whose lead us to 4 wins and a lowly Finnish

[Scollop]

Jack Steven has 1-2 more years of playing as a mid and he can then play as a forward for the next 3 after that

He will be as damaging as StevieJ was in the last 2 years of his career at Geelong

If we can get a a top 20 pick for Seb I'd do it.

[Doctor Two]

FMD

Might as well close up the shutters and shut the door if we trade a heart & soul player like Jack Steven!!

Isn't he in the demographic we are missing anyway?

Might not be vocal but can certainly inspire by the way that he takes the game on

[Teflon]

I’d do Ross who I think they’d really want....

[bergsone]

I’d do Ross who I think they’d really want....

Agree on Ross if the deal is right,reckon we can cover him but not Steven,what we really need are mids with skills and pace.Whether they come in the form of the draft or trades is the big question from me

[SaintWodonga]

I would trade Ross. Imagine e 2 picks in the top 5, in what is meant to be a super draft