No Whispering Ted this time around. (But he left instructions. )
Ted is very busy checking all the Saintsational nicks against his Urban Dictionary (the collectors' edition). He sees it as his civic duty, to make sure there are no more totally inadvertent esoteric references to obscure sexual acts that no one (other than Ted) would ever dream of.
So it’ll be awhile Simon, before he has a chance to get back to you about stuff like who doubted Longy on Big Footy, or whether Longy's breakout year (might be) next year, or the year after, or maybe even..............
The Strange:
Hungry for success (and atonement), it's been whispered that St Kilda’s coach has given himself a new nickname. Rich-Chow.
Ironically, whispers suggest that after about round 7, Rich-Chow may need to develop a taste for humble pie. Chow down Rich-Chow, at least according to whispers that have been heard.
The we're not so sure about this:
King.
- Huge casino high-roller style risk. We're all for risks. But not with Pick 4! Not given how our 5 year rebuild has stalled.
- The Surgeon’s quote when asked about the stability of the shoulders of Chris ‘don’t tell anyone because it’s an embarrassing secret that Carlchow paid my salary in poker machine licenses’ Judd pre that long ago draft....... "bullet proof".
- Our boy seems to have done his ACL, PCL and thrown in a meniscus tear for good (bad ) measure. His surgeon's pre-daft quote.........."30% chance of redoing it".
Now that’s quite a bit of knee jerky. Are we feeling lucky?
(Thanks Johnny. )
Tall forwards, rave pre-daft reviews.......... not a very good strike rate.Gary Buckenara wrote: ↑Fri 23 Nov 2018 4:53pm 5. MAX KING
Key forward, 201cm, 84kg, Sandringham Dragons
Despite undergoing a knee reconstruction earlier this year after tearing his ACL, Max, like his twin brother Ben, is one of the top prospects in this draft. He’s got too much talent to be overlooked early because of his injury and I’ve got no doubt a club will swoop in the top 10. He’ll develop into a key forward/ruckman at AFL level, with his athleticism one of the key aspects of his game. He’s a nice kick, is agile for his size, has an impressive leap and is a good mark. He’ll need to find a stronger work ethic to improve his work rate but key position players are hard to find, so clubs will lock away a talent like Max early in the draft.
Plays Like: Tom Boyd in 2016 form (Western Bulldogs) and Matthew Kreuzer (Carlton)
Anyway, it’ clear that Joe still has a lot of rehab’ in front of him, and a lot of building up to do. High PRO and CHO diet is the whisper. So, chow down and enjoy mate.
But we have been reassured by Whispering Ted. In fact, Whispering Ted is ecstatic. (Or is that on-ecstacty? One can never be sure with Ted. But we all love him. )
Ted’s new signature: “I want to be the number 1 draft pick.” ~Maximus Rex~ 2000-2018Whispering Ted wrote: ↑Fri 23 Nov 2018 4:53pm Our most exciting recruit since Vidovic.
I love this guy! I want to have his babies.
Joe King IS the Messiah!
The Good:
Bytel - Will prove to be a steal. Vitel Bytel. (Sorry. )
Parkerysainter - We like this bloke. (We always liked this bloke. Great that he's back with us on Saintsational - though in some ways, it's like he never left us. )
The rookie - something to work with there. (Seems the Saints went soft on Jok.)
The Doubtful:
Hind – too skinny.
Bret RatChow. Why all the hype???
The bad:
Billy and Rich-Chow are still on the books!!! How the chow???
The this makes no sense:
Paddy. Why didn't we flog him off whilst we could still get something of (token) value for him. Even more perplexing with the selection of King over (a fit) Bailey Smith, given that the AFL ended up not going ahead with the enlarged goal square. Heads shaking all round.
The woops :
(We didn’t either of them.)
(Three claims that won’t ever be proven.
And as the Royal Commission is showing us, one needs to be very careful about what one takes to a bank.
Though, as the great Kinky Friedman once said, “If you’re paranoid long enough, sooner or later, you’re gonna be right.”)
The team:
Something a bit sorta’ along the lines of maybe what might/could resemble this/that:
B: Gears, Brown, White/Rice chow
HB: Robbo’, Carlisle, Webster
C: Billings, Ross, Acres
HF: Members’, The Marshall, Battle
F: The Gresh, The Bruce, Long
R: Vidovic/Pierce, Hannebery, Steven
I/C: The Hunter/Kent, Bytel (if fit), Phillips, Parkersainter
Em: Austin/Wilkie, Rice/White chow, DMac/Coffield/Savage, Sinclair/Paton.
Coaching Panel: Harves’ and Lendawg.
Post match address to members: Vidovic.
Marketing and PR spin: TT Logan.
Team notes:
We have not accidentally overlooked Paddy nor Billy!
Joe King is a long way off being ready. Project player status.
The Bruce can pinch hit in defence, but no more. He loses his man too easily. So please people, stop posting teams with Bruce as a bloody defender!!! And we don’t get the lack of appreciation for his work as a forward. He is very good, applies good pressures, and works incredibly hard up the ground also.
Also don’t get the lack of love for Brown. Low possessions? That's not the point! There aren’t too many better lock down key defenders. Despite how often the ball is in our back half, how often does he get beaten???
Ted's Urban Dictionary Dietary notes:
https://www.abbreviations.com/abbreviation/PROtein
https://www.abbreviations.com/abbreviation/carbohydrate
Finally, there have been a lot of requests for more funny cat videos. Ask and you shall receive.
(Content warning though. Cats like their chow.) viewtopic.php?f=2&t=96666
Thoughts, Saintsationalists?
Thoughts, Johnny?