No way Mcartin will ever get tunneled. He cant jump firstly. Secondly it would be impossble to move his rear end sufficiently to unbalance him.

Not if we play like we did today. Absolute rubbish. I thought bomb it long to the full forward went out with the 80s

Time for a rest... saints need to do what geelong did with Brad Ottens. Turn Roo into Mr September.

Make sure he is fit and ready to go in September.

Saints just need to work out how to win enough games to get there

Great post.

Gilbert might be Mr Versatile but could also be Captain Choas. When i see him running for the ball i know something is going to happen. Hit up a lead, turn it over, kick it out on the fuĺl, bowl over a player or three (friend or foe).

I heard Stevie Johnson talking about the Greene suspension, and his thoughts were that Greene playing the way he does gives the Giants an edge that will win way more games than get him suspensions. A reasonable price to pay in the scheme of things. +1 If our lads tackle like men possessed, our oppo...

AFL take note. Tackling is ok, as long as you dont injure a player, then it is not ok IT is a joke, to get a free kick but also get suspended ...... and people are whinging about consistency. How can the umpires do their job, the rules of the day say one thing (eg holding the ball) and the ones on M...

Preseason is about as relevant as who won the little league.

We just need to win. No taking it easy, cant beat a premiership favourite one week and lose to a cellar dweller the next.

Stadium at Moorabbin.... bring it on....
Play GWS, GC, Freo, PA and any other team with no supporter base in Melb.

Bring footy back to the people

West coast over rated. Some hard games at home. Easier teams away... at places like the mcg where west coast would struggle against the little league.
Comes down to
- Saints
- Melbourne
- Tigers
- West Coast

3 spots.

The dome is the fortress. We don't like the wind, mud, rain or sun of the outdoors. More we play there the better (then hope like crazy September is warm and sunny).
Therefore the less games near Antarctica the better

NO NO NO NO NO. I can't work out what the benefit of selling our home games actually provides the club. Positives - More cash - more 3/4 game members - bigger basis for sponsorship Cons - 9 interstate games a year... eg almost every second week. - takes out ability for a 16 game membership - close t...

Well done Paddy.
There is a huge gap between 'supposed to' and 'actually do'.
Today he did what he had to do. Good work. Let's hope it gives him the confidence he needs

Saints at the moment are a quick team, however this comes at a cost. They are not as big bodied as some other teams. Against both West Coast and Geelong the big bodies smashed and crashed through leaving the Saints in their wake. Saints need some bigger bodies around the contest. It will be the only...

How many games have we won in tassie?
1 ?
Why why do we play down there? They would easy get 40k plus in melb.
Yes i know it is a hawks home game.... but what 3 years in a row... more?

He lost me at the Sandy game yesterday. Apart from looking disinterested much of the time that I saw him, terrible body language and little or no second efforts, he took to remonstrating with people in the crowd at least a couple of times. Standing there and swearing back at the guys on the terrace...

Umps were a disgrace today
Yes Selwood got a free for a high tackle.. that was done by a team mate. Doesnt suprise me. Each time he went near the ball the umps were ready to pay him a free.
Why was Roo mark taken back to outside the 50?

FREE KICK SELWOOD

Exciting today. Saints went with undersized forward line which left Cat exposed sure to their height in defense. Mitch was the beneficiary of that today.
Great start. More next week.

Our ruck is going to be the difference for us this year. - Hicky has been soundly beaten - Longer horrible - Bruce.... had there ever been a words ruckman? (I am not bashing him about his forward work... but i think it is suffering because of the ruck work). Forget Fyfe... can't win out of the centr...

Great effort today. Shame the team caught the early train back to Sandy. Brown great pick up. Awesome to see Hawkins no influence (shame 2 goals in junk time) Danger influence low in first half. We need another quality mid. Roo quiet ... worst game he has played in ages. Phrase of the day... free ki...

Free kick Selwood

Hickey ok
Bruce is a terrible ruckman.

Saints bigger issue is the main ruck back up.

Saying that Hicky is getting badly beaten on occasions

Overall kicking for goal has been terrible across the board (most teams). But saints are doing truely terrible this year. If they kicked straighter they would have beaten West Coast, potentially shut out Melbourne early in the game. Then today.... left the door open. Create a routine for kicking for...

Love him... brilliant one minute...
Where did he go... where is he... mmmm.....
Is he still out there....
Oh there he is....
He just seems to go missing for patches then crops up to do something.

Kosi was more flexible because he could ruck.
McCartin has no mungrel.

Comparing Roo with McCartin is silly. It is a comparison between a CHF and FF. McCartin looks like he is carrying weight. If he is to be a full forward he need to bulk up. He is never going to have a big tank therefore his weapons need to be strength and explosion. Hawkins a reasonable comparison. M...