what about freo....they play 11 interstate games a year! However all of their home games are against genuine 'away' teams, and their genuine 'home' ground. Who cares? I do. It means from the outset, we're handicapped by the AFL in the premiership race. We need to be about 20-30% better than other s...

Joel Smith was a jet before his knee injury. Was skilled like Dal Santo. There is footage (I think Ch 7) of a 19 YO Joel at STKFC training kicking a footy (like the kids do with a soccer ball or little bean bag) and controlling it - unbelievable! I was at the G when he did his knee (pants I think c...

Let's face it you get one chance at a footy career and you have to make the most of it, you can't blame him.

Have to say, losing Smith hurt me more than any of the others we lost over time, Plugger excepted....

satchmo wrote:

plugger66 wrote:What about the day at VFL park after Trevor Barker had died. We either played the hawks or the dogs. That was a very sad day.

Was the dogs, the same day that idiot went nuts at Port Arthur. Very sad day indeed.

Yeah, I remember that day clearly, never forget it.

97 GF for mine, what a waste.

I agree on Eade, struggled this year. I also think the Doggies list is in real trouble. With Darcy and Grant gone and West and Johnson nearing the end their list is starting to look thin on the ground. It's also a fallacy that the list is young, have a good luck at their core, they are 25+. Eade wil...

:D Are you happy with the new football appointments? Extremely so. Also I think you have made a glaring omission in your sig. You should have Peake in there. Did a lot more in the trade negotiations than some on here are giving him credit for. Again I doubt that. AF also said today that Tony Elshau...

This from the Age: Cousins arrested in Perth, reports October 16, 2007 - 3:50PM Troubled West Coast Eagles star Ben Cousins has been arrested after police searched his car in Perth today, witnesses said. Nine Network reporter Grant Taylor told Southern Cross radio he saw Cousins being handcuffed and...

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[ Tell us stinger. someone pushed him down a flight of stairs after a loss to freo ...at subiaco.....guess who.... ALways thought that was Max :shock: no, it was poor joe......max is a fair bit bigger...and a bit meaner....would have done stan an injury i suspect....... Makes sense, did always wond...

stinger wrote:

Behind Play wrote:[
Tell us stinger.

someone pushed him down a flight of stairs after a loss to freo ...at subiaco.....guess who....

ALways thought that was Max

I just want to vent at some of the stuff written on our recent recruiting. Yes we recruited Clarke last year, yep he was 34 years old, Ackland had left, we had no ruckman and he was free. He didn't take a spot from a youngster as we had 5 rookies already. We haven't topped up this year. We lost over...

Agree on Kenny, thanks for your efforts, but time for someone new. I could sign all the players as wll ifI offered them big $$$$. Who knows if he did a good job or not, I suppose we will find out in the coming years as to salary cap pressure. I have questions: 1. Why did it take so long to sign Goos...

i am in favour of having a large group of this aged player........which we are seemingly to be hell bent on..... Me too, too often teams have 18-20 year olds and 29+ and very little in between. We have lost 5 players over 29 and replaced them with 3 players under 25 and a 28/29 year old. All this w...

I would have thought that, after last year, people would excercise some restraint on gloating about a pickup like this. King isn't a number one ruck and hasn't been for a while. He was AA the year before Michael Gardiner. It's been quite a while since he played footy at a high level. At this stage ...

Would still like to see us draft or rookie another ruckman in addition to VR.

We can trade picks for him and with Attard out for the year, plus Baker out for a third, plus Gram is not a man marking back man who is going to pick these guys up? Fremantle first round, who do we play on him? Richmond second round, who do we play on Brown? Besides, Fish has always barracked for t...

Nothing aginst the OP but how many players on here have been in the top 5 this year? Fisher is a solid squad player who I am happy to keep at the club if nothing happens trade wise. He is on the fringe of the starting 18, nothing more. We are desperate for a half forward we have no goalkickers outsi...

If we can get those two players, it would be good Blake and Geelong's 3rd round pick for St.kilda's 2nd round Then on trade that pick to Melb for Johnson similar to Gardiner and Birss trade, we get both players for pick 26 i hope we can pull it off Would we do something similar for King? We give up...

Agree with Plugger on this, the Cats have had trouble for years attracting people down Geelong way, the players are young with money, they need to be near the beach or city, we mere mortals may travle an hour or so to work, these blokes won't, simple.

If we get a ruckman through trading we will be paying over the odds, because everyone wants one. King would cost a 3rd rounder possibly 2nd Blake, Wood, Meeson and Hudson would cost a 2nd rounder This is why Clarke was worth a try last year...he was free. If we don't trade for one with a 2nd rounder...

Getting back on topic, would we draft McEvoy if available at pick 9?
Our history suggests we won't.
He sounds a bit like Brooks to me, forward ruck rather than out and out ruck.

I have no issue with Blake finishing 9th in the B&F. I have an issue with Kosi not finishing top ten however. I thought his season was reasonable and if playing first ruck all year he can't get him in the top 10, then he MUST play forward next year and we have to find another ruckman simple as t...

http://www.saints.com.au/Default.aspx?t ... wsId=52207

Article up on Saints.com.au

Bit surprised Kosi didn't make the top 10???

What about Meeson is he being thrown around still?
Does he rate better in people's opinions?
IMO we must get a ruckman wih our second pick this year, either through trade or draft....

Where are the Cats better than us now, forget why. 1. Rucks, they have one AA ruckman, King who was and Blake who is light years better than anyone we have been throwing in there. 2. Defence. They are a great unit, all work well together and have good pace, awareness and disposal. They were missing ...