it's a fair whack, but it has to be. i think 8 is fair, he won't serve the 14 (that's more of a threat than a penalty).

yeah, the use of the word 'suspended' doesn't work well here when they are normally given 'suspensions'.

but it is - 8 weeks off footy (AFL or VFL)

another 6 weeks off if he gets caught doing the same again (you'd think it unlikely, but it's heath shaw)

seriously, are they that stupid? a 12 week suspension should do the trick.

i suppose he'll lie about doing it and say that him and didak were just driving past a TAB...

does anyone know the voting system for the b&f?

i remember originally that the new home base was to be built i moorabbin on south road rather than linton street. there was some kerfuffle about poker machines and it fell over and they just packed up and left for seaford. i think the council wanted to reduce the number of machines and the saints ad...

was hiring watson as coach a form of tanking?

we could have got there if they'd given us a free shot before the bounce for all four quarters

pity they don't play night grand finals there.

he has been nominated. and he should be ranked highly in the media in terms of being a chance to win it, but it just won't happen. regarding eligibility more broadly, are there any offences that you can be charged with that attract less than 100 points (ignoring any good behaviour / guilty plea disc...

definitely the sooner the better, if not this week then he must play next week

yeah, need to have been suspended to lose eligibility

i think the top 5 are pretty set, but spots 6 to 8 will come from the following: doggies, sydney, saints, freo, essendon and melbourne (likelihoods in that order) i went through the games and there are just too many between these teams and those not far above / below on the ladder to pick likely out...

kosi has lost all confidence in the umpires blowing a whistle his way. just look at any contest he is in - if he hears a whistle and he hasn't clunked it his arms go straight into the air to stand the mark...

17 goals is fine, best return this year. we will need at least 14-15 goals this week against west coast under the dome given their forward line.

Helen wrote:We will be exactly like Sydney. Thereabouts but no hope of ever challenging.

why the sydney bagging? they did win a flag a few years back, and make another GF.

I am not bagging them. I gave them 8/10 FFS!!! Just looking at who we played. Against prob. 14 other sides 16 or 17 goals would be a great effort. Horses for courses. How do you know what Ross Lyon thinks. Clearly you are showing your disappointment. Ask yourself when was the last time St.Kilda kic...

saints will win, but i'm basing this on them bringing their A game, which they will need to do.

Yeah, would have been great to get some games into Ledger

yep, by 11 goals in 2009. steamrolled them.

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the trengove one is, as they commonly say in basketball, a "make up call". he shouldn't have gone for 3 (or 4?) weeks last time, and they didn't want to have to explain him going again. imo, the rule is all wrong - that the level of injury influences the penalty. it should be based on pote...

It would be nice to see a Saints team where someone like Brendon was the sub. Would be a good show for the flag. So you'd limit arguably one of the best players in the league, to a half of footy at most, because he is so versatile??... If we had more like Brendon, the sub would be of even less cons...

He's playing brilliantly around the ground but is consistently smashed in the hit-outs and the hit-outs to advantage. Round 10 vs. Fremantle (Griffin). Lost hitouts 28-38. Round 11 vs. Collingwood (Wood). Won hitouts 38-34. Round 12 vs. Bulldogs (Hudson). Lost hitouts 20-22. Round 13 vs. Geelong (O...

I had the same problem. Tried to register for ages and just kept getting an error message and didn't know any email address, etc, to contact someone. I figured maybe you guys weren't taking any more members or something. me too. i kept getting a message that i could not register at this time, or wo...

Correct. Players never tank. Clubs tank. Collingwood are the classic example. Was it 2005? Half way through the season they shut shop and put players in for surgery to get them right for the next season. They played their youngsters instead. This is TANKING, and it netted them Pendleburry and Thoma...

not a whole lot of love for siposs in the last page or so, most not bringing him in. i think he should play, he has shown something and if he can his hands on it a few times (which admittedly he hasn't managed too much so far) he could really get a big confidence boost from a bag of 3 or 4. he has s...