Heading off to Optus to watch today’s game. Which Saints’ team will turn up. Hopefully, it’s the ferocious, hard at the ball and strong tackling team playing with flair, dash and fiercely for each other.

“In this space…” blah, blah, blah. Ratten is just uninspiring.

Not committed to any contests!!! Apt comment!

Disgraceful lack of skills on display. No general in defence.

There’s a distinct lack of a tough, on-field director. There is no motivational, hard edge.

A bit harsh on NWM and the other youngsters. They’ve played half a dozen games Vortex. They’ll keep making mistakes and growing and improving. What sort of improvement are you going to get from Billings, Ross, Crouch, and Jones No leadership for the inexperienced players to guide them sadly Or hard...

Ratten has lost the team. The players aren’t playing for each other, supporters or members. The malaise seems too deeply entrenched to be turned around at short notice, especially with mealy-mouthed platitudes coming from the coach.

The rot started with Watters and his demand that the team perform a public abject apology to Carlton, of all teams

Remember as a kid being laughed at by 3 Collingwood kids when they kicked their record score at Victoria park in 1979 Was either 2 weeks before or after that little Footscray c*** having a dip at me when Templeton kicked his record bag against us Nothings every really changed - 5 text messages alre...

How many times has Ratten repeated that…uknow…at the press conference?

Howard’s inept, miserable, sulking attitude has spread like a fatal contagion through the playing group.

Do the right thing and resign Ratten!!!

I am going to ask this football club why I should renew my membership next year. I mean, they're not interested in being successful so why should I keep giving money to an organisation that doesn't want to reward its supporters. We are a joke of a football club. No heart no desire, no ambition just...

Stagnant…what a great summation. Howard’s brain dead.

I am going to ask this football club why I should renew my membership next year. I mean, they're not interested in being successful so why should I keep giving money to an organisation that doesn't want to reward its supporters. We are a joke of a football club. No heart no desire, no ambition just...

Howard’s a moron

There’s a lack of team play grunt. There’s a distinct absence of athletic height and skilled delivery of the ball. They’re playing as individuals. Extremely disheartening…so far.

Howard is a KPP Highmore and LIenert are flankers or medium to small backs. Webster and Paton have kept them out at this point, with Sinclair off half back. As was shown in Freo? Jpyce is replacement for Howard . Perhaps highmore is an option if Wilkie or Battle went down. Howard was poor last week...

SaintPav wrote: ↑Sat 18 Jun 2022 12:05am 2019 all over again.

Horrid.

If there was any sense of integrity amongst the players, they’d donate their match payments to Spud’s cause.

SaintJohno wrote: ↑Fri 17 Jun 2022 11:37pm If Ratts isn't able to inspire these guys for a really emotional game, is he really the guy that's going to get a premiership out of them?

Good question. He appears to accept mediocrity from favoured players and drops those not in the loop.

Wayne42 wrote: ↑Fri 17 Jun 2022 11:11pm I can't quite work out if they look spent, injured, inept, poorly coached or just VFL quality.

Or all of the above…

Dougal Dumbshit Howard. Piss off! Would rather play with no Full Back than that dumb s***. Port dodged a bullet and we traded in a brainless man. Membrey is a better backman than him. Howard is a waste of space. Gives his opponent way too much room. He’s a whinging sook with an appalling attitude.

B.M wrote: ↑Mon 13 Jun 2022 12:38pm Possibly 4

What the hell does that mean?!

We were down 2 players

3 got injured and 1 got replaced by the medisub

And one was frightened away.

I blame this loss squarely upon the heels of Bradley Hill. He is responsible for the concussions. Responsible for Ross’s disposal. For Long. For everything. And if I could serious for once, I loved Webster in the first quarter and I really appreciate the things he brings. I love Highmore and hope h...

Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sat 11 Jun 2022 10:21pm No Owens, no DMac next week. Wood playing his way to Sandy & Long begging the doubters to return. Could be a few changes next week, win or lose.

Throw in Hill for the axe. He shouldn’t be rewarded for being a shirker.