Richmond will be premiers. Put your house on it! Richmond winning a premiership this year would surely be one of the first signs of the Apocalypse, wouldn't it? For my 2 cents, they're unlikely to make it through a prelim, not a chance if they make a GF...I can't see how they've made it this far! I...

Fully fit Armo can perform the 'Mav Weller role' of defensive half forward better than Mav (IMHO). I see this as his future role, if he stays. It was one area we were sadly lacking in. One of the major causes of Ninthmond's improvement was the pressure applied by its small forwards. Armo would be a...

I'd take the Bulldogs position any day. A flag, a flag, my kingdom for a flag! I'd take ye Bulldogs position any day. How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another team's eyes! Everyone can master a grief but he that has it For now is another winter of our discontent When sorrows ...

If he was staying they would've announced it by now, Dusty style. He's leaving, only a matter of where to.

Why would anyone with a brain want to live on the northside of Melbourne. Bayside for me any and every day of the week. Lygon Street is the furtherest north I ever venture and the only very very occasionally. Yes it's beautiful down there when the seweridge runs into the bay..... King in the north ...

Speaking of mongrel, who is our "enforcer"? Have we even got one? Don't say Mav Weller, because he just wasn't up to the task this year, whether injured or not. Jimmy Webster tries the tough guy stuff, but should concentrate on cementing his spot. Gilbo plays with manic intensity, but does...

Actually, " Paddy and Hugh ready for a full preseason", is not a headline. "Hugh and Paddy COMPLETE A FULL PRESEASON." Now that would be worth a headline. Throw Nathan Freeman into that convo as well That's the one I'm waiting for, Prw. FWIW, Freezer is doing a nine week pre pre...

Thanks. I'd forgotten about Kosi waving on his own in the middle. The kick went down the line, as per instructions no doubt. The moment for flair was there. I agree with you. I reckon from where Kosi was, he might have even nailed a long one. Sigh!

Greg - your Charlie Brown reference is absolutely spot on! Another key one in 71 was the knee injury to John McIntosh. And the misses from right in front in the second semi ( we kicked 5.9 in the last quarter ). In 97 Pittman KOd someone and got one week only, so he could play in GF. Guerra in the ...

Sorry to create the wrong impression, Stevie. You're right of course. The Roo snap preceded THAT mark and goal by BJ. What I meant was we were all over them at that point. Had Roo's shot rolled through, I reckon we would've gone on with it. Anyhow, in a game that tight, what shyte luck again to have...

We are the Charlie Brown's of the competition, ps. Those outrageous bits of good fortune seem to favour others, not us. Think about it. I've seen my saints in five GFs for zero wins. First there was Keddie's last quarter 4 goal blitz, after nearly being taken off before 3/4 time in 1971. In 1997, we...

I reckon he's worth a punt. High risk, but as long as we don't give up to much for him, he could become our Stevie J or Dusty, two certified corkheads who turned their careers around. Then again, he could become our next Bill Barrott or Andrew Lovett. I hate thinking like that. Too many years of dis...

He's a terrible singer as well, apparently.

Agreed, ss1986. I know I shouldn't have been bitter about last year but I was. It would be even worse to see a recent basket case like Ninthmond, race past us and snatch one. Everything aligned for the WB. Now the same can be said for the tiggers. They will make the GF. A week's rest, the home final...

Good question. What did his dad actually do wrong anyway? Square dancing in a round house, Con. Seriously though, Shane pleaded his innocence on A Current Affair, telling the show he'd never been in trouble in Australia. It must have been Dusty's other father, Shane the 2nd, who was convicted of bu...

Con Gorozidis wrote:Good question.
What did his dad actually do wrong anyway?

Square dancing in a round house, Con.

Actually, " Paddy and Hugh ready for a full preseason", is not a headline. "Hugh and Paddy COMPLETE A FULL PRESEASON." Now that would be worth a headline. Throw Nathan Freeman into that convo as well That's the one I'm waiting for, Prw. FWIW, Freezer is doing a nine week pre pre...

Actually, " Paddy and Hugh ready for a full preseason", is not a headline. "Hugh and Paddy COMPLETE A FULL PRESEASON." Now that would be worth a headline.

Dejavu. The announcement was issued by Chemical Ali, our new head of promotion, spin, PR and propaganda.

Just ring Callum Twomey or Paige Cardona on the eve of the draft. Save a million and they have a just as good, if not better strike rate than our "expert team".

what can we learn from Sydney I've learnt that what seemed like an obscene deal is now close to unders for buddy only a few years later. When you get a chance to take a top 10 player of the comp, you get it done. Similar to Carlisle. At $500 K per year for five, he's looking like an absolute bargai...

I can just see the media report. Saints In: Smith Out: Jones (Exploded)

Indeed, spert. There's pressure on all the staff, especially the fitness and conditioning area. Some think we ran out of gas towards the end of the season, others think we couldn't run out games playing our game style. Either way, when asking questions of the coaching and development staff, the fitn...

Why don't we develop our own messiah? Who would be potential candidates? Billings? Acres? Gresham? McCartin (gulp)?

minneapolis wrote:

CQ SAINT wrote:What a pointless thread.

Right. I am not going to post either.

Neither will I.