I pushed myself too hard in the 80's and 90's at the Chevron, Metro, the Underground, the Tunnell, Saloon Bar, the Warehouse, and some other joint that had cover bands playing on King Street on a Thursday (with a great horn section) and some other joint that also escapes me that had this other popul...

Gresham could have a nice long career similar to Armo and never win a Trevor Barker Medal or be named as an All Australian and still earn a very good paypacket. I agree it is up to the player in some respects but once again, it comes back to leadership and coaching in my opinion if you want team suc...

NO LONIE, NO SAINTS! No Richo, GO Saints How long do you need in the top job? Who is he blaming for the team sitting at the bottom of the ladder the last 2 years? We have gone backwards during his time and the team is going nowhere If we had a different coach during our rebuild...like Mark Williams...

Armo who is an established midfielder and has played under 10 coaches still doesn't handball cleanly - he rushes his handballs - most of the time, they just end up anywhere. The players work it out themselves, or they don't work it out at all. Then you have Robert Harvey who knew how to handball fr...

Then you have Robert Harvey who knew how to handball from the word go at AFL level, as a 17 year old - no-one had to teach him. And,he predominately used his left hand, also to bounce. He could handball 20 metres. Our current players can't handball two metres with any accuracy. There are many to ad...

Half the problem with Clark going out in round 3-4 and coming back in for a game or 2 and then going back to the VFL and then you put him back to the seniors is that it unbalances the kid and unbalances the team Decide as a coaching team whether Clark is part of the future. If he is and if you beliv...

In: White, Joyce, and Clark

Out: Doesn't matter. Just get the blokes above into the team....oh alright....Ross, Newnes, Parker, or replace one of these with anyone else that has a sore ass from getting it belted for thier syhte form of late

King12 wrote: ↑Tue 21 May 2019 6:35pmClueless!

Who is? The coach for not playing Billy now when his form warrants a recall or the club for moving on Stanley and McEvoy or the coach for originally backing Pierce instead of Marshall

Cut the crap. Seb Ross regularly gets votes when his midfield opponents destroy us. Even Richo has given Ross votes in the coaches association award when we have been soundly beaten as a team and Seb is supposed to be a leader as well as a midfielder I don't want RoMa to get ahead of himself and it'...

Some can't get over the fact that Longer has been relegated to the VFL. I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of marks and possessioms that Billy earnt and thought he deserved a recall Sadly, even after Longer had exceptional games he can't crack a spot in the seniors because the coaching staff...

This is interesting -- I was sitting next to Noone's dad yesterday and we were chatting. I asked him at one stage - "your son has played under quite a few coaches over his career with Sandy. Has he rated any one coach above the others?" His answer was: "No. Not really. "They're ...

He should still be playing. For one thing, he’s a better second ruck than anyone else we’ve got. Can delisted players be picked up in the mid season draft? How has his form been at Sandy?? He’s essentially still part of our system so not a totally silly idea - much better option than friggin Rowe w...

I was wince-like critical on first viewing, but tempered on second viewing. As usual I'd simply plucked two obvious clangers and hung him up on the strength of those. In reality the guy's work rate is INSANE. He plays tall and small. His disposal is occasionally shitty, but he wins a lot of pill an...

As his death is still fresh I believe as long as his spirit touches another living being, it can then be passed on to a human. Saintsational sources can reveal that at first his soul found a feline close by and the Cairnsman spirit now lives on You heard it here first. He was reincarnated as a cat s...

cwrcyn wrote: ↑Mon 20 May 2019 4:15pm I think he's playing sore. Not moving with the same speed and fluency that was apparent on the first 5 rounds

Every one else can see it except his coaches

And his family and his mates

Rest the bloke if he is playing sore ffs. He is easily replaced at the moment

I agree that Richo should have dropped Luke at certain times and I'm sure the coaches had their reasons, but they stuffed up royally last year in not playing him for the Good Friday match against North Luke was in and out of the team in 2017. At the end of 2017 Dunstan strung together a few good gam...

Would be interesting to unwind the statistics and understand the details behind his possessions I think when Ross is under pressure he usually does a rushed handball When Seb is kicking, most of the time I have the perception that he has time. If I'm right and if he does have time and space when he'...

This is interesting -- I was sitting next to Noone's dad yesterday and we were chatting. I asked him at one stage - "your son has played under quite a few coaches over his career with Sandy. Has he rated any one coach above the others?" His answer was: "No. Not really. "They're ...

Gears and Lonie hey?!! That's interesting. I defy anyone in the media or any poster here to claim that these 2 blokes are A graders. It's harsh to say, but you'd think they should be easily be replaced in a team. Their commitment and their genuine hunger to compete is infectious and that is what we ...

So when GWS came down to Melbourne last week and played Hawthorn who had more A grade midfielders?

Who had more A graders full stop?

Yeah, coaches are over rated.

Many of our shots at goal on Saturday were hurried snaps under pressure in a crowded forward line. By contrast, Collingwood’s forwards had lots of space. They killed us on the rebound time after time. Set shot kicking is important, but I’m not sure there’s a drill for snapshots under pressure. That...

An article during the week about forward entry efficiencies and ball retention once inside 50 (for memory) had Newnes' top 5 in the league. This is a case of stats not being reality... +1 So that's why he keeps getting a game. And that's why Seb keeps his spot in the centre. I cringe when some coac...