Packed 10 lifetimes into his 52 years.

Very sad.

He loved the Saints.

Very lucky to get a contract for 2022 IMO.
Has been a depth player his whole career and I doubt that will change.

He is handy back up as he can come in and have an impact.

I worry about Sharman. He's probably the winner of the most over hyped player I can remember in recent history. Maybe since Brandon White, sorry I meant Buddy White. How so? The journos and social media sites are obviously feeding off hype generated by the fan forums. He has played 4 games which we...

Imagine this in local footy. We already have issues with umpires with agendas this just helps them get away with it. The reason we have a shortage of umpires is due to the treatment of junior umpires by a lot of senior umpires . In my experience a lot of people leave umpiring at local level due to ...

saynta wrote: ↑Fri 04 Mar 2022 10:13am
When I was playing, I never once spoke to an umpire. Why would you, they never change their decision.

I thought the two captains were responsible for giving the free kicks in your era saynta

Don’t you love the clowns that list McKernan Abbot and Frawley as examples of our failed recruiting. I’m 💯 sure our recruiting team didn’t say get these blokes or we are no chance of finals. Abbott? You mean that tangle footed ruckman from Sth Oz. Paul Hunter? I didn't mind the club giving him a sh...

Interesting reading and, for March 2, interesting that so many forumites have such negative views of our playing list. This is a reason I refrain from posting in the off-season. Why aggrevate yourself? Interesting we have a new poster, or an old one, identifying themselves as D.B. Cooper, on the fr...

That’s sensational S Dad and S Boy - great photos. As you can see from the first Photo - the team actually enjoyed the presentation And Jack offered to return it a week later for the next winner - Georgie Day has asked for it when it is filled to make its way to the History Museum. Going by that pi...

longtimesaint wrote: ↑Wed 02 Mar 2022 2:58pm

D.B.Cooper wrote: ↑Wed 02 Mar 2022 2:40pm

tony74 wrote: ↑Wed 02 Mar 2022 12:46pm 50/50 to be honest- calf

Hard for a big man his age to get over calf and Achilles issues.
best of luck to the big fella.
The big challenge will also be his conditioning, he was in great shape in 2020.

Tony was talking about Bytel

tony74 wrote: ↑Wed 02 Mar 2022 12:46pm 50/50 to be honest- calf

Hard for a big man his age to get over calf and Achilles issues.
best of luck to the big fella.
The big challenge will also be his conditioning, he was in great shape in 2020.

We just need Marshall and a pinch-hitter who can gather possessions around the ground. No more recruiting of ruckmen, please ... we need to solely focus on recruiting classy midfielders. Silvagni was arguably the matchwinning ruckman - with only 6 hitouts (and 25 valuable possessions) - against us ...

People become narrow minded when looking at midfields. I believe our midfield is a lot deeper than the common Steele Jones Ross Crouch That gets rolled out by the negative types. Sinclair Hill Clarke Webster Patton For starters are all part of the group. Our forwards can all play mid minutes Higgin...

People become narrow minded when looking at midfields. I believe our midfield is a lot deeper than the common Steele Jones Ross Crouch That gets rolled out by the negative types. Sinclair Hill Clarke Webster Patton For starters are all part of the group. Our forwards can all play mid minutes Higgin...

2020, R13 v Lions, R17 v Eagles, lose by 2 and 5 points. Win those 2 and the double chance is assured. Billings made me very upset in those two games. Let me know if you want more specifics than a vague recollection of my emotions after a close loss in an important game. And I'm sure one of his gre...

I totally agree Vortex the injuries last year exposed the fragility in our list. But the severity of the injuries also wore us down. I think losing Paton the way we did, with his team mates not knowing if he would play again psychologically effected the group. Then Gresham and the injuries kept com...

"When he's on" That's his challenge right there. There was this perception that he was playing ok in the first half of last season but his stats are interesting during that period, especially the games where we put up the white flag. His challenge is not to pick and choose "when he's...

Personally I cannot believe that Saints supporters think Billings has not met expectation as a #3 pick. 26YO, almost 150 games, good AFL player who is A grade on his day. He is not a champion, but would get a game in every AFL team and will probably play 250+ AFL games. The BONT comparison is BS. W...

Lenny - slow burn? 18yo 11ppg 19yo 16ppg 20yo 16ppg 21yo 20ppg RU B&F 22yo 26ppg B&F and AA 4 years to become very good 5 years to become elite They're pretty decent numbers for a kid in a bottom club. I remember him being poleaxed by Archer and bouncing straight back up. I thought this kid...

Personally I cannot believe that Saints supporters think Billings has not met expectation as a #3 pick. 26YO, almost 150 games, good AFL player who is A grade on his day. He is not a champion, but would get a game in every AFL team and will probably play 250+ AFL games. The BONT comparison is BS. Wh...

Paton played most of his junior years as a mid/forward.
He did not turn to defence until invited back to the TAC competition (for his over age year) where he played as a running half back.

I don’t think Webster is under any pressure to retain his place in the team. All credit to Paton for his preseason and fight back from a very nasty injury. I think Paton eventually plays up the field and is much more versatile than Jimmy. In form both are easily best 22. Backs will be interesting th...

A big year for Bytel and Byrnes as they will be hopeful of cracking into the side this year on a permanent basis. If we are injury free it's hard to see who they push out though if this quartet remain injury free. Steele Hanners Crouch Jones I like Bytel but he is one paced based on 2021 output lik...

It is only one practice game, but I was disappointed that the Coach did not give more midfield minutes to players such as Byrnes, Clark, Hayes and even try Butler at a centre bounce. We know wheat we'll get from Steel, Crouch, Ross etc. Other than Jones our midfield is one paced and I'd like to see ...

I guess there is no site administrator or access to the main forum.
Merry Xmas to all and go sainters...

Hello, I am interested to know why my site registration was accepted but I can not post on the main forum, just here.
Not sure about other recent registrations, but I wouldn't have bothered registering if I knew this was the case.
No argument, just interested in the reason behind this.
Thanks.