give the number #4 to Jack Steven - the kid will break into the big time next season and just get better

so basically if the deal falls through with the Pies, the filth can claim they didnt want him due to "unspecified reasons" - rather than saying - "yeah, we managed to stuff up the recruitment of another big name"

nothing but ar$e covering in my opinion

It smells a bit like a positioning ploy to me .. ie we've forced the dogs to commit their first round draft pick .... a bit like the King vs Blake deal at Geelong - which was going to be a win - win for us. If thats the case, then it would appear we may finally have some shrewd wheelers and dealers ...

no club is going to swap a draft pick for our "top up" players like Gwilt, Fiora, Birss, L fisher, Howard etc etc .. and you are not going to find a dozen kids in the draft this year to replace what you want to throw ot .. then there is the question of who is currently in or out of contrac...

its too early to write off Allen Has shown some good signs - if memory serves me correctlly had a bad injury last year ? .. not sure if he has had the luxury of a full pre-season ? he is trying to break into a forward line that already has places for Reiwoldt, Kosi, Milne & Schnieder locked in. ...

King did pretty well everything asked of him this year. I would think the coaching staff would have considered his 2008 season "best case scenario".

Good work Kingy.

there will be no interest in L Fisher .. some club may punt on him in the PSD if they have cap room but definatley would get overlooked in the National Draft. A few clubs may be interested in X Clarke but I would suspect most clubs would be offering a late 3rd round pick or a late 2nd round pick at ...

If blues are looking to give Freo their 2nd round pick for Warnock then my bet would be they are offering a 3rd round pick for Matty.

This deal will go nowhere unless Saints beleive Matty wants out or Matty will never be able to get back to AFL standard.

GOP
Gives an honest contest
good engine
not afraid to put his body on the line
not the most skilled on our list
a long way from the worst
keep for 2009

1 Keep 2 Keep 3 Trade Bait 5 Keep 6 Delist 7 Keep 8 Keep 9 Retire 10 Keep 11 Keep 12 Keep 13 Keep 14 Keep 15 Retire - if not Keep 16 Keep 17 Delist 18 Keep 19 Keep 20 Keep 21 Delist 22 Keep 23 Keep 24 Keep 25 Keep 26 Keep 27 Keep 28 Delist 29 Delist 30 Delist 31 Keep 32 Keep 33 Keep 34 Keep 35 Retir...

every club has injuries. Ball and Baker in our best. Dempster is ok - but no match winner. X Clarke has never delivered consistenly and never been a match winner. The game may have passed Maguire by, and I think Attard is interchangable with C Jones, Eddy, Maqualter. So our best team was really miss...

Eddy was ok today and I'm glad they played X because he will be better for the run. Today was always going to be about finding out where we were at.

For mine, C Gardiner gives us nothing when the going gets tough.

Outs: C Gardiner, Blake (inj)
Ins: Birss, Ball

Why wouldnt you play X ? On raw football talent, X is the best player currently available to come into the 22 the football public expects us to lose, so whats the risk ? if X breaks down I would rather he breaks down in week 1 than in the middle of the GF. If he doesnt break down then he has gained ...

Yeah I was there .. I was actually dirty on spud for the next 2 years after that - I thought he should have fixed Ablett up or at least put the fear of God into Ablett after the Grant incident. Ablett would never have got away with that against the Hawks, Essendon or Collingwood. No doubt Ablett cos...

Saint Mik wrote:We need another
"GOT WHAT YOU DESERVED YOU RED HEADED C***"
Love to see one of them put on there arse.

every now and then my son pulls out that DVD to watch that game - I always make sure i watch that little part of the DVD ..gold

yes - easily the best recycled ruckman

although if M Gardiner could put together an uninterrupted season he may just surprise a few

I have nothing against the kid, but at some point in time you just gotta say that its just not meant to be. every club has countless "coodabeens" whose individual circumstances conspired against them. He's been on the list for a while - cut him loose and hopefully another club picks him up...

BJ has always been a solid performer - and unfairly compared in the media with Daniel Wells who is a lot more flashy but nowhere near as consistent as BJ. I think since coming back from his knee injury he has just decided to start imposing himself .. and I think 2009 will see him move up to level pe...

I've said it all day... if there's aproblem with Dal, then the club should say so. Now they have, and Kosi as well. Now we know... Will the apologies be forthcoming? I doubt it :roll: and what about an apology to us supporters for playing someone who wasnt feeling well ? .. should have rested him a...

1988 - had my 21st, moved to Melbourne, decided to follow the Saints after a mate took me to a couple of Saints games at Moorabbin 1989 - changed jobs 1990 - changed jobs again 1991 - travelled o/s 1992 - got engaged, bought first house 1993 - got married 1994 - changed jobs 1997 - bought new car &a...

Munga wrote:Well the coach has said he'll try to play Jack this year. Could he play with Harves, then get his jumper?

passing his jumper to Jsck at the end of the season would be a nice touch ..

can we delist and then re-list as a rookie ?

5 of those games are against teams that are below us on ther ladder. Regardless of where those games are played, we should be good enough to beat teams below us. If we cant, then we are a crap team. So that means we finish the season with a minimum of 12 wins - maybe just enough to sneak in - maybe ...

Bring back Crippa - will have learnt a lot under Choco in his couple of years there (as did Alistair Clarkson and Dean Bailey)

Need someone who bleeds Red White & Black in the mix ..

I recently saw an interview with Brett Ebert (Port Adelaide) who said Jason Cripps was the best assistant coach he had every worked with. Went on to praise Crippa's knowledge of the game and his work he does in reviewing games and in particular field positioning So why was he shown the door from St ...