Add in the condition that the oppo was a competitive side and this eliminates the 2 consecutive wins 100 point win over the Carlton and Eagles in 2004. I reckon the answer is Prelim final against North Melbourne 1997 when we had our ruck division injured but had pure desire with team heart. Feel fre...

If Ross Lyon runs to form there will be a max of 3 changes next week, probably only 2 !! That all that is required. The team realise how bad they were. They will try to regroup. Making wholsale changes to the team composition is not the way to bring stability to the team and to reset the ground rul...

Regroup and tackle the benchmark team next week. The next 3 weeks (Geelong, Essendon, Port) will give us an indication at where we are at.[/quote] A fair point. I only hope we dont have a percentage less than 80 after we get through this. Geelong fast and furious with a working forward line. Essendo...

Most disappointing thing was how SOFT we were everywhere on the ground. The Dogs are hardly renowned for their toughness but they really made us look like pushovers. Only positives for us that come rom the game - Sam Fisher (again) did a good job on Johnson - welcome back Brendon Goddard who did ok...

we need to get the third tall out of the forward line ... its too busy. it worked well in the first quarter. after that we just couldn't get the ball down there. i don't think the forward line was the problem. we were absolutely smashed in general play and our backline looked slow and brittle. i ca...

savatage wrote:Amen.

Amen again.

The guy is a true future general, has the disposal and heart.

Pleeeaaase In 2004, we won the clearances, in 2004 we were tough around the ball so other teams could not score freely, in 2004 we did try to move te ball quickly to our forwards so that they could score. We started to play like this last year in the second half of the season bar a few fade outs. La...

or by always trying to kick to Roo. This stood out like a beacon. Our midfielders need to grow some balls & take some shots themselves. Joey did this and Riewoldt challenged him with the comment "the forwards cant work with that". We need long bombs at times. We are too Roo conscious ...

I have always been a believer in increasing midfield stocks with a preference for more speed. I even placed this as a higher priority than rucks (some may cast me as the believer of the Grant Thomas model). I still do. I dont blame Ross for games like this. None of the above mattered tonight. Coachi...

Coaching wont change this in a week, its all between the ears. I agree, Ross isn't the only problem. And I think he is a good coach, he is just to fixated on one set of tactics for some reason. It's as if Paul Roos is controlling him by remote control. But even when the players are up and going (as...

Lets not blame Ross for the loss here. He may not have been the coaching winner tonight but players expecting to play in finals need to show heart, demonstrate commitment to their team and game plan. On reflection this is probably worse than the game against Hawthorn when a 63 point turnaround occur...

Whilst I like to be the optimist - I have concerns about the long term effect of this. Other sides are going to know that no matter how far down they are, that they are still in with a chance. This is going to be much worse than a normal loss. I cant agree more. This is reading like that 63 turnaro...

I don't quite understand this man on man concept. If we kept our players in their normal postions, and they went man on man, how come the flood was on. For this to occur, our blokes would have to be flooding also. Man on man football is accountable footy, the way it should be played, is it not? One...

What do you think I could fetch for a 60+ win next week. I know what you're thinking, based on that, we'll never win by 60+. Well, Carlton are a different side, we always play a better style of footy against them. PLay like we did in the first 15 minutes of this game and its in the bag, Never been ...

from the CEO- BJ and Goose not this week, St Kilda should regain full-forward Fraser Gehrig from a calf strain for Saturday night's game against Carlton at Telstra Dome, while Maguire (leg) and Goddard (knee) could play the following week against the Western Bulldogs. http://news.realfooty.com.au/s...

I listened to the call via 3AW / MMM at AFL.com therefore I didnt see the game. What I have heard from the call was little change to our stylefrom last year when faced with defensive tactics. We still seem to turn over the ball so much at Half forward. This lets Sydney into the game easily. Neil Dan...

I listened to the call via 3AW / MMM at AFLcom What I have heard is little change to our style. We still seem to turn over the ball so much at Half forward that lets Sydney into the game. At one stage the caller said "Sydney wants the Saints to go long to make the game into 1 on 1 contests"...

saintbrat wrote:another win for No 23.
what is his record now?

Hopefully zero. If he gets this job for a season we would never see him play given his and other past captains injury potential.

Yeah I know, but the incidence of calf injuries amongst athletes over the age of 30 is a lot higher than with those <30 Too true unfortunately, James Hird comes to mind here. Let Gehrig take the time to get over this properly without pushing his return s what the Doctor should order. Lets have no r...

Great ti hear that Geary has stood up. I have heard or seen very little about Geary.

Does anyone have any stats about him? Size, playing history, strongest and weakest components of his game etc?

or Direct me to where I can find this info?

Saints Premiers 2006 wrote:to be truthful i dont care or want to know about the issues the harvey's had at pregnancy...

Life is all about choices. If you dont like it, dont read it.

The headlines was a good indicator of what was coming.

I am sure this is not in your interest.

NO!!!!!!

i'd delist rix and get games into a youngster... any1 I'm with you Skeptic on Rix. He does try but effort does not match others at this level. He also doesn't create enough around the ground. I hold the same thought about Blake too. I haven't seen or heard too much about Brooks and/or Watts. Watts ...

My choice would be Roo deep and Kosi at CHF, only problem is we'd have to restructure our game plan. I'm keen on Kosi at ff as well. Although it was sad with Gehrigs retirement it excites me that it gives a guy like Kosi to show how talented and devastating he can be. My thoughts are Kosi at FF and...