very different to 1997. Back then, we finished on top of the ladder, had won about 10 straight, thrashed the Bears by 50 points at VFL park in the Qually's and had all the form. Yes but lost both of our front-line ruckmen in the last home & away round against Port (Vidovic) and in the first fin...

I would love to see us give Rixy another game or two, just to reward his loyalty and intelligence. (Probably now's not the right time though.) He could return the favour by taking out Ablett, Bartel, Scarlett and Ottens (and do the game a favour by taking out Mooney) Why not get Gehrig to do this? ...

i'd laugh if the cats went out in straight sets...with losses to us and the filth.... I know we are an excited bunch right now but for this to happen, it would be nothing short of a miracle, especially with those arrogant Cats having virtually a full list to choose from. Still we can only hope. :) :)

Difference is Goose has a team of Docs who are paid big dollars concentrating alot of time on making sure he does play again. Goose will play again. Did the 'team of Docs' get Hamill back to anywhere near his capabilities? Truth is when the injury is that bad, no guru medico can perform miracles. G...

Hi all, Had to tune in through net's airwaves for today's game as currently overseas for next three weeks and I literally couldn't believe my ears, let alone the results of the Pies and North game. :D :D Congratulations to the guys and wish I was there! Must have been an amazing last quarter for tho...

Clearly they bought Fiona into the side, at the expense of Armitage, for his mental toughness and uncompromising physical attack on the footy. Fiona displayed mental and physical toughness in VFL. Mind you it was when he was cuing up for a hot dog before the game but those 5yo down in Cranny go the...

Interstingly not one of Schwarze, Sweeney or Brooks was picked up by any other Club. Obviously the opinions of Lyon and his Football Department are similar to 15 other senior coaches/football departments. They (coaches and football departments) obvioulsy see things differnetly to us fans in these m...

Who says Lyon isnt building to win a flag? What did we turn over last year - 5 or 6 ? .....cant turn them all over but its a fair start. Turn over the duds. Recruit players WHO CAN kick a football, hit a target and kick 50mtrs. The thing is, he's turning over players for recycled hacks who CAN NOT ...

Eastern wrote:

saints11 wrote:Why isn't allen in the saints team

Wasn't selected !!

???

Allen is in the selected side.

taz wrote:ITS OBVIOUS

He's a ruckman who should be playing full forward off the backline

He probably will slot them through if he plays full forward off the backline, he,he,he.

cant actually say i believe that anyone in that side against the pies deserves half a million bucks. except lenny :P cause he's a friggin legnd 8-) Bally was the only other shinning light. I expected Monty was going to show a harder edge to his game this year but he has a long way to go still as a ...

When Harv's took that mark in the forward line late in that game you could read his thought process after he took the mark. It was like "F*** it, I'm going to go back and kick this" and he did. I was hoping that level of determination was going to rub off on some of his team-mates. Sadly ...

I also agree with Fireman's post. The reality is we are a long way off from being a flag threat with the list we have. There are a number of very average and overrated players at the club. Time for rebuilding the list and planning for the future.

I'm sure McQualter will come off the rookie list now. His form has been good of late at Casey.

I can accept Goose's news going by last night's comments by Lyon but a PCL injury for Bakes?

So is Finey confirming these injuries? Have tests already been completed today?

Raph wasn't bad tonight. Made a few mistakes but got plenty of the footy and generally used it very well. Was one of the few saints who could take clean possession in a contested situation. Will definitely hold his spot. I must be blind as I could swear I didn't see him win one contested ball tonig...

A legend in every way. Unbelievably still our hardest runner and was very creative again tonight. He is so inspiring

Did you see his insipid effort to contest or spoil when Moore took that mark and fortunately for us hit the post? Soft all the way through.

Who was it again that said Montagna is an elite midfielder? Seriously what a delusional comment.
A soft flat track player who can finish well, IF he is able to get his hands on it.

He was one of our shining lights in a very lean period for the club. Quite underrrated was the Eel, courageous and gutsy. Maybe some of the current players need to be given video footage of how this guy went about things on game day.

Lenny Hayes is our only quality midfielder and I have good feelings about Armitage's potential. Montagna serviceable but too slight - gets thrown off the ball easily. Others have too many weaknesses in their game. (Harvey exempt from this analysis because he has given everything every time he has p...

how could amongst 18 poor performances, can you single out milne. the ball rarely got near him sick and tired of him been a scapegoat try some of the defence and midielders who tunr the ball over every second possession Not singled out here, just stating he is one of about 11-12 named as passengers...

Add Milne (always a passenger when the game is in the other team's favour and a proven dud finals performer), Montagna and Gram to the passenger list. I watched Brisbane's comeback and our player's didn't have 10% of there desperation & fight tonight. Truly pathetic except for Roo's single hand...

Add Milne (always a passenger when the game is in the other team's favour and a proven dud finals performer), Montagna and Gram to the passenger list. I watched Brisbane's comeback and our player's didn't have 10% of there desperation & fight tonight. Truly pathetic except for Roo's single hand...

Even before we play this mob, it is a 100% certainty everytime that one of the Cornes boys will be in the top two players for the game. The fact that we can never shut them down speaks volumes about the mental fragility of this team.