The reason he didn't make it here was that he is a one position player as an in and under coal face midfielder. It is a role we have no shortage of with Ross, Steele, Crouch and have just added another in Paddy Dow. The Pies have most areas covered on their list but one area they are short, with the...

I am out work makes 4:30 on a weekday an impossibility.

Hi Bunny in a Beret,

5 shares paid for but I am not in for the first event as Tuesday 4:30 is just not a possibility.

Regards,

SinCitySainter

This screams of another one shown the door because he dared to disagree with Ross the boss. I know I am in the minority but I really don't like Ross Lyon and cannot understand why he is touted as some kind of supercoach. He has only had success, moderate success at that, when he has been handed A-g...

This screams of another one shown the door because he dared to disagree with Ross the boss. I know I am in the minority but I really don't like Ross Lyon and cannot understand why he is touted as some kind of supercoach. He has only had success, moderate success at that, when he has been handed A-gr...

I am happy to take 5 shares again and think we should stick with Byrnes as he improved significantly last year and deserves the vote of confidence.

Maybe he disagreed with something Ross said so Mr Yes Men Only got rid of him.

Jack was drafted in 2015 and spent the first 5 years as a good ordinary player running through the midfield. He was not an automatic selection as a midfielder but was often a rotation through the bench. Then he was given a chance to play off half back and his game has become elite becoming one of th...

There is nothing innovative about going all out on athletes which is what this trade and draft period has been. Ross has always put more value in effort than skill and athletic ability over footballing ability. Gresham leaving was neither here nor there as he was just after money and we weren't offe...

I believe our biggest weakness is we have a coach who will always sacrifice attack for defence. Our game plan is to flood back in order to stifle the opportunities for the opposition. Other teams also flood back but not with the same numbers as we do. This means that when we get the ball we have to ...

Marshall is a great round the ground ruckman, as good as any running around in the competition. However, he is not a great centre square ruckman and definitely not a forward. He needs to play as the number one ruckman and we need to accept that his tap work is his weakness in that role. His tap work...

Gresham was an X factor player who could do the occasional spectacular thing maybe Henry is the replacement for that.
However, he was an absolute ball butcher and that we have replaced with Paddy Dow who also has the elite disposal skills of a drunken baboon.

Gresham vs Henry - little difference. Henry quicker both truly appalling kicks of the football. Billings vs Dow - Billings at his best is better than Dow but as Billings has been injured probably ahead with Dow. Coffield vs Draft pick - Injury impacted but when fit a top 10 player at the club vs a p...

Dylan Hannebery, welcome to the Saints, our latest superannuant. Well, at least he doesn’t come with a penchant for the nose beers, like old mate Hanners did lol Shiel is an outstanding citizen, and if I remember correctly is engaged to the daughter of Choco Williams. If surgery is keyhole meniscus...

I think this is a positive move if we can get him for a third rounder.
Any more than that and it would be a pass in my opinion.

Ross rates effort over talent Byrnes is a power runner - honestly he runs around like a headless chook sometimes. Byrnes will NEVER be as good as Billings Phillipou will be but right now is not any near it Bizarre but no surprising I agree with this 100%. Ross couldn't care less if you couldn't hit...

In all the gnashing of teeth over the probability of losing Billings, I haven't seen anybody explain coherently why he appears to be out of favour with the coaching panel? It cannot just be Lyon It has to also be Hayes, Harvey, Enright Goddard plus anybody else involved in the coaching/selection. I...

What makes people think that Sinclair is q game winning mid? He played in the midfield for years and became an A grader when shifted to HB. Leave him there.

If the deal is just a 2nd round pick swap and they keeping Shield salary then fine. However, there is no incentive for Essendon to do that.
The only way this makes any sense for both parties is if we keep the Gresham compo and get Shiel and his salary for a third rounder.

Ths is the craziest trade proposal ive ever heard.. No way on earth would we give up Gresh AND pick 13 for Shiel. Surely they give us an extra pick if anything. Andwhay do we care what compo pick we get if we just giving it back anyway, as if Essendon complain whatever pick it was.. And then we als...

I actually would like Collingwood to win. I have never had a problem with the club, I don't have the hatred for them that I do for Carlton, Essendon or Geelong. Their supporters have a record of being a bit uncultured perhaps but the majority are good natured with a bit of a fatalistic streak somewh...

If we give a pick around 13 for just Shiel then Ross and Silvagni need to be fired on the spot. That would be one of the most ridiculous trade deals ever. Ross does have a history of trading that screws over the Saints so I wouldn't put it past him. He was the man behind the rank stupidity that trad...

I am not being pessimistic but everyone acknowledges we lack top end talent to really compete with the top 4 sides. The problem is we are not and never have been a destination club which means we either have to pay over the odds to bring players in compared to Collingwood, Richmond, Geelong etc... o...

I am not woe is me at all. I enjoyed going to the football this year and I will enjoy next year not because I expect us to perform well because I simply don't. We are a mid table team and that is where we are destined to stay because we have no access to the talent we need to improve. It is just foo...

If we give up a FRDP for Shiel then Bassett should start firing the coaching and recruitment team. We should see if the cats would take pick 12 for Hawkins another key forward would be handy.