He's like the wicketkeeper in cricket. Tends to get noticed only when he makes a mistake. We have three very promising young talls developing in Clavarino (best of the lot, IMO), the almost forgotten Hugh Goddard and the new boy, Logan Austin. Happy to have the experienced player warm their spot for...

Jacks Back wrote:We just need a better option that 8cres as second ruck because that his wrecking his game. When I said 8cres should be in the middle I didn't mean right in the middle, Richo!

Agreed, JB. Enter Rowan Marshall, stage right!

I made the trip from Bairnsdale and I'm glad I did. The atmosphere was incredible considering the small crowd. I've heard crowds of 30k make less noise than what I heard in the last quarter today. What a change from the shitty atmospheres of the first three games at Etihad, including the win over Br...

Now give Rice a shot (who apparently can kick) and weed out the non skilled plodders Agreed, Teflon. Rice needs an opportunity. It's hard to tell from the feedback of the Sandy watchers on here, whether he deserves a game on current form. Opinion seems divided. I've only seen him play a couple of t...

With Hickey's showing today, Marshall showing lots of promise and Lewie improving with better opportunities, the area that was a liability in the first month, now looks very promising all of a sudden. As Balmey says, "Bloody ruckmen! Either you've got too many, or not enough!" Hickey showe...

He's always shown plenty of promise. Thrilled to see him look thoroughly at home at this level. The young fellas were influential today. Some very, dare I say it, pleasing and positive signs.

How on earth would that geriatric fool know what’s happening in the inner sanctum of our club??? I don’t really care how it came about - all I care about was the fantastic effort the boys put in and how we back it up in Tassie next week. But if your using Mark McClure sharing whispers as gospel to ...

Sellers McClure just gave some mail on what's been wrong at the saints. Apparently there was a team meeting where AR outlined the game plan for this week. Apparently the playing group attacked him and demanded they go back to Six man forward lineup and calling for an end to the ovely defensive style...

He's on Twitter a fair bit. Everyone's mate. To be honest, I don't really know what he does, so it is hard to rate him. That's my point, big red. One can only assume whatever it was that he did, he didn't do it satisfactorily, otherwise he'd still be in that position. After all, the manager of the ...

I notice there's been a lot of criticism of both the coaching and recruitment departments, much of it justified. I have a question. What does Jamie Cox actually do, and what are his duties and responsibilities? You see, Jamie was hired back in 2014 after Chris Pelchen departed in somewhat acrimoniou...

Now all they need to do is give him a few games!

The boy has ability. It's all about confidence and attitude now. Perhaps the move to Frankston will turn out to be a master stroke. I firmly believe he and Marshall are the future in the ruck for us in the medium to long term. I hear he's finally got his attitude and body right. Maybe the kick in th...

He is not worth a 1st round pick. No way. 2nd round yes. We haven't got one of those. I really can't see how we could manage given our current drafting position. We won't give up a first rounder for him, especially if it stays in the top 5 or so. We all know that Colonwood is only second to the dop...

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saintspremiers wrote:Sack Dixon

Possibility. We are worse this year than we were last year ffs.

We've actually become worse at this?

Over the hill now.

Clarke, Coffield, Clavarino, Gresham, Blacres, Battle, Marshall, Steele and Billings. The base foundation looks promising. As always, we are going to have to wait a while, or so it seems. Maybe we're back at 2002-3. The upside is the club as a whole will have to pop down to the glass factory, purcha...

Don't go crook at Richo the person- it's just that he is not impressing many as a coach. He obviously has a lot to offer in football, but senior AFL is not one where he excels. If people want to rant and go crook- just point it at the president and board..they drive and direct the club. Agree with ...

Bugger about the Marshall. Doing well and is an exciting prospect. Hopefully the skunk comes up.

Yes we can swap our second pick for him.....oh wait! A definite yes from me. The boy can play alright and fits our needs perfectly. Unfortunately, as you pointed out SR, have neither a second nor third rounder to trade. In any event, Colonwood would want our 1st pick, even though he's damaged goods...

As supporters, about all we can do is pay our membership fees and keep turning up. I'm making the trip down from Bairnsdale just in case we pull off a miracle. I suspect we'll get a good old fashioned fist beatin', frontier style. I don't have a simple answer, unless one of you is financial wizard, ...

What a relief. At last a little ray of sunshine in amongst the gloom. It seems there is a trend emerging of clubs locking away high draftees very early in the piece to deter potential suitors. Rayner, LDU and now our two. Smart move. Coffield looks a beauty with Clarke not far behind.