Let's see how he goes over the coming years, not weeks. I'm tipping Hannebery will retire after two or three seasons and reach a negotiated settlement. I hoped they would not follow through with recruiting him when word got out St.kilda were interested. I hoped it was just talk and the club would n...

I know it's the battle cry of the loser but next year looks good. Making some assumptions of course Forwards. Paddy goes and we get a compensation pick at 20ish. King will now have a preseason in him as well as a handful of games from this season. Parker looks good and Kent seems handy, long has hu...

Alarm bells are ringing if our second highest ranked player averages 6 kicks per game - Daniel McKenzie… and if he is our second best player according to CD rankings, why didn't he get a game until round 10 last year? The main problem with that list of players is that only one is a genuine mid - St...

The decision to recruit Hannebery borders on corruption. It's a bit of a worry if true, that Lethlean pushed him on the football department. Libba and Trout aren't the most gifted recruiters judged on their lack of stars brought in under their watch and Gallagher was recruited this year despite com...

You're much more likely to get a star midfielder in the top ten that a star key position player, but that probably applies to all rounds of the draft. I think it just shows the risk involved when recruiting a tall. What was interesting was the number of those talls who struggled with injuries, ofte...

So in all likelihood King is going to be a fail too?

Doesn't Richo become our second longest serving coach this year? I think he's also got the lowest winning percentage of anyone to coach over 100 games. Not much will save Richo but wins or at the very least a lot of progress that looks very very obvious. I think the trigger clauses all set in this y...

the virtue and the folly, the necessity to say, There's nothin' wrong with being Straight, white and gay, Son have your eggs, each and every way Cause there's nothing wrong with being... Actually, I read that we changed to Red, Yellow and Black to show sympathy for Belgium through which the western...

At the end of the day what Jaxons said was hardly a huge stretch. Finnis obviously took his eyes off the footy department and concentrated on the business. The president we had was asleep at the wheel and should have been across the whole club. Our recruiting has been abysmal for 10 years and we ke...

The faults of the past have been what they are - and you can not go backwards in time To the doomsayers, I ask this ... Starting from the Draft which delivered Billings, Dunstan and Acres to the Club, List the ages of these players now and how many games they have played Because that is the future ...

At the end of the day what Jaxons said was hardly a huge stretch. Finnis obviously took his eyes off the footy department and concentrated on the business. The president we had was asleep at the wheel and should have been across the whole club. Our recruiting has been abysmal for 10 years and we ke...

Don't agree that Ross or Steele are average footballers. Ross, whilst not elite is certainly above average and Steele will be considered elite if we start winning a few games. Steele's states stand up in comparison with the competition's young elite. When I think of the elite young mids I think Cla...

At the end of the day what Jaxons said was hardly a huge stretch. Finnis obviously took his eyes off the footy department and concentrated on the business. The president we had was asleep at the wheel and should have been across the whole club. Our recruiting has been abysmal for 10 years and we ke...

At the end of the day what Jaxons said was hardly a huge stretch. Finnis obviously took his eyes off the footy department and concentrated on the business. The president we had was asleep at the wheel and should have been across the whole club. Our recruiting has been abysmal for 10 years and we ke...

At the end of the day what Jaxons said was hardly a huge stretch. Finnis obviously took his eyes off the footy department and concentrated on the business. The president we had was asleep at the wheel and should have been across the whole club. Our recruiting has been abysmal for 10 years and we kep...

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We got rid of the guy who thought we'd play finals last year.

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I believe the Saints had the German colours circa the great war or something similar and changed to be more politically correct. (Yes current CEO echoes that spirit). It will be a backs to the wall season, however I think we have a good core of players that can win more games than last year, say 8,...

June 1940 and the RAF stands between Britain and Hitler. Churchill says, it is THE hour etc., "never have so many been saved by so few" bla bla. We fans are the many. Hitler is the rest of the competition and the RAF is the 22 - 28 players that wear the Saints jumper Rounds One to Round S...

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A ban for this post is totally ridiculous Get a grip Mods and try to respond instead of react. We are in absolute all sorts, season already looked bleak and now: Steven mental issues Carlisle Back is cooked Roberton retiring Paddy most likely will never play again One of our big hopes and 3 of top ...

100% correct, CG only team worse - and by a bit. Carlton improve with McGovern and better younger players get bigger and more experience - Curnow, Cripps, Dow, . We add back Robbo and Bruce ( CHB?) and Hannebery (injury concerns). With respect to both of these will make us better but not much - Bri...

He looks like a combo of Hickey and Longer which is ideal. I still can't imagine why they got rid of Holmes either. He was better at directing taps down than Hickey and Longer and supposedly was a liability outside the ruck contests.....I think that pretty much sums up Longer too. Anyway, Pierce and...

Those HPN Player Values suggests our most valuable players in order as Steven Gresham Ross Newnes Billings Sinclair Dunstan Savage Steele Membrey and...Hickey!? Meanwhile our best player - Carlisle, lies down at half of most of them, below even McCartin & Weller. Seems it rewards ball followers...