Great OP. 1. Held one of the comp's top-scoring sides to just 11 goals, with our under-sized backline toiling above expectation. No North player kicked more than 2 goals. 2. Stifled their backline with sharp zone defence for at least two quarters. They couldn't find an easy way out. If only we had s...

Josh Bruce down back. The rested McCartin and Membrey as two-pronged forward attack, with Riewoldt prowling the 50m arc.

Bizarre, the "Hey Petracca" article is totally GONE. Poor form by AFL news team, first to publish it and then to erase it from existence, as Winston Smith would have done in 1984, the novel that is. Oh well, gives us more time to re-read Jake Niall's infamous 'bob-each-way' article from la...

Geez, Saints only lost to GWS by 37 points. Hawks get rolled by 75. GWS were very good against Saints
last week, and took it up a notch against Hawthorn. Their song is crap though.

Duthie court challenge deflates like an old footy...QC left saying "WTF?"... Nixon free to publish.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/st-ki ... l9fr7.html

"Gresham makes history"

THis link works better...

http://bit.ly/1Sm2kef

William Houghton QC, representing "The St Kilda Schoolgirl" appears to be a fair hand
at this legal caper...
http://www.deverslist.com.au/devers-lis ... qc-william
How much for a QC per day ?
Who is paying his bill, plus disbursements ?

Methinks this thread has drifted off-topic somewhat...

Saints PR team have wisely delayed putting Jake in a Saints jumper, and splashing the pics.
Every photo of Carlisle so far, he's been in a Bombers jumper or in their training kit.
Today on the H-Sun website...

Much kudos and thanks to Eddie and Luke Darcy for applying the torch to Prendergast and McLachlan. Bit gutless of AFLPA to provide its legal counsel as spokesperson, rather than its CEO, who would have known much more of the timing of how events played out. Prendergast showing minimal contrition, ma...

No Thursdays, Fridays or Mondays.
We're certainly not the AFL's marquee club at the moment, spearheading the night-time TV coverage,
but there's a bit of love there.

Jungle drums have told me Hawthorn were keen to land Carlisle right up to the time
he signed with us, they had no clue of the video either. Hawks rate him highly as a KPP.
Would have been picked in Top 3 if he had landed in PSD.
Jungle drums then went quiet.

AFL's drip-feed of info at this time of year is irritating.
Probably an attempt to get a few headlines in the off-season.
But gee, just release the whole fixture at once, will you ?

Our CEO, as former chief of the AFLPA, would have dealt with McConville over a long period, as allies in getting the best possible outcomes for players. Now for Finnis, he is finding out what it's like from the other end. The conversations those two would have had this week would have been interesti...

If it's got to you, then it's widespread, and so will be coming out. Sigh.

This man has some explaining to do.
Anthony McCONville out of reach of all journos at the moment...

Fairly even-handed opinion piece from the Grand Dame... That St Kilda is no longer branded the AFL club of scandal is far more than just the work of an image makeover. It has been the result of two seasons of internal rebuilding and restructuring under the new regime fronted by CEO Matt Finnis and c...

Icing on the cake would be if WADA ban him for a year or two.

JC news story is still up at saints.com.au. That would indicate he's staying.

Please please please let there be a morals clause in the contract that lets us get out of this now, TODAY. For past behaviour, current behaviour, future behaviour. St Kilda has been served a turd sandwich by JC, his manager, and EFC; and Hawthorn has dodged a bullet which would have torn up their fa...

Put it this way - If the video came out three days ago, would the trade have gone ahead ? St Kilda would have put up the shutters fast, and Essendon would have been left with an untradeable player on their hands. Regardless of whether it was him or not, perception is everything at the moment. But it...

Belinda!

6pm-ish Saturday, I pull up at the traffic lights in Burke Road Camberwell, and crossing the road with a few kids is a bloke who is a dead-ringer for Robert Harvey. Same hair, same build, same granite jaw. I start thinking, "Maybe it IS Robert Harvey?" Does anyone know if the Harveys live ...

I like the card...IWANNNNNNNNT IT!

Go Dave! Your rants should be printed on the next membership brochure!