Any tipster worth their salt has to get on melbourne this week, because only one team has anything to gain by winning the game AND ONLY ONE TEAM HAS ANYTHING TO GAIN BY LOSING THE GAME!

White was better than the rest of the key forwards, Kosi, Lee or Simpkin today, but his body isn't ready for AFL footy yet and he can't take a contested mark, Spangher killed him in the air, but it was a different story whenever he was on a long lead. I think Kosi will get a game, just because its m...

First Sandy game I've ever been to at Sandy, I've only ever seen them play at Box Hill, near where I live. Gotta say the small ground really gets the crowd into the game, whenever Sandy got on a roll. As for saints player reviews from today's game, the positives were: Ledger who is developing a tank...

I think our results will improve now that finals are out of the question and we start to fly underneath the radar between finals contenders (north, west coast, carlton, richmond, port and adelaide) and dud teams (melbourne, gws, bulldogs, gold coast, brisbane). The only game we failed to run out tha...

I'm in my mid-forties too and I have to say that I was far more philosophical about our loss in 2010 (could have won) than 2009 (should have won), probably because we played well enough to win and we were the best team that year. I still remember watching the 2009 prelim vs the dogs and even though ...

All this navel gazing and negativity got me thinking about how I felt after walking out of the MCG after the GF Replay and I have to say that two very positive things came to mind: 1. Amidst all of the wailing and weeping and gnashing of teeth that I witnessed in the gents while on my way out (after...

There has been a lot of soul searching on this forum for our best full-back this year. Wilkes fits the bill if we need someone to play on gorillas. He has a mature body, is 195cm/95kg ala Dawson and reads the play well, due to his ability to play both ends. The major knock on him is pace, but apart ...

The solution to who should be playing on Anzac Day lies in a total revamp of the draw to make this day highly prestigious to play on for the two best teams at this time of the year. How do we determine who those teams are? We could assume that the two grand finalists from the previous year will stil...

George Young was my idol from that day on as a six-year old starry-eyed kid!

My father took me to see the saints play his beloved tigers at VFL Park as a six-year old back in June 1975. I remember KB running around like he had BO and kicking a few easy goals in the first half and Barry Lawrence kicking torpedo punts straight into the centre square, Ben Graham style (except h...

My point is that it is clear that the Sandy/Saints alignment has not worked and will not work in the future and I think we need to look at alternatives. The club should poll members on their preferred option. Obviously an alignment with Frankston would make sense on several levels as I have indicate...

As I stated, colours, location, community links, no more money needed!

I would be happy for us to install Simon McPhee at Frankston in 2013. Our players would play in red, white and black, instead of gold, blue, brown, etc It's just down the road from Seaford. It really identifies us with the Mornington Peninsula, not just bayside suburbs. This bails out a financially ...

How about instead playing footy from February to September, the season could run from April to September instead (which it always did pre-AFL!) This would solve the following glaring fixturing problems: 1. The NAB/Challenge Cup is currently played on hard grounds in late summer/early autumn promotin...

How about instead playing footy from February to September, the season could run from April to September instead (which it always did pre-AFL!) This would solve the following glaring fixturing problems: 1. The NAB/Challenge Cup is currently played on hard grounds in late summer/early autumn promotin...

Apparently Steven King is leaving us to go to Fremantle and follow RL!
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Who better to fill the void left by rl than his mentor, Paul Roos, at least he knows what it takes to coach a team to a premiership! Failing that, Eade, Williams and Malthouse would be my next best choices in that order. I put Malthouse last due to his age and Williams has had a year out of the game...