I'm getting a bit tired of Bakes and his dumb play..it effects the team, and when he gets rubbed out, we lose an experienced tagging player. I thought he was hard done by a few of years back when an Essendon ruckman was deliberatly standing on Bakes foot when he was on the ground, and Bakes reacted ...

Only ones to beat Geelong in any game in recent history (during NAB cup)

Armo probably needs another year of experience, but no reason why he couldn't slot into the seniors at some stage. It's one thing having talent, but there's that extra thing of desire, desperation and work rate which some players have and I reckon Armo and Jones have that and I'm happy to tolerate s...

Armo hits the packs a lot harder than Mini and generally works harder.

Of course we need our good players! Take Ablett, Bartell and Scarlett out of Geelong..suddenly the big scores will not happen. Take Brad Johnson out of Footscray - end of their season. I am impressed with LFisher's tagging this season..a better bet than Baker as he probably wont do the dumb things a...

I'm happy about the Sainters progress, but I'm trying to work out how our opposition are looking..I've made a couple of conclusions and that is: Crap-no improvement noticed: Melbourne, Richmond and Carlton. May drop away: WCE, Collingwood, Essendon, Port Adel, Freo Same as last year : Sydney, Kangar...

Bit tough on Banfield here on the forum..who would want to coach a team who just circulates around to keep Saint players in form and has no chance of getting a settled team on the track..I would be frustrated to hell. I think most coaches want to win and obviously Banfield told 'em to stuff it as I ...

I think the thread rasies a good argument, we all love Kozi, but Kozi does need to follow up his initial potential and early career form, by being more consistant, and if he is playing forward, kick goals or provide assists -his place in the team is as a big marking forward/ ruck option, and he seem...

Good win, but our onballers and midfielders needed a lot more intensity around the packs and ball ups earlier in the game -we won't get away with that against stronger teams.

Kozi is not as good as he was a few years back. There's no room for Kozi, Roo and the Train in the forward line..I think he should be played mainly aound the back line where he can take grabs in front of the packs, as up in the forward line his kicking for goal is woeful.

Our boys just better think premiership and bloody play like they want one, and that means clobbering lowly teams. I want to start seeing some of the reputations and potential of a few of our guys start to turn into actual performance -then I'll know we are on the right path.

I think the Swans just need to shut up -they have used all their credits up.

Regardless of who gets a game and who gets dropped, a team of our talent should have kicked way more than 6 goals last week..so this week I would want to see a better effort from a lot of players whose reputations seem bigger than their efforts.

As Roos knows all too well, the AFL are already proactive with clubs in monitoring tunnelling tactics.

Sheedy was very keen on Roo and would have offloaded a few favorite Bombers to get him if he had been in the position. I suppose out of all the supporters, the Bombers are the biggest pack of knuckle-scraping whingers I have encountered in following footy for years.

The AFL is aware of tunnelling and has advised clubs prior to all of this of its interpretations, so this is not just an isolated reaction. Clearly it was a tactic the Swans used on Roo -or should I say bleedin' bloody obviously. I don't think it is a terrible thing and can be effective, but it is b...

You need someone to break the game open and take a few risks..generally the midfielders and onballers need to to do this, but our guys seem happy playing within themselves a bit too much -blokes like NDS pick up lots of easy possessions, but just don't seem to step on the accelerator enough. BUT we ...

I would wait for a few weeks with BJ and Goose before putting them in.. I would rather see Armo get a run and put a bit more pressure on our midfielders for a place, and Geary should hold his spot, as should LFisher. Raph, Gilbert and Fiora just haven't hit the ground running so far.

Uncanny unlikeness

Hard to pick out of two loser teams, but Tigers for me.a little more strength around the ground.

I like the look of Geary, and also Goddard might have a quietly good year

Well Carlton and Richmond now have a chronic losing culture and anyway, last year is gone. Seeing GT couldn't win a flag with a team capable of doing that in 04, then we can look forward to how RL tackles that issue this year. From preseason games so far, I sense more desperation at the ball across ...

Great skills -small engine. If we can get him to work a bit harder over four quarters in big games and do a bit better shaking off taggers he will go from very good to elite.

Geelong won the flag through having a balanced team across all positions -and a good run of luck with minimum injuries to key players. We have improved balance from what I have seen so far, RL seems to be a pretty good tactician, and if we keep our better players on the field for the season, then no...

If Gwilt wins the B&F, then that means that we are not relying on the same few big names to carry the team all year..that's been our big problem, the big gap to our second rung players.