Yes I had the same last year.

Newsagent reckoned my subscription had expired, but a quick call to The Age subscriptions department soon sorted it out.

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Batnoe wrote:Just so u know Armo didnt want a number change!!

20 is a great number!

There's been a few decent no.20s for the Saints already - Micky Dwyer and Matty Young spring to mind...I'm sure Armo can uphold the standard!

No No No....Bally is gold with his leadership & inspiration, never let guys like him & lenny go... +1 Luke Ball should be going nowhere. He is exactly the type of guy we need to have around our football club. His worth beyond what he produces on the field can never be underestimated. To me ...

M31 Row R

Lots of noise down in M6 and we were all definitely up for it for sure.

Loudest Saints crowd I've heard for quite a while!

M6 row JJ

Just curious and a bit off topic I know, but has Big Mac ever played in a losing senior Saints side?

BigMart wrote:One of the worst games he has ever played.....and as a result we were vulnerable.....shows you how important he is.......and what is generally expected from him.....

Tackling aside, he was totally ineffective.

The upside of that is, he never plays 2 ordinary games in a row....

Ross Lyon can coach, and I've said it from day freakin' 1. If you said Lyon could coach on day 1 - you were wrong. Very wrong. On the contrary RF...When Lyon came in, it's well documented that he knew exactly what list deficiencies and aspects of our style of play needed to be addressed - and if my...

theres talk of taking chips, bj or gilbo out of the backline. putting them foward. but i had a brain wave what about dawson? i know he is good down back, but, good kick, confident at going for a grab looks fast on the lead thoughts? You haven't got next week's Tatts numbers by any chance have you.....

Conveniently forgotten that he pretty much dragged us into the finals last year when we were down and out halfway through the season? How about the number of clutch goals he's kicked this year alone - against Bulldogs, Bombers, Brisbane, and again tonight.... Not wishing to be too harsh James, but y...

I think tonight's game was the best defensive effort I've seen from Gram to date - really stood up when it counted - maybe tried to be too cute a couple of times, but the positives far outweighed the negatives.

Well done Grammy!

An interesting and thought-provoking theory JB. (Brave to boot!) However, I don't concur with your theory, because IMO I think what we've seen so far is just a natural evolution of our gameplan and the result of RL's message starting to get through to the boys. I think they're maturing as a group. I...

Well, for what it's worth, first three rounds we play Sydney, Adelaide and West Coast - 2 of those three teams dont really have a forward in need of Hudghtoning, so whilst it is bad news he is out, it at least seems like we should be able to cover the loss for these few rounds! "Hudghtoning&qu...

I'm pretty sure one of them is our 18.2 we scored against the Bombers in the early 90s.

Got tickets for me and the old man M30 row NN.

No worries - that's teamwork for ya SD....

I got the finished T - will keep a seed going for the next few days so you can finish it off Saint Dal.

Yeah - may be best to pull this thread shortly bigred....

Yep, I was there. We did get done like a dinner that day, but at the game I remember turning to my old man and saying "Gee this Brett Bowey's gonna be a good player Dad?" Of course the rest is history and naturally my old man's never let me forget it! :oops: (I think it was Bowey's first g...

I wouldn't worry about the "Saint Kilda" bit too much Spiral - I even say it myself from time to time when explaining our great game to friends visiting from overseas..."St." is an abbreviation of saint anyway....as long as we're all pulling in the same direction - that's what m...

I really wouldn't give Dermie the oxygen of publicity after the ridiculous and downright disrespectful remarks both he and GT made earlier this year about the great man. The guy is still dining out on the heroics of the '89 grand final....and is now just a washed-up old windbag and shadow of his fo...

I think the biggest thing he has being allowed to settle into a position. Over the last 4 years he's being a Mr Fixit and was never really allowed to settle. He has being excellent this year. Top observation Red. That's exactly it - tended to be a jack of all trades and master of none in days gone ...

Eddy reminds me a bit of Jason Cripps - strong in the body, quick, and takes no sh1t from anyone. I think if we can give him as much game time as possible, he'll turn into a real asset for us - love the way he goes about it...it's been a few years since we had a hard headed young fella like this com...

Has Demie been man to enough to admit he was wrong to judge and comment on Harves based on the pre-season?? A . Good players dont try in the pre season. B. Didnt the Saints win it anyway? Dermie. be a man and apologise to the great one. I really wouldn't give Dermie the oxygen of publicity after th...

Excellent post Solar - lots of valid points you make...I think once the confidence does return (and it will) we'll start to see some football we can all get excited about again. The guys just need to get some self-belief back and trust in each other and the wins will start coming. Last night the eff...