only 2 years where we were below but close to 25,000 members in total- these are obviously June 30 cut off tallys as we had more than 30,000 last year http://www.aflmembershipnumbers.com/index.html Year Membership Numbers 2014 29,332 2013 32,707 2012 35,440 2011 39,276 2010 39,021 2009 31,906 2008 ...

That era was absolutely atrocious and frustrating and it went on and on and on. My godfather was the bloke who used to drive the players' gear van to the various grounds on match day, starting in the Allan Jeans era, and was sacked by the club (he was just a volunteer) on the day of Jezza's first f...

Bowey Boy wrote:No great shocks I suppose.

Andrew Manning and Daryl Cunningham are two names that spring to mind that played for both teams around this time.

I think we could put Craig O'Brien into the frame too...

skeptic wrote:This ones a heart breaker

You're not wrong....

nicky is my favorite player....full stop Agreed! He was the most graceful player I've ever seen on a footy field. Was just an absolute natural. The perfect prototype for a player even in today's game IMO. Kudos to Burkey too though - tough as they come but suffers under an unfair comparison in this...

Plugger for me too.

So many fond memories of him absolutely dominating games and giving us all a thrill when he'd get on the end of another bullet pass from Cuz.

Junction Oval wrote:With a bunch of young kids, we need the grunt that Armo offers in the centre. With Lenny gone, we need him to lift a lot this year. It's his challenge to do so.

+1.

Couldn't have put it better myself.

Obvious troll.
Preposterous suggestion.
Do not feed.

Joffa was a big cult hero back in the 80s. Him and Burnsy gave our team a real hard edge. Two of the toughest blokes ever to pull on a Saints guernsey.

Not that it means a great deal, but Bampton was picked at #33 in the SCS mock draft. Pick 33. Richmond Peter Bampton (South Australia/Norwood) Inside Midfielder 15.4.1996 Height: 182cm Weight: 83kg Player Similarity: Luke Dunstan Why: Bampton is the perfect fit for Richmond who need ready-made midf...

What those picks do ensure is we finish bottom the next 2 years but maybe pick up very quickly after that. Very risky picks. Huge gambles that may pay off. Worth it after 140 years of failure. Good post. I agree! Get in the KPPs while we can, as they're saying the next 2 drafts are going to be ligh...

CityWest I have to agree with many here. This idea of yours lacks full thought. Those two players are central to our rebuild and will be still in their peak with 150 to 200 games of experience when we compete again for a flag. They are starting midfielders who have the hardened bodies ready for ful...

Collingwood are broadcast on channel seven more than twice we are. Surely this smudges poo into new membership opportunities or do we not care because we are sh*t? Seen but not heard in 2015. But that's ok because we get to watch Collingwood play in BLOCKBUSTERS. I have a young family and for a num...

Collingwood are broadcast on channel seven more than twice we are. Surely this smudges poo into new membership opportunities or do we not care because we are sh*t? Seen but not heard in 2015. But that's ok because we get to watch Collingwood play in BLOCKBUSTERS. I have a young family and for a num...

do we still have the 3 game membership thingy? that might help some people this year that cant get to many games that way you can downgrade the membership you are on now to a 3 or 5 gamer and not lose your continuity of membership in years :?: :idea: Good point. We may have to explore that option. ...

I have been a member forever , but you look at this fixture and almost say "what's the point of becoming a member" Only 14 games in melb out of 22 rounds ? With 4 of those sun twilight games. I thought they were giving that timeslot the well deserved arse. The sooner we f@#k Wellington of...

SainterK wrote:

matrix wrote:Breaking news.
Someone said something a year ago.....and if happened......a year later.


Deserves a ham sandwich

Ham is also overrated

Our cat doesn't think so...

but Pluggs these rumours do have some value ... we are 3 weeks from the g/f and people are still talking footy and its still dominating the sports reports - this year especially the interest has been the biggest so for the state of the game this is huge add to the fact its been nearly 8 weeks since...

My old Saints in England just won the RL grand final, so at least that's one Saints team that can bring home the biccies.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-league/29559845

Hopefully we're on the path to something similar!

Read this from Emma Quale today in the age. Ggreat article giving a brief description of most players in the draft and their coaches opinion of them http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-draft-combine-harvester-medium-midfielders-20141002-10pj9n.html Then I read this about CP....I especially li...

I remember Rod kicking 7 against Carlton at Princes Park back in '87...almost won the game for us off his own boot, except the dodgy timekeeper there seemed to think quarters of footy went for 37+ minutes - blew the siren immediately after Carlton goaled and we lost by a point. He was unstoppable th...

When you consider the change we got in the Hickey deal, I would rate that we paid around a mid second rounder for both Hickey & Longer. If we can't accommodate the two, we have the luxury of keeping the best one and more than likely trade out the other one fro a similar or better pick than we p...

All I saw was a TEAM who didn't get the job done, a few senior players whose hearts are clearly not in it, and a bunch of inexperienced players who are running around like headless chickens. Clearly the coach can't get this team motivated, and seems to have no clear game plan or structure..unaccoun...

It was actually a desperation pick after Mitch Brown fell through?! And he has worked out very well ... IMO he's better than brown at less than half the price Thought he might be a Maister.... He's ended up a steal! I totally agree. Plays very tight and backs himself in. Just what we needed so desp...

Funny how history repeats it's self though eh?