What else would you expect from that muppet?

Will wonders never cease! The AFL and Ticketek combine to provide me with a Grand Final Ticket within 20 minutes of opening! That has made all the years of being a AFL Club Support member worthwhile. And for the first time ever I've secured a ticket, centre wing 11 rows from the front, rather that b...

P66, I wish I could pay the "brain demishes with age" line as a deliberately clever mistake. But your priors suggest otherwise. Another accidental P66 "gem". We are never so stupid as when we're trying to be smart........ Just enjoy the week old fella, and save your brain for nex...

I've not been a fan of Raph in the past, but I think he's improved tremendously as his confidence has built over the journey this year. Last night, apart from two clangers, I thought he put in his best effort for the year. He took some crucial marks and used his body very effectively in the tight co...

Eddy continues to get a game because he plays a specific role in the set up. He is literally a "decoy" forward/midfielder whose job it is to create space for Roo and Kosi, then to apply forward pressure. The others simply don't kick it to him, or use him unless it's a last resort. In the 3...

Oh dear MB. Eade "outcoached" RL again (3-0 to RL this year)? Maybe this thread has finally gotten to you. While last night was not our finest effort, I think the battle of the coaching boxes was pretty even. RL seemed to pull the right reins at the right times. If Eade had outcoached RL, ...

Riewoldt dragged us over the line almost single handedly, al a Wayne Carey at his best. What more can you say about him. Out and out champion! Will take us to a flag!

Doesn't detract from your excellent Milton the Monster metaphor, Mr Magic! (Some nice alliteration there too) Great to see one of my childhood favourites mentioned. Thread creeps inexorably towards 30 pages!

I know it's usually magpies that swoop BS, but I saw the bloody thing land on a fence ahead of me. It was all black and it started cawing. It was like something out of a Hitchcock movie. Weird. Then again I may have misjudged my medications dose again.........

It's a tincture of tenderness! One post closer to 30 pages. Come on, we can do it!

If it had have been a magpie it would have undoubtedly missed me!

I went for a jog on the morning of the '97 Grand Final and was swooped by a crow. How prophetic was that? And I was wearing a saints training top to boot!

Why isn't someone who is employed to make comments, precisely because he is an ex-coach and player, not be allowed to do so? I would have thought GT's experiences on and off the field are the very reasons he's been given the gig. If anything, the 05 experience adds weight to his comments because he ...

Spot on Cowboy18!

I just wanted to be a part of this record-breaking thread.

It's scheissen ( can use the "sz" or capital B looking figure) Schiessen is to shoot something.

Surely there must be some of Trevor Barker's DNA out there. He was pretty prolific in the Saints Disco heyday. I bet there's a few suburban champs of unknown or doubtful parentage. Let's start the hunt for a team full of Trevor Barkers under the father/son rule (New DNA version). BTW, apparently one...

Is there no All-Australian coach? Who gets the "Coach of the YEar" award if there is still such a thing?

It's amazing how far some people can stretch social welfare payments. Now I understand your animosity towards Stinger, P66. He's got a job and you haven't. I thought as much.

P66 finds it funny that people have a go at a gambling addict. Why then do you constantly have a go at Stinger for being a cleaner? Isn't he just earning an honest living? Is he actually a cleaner? How would you know? What sort of work do you do? I'm guessing the local chemist employs you to stand o...

What Stinger said + 1.

Failed gambler. Loser of the highest order. Last year it was the cocky saints that gave him the sh*ts. This year it's the nervous, superstitious saints that give hi the s****s. He can't seen to make up his mind. No wonder the goose was a sh*thouse punter who lost all his money. Who cares what that i...

Any win in a final is a MAGNIFICENT win! As in golf, it's not how, it's how many that counts. One point or a hundred. Makes no difference. We're in sight of the big dance and that's all that matters.

Let's face it. It's out of us and Geelong. That win was the most impressive finals victory I've seen in 40 years of following the saints. There's a look of certainty about the way they're going about it. Something I've never seen from the saints before. Geelong at full strength and firing on all 8 c...

I think Raph also suffers from "Mark Waugh" syndrome. That is he looks a lot more casual than he is. Raph is surprisingly quick across the ground, but his loping gait makes it look at times that he is going less than 100%. He was a super athlete as a kid when he was drafted, and at times w...