Except he didn't hand it to him. It was taken from him. B ig difference. The ball is wrenched from players hands numerous times during a game. I agree Ablett would have been more than happy to allow Selwood to 'take' the ball. Almost impossible to draw a fee kick from. A bit like a player whose inte...

How can it possibly be deemed a throw if someone rips the ball out of your hands? I actually thought it was brilliant. Is it possible for us supporters to love our team and still recognise the brilliance of the opposition? THe merit of our win only becomes so highly rated due to the opposition. Harr...

If Eddy could clean up his disposal a bit he will be a good solid player for us. AS we have seen with Dawson, disposal can improve markedly with confidence. Gives plenty of run, and I suspect that we need that more than a shut down player this week.

My tip - Eddy in.

I'm sure this has already been highlighted, but just one more time. I checked out the replay yesterday and there was a tackle Dal Santo laid on a Cat, which spilled out of his hands, swooped up by Lenny Hayes and the umpire calls advantage. Lenny then goes on to shank the kick and the pill end ups ...

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I reckon we play well against the crows, so may be wishful thinking. Haven't looked at the draw, but that's the order I rate them.

On the other hand, we now know what sort of effort is required to play against top class opposition. Hopefully the boys are in the zone and their confidence is up. Usually it's injuries that unsettle a team. Fortunately we don't have any. The boys are starting to play like a well oiled machine at th...

You must have been ropeable at Max back in 2002 I think it was, when we lost a close game, and looked like we would never win a game. Max was balling like a baby. I don't mind a bit of emotion in the boys, as long as it's controlled during the game. And for what it's worth, if the cats players had s...

Premierships matter . The rest is just filler. Disagree 100%. If it was so, you and the rest of us wouldn't be on this board; 54,444 would not have gone along on Sunday to witness one of the all time great matches and games; 33,010 would not have signed up to become members; a few thousand die hard...

You're all very generous...Milne must have taken a hit for the team in the last 4 games He has not a good record against quality opposition I did notice our captain clap him when he passed to mcqualter for a goal..this was good to see as his vision can be extremely limited he was directly responsib...

Didn't win as much of the ball, but I thought he kicked the ball much better this week - almost as if he knew that poor kicks would be punished. I have read many posters who have critisized his effort and intensity. Whilst he doesn't have Lenny's or Balls committment at the contest, I though there w...

Can play, Gablett, but gee - add last Sunday's reaction to the abject horror on his mug when he lost last year's Brownlow and the childish sookery of last year's Grannie defeat...Hmmmm...I'm glad we don't have those types among our 22 is all I'll say... I'd hope that every one of our blokes reacts ...

kalsaint wrote: I am, however, concerned about the 5 day break to play Essenscum at Etihad the following week (their home game). This pans out just like last time hopefully the Dons dont do so well this time.

I think you'll find that we play the crows after the eagles. And it's on a 7 day break.

To be fair, he hasn't set a high standard this year though, so it wasn't hard to play his best game. I am in the minority with other supporters who believe that Raph is important to our team going fwd. Needs to eradicate silly errors (like that careless tackle in the dying minutes) and maintain his ...

Bloody Hell, at the end of the day Gardiner could easily have failed as well. Doesn't mean you have better or worse footy knowledge. It's how you reason your arguments I reckon. Some ppl were just blindly hoping he would come good, others had good reason to think he would. Others had good reasons wh...

How often has Rooey missed selection in this team this year? Is their a more consistent player in the comp?

I was thinking the same thing. Geelong are hardly besot with injuries at the moment, yet their depth is hardly mind bogling. Simon Hogan isn't exactly a walk up start in most other teams. Neither is David Johnson who he replaced. Their midfield is superb, no doubting that. I don't reckon I've seen a...

I thought at the point that Chapman wabbled through that flukey/lucky goal from o/s 50 in the last 1/4 that the cats appeared to be really struggling. First up the 50 wasn't there. Schneider turned his back into Bartel to make minimal impact with him. Bartel wasn't impeded and had already given the ...

Bloody disgraceful that interstate teams play 3-4 games there this year and we only play one. For instance, why are big Vic clubs like Collingwood playing their home games against us at Etihad and playing interstate teams at the G?

I agree Solar. Thought Dal did some ripper things throughout the game, and showed real class. Thought Lingy looked rushed many of the times he got possessions. If Dal had kicked that goal in the last 1/4 would have capped off a solid display. Ppl forget that Lenny rarely gets a hard tag these days, ...

Not much has been mentioned about kosi's game but I thought he was sensational. What could have been a concerning match up turned out to be a clear win to the saints in my opinion. I don't read the hard copy of papers, so don't ever have stats in front of me, but I didn't notice Scarlett running up ...

I reckon everyone contributed today. Rapt that some on here have pointed out what Geary was doing - on MMM harley was voted third worst on the ground. His influence was crucial to negate due to the fact that our power fwds are our strength. Milney was a bit quiet but still had 10 possies and a cruc...

No way. Every bloke who plays for the saints has to earn his spot. We've got a 7 day break. Are we going to rest players after a hard final, ie prelim? We've got brilliant fitness staff - this is where they really earn their keep. There will no doubt be some sort of let down, but we shouldn't be tak...

Was wondering what ppl would say about Gram's disposal this week. I thought his kicking improved substantially. Don't know what his possession count was - but I thought he contributed and didn't turn the ball over at all.

I reckon everyone contributed today. Rapt that some on here have pointed out what Geary was doing - on MMM harley was voted third worst on the ground. His influence was crucial to negate due to the fact that our power fwds are our strength. Milney was a bit quiet but still had 10 possies and a cruci...

I'll stick my head on the chopping block and say that at the moment the backline is fine and Max should be the one left out. We need to perservere with either raph or Dempster. We need more run from the backline. Once we get the run we start to break lines and this frees up Rooey and Kosi down fwd. ...