Ha ha, nice one to get us going. The touch of laziness factor would have me concerned - seriously underperformed. But I would have utter faith in Lyon and the strong player leaders that that would work. Ball and Lenny just feeding it to Dal and Surgoyne - nice! And Joey can go and get it and feed it...

I was very disappointed for Gilbert. At least BJ made the 22 and all others were included. Still, generally (well at least to me) you have little to argue with the 22, so you still need to find someone to boot out. Gilbert lost out to momentum, which I don't think was correct and didn't reward his v...

I remember a comment from Ross perhaps two or three months back about Raph. It must have been soon after his return (maybe a week or so) or the game back for Raph. Anyway, I found it quite interesting. He said that Raph takes some time to come up or something along those lines. In the context, it co...

Actually, it was Ball's hardball get and quick kick under pressure that set off the scramble forward that led to Roo's fifth. I will need to run the tape back but for the limited amount of game time he played (why was it so low?), I thought he did quite ok.

Buckley. Controversial though it still is.

Yes, yes, 1997 PF. I will never forget a lone Saints supporter sitting a couple of rows in front of me yelling out "King Carey, HA, where are you and what are you doing now? It's King Harvey. King Harvey"!! Yep, highlight to date for mine, perhaps rivaled by the win in Adelaide in 05 in th...

As posted elsewhere, I had my doubts on our capacity to flick the switch; I was keeping the faith but was concerned and shaking like a French soldier for most of Sunday. Alas, to those saying suck up the nerves, you were right and we of little faith were needlessly concerned! It wasn't particularly ...

It is chock full of issues for Mick. Hero if they win, absolute disaster if Rocca plays and the Saints win. I do feel very comfortable with it though! What I'm not at all rapt with is Dick and Wellingham being dropped. That's absolute garbage. Those two deadbeats would have had max. 8 disposals betw...

Agree - there is something in that. Still, if you remove the 20 wins and just look at top spot, then over the past decade and a half the minor premiership winner is hitting at about 33% (from memory). Some of those minor premier winners are perhaps not what you would call the best team and unlucky t...

I think we were heavily weighted to the tall side over recent weeks. Most of our defence is 6,3 plus - but they are adaptable and almost all can play small and tall. I would simply take Max ahead of Dempster. Dempster is about 6,3 by the way! He's hardly more primed for Medhurst than Max. Anyway, al...

There actually has been another thread but if this somehow helps with the 0.00004% of helping him getting to Moorabbin, I would be rapt. Ah ha, yeah. (iWigsy has a little bit of a choke on his own vomiti). Agree with all those above. I really don't understand WHYYY?! Backup? Pick a kid at 80 and cro...

Yes, another pacey, but both in and out mid would be nice. I'm still keen on that third/fourth target up forward. Doesn't need to be a tall, but another genuine goalkicker to release the pressure on Roo/Kosi/Milne. That's all theory, though, as someone needs to become available. Recent trading by th...

Well, the Other Thommo, inspiring stuff, but like some others I am yet to be convinced. I'm not sure we can do anything until it pans out on Sunday. A loss (well, more than a goal or so) would confirm the nightmare, but clearly not put an end to us. Perhaps we become the hunter once again. A win, an...

Sometimes the work rationale is a legitimate problem! Ie, when you're working! Bad luck I guess. Anyway, public we go.

"Pretty simple. Didak wasnt going to get a gig so they put him in the mid. Swan is getting a gig but if he was in the mid another mid would miss out that they wanted in. Swan will will be picked as a HFF and a player like Lenny can get in the midfield. Actually doesnt sound that simple afterall...

Nope, no good, devastated. I was at work and wasn't able to log-in or call - my wife was also at work and had tried for most of the morning without luck until I received that fateful text message! Can anyone fill me in on the actual process for GF tickets? Do we go into a ballot? I'm still confident...

Agree on Gilbert - I will be so disappointed if he doesn't make the 22. Still, I'm not counting him as a lock because we aint selecting the team! Most of the selections actually give me some confidence that they are truly watching all games and not simply picking on the back of reputations and built...

IMO, Ball would still be a better bet in a permanent HF role. He may be a fair way from the top of his game, but I still think in the heat of a GF he would be a solid contributor. I have seriously watched him closely this year and he's simply not doing enough in the midfield, but I think his output ...

Good point, Star Sign. We do have some options. I'm actually surprised over the past two years that Raph Clarke hasn't been offered the opportunity to see how goes up forward. He may well not be the best swingman, but he did play forward as a junior and those long arms could make him a little hard t...

And by the listed players I mean in the mould of, not trading for those players. Lynch could well be an answer in the next 24 months, but no reason why we can't try for more!

It's a great opportunity as well for us to have another year of 3-5 kids through the draft rather than going down the Carlton-Swans path of topping up with mediocre players. Most kids that are going to be much show some pretty good signs in their first two seasons, so move on those that haven't show...