I don't quite understand Patto in our side, both he and Stanley can't kick the ball to save themselves, but so much more upside to Stanley as he is the future. I suppose Patto deserved his spot due to great form in the twos. We have Gardi and Mac already. With Koz back, thats enough in the way of BI...

“Collingwood forward Jack Anthony was also cleared after a clumsy bump collected Port Adelaide's Daniel Stewart in the head. The panel said Stewart dropped a mark, contributing to the high contact.â€

borderbarry wrote:With Bakes out for the rest of the Home and Away Season, I thought it would be a good time to try out young Simpkin as a defender. He has been very consistent over the last two years.

But whose spot will he take? If he wont play senior footy, no point promoting him.

THE AFL's football operations manager Adrian Anderson has defended the tough nine-match suspension handed out to Steven Baker, and taken aim at the St Kilda defender's style of football. He said Baker's actions during the Saints' win over Geelong, in particular hitting the injured hand of opponent ...

Warning: you may not enjoy reading this, I'm not so sure I'm going to enjoy writing it!! When Bakes got done, I said it happens a few times, sometimes a dozen times every match. Cheap shots in the guts, kidney punches, jumper punches, flying elbows, its not going to change anything. Every match this...

Jumper punch Baker did on Stafford ...as popularised by Judd (but never penalised). Did Kosi receive the longest suspension ever for a jumper punch? Has Barry Hall ever received a suspension for a jumper punch? There are 10 jumper punches a game which is what makes it even more ridiculous, remember...

Is Miles a rookie or is he now on the main playing list this year? I've seen his name popping up in the best players in Sandy the last few weeks

battye wrote:Staring with intent to attempt to strike.

Only a matter of time.

I remember Sammy Hammill and I think Goddard too have had frees paid against them for looking at the umpire the wrong way and being threatening toward them!

If St Kilda take it to court, we'll probably end up coming home with Baker suspended for the 2011 season and owing Lovett more money! :shock: Have we ever gotten our way when appealling anything?! It seems we just don't have enough people in important influencial AFL/Media positions :roll: The only ...

What effect did the telecast coverage have on this decision? During each of the breaks and every replay I saw it was Baker giving jabs, then suddenly Baker in the next shot with a bung eye - didn't even show the hit on him. The fact Bakes actually received an injury and a pretty obvious one at that ...

Now that we are kicking winning scores without him, then we must consider him at FB? It will solve the Zac Dawson issues we've all been having this year and Zac could finally be left at Sandy for good!! :lol: jk Just keep Roo where Roo belongs doing his thing in the forward line, end of story. :)

on a dry night last night the scores wouldve been much higher from both teams.... (obviously) You mean Geelong might have kicked a goal in the second half? :lol: I don't care how we play, so long as we win the big one thats all that matters. I remember Roos and Sydney being critisized the other yea...

Peake looks as though he is settling into the team quite well, which in hindsight, was always going to take a little time so hopefully he keeps it up. Still needs to work on some things but I can definitely see the upside. Dempster down back was good, please don't play him as a defensive forward (lo...

I really liked Dempster being back there. Definately a better player playing in the backline as opposed to that negative forward role we had him playing last year.

I think he did enough to keep his spot to be honest.

Top 4 possie with a fully fit squad is what I want this year (edit: after round 22!). Last year showed us that it means nothing to win a match vs Geelong mid year.

Even if it does not work out with Jesse, a late pick in a weak draft was probably not a big loss. Certainly not our worst spending of a draft pick last year. He did only have 20-30% range of motion in that ankle when he arrived, which was apparently improved to 80%. The setback is disappointing, bu...

When Roo comes back, Roo does what Roo does best and plays his normal role. He's been running for a while now hasn't he? There is no chance they'd even consider bringing him back even a week too early, so when he comes back, he'll be good to go. I just wish Rhys could kick a few of those set shots h...

I'm waiting for Raph to come into this. Reason being Raph was a bit of a fairytale choice due to X already being at the club. Winmar, right or wrong, but I think thats a bit of a fairytale choice also. Now i'm not saying either of these guys were a wrong decision, time will tell with both, but I wou...

I actually saw him centre it last night with his left, couldn't believe it but didn't look bad at all, not quite sure why he would kick on his right no matter what last week. He does add that pace and can find the goals but needs the polish. As previously stated lacks penetration in his kicking at t...

Just the news I love to hear! Good to hear about Jesse Smith too, I just hope that talking about him wasn't just a filler for the article, I got a little overexcited about him last night and put him in my SC team this year, Jesse that is. Hopefully he can break into the team after the break and neve...

The thing that gets me is a bloke can scoop it, throw it do anything bar dispose of it correctly and as long as it gets out of the pack thats all that matters. The dropping the ball, sorry - 'spilt free' - issues get to me as the tackler always gets pinged for holding the man. The holding the ball r...

I couldn't see him leaving, I'm sure I've seen him dirty on another player for leaving the club? Can't see that happening with him, especially after the years of other clubs being after him - if he were to leave, he would be at Essendon already.

?????????? Arguably our best defender for the past 2 weeks has been Raph Clarke. NO MENTION??????????? !! Agreed!!! Raph has been one of our best in each of the last 2 games. There is no way he loses his place. Can't quite believe it but I'm agreeing with this comment. We would have to be one club ...

Last weeks game was possibly the only way the Tigers could have won. It wasn't just wet it was a lake! Just hard, tough footy where foot skills don't come into it, but, it was one hell of a slog! We normally have worked sides over by the last quarter, and I expect Richmond will be out on their feet ...

Last year v Geelong (first time we played them) for me.