We were told by the board that the new coach was being brought in to tweak. Well that may have been the Board's view,,,but not mine. In my view GT badly mismanaged the list he won by luck (Blightlotto, finish low...and the Blues cheating...plus priorty picks in the years we finished low...ALL LUCK ...

[ One no fivated ona few stars winning games off their won boot...and one that wants the team to earn their wins. ---- But the Me Now Generation want all the damage fixed instantly. First of all, how can you say that? GT was hell bent on playing team oriented football. Just because it wasnt a defen...

we are still a chance here its not time to bring out our dead yet ..... Yep we are not dead yet. We still have an ok crack at this years flag....and will be better set up over the next two years. The dees I hope will beat the Pies..and if so they may not win another game this season. Injury wise Ma...

killa_gram wrote:Thommo has injured his knee. Ross has told him to rest and get it right and if we don’t make the finals he will be given a retirement game for round 22.

Now there is a Catch 22.




Great servant for the Saints.

Even I whom am not Blakes biggest fan can see the sense in the match ups in the ruck this week. Many crtitise RL for no plan B...even when he varies selections based on who we are playing... Swans had two big experienced rucks...so rix in.. Freo have 2 inexperienced ones...with one undersized one. S...

Life Long Saint wrote:Milne would have been swapped for some older player from the Dons..

When, in the last five years prior to this one, have we recruited someone older than 26?

Milne >>>>>>>>>>>>>Johnson

If we were serious about having a crack at a flag this year Thomas should not have been sacked. He obviously wasn't a master-coach on match-day, but towards the end of 2006 we were playing a very impressive brand of footy. We were running with the footy, kicking long to multiple optons, going hard ...

ben_fff wrote: Why bring in Birss? Lyon plays him in a negating role, we don't need Baker/L.Fisher and another stopper, it's just pointless, at least he dropped Attard, .

Well with Attard out.....Birrs can play as a stopper.

Looks like Max on Farmer

as of the end of this year.

Press Conference just done.



A very good player..congrats on an outstanding career.

Win the ball in the centre kick it to Frase,Roo,Milney in the forward line not the wing or half back.... Goal Do it as much as you can per game. Is it that hard. Im with JB. even when we win i dont race home anymore to watch the replay or tape the game can see the whole match highlights on the winn...

Sure, Baker played in the backline quite a lot in 2004, but in 2005 and 2006 he increasingly played in the midfield and not purely in a negative role. I don't think Bakes has ever beena high possession getter..... Career Season Averages (Since 2000) Year Team Games Kicks Handballs Disposals Marks G...

Surely he had a contract in place and the StKFC would have/ should have met all the entitlements of that contract on its termination. Very unprofessional by the StKFC IMO. GT – to me is a snake in the grass! . What makes you think that they did not pay him out with respect to entitlements etc????...

Attard is differant to stoppers like Ling Bakes and Sewell as they play primarily on other teams best mids while Attard plays deep in defence. I couldnt care if he average 5 possys a game as long as he beats his opponent . Exactly...fully agree LOOK where he plays....THINK about what his assigned t...

No saying he would go back to Adelaide....but realistically of the players that we could afford to lose..Watts....is one of the very few on our list that could have trade value. If we assume that GTrain plays on....we have G, Kosi and Roo that would all be in front of him. His only role would appear...

Priority 1 has to be keeping everyone healthy. Indeed. Our current reduction in injuries give some hope....as dose the hiring of the AIS boffins. On the downside we need better traing facilities and this has not been resolved...and allowing for build time this is say at least 18 months away.... The...

While I grit my teeth that it is not us... The fact is that the Cats have worked hard to get where they are.... They have considered where they were weak .....and have improved their list in those areas. They did not ignore them....nor except that a so-so player was good enough. Asa poster said abov...

He is achieving the tasks that the coach has set him...

They stuck with their coach too. Yes after fully restructuring his job.... **to turn him into a 100% coach....something that GT argued vehemently against as being the way to go... ** by employing Balme as the Football Manager without involving Thompson at all...and only advising him after the fact....

$7500 now...and $7500 sspended...


So effectively $7500!!!

Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!

Collingwood's approach of cutting anyone they didn't see as good enough to play in a premiership (the Clokes for example) and try and blood as many guys as possible while not playing favourites too much. Of course, being gutsy in that way looks better when they get the results they have this year. ...

Take tanking to mean for the purposes of this string to mean setting yourself up for next year....rather than to mean to secure priorty or low picks only...

Play to win. Whether or not to emulate the bottom of the ladder teams is not one of them. My tanking comment.....reloading etc was not meant to refer to the Tigers or Blues... But rather to compare ouslves with other ""final eight" teams who have rebuilt themselves...or are doing so....

Yes the Club needs to lift it's game members wise. Archie will need to make sure that the 2008 Membership Packages and Promotion is a stp up from what has happened the last 12 months. With exiting Tassie and GT, membership numbers were always going to bea struggle this year, BUT even so the Club's r...

That is why our players need a massive pre-season at the end of this year. . and notable that many of the players, and key players at that, did not really have a proper pre-season for 2007. Contrast with say the Cats who tanked last year and maximised their pre-season.... However fitness, including...

JeffDunne wrote:If anyone at the club is thinking anything other than option 1 they should leave now.

I actually agree....

but have just put this up asa discussion point