Good thoughtful post

x gets the ball fine...

He just needs to finish better.....and that is the frustration because we know that he can be good.

call it unfair if yoy will...but X snagging 4 goals = we win...kicking 1.3 = they win

Well I assume that no news is good news...

I did see in another string that Plugga had said that he had spoken with Gilbert on the night and that he (Gilbert) thought he would be right...

X SHOULD be the HF that we need... He has the pace..the dash..the run down hard tackle BUT he does not have the knack of kicking goals when he is in poasition to do so.. He either needs to solve his kicking problem...or get ready to have his spot taken in the 22. He SHOULD be good enough....but curr...

...you don't draft a tough guy just because he's tough fully agree.....if you can't play footy you should not geta game.. I am not talking pushing and shoving....but for eaxmple a well executed hip and shoulder and running througha player (legally) when you have the chance. Mean bast**** do it........

Xavier Clarke
#3 St Kilda Saints
Age: 23yr 10mth Games: 94

X is basically 24 with close enough to 100games....he really needs to start playing more like a 100 game player.

I would think that 100games is way to high a mark to set as split for someone being "iexeperienced"....


More like say 50 odd that players should be valuable contributors...abd be settling down into good steady football..


And say 25 odd to be still very raw...

Well observed MB on the coaches..... Though on your last point although, if you believe some posters on this forum, we have a hopeless list as well ). I don't there would be many who think we havea HOPELESS list.... Personally I think we havae good list...but with some flaws in it that need addressi...

Watts kicked 7 against the bottom team in the VFL who made changes to give younger players a go. The Tassie defence was no where near AFL standard. Some of our local sides could beat the Tassie VFL team. :oops: :oops: Ah...a voice of reason.... Casey knocks off the wooden spooners and suddely we wa...

Herald sun report: In the other match yesterday, the Casey Scorpions enhanced their final-eight aspirations with a 10-goal victory over wooden spooners the Tassie Devils at the Bellerive Oval. . Perhaps before we elevate a third of the Casey team for our glorius win....we should reflect on the qual...

The sports facilities there aren't too crash hot , there's a rather overcrowded Gym, but at least there's a decent size pool. . But would that not be the point....and the argument for the various Stae and Federal Governments to chip ina few million each....that the saints geta new ehnaced facility,...

My initial reaction is: great idea!! :) indeed...as the ide would be to link in with some sports medicine boffins......and no doubt have some new and shared sports facilities witha group that would appreciate it... Speculating that as the land would I assume be Federal...that they can get around Co...

I was hoping to read something on the forum today on this as......

I heard on 3AWs Rumour File this morning that the Saints new training base would be at Monash Uni.....



Now it is not called the rumour file for no good reason....

But had anyone heard any whispers?????

Why does it not surprise me to learn today that Ray McLean has been involved with the Cats of late.... http://www.leadingteams.net.au/www/303/1001127/displayarticle/1001329.html Ray was involved with the Saints before .......when we were on the rise... And started with the Swans about 5 yeras ago......

""Welease Wodewick....".....""I mean Watts""

Roos said it was the Swans best game of the year, so we weren't far off the mark. I haven't watched the Swans play much this year (why bother, when the living room wall is there), but Saturday night was a game in which the majority of their star players showed nothing or next to nothing, their defe...

We hada HF in X...but he could not convert all that he should have.

whilst i hear what your saying, can we please stop bringing the past up. Fact of the matter is that were playing below the potential that we have, no excuse can cover that up. Who is to blame? not RL imho, but rather the mentally weak playing group who refuse to dig deep when they absolutely must. ...

The way forward::: Learn to play the defensive side of our game better...we are actually improving greatly at this Rebuild and expand our midfield....no short cuts here I am afraid Excecute better....(easier said than done......and RL has a battle here.. ie why did X miss 3 sodas...was it confiedenc...

There is a contiinual undercurrent by many hinting that if we just returned to how we played in the streak that all would well...."the good ole days" hypothesis. Such thoughts ignore: 1/ That we don't play in a vaccum. The main reason the streak stopped was that opposition teams changed ho...

also, you don't draft toughness...how silly...it's not a biological parameter like height or speed...it's attitudinal and all players can have it and all players can lose it . . . . attitudinal not an inherent list characteristic Quite frankly that is pure rubbish... While you can get ALL players t...

That is probably the most sensible post written post-Swans game...

I apologise for not being negative....but one HUGE plus from the Swans game for me was that Max was back in town with a very good game on Hall. Max was back to near his best with great timing and his signature closing speed to spoil. Wonderful what some match practice can do....anad few games to get...

I would imagine that little will be known till the scans are done...

So lets see if I have this right... The Swans are now running themselves into the form that got them into the last 2 grand finals... That for much of the game the Saints were competitive....and indeed if X Clarke had not missed 3 simple goals....and the Swans not got some real gifts such as the free...