"Scott has been consistent in his message" And so have I...and so have a few others....Our prayers have been answered in more ways than I'd imagined...Ross 'ucked off and we've finally got a coach that understands balance. Pelchen has worked his magic, the young blokes have taken off the s...

Yep. Good Call...not only for some of the teams challenging for the flag but also for the spots in the top 8 I reckon. Managing your list is the key and dropping blokes who have had a couple of poor games in a row will ensure that all the list is on notice....Sandy are travelling well and there are ...

I'm sure the coach gives a rats, and of course Sam himself... Why would a defender come in for a forward cum midfielder??? Sam was noticeably our worst player tonight, Sam would be a straight swap for him. Simpkin is going to hold Gwilt out on current form You really have no idea. None at all.But i...

hopefully NicNat is still out and there are a few sore wet toasters...they looked pretty demoralised against the bummers on Saturday... How long did this group take to have a red hot crack when Lyon first arrived at the Saints 5 and half years ago?? Saints are looking like they have some of the hung...

I was wrong. And its awesome. And so was I and big deal. Maybe, just maybe, ONE player read this thread and said to himself "F*** that for a joke". As for you lot knocking me, you're a bunch of sad sacks. Enjoy the win. I am! Maybe, just maybe the players are sick to death of people outsi...

"At 10.30pm on Monday, Carlton will top the ladder....." and " What's an acceptable loss against Carlton? " I'll tell you what's shyte - your headlines are shyte saintspremiers!!! Yes we finished last year under Lyon the same way we started - with a crappy effort in a final - and...

Start the transition now - after he's had 3 or 4 poor efforts in a row - and he'll realise that his position is not guaranteed. You never know if ya don't give it a go!! Leave him out this week. Saad or Ledger or maybe Cripps may defend in our forward half better, and may even get front and square m...

Love these threads. Easily in our best 3 but start a negative thread. The best young player we have and by a huge margin. Why not look at Armo. Couldnt get a kick and ducked his head at a vital moment. BM did he dog it. Not at all but if it was Cripps he would have. It happens to nearly every playe...

Love these threads. Easily in our best 3 but start a negative thread. The best young player we have and by a huge margin. Why not look at Armo. Couldnt get a kick and ducked his head at a vital moment. BM did he dog it. Not at all but if it was Cripps he would have. It happens to nearly every playe...

Id argue continuing to obsessively play the same players week in week out based on past performance is far worse for morale than not rewarding some weird credits system based on good games played 3 years ago???. What an odd idea. Just imagine Ledger and co when you say..."sorry fellas we are c...

I like the way we are playing under Scotty and I like the gameplan. By and large, I like the team selections. Very good points Richter makes and i'd just like to add that it also comes down to footy philosophy. Do you want to top up your team with talented, natural footy players that you can mould a...

And how can Armitage get pummelled in the back attempting to mark, resulting in an injury, and have a free paid against him? Because Milne was holding on to Hodge's arm and the ump spotted it. Perhaps he could have also spotted that Hodge was reckless and caused Armo an injury with an illegal attem...

The tv camera zooms in on him after he misses and the fans 'feel' his frustration...Tall poppy syndrome- that's all...Nick's an easy target because that's what the tv showed and what the commentators talked about, but like others have said - he's not the reason we lost. He ran hard he competed hard ...

You're right Marto, though comparing him to Dal in terms of composure is like comparing a Ford with a Porsche. a better comparison is with Lenny or Dane Swan. Neither are elite users of the footy but both are efficient and have learnt to play within their capacities from that point of view. He's on...

The tiprat has a knack of swooping on an easy kill. Milne's has kicked a lot of goals in his career in junk time when the heat is off and games are basically done and dusted. He finally got one tonight when the game had already been decided but again went missing or failed to have an impact when the...

Blake and Kos and Stanley rucked ok. I thought our talls and especially our tall forwards weren't our weakness against Hawks. Not sure how Wilkes would've helped with team balance and with containing the Hawks forwards. That's where we lost it. Not enough effort and not enough support for Demster an...

Umpires are fuc#ing blind

If Chips was out there Buddy would not be contesting 1 on 1 with Dempster...That is pisssweak saints... Gilbo and ruckmen; where the fu## are you???

Roo is doing his job...there are a few others out there that haven't worked or run..... or made half the effort of our captain...

Kosiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Another mark and goal...He is the best full forward we have. That's his position - it's not rocket science - get it in quick and more times than not it'll be Kosiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Kosi and Stanley can play a big role tonight if we have planned for this all week. I reckon if we have at least 6 different goalkickers and our mids win their fair share of the footy. It's a cliche, but 22 players need to contribute - with all the forwards providing options not just Milne and Roo 80...

Wilkes unlucky. Kosi usually goes well fresh, so hope he can have an influence early. Hope Saad goes well on the big stage and with a big tv audience watching for his debut H&A match. Polo needs to be a good stopper tonight if he starts on the ground. I'd rather he comes on as a sub... 'we'll le...

Well they challenge and win if you are right. Joey certainly has had a few accidents in the last few years. Same as Kosi. Makes you wonder how the same players from our club get picked on. True… though young J. Selwood had a very similar incident last year too, didn't seem to contribute to his judg...

Yep!! Ahah...sorry i didn't communicate as well as you, but that was exactly my point about the 19 in a row...It came at a cost and the line-up needed refreshing and needed tweaking....19 in a row didn't mean squattlidoo when it came to preparing to win a GF...And maybe Armo might have been given a ...

Just a good player.... This was evident in 2007 when he was obviously a class above the VFL but we held back his development there whilst players we have now delisted were played... This is a guy who carried a depleted midfield against. hawthorn to an upset win, got 3 votes and was dropped shortly ...