I’d expect nothing less from you Tony Imo Anyone who thinks it’s a positive that we are paying players to play at other clubs is a delusional sycophant With all due respect (or none of it in this case) … were you dropped on the head as a child? More than once? I don’t think anyone particularly like...

If we're talking Gresham the small fwd (rarely) - then it'll be Henry; If we're talking Gresham the sometimes centre sq mid - it'll be Dow.

Hoping like hell it's Hotton - he's a super clearance player with agility and loves kicking a goal

I get it that Kane Cornes, trade radio breakfast host, doesn't like the STKFC. Has never liked the Saints. Not sure why, but that's his problem. He's made his dislike abundantly clear and he's entitled to say whatever he wants. Except when it gets it wrong. And he got it very wrong when he said the...

The Sydney chatter on Jamarra will be scaring the dogs a bit. They will definitely want to clear some cap space. The great thing is that Sydney is soooooo going to make the Dullbogs pay way overs for Jamara. They've committed a huge chunk of their cap to Naughton; will do so again for English. And ...

Good deal but I fear that future second might be a decent pick. That very much depends on where St Kilda finish in 2024. Assuming Fremantle continue to slip down the ladder future 4th could well favour the Saints. Considering Henry's potential this was definitely a very good deal by the club. Gain ...

Good deal but I fear that future second might be a decent pick. That very much depends on where St Kilda finish in 2024. Assuming Fremantle continue to slip down the ladder future 4th could well favour the Saints. Considering Henry's potential this was definitely a very good deal by the club. Gain ...

Good deal but I fear that future second might be a decent pick. Exactly. I'd actually much rather have used this year's 2nd rounder in a weaker draft. The 2024 draft is stacked with mids and yet again - we've traded away our bargaining chip (future 2nd) in a stronger draft. Puts a lot of pressure t...

I’m going to make some observations about trade week and our footy club. Now, I don’t want to sound too critical because most of us are not privy to what is happening behind the scenes. But I will make these observations: 1. none of our trades are ever quick or smooth. Other AFL clubs seem to never...

The dogs obviously don’t rank him as they have only offered a future fourth round. I think that’s an insult for a former top ten draftee who has been injured. If he is now over the injuries he is a first 22 player. Saints should not accept a low ball over - I would rather he go to the PSD Spot on. ...

Have Essendon got an unlimited cap?! In Ben McKay - tier 1 Compo (850k) Jade Gresham - tier 1 Zane Duursma Parish just resigned- on plenty Shiel still on a monster deal Zach Merrett on big coin Mason Redman just resigned on big coin Peter Wright on good coin McGrath on good coin Slight point of ord...

Far better footballer than Byrnes who got a heap of games. They play different positions. We're recruiting Henry to play on the wing and Dow to play as a stoppage mid and centre bounce mid. Correct. Henry would be the upgrade on Byrnes. Dow would be an upgrade on Clarke. No he wouldn’t. Dow is simi...

We will still be a middle of the ladder club for a few years yet so there are many teams that could push us back to outside the 8. Our forward line will struggle again as will the midfield, it’s going to take a few years to get those areas of the ground stocked with enough talent to rise up from th...

For me, this Gresham deal will really shine a light on the footy smarts of SoS, Gubby and the off field team. They really shouldn't be accepting anything other than pick 13 as compo. If Essendon aren't paying enough to force a pick 13 compo, we absolutely should match to keep him - and/or force the...

Dow has been good at clearance work and has a better clearance average per game than any of our midfielders this year. Initially, I wasn't sure this was such a good move, but I have warmed to it. Any help we can get at the stoppages is greatly welcomed at this stage. We were destroyed there in 2023...

Chris Scott said… “The worst place to be clearly in today’s competition is the middle of the road because you get nothing.“ Ironically I actually would rather be in Norths position over the next few years than as ours as they will leap frog us now with the AFL assistance. I have felt for some time ...

King for Hayes. Ross for Stocker. Sheesh … didn’t see that coming.

SaintPav wrote: ↑Sat 26 Aug 2023 10:04pm We did ok. Flattering margin.

Their list is way superior to ours. Arguably the best list in the AFL.

Don’t disagree. Miles ahead. They’re ready now - we’ve barely started building a proper nucleus.

But they’re coached by Captain Snooze and we’re not.

I don't know if it's that teams are bad at the Gabba, or that Brisbane travel poorly. It's not a ground with a significant size or shape advantage like the SCG or Kardinia Park. It's 3m narrow and 4m shorter than the MCG. 9m narrower 3.5m shorter and than Docklands. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022...

Phillipou looks lost at CB I’ve not yet seen him touch the footy at a centre clearance He’s going to be a fine player But really, if he wasn’t tagged as a high potential player and was rated on actual output- he’d be criticised In other words If Billings, Byrnes, Hill or Gresham were averaging 10pp...

To paraphrase the view from an ex-player I know well who is gay: - "I didn't care if my family and friends knew or didn't know I was gay. I didn't care what my teammates knew or didn't know and the majority definitely knew I was gay. I never actually came out - it was just a thing that everyone...

The Jamie Cripps payback a dozen years later. Amazing!! Go you mighty Sainters!!

Is what I’m hearing The word is Gresham - gone Clark - gone Billings- gone Coffield - gone Jones - gone Howard - maybe gone? About 4 kids gone too Adams, Allison, Connolly, Bytel In Dow, J Silvagni, and a buck of 3rd and 4th rounders I am at a loss as to why you’ve been so strongly criticised for v...

The natural improvement of Wanganeen-Milera, Owens and Windhager plus the addition of Phillipou = improvement From last season we lost Ryder, Hannebery and Geary all of whom were not consistently on the park plus we lost Long also in and out of the side That is the personnel comparative Injuries ha...

SaintPav wrote: ↑Wed 16 Aug 2023 2:52pm Not sure what all the bitching is about.

Bevo senior landed us Justin Sweeney.

Brad Howard says 'hi'!!

I don't understand , ar any level, the idea of trading Marshall. One of the top 5 ruckman in the league....one of the few things we have going our way. Throw in the context that RTB has always really liked his rucks. Had King and Gardiner in our first run and had 2 rucks for a chunk of his time at ...