Fascinating article. I found this part particularly interesting. One year after the sacking of coach Grant Thomas, the club is also divided over Ken Sheldon's position as head of the Saints' football department. Sheldon has been placed in charge of player contracts and that decision was a matter of ...

johnpeterbudgefanclub wrote:Probably 17 Easty knowing his mentality.....

Some would say that 17th out of a field of 16 was a mighty generous assessment of the Flying Scotsman's capabilities.

But that would perhaps be unkind.

B Voss: he was out of form towards the end of this year, but he's experienced, and his brother is a powerful person in the AFL world who the Saints wouldn't particularly want to put off side (and don't discount the importance of this point). I reckon he'll be retained unless he decides to retire. O...

Sounds like it will go ahead ... It does rather, doesn't it? Well, anyway, it sounds as if it has been al put together with some planning: Burkey would add an enormous amount of credibility to the ticket. Whoever leaked this to the Herald-Sun - presumably one of the organisers - was also extremely ...

Oh and when has plugger66 ever given us anything of note?? He even admitted it himself at one stage that he just guesses very well. :roll: That's what i would say too if I was actually privy to the good oil. People who know things have to be very careful what they post given all the journos who sco...

I think that the best way to judge the average age of a team is to look at its best 22-25 players, not to average out the ages of the entire list (which, given the turnover of players at most clubs these days, is unlikely to vary by all that much from club to club). That said, you are correct in poi...

i'm sure riewoldt could play there successfully, but imo he's too valuable doing what he's doing. Some might say he's also too valuable to be run into the ground each week as has happened this year. If he plays at FF, I reckon there'd be some possibility that he might keep going past the age of 28.

Iceman234 wrote:Surely the Saints vs Demons could be the only match up possible on Good Friday.

With the outcome held over until the Sunday.....

But this time the tomb wouldn't be empty because, when the AFL umpires crucify you, you stay crucified.

Out this season will be G, M clarke, Voss and Thommo retired. Delistings will be Raymond, Sweeney, Brooks and Ferg is in trouble. 7-8 out 2 promoted to main list. Not sure who they will be. One preseason pick and 4-5 draft picks. Fascinating info, if correct (and it usually is from this source). I ...

3. said he had no idea about the challenge to the board except scuttlebut around the office. Personally, I'm glad to hear that GT still has an office to go to somewhere. I assumed he might soon be heading for that same legendary dumpster that we have heard about on so many other threads (no names, ...

GT playing mcgough was infuriating. I was more infuriated by his failure to give McGough a go in 2006 after Lenny did his knee. McGough only ended up playing 12 AFL games for us out of a possible total of 47. He played pretty well at the Scorps in the second half of 2006 and never got a go in the s...

I'm going to suggest forward pocket crumber: it seems to be about the only position that hasn't been suggested yet!

Gee, you guys are all overrating Adelaide a fair bit IMO!! How I reckon it all might go (if I've gotten the finals system right) is Geelong, Eagles, Adelaide and Sydney all win in week one. Kangas beat Adelaide and Sydney beat Port in week two Eagles beat Kangas and Sydney beat Geelong in week three...

What a load of rubbish . Keeping B Voss because his brother is a powerful figure in the AFL and we wouldnt want to get him off side ? I see better logic written on toilet walls than that drivel !!!! And thats not me advocating delisting V2 . Its just me reading the logic on why we would keep him . ...

We can't stack it with midfielders ... we don't have any. This was certainly the case until a few weeks ago, but we have continued to play with IMO at least one midfielder too few while leaving the likes of Thommo, Armitage, Howard and McQualter and, in one game, Birss on the sidelines. I accept th...

Hey B4E, you are getting far too ambiguous these days: now, please, tell us what you really think about GT.

It is possible that new fitness staff could help at the margins (although was there anything that much wrong with Starch? He seemed to go ok at the Lions). But surely there are other causes for our current tendecy to become listless and seemingly lose the capacity to use basic skills like accurate k...

Interesting debate: Moreover, what on earth was Lyon doing leaving Thommo on the bench for most of the second half when some players on the field were looking like they were about to drop? Yes, I know that yesterday wasn't a crucial game, but Lyon has done this before with Thommo and other players....

MB, I have no doubt Caro has been speaking to the same person that has been leaking information to her in the past and it is where Burkie's name has come from. At lest she's now prepared to admit the leaks. It is typical of the snake running the club to attempt to paint a club legend as somehow dis...

I see Caro's out doing Rod's bidding again. "The reasons for Thomas' sacking were largely personal " . . . but then . . . "the decision, on balance, was the right one". :roll: But she at least touches on one the most important aspect of this whole sorry saga : "Questions wi...

Drat, I knew someone else would post this while I was writing my effort. I'll post my comments again here and hope the mods close down the thread I opened. Sub-text of this totally self-serving article is, methinks, that la Wilson has decided to bail out of the Butterss camp. The end of her article ...

I think all those posters who seem to want to delist half the team each season are going to be a tad disappointed. Thommo, M Clarke and Gehrig are gone and Harvey is no certainty to play on. I imagine that Raymond is a certainty to be cut, and Sweeney a strong chance. That's anywhere up to six gone ...

Interesting debate: good points made on both sides IMO. I can't see much value in bagging the coaching staff at this point in time. We will find out next year whether we have appointed another Tim Watson or - as some here seem to think - the next Messiah. I don't think anyone can be sure. There are ...

nah made his debut in Round 1 1995 against St Kilda Absolutely: sorry, had 1994 and 1995 around the wrong way in my mind: all I can really ever remember from that era is Gary Ablett Snr hanging his head as he received his loser's medal on GF day: I can never precisely which opponent inflicted the m...

What a shame. He deserved to be part of another premiership-winning team, but it wasn't to be. He's a mad bugger, but the type of charismatic talent that we don't see enough of in this era of run, chip, handball, run, chip, handball, etc. I suppose he's been worn down by the injuries and can't face ...