Fuggen Collingwood are suggesting that they might rest Buckley and a few others. Is this really true? When they are a realistic chance to make the top 4 or, at least, to play us or Adelaide rather than Sydney in the EF (which is surely the preferable option, given how tough Sydney have proven thems...

In fairness to the 'inflexible' comments regarding Lyon's coaching, he has to be 'inflexible'. When a team is learning to play a certain style, you simply have to stick to it. Time and time again. Over and over again. If it doesn't appear to be working, you shouldn't panic and change tact for a sho...

Yes, Hird is one of the all-time greats: has struggled heroically to overcome many serious injuries throughout his career (he was even badly injured when playing for Ainslie in Canberra). But has played many extraordinary games and can be proud of everything he has achieved: including his umpiring c...

Hey all you speculators about changes for next week, and people who suggest that Thommo will only get in if Harves isn't right, I have a simple question. Is X going to be ok for next week? BTW, St Fid: what exactly did Ferguson do on Friday that would make it a mistake to leave him out? It wasn't ob...

I think the smart money will be on Harves playing on.

Sigh......Teflon and others. A man is allowed to have an opinion FFS!! RL suffers from inflexibility, as did GT. IMO, neither of them are particularly talented coaches (although RL clearly still has time to develop into something better). You watch the match day tactics of a Sheedy or a Matthews or ...

RL appears a little inflexible at times.

Truer words were never written.

If our list is as bad as you keep telling us B4E - slowest midfield in the comp, etc. - then why are we set yet again to win more than half of our games and possibly still make the finals with yet another horrendous year of injuries, a new coach who doesn't really know what he's doing, etc., etc.? H...

I'm certainly no fan of RB or the flying Scotsman, but I don't know that you are being fair. To me, it seems like they are adopting a reasonable approach with a player who - on past performances - runs a greater than average risk of serious injury. Presumably the club wants to avoid another Hamill-t...

I don't understand how anyone can say that Raph was actually "good" last night: he made heaps of mistakes and often looked rather uncertain with the ball in his hands. But during the game he did a number of things that showed the enormous potential he has. He got into good positions to tak...

Dal was a bit disappointing again last night: although his effort can't be faulted. I don't really understand why Lyon uses him to do so much grunt work when his attacking skills are potentially so devastating. I would have thought that the likes of Birss or McQualter (or Thommo when fit) could be u...

last night was simply put a top 4 side beating a top 8 side there were pleanty of possitives to the game but cause we lost they will be forgoton by all on here in all honesty i though we played well pretty much all night but were beaten by a better team its not like we tryed to defend our lead and ...

I find it funny that I'm defending Lyon's efforts tonight, and those of some of the players I don't normally like like Blake and Birss (and, while I'm at it, I actually thought Attard had a great go before he got injured). A final thought, because I know that dwelling on Saintsational too long with ...

But he IS a drug cheat. :? Well, to be fair (and I know I used the word "cheat" first) he isn't a user of performance enhancing drugs, but is a person who clearly has serious problems with illicit drugs. But, as we already knew and tonight's Channel Seven news suggested again, he's hardly...

We tried hard, but, eugh, I'm sorry - we were up 35-7 and we choked on it when we were supposed to be chasing a finals berth? Seriously, for all the flowery and superfluous adjectives that will be spouted by our oh-there's-always-next-year fans, West Coast were on one knee tonight and we let them r...

[ As you and others say, Cousins is an absolute marvel: even Harvey at his best didn't have the endurance and courage of this bloke. wash your mouth out...ffs.........what utter crap...... :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: Come on Stinger, imagine if he hadn't been a drugs cheat and he had played ...

Birss tried hard but he's hopelessly one paced, too easily brushed off the ball and coughs it up far too much with his indecision and poor execution. I don't know if those are attributes you'd find in any West Coast midfielder. Remember, they won a premiership last year on the strength of their mid...

Unbelievable player. Just drilled us. I don't care about excuses - this guy murdered us and, had I been a neutral fan, it would have been a joy to watch. Watching Jason Blake play on him is probably the wierdest coaching move I've seen in footy. Why would our worst player - who is neither quick nor...

I thought both teams were terrific tonight. WCE, even without Kerr and with Cousins 1/2 fit and Judd 1/4 fit (and now seemingly with Hansen out for the season), still looked well and truly capable of repeating Geelong's 1990s nightmares if both those teams happen to make the GF again. Their midfield...

The Saintsational Man wrote:Yeh bigfooty's pointing to Carlton.....

Thats great to hear!!!

If it's Carlton, what would they have been like without the drugs????

Carlton don't have 7 "household name" players.

We'd certainly meet the criteria, and the Bombers and the Filth perhaps even more so.

IMO Judd is more likely to play than Cousins: I suspect that the WCE would prefer to rest Cousins for another week, but will play him if Judd is out. If he does play, Judd must be kept quiet early. The Eagles will presumably be planning to use him as an impact player, particularly in the first three...

Probably went with Mr "7 touches per game" because he seems to be very highly rated at the club for reasons which I personally don't get.

But at least it's Attard and not CJ: we must be thankful for small mercies.

Surely you could not bring Thompson into the side when we hit the finals running... He is surely never to play again, he is so far past it and should not have gone on this year, simple as that... His games this year in the 1's have been feeble, and bordering on embarressing for a player of his repu...

Why wouldn't we try out Thommo against the Tiges to see if he's still got what it takes as another option for the finals? We have no idea how Attard or CJ or Birss would handle the pressure of finals football. But we know from as recently as the EF last year (when he gave a terrific performance) wha...

i reckon they get off on the boos makes them more part of the game they werent good enuff to play ! More like they got lumped the role of the donkey in the preps nativity play and have been p1ssed ever since - is that a call of 'ball!' or 'encore!' - showponies!! Ill never forget "Whispers in ...