Isn't that exactly what Sydney does?

Hardly a new strategy. And the hawks are being caoched by a neanderthal thug.

MEDIOCRITY????????????

One kick away from a Grand Final?

I'll take that mediocrity any day, especially RIGHT NOW!!!!!!

I listened to Garry Lyon today on radio, and he said he was concerned for St Kilda beacause their two best players are 37 and 34 years of age. He then went on to praise Essendon for their performance, particularly as they had 10 players missing from their line-up. Now Garry, you must be getting bore...

WE simply don't nail teams when we are dominating. We should have kicked 25.8 instead of 18.15. Just so many simple goals missed, and its happening every week. We're putting on scorbaord pressure. The problem is that it's on ourselves instead of the opposition. Can't threaten the premiership with th...

Oh, and Gilbert is still looking shaky. His decision making is deteriorating. He'll need to improve over the nex few weeks, or Ferguson may just get his chance.

Clinton Jones puts in, but Baker surely has to take his place. Jones butchered the ball plenty last night, which is something Baker will not do. Armitage has put a nail in Fiora's coffin with his game. He does all the things that Fiora doesn't - Chase, tackle, shepherd, hitting the packs hard. The o...

I'm sorry all you Kosi-in-the-ruck lovers, but Kosi is NOT a ruckman and never will be. Sadly, Blake is a more effective centre boumce ruckman. This fixation with Kosi being an asset to the ruck division has me flummoxed. He simply has no idea of ruck work. Mad Saint Guy was right about McEvoy. If h...

Okay, so a few of you hate the messenger, but really, can you honestly say you are thrilled with the style of play in the past 14 months? I have never been so bored at the football as I have in recent times, and that's unfortunate when I see 22 talented and capable footballers run onto the field eac...

It's been quite obvious for some time. You wear a Saints jumper, you can be pole-axed and the offender walks away with little or no penalty. e.g Whelan on Ball - No penalty, worth at least 4 weeks West on Clarke - No penalty, worth at least 2 weeks Giansuracusa on Koschitzke - No penalty, worth at l...

B: Geary Hudghton S.Fisher
HB: Gram Maguire X.Clarke
C: Goddard Hayes Montagna
HF: Schneider Riewoldt Armitage
F: Milne Koschitzke Gilbert

R: King Ball Dal Santo


Inter: M.Gardiner Baker Harvey L.Fisher

The game plan seems to focus on anyone behind the stoppage ( I mean all the way back to the defensive goal square) watching his opponent as his first priority, and then leaving him when we think we have control of the ball. It's mostly a case of 'Whoops, too late" Big problem with this strategy...

I am five Fraser Gerhrigs

I am three Michael Gardiners

Let's face it, I'm a bit of a gooseball

Oh, and we need to replace Fiora with Geary. Geary can do anything Fiora can, and doesn't shirk any contests. Jason Blake is a man without a position at the moment, and his form hasn't been up to par. He needs to be replaced with someone like Ferguson, who is quicker and better in marking contests. ...

We are better than a MOR team. Behind Geelong, we sit equal with the next four or five teams. Unfortunately, we have a gama plan that concerns itself far too much with what the opposition is doing. Our players, who are a talented bunch, have become hesitant and unwilling to take risks. They do a rid...

You just need to release guys like Hayes occasionally. With all this bench/midfield rotation, you have quality players sitting on the pine when they could be on the wing or forward flank. Unfortunately, we don't have any young, quick, enthusiastic midfielders who can spark the team, so that's why th...

Meher, the analogy of the Ferrari taking a trailer to the tip is absolutely spot on. Why waste talented and creative footballers on defensive grunt work? For God's sake, you can bring in Armitage to do that, and then allow Hayes to be creative, rather than a smash and crash man. By the way, I think ...

Sadly though, playing ugly won't win us a flag either. You can't fit a square peg into a round hole. Assess your strengths and play to them. Meanwhile, recruit the right players. Tim Watson made the grave error on focussing far too much on what the other team was doing, and we became a nervous, reac...

The bottom line for me is that we have been excruciatingly boring to watch since the beginning of 2007. I would rather watch us play attacking football and see what comes of it. Concerning yourself with how to shut down the opposition is all very fine, but it's better to the hunted than the hunter. ...

Frankie Coghlan - never laid a tackle in over 100 games.

Craig Devonport - No team ethic and grossly overrated

Robert Mace - Nutjob

Brian Wilson - Pffffft

Barry Brooks - had it all except the most vital ingredient

Aaah, pick 9. The cursed pick in all drafts. We were dead keen on Ben Reid, but the Magpies knew we were after him and got him first. Armitage is tough and hard at the man, but needs the other type of mental toughness, the one exemplified by Harvey and Hayes - the tougness of pushing yourself to the...

I am a bit worried about how he's being managed. I would like to see him rested every third game until about round 12, just to make sure he's not back to where he was last year by round 15. Armitage could fill the gap while he's rested, which would be helpful to his development. Unlike Judd, Ball ha...

The Swans blocked the zone between our defensive 50 and the centre of the ground, eliminating our options to run the ball out of defense. They also had a player guarding our attacking 50 line, so our guys were reluctant to kick to CHF to a contested situation. Their defenders also worked hard at blo...

Top 12 are pretty obvious at most clubs. It was only a struggle with Geelong really. You realise just how even their list is, and how much quality there is in their best 22. It's no wonder their turn came. I could have put 15 into 12 easily. Surprisingly, it didn't take as long as I thought it would...

If you look at the injury stats for most clubs in 2007, you can see why some finished near the top. The most fortunate was Hawthorn, who had 13 players who played every game, or just missed one game. Another 3 players missed just two games. North Melbourne had 10 players who played every game, and a...

Should I pass the Kleenex around?

Poor Wayne. He's done it hard, the poor dear, what with his long standing self esteem issues and awkward shyness to cope with.


Hang in there Wayne, we're all rooting for you.