No they can't. They need to be in the bottom 4 for 3 years (prefferably 4years)to rebuild properly. Or else they will become like Sydney, thereabouts but never really a legitimate contender. HAPPY????????????? And thus the troll reveals itself ... :roll: same old crap, different name. Helen may wel...

The problem is he has lost the one weapon he had which was pace. When he was quick and breaking the lines he gave us something we don't have in the side but now he is just an average speed, not slow but not express which he used to be, outside mid with poor disposal skills. If you are going to run p...

The problem here is not just a single issue. Firstly, we have a system of judgement which may not bring into account precedent when assessing guilt but does when assessing penalties. For example Kosi could not go to the tribunal and argue why this one event was considered punishable by suspension bu...

Most of our guys can kick when not under pressure. In 2009 we pressured the opposition relentlessly, more than any other team, and as an result our skills looked superior to just about every other team. This year every team is working on the hustle and hassle approach so the sides whose skills stand...

This is the point. You need to give the fans something to hang their hat on. Winning games is one thing. If you are not winning you need to be exciting. If you are neither of these then you need to have real crowd pleasers in the side. If you can't offer that then you need a bright future with a bun...

Blanket TV coverage, particularly if it is "live," will eventually take crowds away and cause Memberships to drop. Look at the NRL - low attendances, high TV audience and "privately owned" Clubs. :!: Most footy club members are the sons/daughters of keen members, who have taken ...

The simple fact is if we can keep BJ then we must do whatever we can to make it happen. However, if he has already decided to chase the money, and I would not blame him if he did, then we need to maximise what we get for him. That means we should be discussing his next contract now and trying to mak...

How true Sin City Saint! How true! BTW, you mentioned having to witness the "Liverpools and man Uniteds" how d'you think it was being an Evertonian in Liverpool? Arrogance? the reds redefined it!! but I'm still here and still a true blue and a TRUE SAINTER!!! But that is very much my poin...

I have followed the saints since I moved out to Australia from the East End of London in 1981. I have been to a number of GFs in my time here, all three of the saints ones (four if you include the replay) and a few purely neutral. Before moving out here I supported and still hold a candle for the Ha...

Clarke had to come in after a couple of BOGs at sandy. If they didn't bring him in when in this form then they should have delisted him at the end of last year. Gamble, the search goes on for the elusive other option to Roo up forward. Gram is meant to be a replacement for Joey but he isn't the cont...

The AFL will not look at any of these kind of changes because of the requirement for all the blockbuster games to be played twice every year to maximize profitability. The only way to have a truly fair draw is for all teams to play all other teams both home and away each season. So unless the AFL sw...

So many people seem so certain .... of our failure this year ... but of the games mentioned for those clubs at least two of them will NOT go the way predicted - just from this years erratic results. If we finished in the 8 in form I cannot imagine a team that would look forward to playing us. GO SA...

Yeah but we all know what Dal does on his own at home and that is sure to drain his energy as much as being on the footy show.

Plugger I don't think the number of clubs will drop below 18 because as you say the TV deal is based on the number of games. What is more likely to happen is that some of the poorer clubs will be replaced or forced to relocate. However, I do believe that the competition will end up with only a few p...

This is now a fully professional sport where the prime motivating factor for players is financial. These are not guys who have any real connection to our club other than the vagaries of who drafted them. The AFL have pushed on them this attitude of forget the club you followed growing up that is irr...

5. Dal
4. Peake
3. Gwilt
2. Stevens
1. Schneider

I think they both have a role to play as run and carry is something we desperately need. However, Peake certainly offers more defensively than Gram. The real issue as I see it though is that in the games I have seen this year Gram appears to have lost a yard in pace. He is no longer breaking the lin...

... he is still worth having in the team because he is a big target up forward who shepherds and pack crashes, he doesn't always have a great game but apart from Archer we don't have a big contested marker who brings the ball to ground. Kosi had no preseason and is gaining fitness while playing. We...

Junction Oval wrote:Our Recruiters thought he was ok - does that help.

Our recruiters also thought Mark McGough and Cain Ackland would be OK.

Kosi has zero trade value to anyone even GWS. They would look at Kosi if he was a big physically dominating player that could help out the young guys while they get some bulk but unfortunately he is anything but that. He is primarily an athletic KPP but one with no pace whatsoever. He is the same bu...

In reference to Gram getting "hard balls", how many "hard balls" do Milne, Dempster and Dawson get? They are all sweaters who stand on the outside of packs waiting for the easy disposal - plus they provide no run and carry when they get the pill given to them. In terms of contri...

The people best able to judge a players readiness for senior football are the coaches. Remember, throwing a young player into the seniors before he is physically and most importantly mentally ready can actually hinder his development. It is a difficult balancing act.

I have had my SC membership for a least 12 years and I have no plans to give it up. The only reason is that I have been to 4 Grand Finals and I sure as hell am not going to miss the game if we eventually bag on, not holding my breath though. And there in lies the quandary, the club knows it will fil...

The thing that really rankles about the Ball situation is not that he left, players do that. It is not that he ended up at Collingwood or that we ended up with nothing for him. It is the fact that he basically made it impossible for us to get a fair trade for him by refusing to talk to any club othe...

Seaford_Saint wrote:At a guess I would say an extra 20mins from Fountain Gate - the infrastructure built now for all the house and land packages out that way mean's it's all freeway.

But don't hold me to that

An extra 20 minutes and the rest. They don't call it the Monash Car Park for nothing you know.