Outstanding work BFUSA and many thanks.
Feel very confident from Richo's and Finnis's words that we have the right people in place.
Hope you had time to quaff a few in-between note-taking.

It's official from the club - http://www.saints.com.au/news/2014-07-2 ... nts-family

Very chirpy after the win !
https://soundcloud.com/rsn-racing/alan- ... ints-afl-1

I don't think this has been posted lately...

A worthy bearer of guernsey No 7, through thick and thin, good times and bad.
An inspiration and example to all, both on-field and off-field.
I wish I was Lenny !

Liked Alan Richardson's game - composed, efficient, smart...could have a coaching future. McAdam - Brilliant, his best game? Winmar...loved those slashing runs when he lengthened his stride then rifled in a long pass. Burke - Guts personified. Dean Greig - superb. Sean Ralphsmith - Dashing, powerful...

Loving the free-flowing nature of the footy in the first quarter.
More entertaining than any game by any sides that I've seen this year.

Great post tony74.
Hope you knew every word and phrase would be picked over!

A big-marking pack busting forward like Roughead.

Didn't run up the white flag until last five minutes. 2nd and 3rd quarters were pretty good, showing plenty
of chase and aggression..we actually won the 3rd quarter. Lack of forward options is a killer. Slow start
didn't help.

Can you describe to suffering Saints fans the light you can see at the end of the tunnel,
and how far away it is?

That's a pretty good metaphor tony74! Just watch the chain of events that led to the Demons' winning goal against the Bombers on Sundee. http://www.afl.com.au/video/2014-06-15/ess-v-melb-watch-the-last-two-minutes Every player had to know their role and be in the right spot at the right time. IMO - ...

Plenty of signs that the Cats have finally dropped off the pace. If we had a slighltly better team they would be ripe for the picking, even on their home patch. The Cats last six games - - lucky 5pt win over Carlton. - thumped by Sydney by 148 to 38. - defeated North by 21 points - thumped by Freo, ...

A letter in today's Sunday Age... A winning round I am the President of St Kevin's Old Boys Football Club and Peta Searle joined us this year (''Footy's first lady at ease with history'', 3/6). Her impact at the club was immediate. Within a week, she wasn't our new female coach, she was our backline...

Great read from Nathan. Thanks saintbrat.
And guess who pops up to kick the winning goal last night?

Anyone else remember that excellent British TV series, "The Manageress", with Cherie Lunghi as the woman who takes over the Manager's job at a struggling F.A. Club, and has to resist the Chairman, Board, players, supporters who all try to bring her down. All the arguments being raised here...

Fully agree with intent of OP, but don't omit Adam Schneider -
Career 204 games, 246 goals.
Saints 106 games, 145 goals.

A few veteran posters do like to lay bear-traps for new members. If you find yourself in a circular argument over semantics, over the right to have an opinion, about whether it's OK to have a worthy defeat, over whether Grant Thomas should make a comeback, over whether Kosi's last three years were o...

Riewoldt has not been the only tall forward option - he's the only one that actually does something with it. Stanley and Maister get the delivery but drop the pill, then are ineffective at ground level. If they held half their marks and kicked three goals a game, we'd be marveling at the Saints' 3-p...

Great get kosi.
Would any musos out there be able to record a version ?

Great get kosi.
Would any musos out there be able to record a version ?

That 2011 game looks eerily familiar, apart from Lance Franklin - http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/highlights?id=321

Ditto the above - Hawthorn is the best side I've seen since Brisbane won their three flags at the start of
the century. Under Leigh Matthews Brissy was skilled, hungry, smart, relentless, and Hawthorn is just as good,
even better.
Still, 25 goals, geez.

Basics ignored, in a sub-AFL performance... Around 20 minute mark of 1st qtr, the ball is heading to the boundary right beside the point post in Hawks' forward pocket. Dempster ASSUMES it's going over and stops chasing it, when he HAD to kill the footy over the line. Rioli (I think) zips past Dempst...

Thanks saintbrat.
Loved that Selection Insider briefing from Adam Kingsley - what a great use of new media,
and great work by the Club.
And Maverick Weller saying : "We're confident". That's what I want to hear!