Bigmouth strikes again. He's not happy destabilising Richmond FC every couple of years, now he's dragging the entire football community back to the 1950s. Why would you book him as a speaker for an AFL function ? Did they think they were going to get any cutting-edge insights ? Surely he's good for ...

Can't wait for Friday week, even though going back to the G will be like returning to the scene of a funeral. The current percentage difference on the ladder is interesting - Cats 155, Saints 125. Points for - Cats 1495, Saints 1054. It sems against weaker teams the Cats have been able to kick big s...

Agree BigMart. We're definitely playing a more aggressive style of footy over the last four weeks. Some peanuts are still criticising the Saints for playing shutdown footy, but that is history. The play-on and run-on style is slowly coming back, and it punched holes in Freo yesterday. The game again...

Now 2nd on the ladder, I'd say.
At least overnight.
Now we just need Melbourne to do the business against Collingwood.
Go Dees.
And Go you Sainters.

Absolute gun who wins many games off his own boot and now works harder than ever to shark the footy. In the 80/90s the Bombers had a goalsneak named Darren Bewick who drove opposition fans nuts, but he kept kicking goals. Milney does the same for us, but he is a far better player than Bewick in that...

RANT BEGINS HERE - Judging by the lack of posts on the issue, I would say, thankfully, that no Saintsational members were caught up in the violence at McKinnon Station on Friday night. But I guess there would have been plenty of footy supporters, especially Saints fans, who were on that train – in...

Quote from the news story on the AFL's website -
"They are the only top four side from last year that we play twice so that gives us 10 weeks to work on it."
He's losing the plot...Bucks, take over now !

It's taken me a while, but I think I'm over Bruce McAvaney. Cometti keeps coming up with the fresh one-liners, but Bruce is still trying the same old lines from 1989. Last night was a prime example. Lots of sentences start with "So...". Every third sentence starts with "Such..." ...

I like your thinking bergholt. It is something as intangible as that.

Judicious use of 98 kg bodyweight. Power leads out from the goal square.
Firm overhead grabs from a 197cm forward. Crashing of packs to bring the ball to ground.

And another thing - Quick listing of "marks for" and "marks against" so far this season - 1. v Sydney 81 - 73 2. v NMFC 142 - 90 3. v Coll 130 - 73 4. v Freo 107 - 95 5. v Port 89 - 108 6. v Dogs 90 - 147 7. v Carl 77 - 136 Granted, a lot of these are junk marks from the chip-aro...

I'm with you MB. Essendon will be a real test with their running game. Last year they beat us in that little honeymoon period before the finals, when the Saints might not have had their minds on the job. BUT - next Sunday the Saints will be fully focused. I mean, surely we can't let Jobe Watson be B...

Things To Do While Waiting For 7:20 Monday Night - Feign an interest in other weekend matches - "My, isn't that Daisy Thomas playing well, such a consistent player for the Pies" OR "I hope Big Barry kicks a bag for The Doggies" OR "I hope Essendon has a win, their supporters...

Nice work Paulie. Looks like we've done plenty of the hard yards for the first half of the season, while some others have had some "soft" wins and may only be temporarily near the top of the ladder. Interesting stretch of games Round 8 to 11, when we play 12th, 14th, 15th and 16th, then it...

Right on, VietNam Saint. D. Cometti saying S. Milne was "goalless last week",
after the little terrier had kicked one of the contenders for goal of the year,
was baffling. More homework Den! And love your work-rate Milney.

Amazing last quarter. The ancient Swannies fans behind the goal at
the city end couldn't believe what was happening. Peter Caven...ouch!
Hard to believe the Swans fans laid out the red carpet for Plugger just
a few years later.

Brilliant post Yipper. Or is that Ypres!!

Late tonight on 7 Two - West Coast vs Saints, Round 6, 1998. Looks like a classic, but I can't remember it. Wikipedia says the final margin was 2pts. Winmar, Harvey, Aussie, Crippa, but no Loewe. And Fraser Gehrig in a WCE jumper.

And now Patrick Smith backing the Saints !
"The feebleness of Collingwood's performance was drawn tightly because of the compose, hardness and cool-headedness of St Kilda."
In today's Australian.
It's all getting a little unreal.

I've had a few geniuses tell me today that the Saints are gone. Anyone taking that line doesn't know too much about modern football, or the way the Saints play the game. BUT - I'm happy for them to keep saying it, while the Saints just keep doing what they do. This week - a re-shaped forward 6. McEv...

Well said, VietNam Saint. Some journos still thinking back to the days of Plugger, when we were a little one-dimensional. Media love the stars, and have been the ones building Saint Nick as the indispensable player. But it's all BS. 2010 is all about TEAM PROCESS - hey, Saints Footy! - and if one pl...

For what it's worth - AFL Dreamteam website is scoring sides over the NAB Cup games so we have a bit of exposed form to go on for the real season. Best "points" scores for the Saints from last weekend - Schneider - 104 - top points scorer. Armo - 99 Riewoldt - 85 Milne - 85. And, er, L. Ba...

Let's see - one hand over the shoulder, one hand grabbing the collar,
two Geelong players not actually observing the flight of the ball in a marking contest, and Scarlett seems to be charging. Hmmm, four frees in one pic !
Seems the opposition knows only one way to stop No 12.

Can anyone tell me -
the highlights DVD "2009 A Year To Remember" was going to be a bonus
for members who signed up before 18th Dec.
Has anyone got one ?
Is that gonna be in the member pack ?

Well said, Teflon.
This team is still on the rise.
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