I don't see how we can cover the loss of Roo. Have a look at West Coast: They didn't have a superstar forward and still won a flag. How? One of the best midfield's we've ever seen. Judd, Kerr, Cousins, Fletcher, Braun, Selwood, Embley, Stenglein... You can get by without a dominant forward if you h...

I don't see how we can cover the loss of Roo. Have a look at West Coast: They didn't have a superstar forward and still won a flag. How? One of the best midfield's we've ever seen. Judd, Kerr, Cousins, Fletcher, Braun, Selwood, Embley, Stenglein... You can get by without a dominant forward if you h...

I, like most Sainters, will be there for the boys, rain hail or shine and I'm nothing but proud of what the boys have achieved this year. I don't want this to be taken the wrong way, as we need to be positive and we need to be optimistic and we need to believe, but I always believe that you only ge...

Yeah, whatever. Lucky the club doesn't give up as easily as some supporters. :roll: Just as we did it without Max, we can do it without Milne, Baker or King. The world doesn't stop just because a few players retire, ffs. In case you haven't noticed, we've developing young players quite nicely. When...

I, like most Sainters, will be there for the boys, rain hail or shine and I'm nothing but proud of what the boys have achieved this year. I don't want this to be taken the wrong way, as we need to be positive and we need to be optimistic and we need to believe, but I always believe that you only get...

Not unless he comes at a bargain trade. In hindsight he is just another flat track bully or one trick pony, which ever you prefer! I know he's lighting quick, but too often he seems perfectly capable of ripping crap teams to ribbons but does f**k all against real opposition - except when he plays us...

You know what, I thought we really could have used Judd in our rotations!

Hang on, we don't debate Judd because we wasn't available on a first come first serve basis because other clubs actually wanted him!

[quote="Schillaci"] Chappy...yeah, well he plays for the Cats and you can't tag all the b@stards. quote] Exactly! A great team with depth to burn and inevitably at least one will bob up and threaten to be a match winner. Why didn't we man him up, I don't know? to risk taking Baker off Stev...

Leo.J wrote:

saintsrus wrote:Rumour is hes going to Swans for okeefe and a pick

I'd prefer Okeefe.

+ 1

At the end of the day, the boys have no one to blame but themselves! I don't care about the Hawkins poster or the Schneider non-free, we had more than our fair share of chances to seal the deal and weren't good enough to do so. Let's not resort to the level of Doggies fans, they're still pleading th...

Schnieder free is the one i am bleeding about. If he kicks a goal ( big if) we are 8 points up with 10 minutes left. 1 more would have been home. BUT Schnieder appears a marked man after the North game where he clapped the umpire. They hold grudges despite what anyone says. They look atthe player i...

hotdish wrote:I would love to see Armitage developed into a McQualter like tackling, goal kicking half forward - in the mould of Knights from Adelaide.

Armitage can kick goals, he has proven that - and can tackle...not sure how quick he is though...

Armo is very quick, but in small bursts!

Was in career-best form till he injured his hand in Round 16.

The coach, the players, the supporters and the media all thought that we still had time. Maybe we did, maybe we didn't, but we were taught a valuable football lesson regardless. Nothing is a given in football, you have to earn your right, each and every year! Unfortunately, I don't believe we had qu...

Fat lot of good he did the Tiges this year. Wasn't it ment to be "Tiges for the finals for sure, maybe even flag! Top five in brownlow betting this pre round 1, sold out MCG for his first run". What's the point of debating what can't be debated? As none of us would have known how good he w...

I know i'll get flamed for this but to be honest i think it was a coaching decision that made us fall short. Me and a few other supporters noticed that for the whole 4th quater everyone was behind the ball flooding, trying to save the game for an ENITRE quater. We were too negative in the 4th tryin...

We also have Jack Stevens!

[quote="GSG"]There is always next year …quote]

BELIEVE ME, no one at St. Kilda is banking on that theory! Lyon has made that VERY clear!

Raph Clarke getting tackled from behind in the first minute having absolutely no awareness. Am I the only one who blames Sam Fisher for that one? IMO, he should have been dragging his tagger away from the player with the ball, not hanging around like a seagull looking for a cheap touch. Once Fisher...

While Dawson wasn't great in defence, he wasn't to blame either. Chips and Gilbo weren't that much but that game wasn't lost in our defence. I knew that it would be inevitable for some suggesting Max would have been a better option had we lost, but knowing the way Max plays and seeing him make the s...

I'm in two very shattered mindsets! First is that IF the boys are good enough, they have ONE more chance. In football, you only get so many chances before the inevitable recession that every club must face from time to time and we have had at least four - 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009. That half of my m...

Time to start developing Tom Lynch!

There are still plenty of flights from Sydney to Melbourne. Maybe if there is a flight available from GC or Brisbane to Sydney and then jump on a flight from Sydney to Melbourne, not that it's a cost-effective option though!

It was a good-old fashioned dog fight and frankly I had a blast. I don't care how well the Dogs played and how mediocre we were, because we won, they lost. We made the most of our limited opportunities while they wasted many of theirs, end of story! It will be one of those prelims that we'll always ...

From 35, Mini or Schneids. From just outside 50, I would actually back Roo. His stats show is actually a very reliable kick from just outside that range. I know after the round 20 incident (and I'm aware that was 35m), many would say "not Roo", but I would back him. Don't know why, maybe I...