Roger, you are perfectly entitled to feel a little worried about where the team and coaching panel are at and many supporters would feel that concern. In regards to Lyon giving them a bake, if the case was simply that the players have lost the drive for rounds 20 - 22 and strictly focused on finals,...

Collingwood should become flag favourites now, with all critics and footy followers a like saying that we have lost our mojo while the Pies are red hot. Probably not a bad thing. Frankly the Pies are in great form and based on our current form, it's hardly surprising everyone should rate them as the...

I always try to accentuate the positives from every loss and maintain belief in my team and today's loss will still be no exception. But, I think after todays match, fans are entitled to be a little frustrated with their team and are perfectly entitled to have a vent. No matter what positives we try...

Just shows we still have the St Kilda of old in our blood. One loss and confidence is shot, we don't back ourselves, Roo has one miss and he starts to fade and we play rabble with everything to prove and we just can't handle the pressure. If we play 19 rounds of great footy and let one loss derail u...

Ironic as a couple of years ago I would have just been happy to be in the mix...to be competative...just seems now that nothing less than a premiership or at least a grand final appearance will do to satisfy the expectation that this incredible season has created :roll: Don't get me wrong...I am ov...

No, it's my fault. I've travelled to a lot of matches this year and of all games I had to choose, I had to bring my Sydney-based Bombers mate to his first footy match at Docklands last Sunday. When we kicked the first three goals, he was sulking, saying he wanted to leave, what a waste of a trip, wa...

if ball is a bit out of form he is better off playing a full game in the twos. If he plays well I am sure he is a big chance for Septembr action. Same with Max he just needs to keep playing well and hope he gets his chance. The problem with Max's last month is that he has played two awesome matches...

Talk about a kick in the guts for 2 of our most senior players. And ppl complained on here that Lyon was too scared to make the tough calls and was too conservative with his selections!! Personally I would have stuck with Ball. I'm still not sure how Zac will go against the genuine power fwds eithe...

Iceman234 wrote:

thecroc wrote: See you at the G in Sept. and CJ for the NM medal too!

The North Melbourne (?) medal????

I assume that NM is Norm Smith medal - unless I miss the joke, as always

Most of us Sainters are in 7th Heaven right now (yes, even after the loss!) What continues to both entertain and surprise me is what opposition supporters continue to say about our beloved Sainters. When the season started, I got a few comments that we were pretenders, we haven't played and Vic team...

While we are all sore about the loss, I refuse to hand it down as our worst loss in our entire club history. In a club with 26 wooden spoons to it's name (the most in the league), to be down by 43 points (against a team screaming to qualify for finals) late in the third quarter and to only lose by 2...

As a whole, the umpiring did favor the Bombers more so than us.

But, hard to argue that after twenty rounds, we have had a good run from the umpires so I'll let this game slide.

As much as I like us experimenting with Chips up forward, come finals time, I would rather have him in defence.

It's a difficult one to answer, as Roo's shoulders probably aren't feeling much lighter. I don't think it was a healthy loss, the circumstances were not ideal.... I agree to an extent, it wasn't a good performance by any stretch and so many of our star players just didn't play to close their level....

Hard call to make, just like our back line. Two quality ruck men to pick from but we can only pick two. At this stage I would say King...just. Merely because although I think Big Ben is a much better around-the-ground player, King is a far more solid tap ruck man and we need to give our mids the bes...

Winmarvellous wrote:I'm just waiting for the DVD...The Streak 2

It would have been better to be an even number

It's been widely perceived for a long time now that the umpires favor and look after certain individuals. Judd being one, Ablett and Goodes being another, but lets not forget the tag-line that was branded about two years ago - "Nick the untouchable". Ie, all you have to do is touch Roo and...

My thoughts exactly! I don't even need to start a "why am I not worried" post. We are one of 16 teams in the comp and not the only ones a chance for the flag, any of the top four teams can pip it. The flag is our mission and no one said it was ever going to be easy! While I'm on cliches - ...

That we no longer have the "everyone's second team" tag, as the entire football world is still cheering their glasses that we lost!

I can't help but think that our back line looked too top heavy with Blake, Gilbert, Zac and Max. Hate to say it, but don't think we can go in with four talls in future, but just my opinion.

WORRY ABOUT IT WHEN WE MAKE A GRAND FINAL!!! If we make the grand final, I couldn't care whether we wore our home or clash top, they both look good. Also, even though I feel Collingwood is as much a chance to pip the flag as the next top four team, I still think that if we make the GF, we will be pl...

Look, after watching the replay, there didn't look to me that there was much in the incident. As far as I can tell, it was a battle of strength that Joey won. In my eyes, Joeys was being blocked and he pushed Jack out of the contest, front on which last time I checked was play on, but after the Darr...

we're coming off a very tough game, playing another tough team fighting for survival (the defending premier no less), in a ground we play poorly at - another one point win would make me very happy! i felt more confident (much more) of doing over the cats in rnd 14! c'mon sainters! Teams that have e...

According to 'On The Couch', Joey's hand was x-rayed and given the all clear, but I wouldn't be surprised if he sits this one out. The win against Sydney may have come at a cost and our line-up against the Hawks might be the most under-manned we have been this year. I would love to see us go all the...

Hi all Thought I would add my 2 cents worth in on this thread. I went up to Sydney for the match and got stuck sitting with a bunch of drunken idiots who weren't there to support anyone. The language that was coming out of these blokes mouths was nothing short of inflammatory towards fellow Saints ...