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 ...

As a whole, our backline was off their usual mark! Both Max, Blake and even Chips smothered and held their opponents which were always going lead to free kicks. I have to watch the replay to back up my argument, but my feeling at the game was that as well as Sydney played, we certainly did the best ...

Eastern wrote:

matrixcutter wrote:i now have a VERY large glass of chivas regal in my mouth

Cheap Scate... Glenfidich !!

Always been more of a Glenlivet man myself!

STILLWAITING wrote:Who is Tayte Pears, who does he play for

Essendon. Obviously only Bomber who would ever rate him as one of the best full backs.

So, you feel coach's are a tad over-rated? Yes. Although as I said, they have 3 main duties. Very important duties. Quite surprised your saying this as I remember making a comment in post quite a few months back in regards to our 04/05 seasons, saying I felt GT's influence to be quite incidental, a...

This coach is delivering the goods on a weekly basis. He is widely regarded by the football communtiy as being the modern day coach with superb tactical nous. We are unbeaten and absolutely smashing all comers. Yet you insist it is someone else who should take the credit?? The buck stops at the coa...

Smash 'em?

I'm expected nothing a but the typical dour, tedious arm-wrestle we more times than not have against them. That's how Sydney play their best footy and their desperate, not a good combination!

desertsaint wrote:wait for our first loss - the critics will be back!

DAMN RIGHT! They're like crack addicts who have been waiting for their first hit since our last loss in the pre-season.

Oh please let it be the year of the mighty SAINTS!!! I have just about had a GUT full of the crap I am copping from opposition supporters. I am sick of hearing it, the drought, the one flag, the amount of wooden spoons. I don't know if its just the people I have to work with 5 days a week but I hav...

Remind me again. Just what is our long standing intense rivalry with Footscray ? And why is it deeper than for all the other clubs? I think this somes up ours and the Dogs lack of success over the years. Neither club has a real rival and unless you dont play they had to put us against someone. I ce...

Remind me again. Just what is our long standing intense rivalry with Footscray ? And why is it deeper than for all the other clubs? I think this somes up ours and the Dogs lack of success over the years. Neither club has a real rival and unless you dont play they had to put us against someone. I ce...

Nick - I actually reckon we've been quite conservative with our njury management this year. When Kosi experienced hammy tightness, he rested the game out and took the next week. See what happened when Cousins didn't do the same in 1st round? Gilberts ankle the same. Milney missed a couple with a kn...

I can see why a lot of the football world is tipping an upset. I've never hesitated in tipping against my beloved Saints if I had that gut feeling they would lose and originally the Crows were my tip. They are arguably in better form at the moment. But now my money is back on the Saints. Why? It's h...

Steven Baker, I have been a long time fan of his, but I am worried by his current form. 6 possessions yesterday. How long can he stay in the side at this rate? Also Dawson. Had more goals kicked on him than anybody. Should he make way for Max? Zac didn't play a great game, but nor was he towled up....

I'm sure this has already been highlighted, but just one more time. I checked out the replay yesterday and there was a tackle Dal Santo laid on a Cat, which spilled out of his hands, swooped up by Lenny Hayes and the umpire calls advantage. Lenny then goes on to shank the kick and the pill end ups b...

Last year we came off an amazing win against the hawks, only to lose to a

depressingly under-manned eagles the following week. No win is ever a

given, always one week at a time, I'll live by the cliche as long as it banks

another four points!

Waiting for our first loss!

Geelong won the free kick count on the day and the Saints still won. Of course, the advantage call certainly didn't favor Geelong when it was paid but you rarely get an epic without controversy. The Ablett 50 that was paid when he clearly played on was also a shocker, same as the free against Milne ...

As Kevin Sheedy told Superfooty yesterday in predicting a Geelong premiership: "The Cats will win it. Nothing surer. It would be unforgivable for Geelong to lose two in a row. They would have to live with themselves for the rest of their lives." Now that's pressure. How they handle it, st...

It will be live on Main Event for the Northern states. Safest bets are Club Swan in Kings Cross, they pride themselves on being the AFL pub of Sydney that show almost every game live. Also, the Alexandria Hotel which is a five minute walk from Redfern station, which is where the Harbour City Saints ...

Think about it, if Geelong had have won last year, their heads, their arrogance would have grown to a possible impossible standard to maintain. They would have started this year thinking they we're absolutely invincible and maybe believing that they only need to turn up to win. They would have noth...

I remember Billy Brownless saying that his understanding was that Scarlett had said to Harvey "you wont be playing us again this year", pretty much what everyone thought he said. But Harvey's response was something along the lines of "you're all so arrogant, you wont win the grand fin...

While we're at it, lets debate how well Ablett, Judd and Goodes would fit into our midfield. People just need to get over the fact we didn't recruit Cousins and get on with the season already. Guess what, Juddy was shopping around two seasons ago and we didn't get him. Oh, but we don't debate the wo...

I think players like Geary, Mini and even Dal, Ball and Joey wouldn't be playing the football they are now, because they might just look to Cousins being the link in a chain that will just automatically fire when he slots in. Geez, I hope we win on Sunday. Why do I get the feeling that this forum wi...

"Cats have played two bottom four teams in the last three weeks and although I understand that's two trips to Subi, they have still had the chance to reel in on our percentage but have walked away with just a 22 and 18 point win in the bank." to be fair to them, do you think we would have...