My theory is that after Round 19 the match committee decided that with top spot locked in it would be opportune to treat the last 3 games as a "pre-season" to the finals. Behind this thinking was that the intensity of the Saints tackling could not be sustained for 25 games straight, so tak...

Can't stand her "blokey" voice and cliches - listen to her and you can imagine hat she has been brought up on horse racing, wouldn't surprise to learn that her old man was a racecaller, or a jockey maybe!

"AND THEYRE RACING!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[quote="ace"] Rumour is, he has been one of the best paid players in the competition, well over half a million. He is no longer an elite player at St Kilda simply a run of the mill average player. GIVEN The salary cap is $7,693,750 for 2009, $7,950,000 for 2010 and $8,212,500 for 2011. Add...

Thanks Matrix, I've passed the details on.....still interested in better seats if anyone has some.

My daughter and her husband are arriving in Perth this Friday to live permamnently, after 16 years in Dubai. Very keen Saints supporters, they have asked me to help them get tickets to the game at Subiaco on Sunday but my best endeavours through ticketing agencies have been unsuccessful. Would there...

Having been a sometime vocal critic of Nick Riewoldt prior to the start of this season, I am the first to admit that he has finally reached the peak of his immense ability as a player, and has also become a genuine team leader - it was a long time coming but he has now firmly answered the doubters i...

...yep.....they are also playing better because banger left too.......... :roll: :roll: :roll: Funny thing is this Stinger, that the 2009 team in its 1st 2 games is playing better than they did in recent years, and whilst some people consider this heresy, there are strong arguments that Harvey's pe...

From today's Realfooty.com: "St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt remains the Gold Coast's dream inaugural skipper now it is officially an AFL club, not just an ambitious concept." This will send all of this forum's Roo-lovers into a frenzy of sweat and fury, and just to show that I don't mind g...

I know that our venerated skipper came into the game against the Swans lacking match fitness and so I certainly don't condemn him for his feeble contribution on Saturday night. What does concern me though, and this is an aspect of his game that has plagued him for all of his career, is that he conti...

emmdee - we have just launched a tipping comp on westofmoorabbin.com for all keen Saints supporters - $50.00 for the season and all proceeds go back into prizemoney. We'd love you to join us - please check it out on WoM, the more we can sign up the better the size of the kitty!!

[quote="Teflon" Seeing him as the designated kick out guy last week I couldnt help but think....wasted - especially when many of the kick ins were dinky kicks 25mtrs into the pocket.[/quote] Precisely Teflon - and it makes me think that Dal is not being employed to the team's best advantag...

I do also wonder about dals football sense. He knows how to get it enough but doesn't seem to be able to stamp himself on a game. Is this work rate? is he getting to enough contests? or does he not hurt the opposition enough with the ball, either running to the right areas or kicking to advantage? ...

My biggest disappointment from last night's game against the Lions was the lack of improvement by Nick Dal Santo. He is an excitement machine possessed of exquisite foot and hand skills, has pace and agility and at his best has the potential to be a match winner. But he has failed to take his game t...

Thanks for the tip.....I have a bookshop in Brisbane and I have just checked and it is still in print. I'll get a couple in for myself and son-in-law, if anyone would like me to get a copy (RRP $22.95) let me know.

Brendon Goddard has the same hard, angry attitude to winning a contest that characterises Max Hudghton's game, hates to lose to an opponent and gets fired up when team mates don't have the same intensity they do. I would have Goddard as captain because he is a genuine leader and reads the game bette...

Alan Jeans was a Super Coach and I hope Ross Lyon calls on him to hone his own skills in 2009 - swap Riewoldt and Fisher for example. I've long held the view that having Riewoldt as a permanent CHF is a mistake, he should be moved around the way Wallace used Richardson last year. St Kilda's forward ...

Now I realise that Christmas is the season for giving, so my timing for this audacious proposition is probably going to draw plenty of flak from my fellow diehard Saints. The topic of this post came up in my weekly footy-talk session where I work, and was prompted by a comment in the press from one ...

I am more than happy with the selection of Farren Ray at relatively little cost. His senior experience is a distinct advantage for a team that has the potential with its current list to challenge for a premiership in the next 2 to 3 years. I felt it was important for St Kilda to get hold of an exper...

Interesting comment on ABC TV "Offsiders" this morning: "The AFL Draft is a bit like the racing industry's Yearling Sales, you pick a likely colt and hope that he can race" or words to that effect. That's why I hope St Kilda pick up Roughhead, because he's from proven stock, and ...

Jordan Roughhead for me, if he's half as good as Hawthorn's Jarryd (are they related?) he will be just what we need as ruckman/forward/back KP.

This thread is a pathetic joke........... Maguire will make a full recovery and come back stronger and fitter than ever. St Kilda will have learned from the experience with Dean Rice and Joel Smith who were both let go because of chronic injuries and continued their careers in great form with Carlto...

Spoke to a "Rob" at Channel 10 who had no logical explanation for this, and suggested that rather than email, write a letter to: The General Manager Channel 10 GPO Box 751 BRISBANE 4001 to express our dismay and request representations be made to the broadcast scheduling people in Sydney t...

I am obviously the "old man" on SS because I was 26 on GF day in 1966, married with a 1 year old daughter, and living and working in Papua New Guinea, in the small provincial town of Kokopo on the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain. At the time the Gazelle Peninsula was still occupied largel...

Last night's impressive victory over Collingwood can be regarded as "one for the skeptics", and that includes this poster. Not in my wildest dreams did I think that virtually the same team that was smashed by Geelong a week ago would play with such confidence and superb teamwork to demolis...

good idea. lets put the inform centre half forward/forward of the comp for the last 8 weeks (except last week) and chuck him down back. :!: Sure, Riewoldt has had a superb 2nd half of the season and I would love nothing more than see him continue like that in the finals. The trouble is that the rea...