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I hope the games are of higher quality today. Yesterdays fare was pretty ordinary

I haven't read anywhere or heard mentioned anywhere that Yze is in contention for either Carlton or Collingwood. Carlton will look for experience after Bolton and Teague (if he's sacked) and I doubt he fits the profile of a Collingwood coach. Hawthorn haven't showed their hand yet but it's just a question of the timing of the transition to Mitchell. I can't see Clarko hanging around after this season. If he does step down he'll be number one on Collingwood's list your would think. I'm fairly confident Yze and Choco are going nowhere.

Our recruitment and development has been first rate. Hanks is a ripper and Bannon and McNamara are very promising as well. I think we have been very clever developing a relationship with Dublin. They are the strongest gaelic football team with the biggest pool of players. Goldy has been fantastic for us, McEvoy contributed and Magee, after a shaky start, has found her feet and has the makings of a very solid lock down defender. The Irish players have a lot to learn when they get here but we seem to be able to get the best out of them which is testament to our development programs and coaching. There are other talented Irish players playing for other clubs but having access to Dublin players gives us an edge. Watching the Dublin game, posted on another thread, you can see there are other candidates who could make the switch

Natives getting restless. Blowtorch on Ratten for sure http://saintsational.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=102755&start=275

We're not the only team anymore wondering how the hell we lost to Adelaide

And he's just redeemed himself. sensational back to the goal kick

That's one of the worst misses ever. Just needed a point and missed the lot.

I'm hoping the Crows win this. The saints fans are in mutinous mood as it is. Coughing up a 6 goal lead will tip them over the edge

My record is not without blemish when it comes to player and coaching evaluations

Maybe he’s complaining about all the off the ball and low level hits he cops that the umpires ignore

I recall a lot of posters saying Carlton and St Kilda had gone past us.

Cazaly is a god forsaken dump. After our finals chances were obliterated there last year it will be forever tainted in my eyes

Every time i watch the Suns (not often i admit) I'm impressed by Touk Miller. An underrated player.

Melks performances have been serviceable at best. He can have no complaints.

The Blues have no midfield. Recruiting a half back in Williams on big bucks thinking he could play there was a mistake. They need to trade for mature midfielders to complement Walsh otherwise they are going nowhere and who the coach is won’t really matter I think we are set-up to be a top 4 team for a few years. Hopefully we can take advantage of Carlton’s situation, twist the knife, by taking McKay off their hands. He becomes a free agent in 2 years I think. It would give me great pleasure to see the Carlton faithful slitting their wrists if we could pull off that move.

Sydney had no answers last night. Very poor performance. They'll be purely making up the numbers come finals time. Richmond are the team i fear the most. If they get on a roll they'll be hard to stop. Hoping West Coast can beat them tomorrow. Geelong can't be discounted but they are so old and September is still in the distance. They'll run out of gas. Dogs and Lions pretenders. Their game plan doesn't hold up against us.

We're on our way, if not already, to being a destination club. If a high profile player decides they want to come here there are ways and means to make it happen from a TPP perspective. I reckon we should bring in top end players (Merrett, Kelly, McKay) if we can and address depth through drafting. Disclaimer: This comment is pure speculation based on 100% uninformed opinion.

The association that runs the game over there is the Ladies Gaelic football Association (LGFA). The association has been around for a while and I think the intention at the time it was set-up was for the game played by the “Ladies” to be more refined than the male equivalent. The players were expected to comport themselves in manner befitting a lady. An old fashioned idea to contemporary eyes I know, but the younger generation don’t seem too bothered. Perhaps @gaelicfootballfan has a more informed view but i don't believe the players care too much whether it's referred to as Ladies or Womens.

Is Goldrick back training yet? Must have been a bad hamstring tear to keep her out this long. Do you mind keeping us up to date on her progress? Niamh Hetherington looks a player. Her power and physicality would translate well to the AFLW

Reality is OD we have no idea of the long term effects of any of these vaccines. People have to weight up the risk for themselves but everyone needs to understand that we can't keep our borders closed indefinitely. When we open our borders covid will return for sure Do people want to be unvaccinated and risk a bad illness, long covid symptoms and other complications or risk the vaccine. I've made my mind up in favor of the vaccine. Yes there are risks but its better than long covid an overseas family member of mine is struggling through. He caught Covid from his wife about 6 months ago, a health worker. Very fatigued he has been unable to work since He has 3 young kids as well. 40 years of age so not old at all.

Covid is now endemic in the global population. Our only hope is to vaccinate, achieve herd immunity open our borders and get on with our lives. I've been upset with the Vic govt over hotel quarantine and the Feds for the vaccine non roll-out but the reality is, thus far, we've done very well by international standards. It's been a weird year and unprecedented circumstances so i'm going to cut them some slack. Best thing we can all do is encourage people to do the right thing and get vaccinated.

Credit to Geelong, they are well coached and know how to win. They're a threat but i believe our defence and system trumps they're firepower Put a line through Port as a contender. Defense no where near good enough

Surely Port will have the legs to run over Geelong and particularly as the cats had to fly in today

We're better than Port and better than Geelong. Our defense will strangle both no dramas

Dad's Army in trouble here