Take a number Lurker. The umpires, in particular McBurney and Vozzo were flowering woeful.

3 times with my binoculars they hesitated to blow the whistle for a Carlton free when the free was there to see.

They helped the Saints in the first qtr with some shocking decisions.

Its amazing the frees that Fev doesn't get. FFS if they're there pay 'em, but as has been said ad nauseum on here before, he just digs a hole for himself by asking for them all the time, as the maggots refuse to pay whingers.

Simmo must have taken some agro pills ... played above his weight again tonight & put his body on the line

Early in the first quarter Fevola had:

- chopped arms
- across the neck
- push in the back

in the same marking contest - umpire said play on - apparently he needed to see a knife sticking out of his back before he would pay you any of those .

Yet Goddard was paid a free in the last when he ran into Kreuzer's arm as Kreuze grabbed for the ball.

Early in the first quarter Fevola had:

- chopped arms
- across the neck
- push in the back

in the same marking contest - umpire said play on - apparently he needed to see a knife sticking out of his back before he would pay you any of those .

AJ on Milne? Has AJ lost this year?

Worst post of the year. Garlett is a rookie kid who has freakish abilities and is only going to get better. Its when guys like him get to 50 games that we win our next flag...........not RUSSELL (did you really say that ???????????????????????) or CLOKE (what the ??) or.........................................................HARTLETT (FFS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).

Great effort by the boys tonight. I reckon tonight was a "line in the sand" game for us. We harrassed, tackled and pressured most of the game, and even early on we kept coming back even when down 5 goals. Fev should have got at least 4 more frees, and I'd like to hear the Geesh's explanantion of that one in the first quarter, whereas Reiwoldt gets 90% of his.

Hoops goals and we win, simple as that. And that was against a team that most say are palying
the Cats for the cup. When Gibbs and Murphy develp physically enough to stand up in those
games, and we get 1AW and 206 on the park, we'll be a contender.

The pricks are carrying on in the rooms as though they'd won the flag. Milne screaming his little <injunction> lungs out!

I'm sick of saying it, but I want them bleeding next time.

The kid might be a star in the future but the fact is in the biggest game all year he touched the ball 4 times .I don't have an issue with kids getting a game but we are doing it at the expense of the result. It is good for the future it is bad for the now .One more bigger body a handful more possesions and we win .
Unlike 2004 Ratts doesn't sacrifice develop for wins
Yarren will come in for 2 or 3 after the break

I'll rephrase. I want a team full of our most critical players to pick from for once. Waite, Thornton, Walker, all of whom are critical to our structure. Our midfield is so strong that if we lose someone, we've got guys who can come in. The guys we're always missing at one time or another are all guys that we can't replace.

I didn't think he was too bad.

I don't want to take what is essentially the shine off a good game despite the result, however, Houlihan's last quarter was certainly nothing to be proud of. The panicked hospital handball over the top to Judd in the forward 50 to avoid contact, and then a bit later when hes either paddled the ball on or chipped it along the ground straight to, as BH has pointed out, 3 uncontested St Kilda defenders, rather than put his head over it, were just plain frustrating.

All things considered, I'd be dropping him well before Garlett for the Bombers game, possibly for Thornton, and play Thornton or Austin forward instead.

Its amazing the frees that Fev doesn't get. FFS if they're there pay 'em, but as has been said ad nauseum on here before, he just digs a hole for himself by asking for them all the time, as the maggots refuse to pay whingers.

The kid might be a star in the future but the fact is in the biggest game all year he touched the ball 4 times .I don't have an issue with kids getting a game but we are doing it at the expense of the result. It is good for the future it is bad for the now .One more bigger body a handful more possesions and we win .
Unlike 2004 Ratts doesn't sacrifice develop for wins
Yarren will come in for 2 or 3 after the break