To beat the Saints on Sunday we must .....

[Plugger46]

... find a forward line and some midfielders with some pace and imagination

[Primmy]

Turn up to play like grownups.

or at least "this"

play like Kirky's over every shoulder.

OR

Remember, I know who you are.....I am watching you........

[Hartijon]

I also like the way that you think it would take us a full 2 minutes to get it to our goal line without any opposition!

I am afraid that if Reg or Shaw take the first kick it will be out of bounds on the full and a 59minute 50 second wait for the ball to come back in.

[ShockOfHair]

I agree about Kirk. I think his absence is the biggest single factor. Explains our soft performances against Fremantle, Adelaide and last week. Our on-field leaders have gone missing too often.

FWIW Roos' view is it's form:

Roos told On the Couch on Monday night that a simple drop in form by all players was to blame for the sudden change in fortunes.
"We saw with St Kilda earlier on in the year, when your better players and your experienced players aren't playing that well (the team struggles)," he said.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-...-1226115495678

Seems true as far as it goes but doesn't explain why we'd played so well against the Bombers a week ago.

For this week we have to show hunger for the contest. I'm expecting we will and will finish up with another of those "brave" losses.

[Go Swannies]

I thought I hated "brave" losses until I had to sit through an abject loss.

[Red]

Sack the coach.

Teams almost always win their first game for the caretaker coach.

(This is the fun thread, right?)

[Go Swannies]

Sack the coach.

Teams almost always win their first game for the caretaker coach.

(This is the fun thread, right?)

We should have sacked Roos after the QF in 2006 then. Dual Premiers, woohoo!

[CJK]

Go balls out

[Jewels]

Go balls out

That might be a bit too painful.....

[Go Swannies]

Go balls out

I always get that expression and "laces out" confused which is why they banned me from the footy field (and the winter footy season is uncomfortably cold).

[snajik]

At last some common sense.The list of tired cliche's in this thread was getting boring.I would add the suggestion that we have a game plan or plans and have drilled it at practise.Also take away automatic selection regardless of form and let the players know they have to perform to be selected.

I agree with this as well. The exact changes I'd like to see made, my only other change would be the inclusion of Mike Pyke. He's a goer, quick, menacing and plays with heart.

Give TDL a string of games to prove himself. The bloke knows how to kick a goal when so many don't.

[Bleed Red Blood]

I agree about Kirk. I think his absence is the biggest single factor. Explains our soft performances against Fremantle, Adelaide and last week. Our on-field leaders have gone missing too often.

Kirk would not be in the best 22. I think we are missing Micky O more.