Official Delistings

[Cardinal]

[QUOTE=desredandwhite;462724]That just shows you how much of a lottery the draft is.

I think the hit rate is probably roughly the same across all clubs.

QUOTE]

Don't know if I've mentioned it but Pelchen from the Hawks reckons we have had the lowest return from the draft of all the clubs in the past few years. Mind you we have had sustained success on the park where it counts and also the least amount of picks.

[Captain]

No surprise that DOK was delisted. Being a high draft pick means nothing. I was sure that he would go and would have been amazed if he had stayed.

Only surprise is that Playfair has kept his place. Guess that's fair enough considering we have lost a lot of forward line experience and he would add depth if he gets his hammies right.

[Triple B]

Bummer. I think I am going to have to give away watching the ressies because you get too attached to some of these players. I am still getting over Bruce getting the flick last year. And now Laidlaw

I feel your pain Liz.

I'm gutted about Laidlaw

[hammo]

Playfair just 20 games in the last 4 seasons by the way. Only 63 games in his 8 year career. Are we that confident he's suddenly going to come good? Shows the advantage of being tall!

[Plugger46]

Playfair just 20 games in the last 4 seasons by the way. Only 63 games in his 8 year career. Are we that confident he's suddenly going to come good? Shows the advantage of being tall!

Can't believe the support for him either. Slow and can't kick. With Goodes, White and possibly Johnston - surely he's not required.

[Reggi]

I feel your pain Liz.

I'm gutted about Laidlaw

Tim Schmidt must have photos of Roosy's kids

[dimelb]

We kept Playfair?
And dropped Laidlaw?
I am very disappointed, and I suspect Matty will get picked up elsewhere and come back to bite us on the bum.

[Lucky Knickers]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Poor Matt. All the best for the future.

[Old Royboy]

Braba was a dud from day 1, should have been delisted two years ago. DOK showed ability but no application, and I am now free of Big Bad's weekly summary of him as a spud. I'm another gutted about Laidlaw - if he had been given a fair go when he was flying in early 2007 it could have been such a different story.

[DST]

Playfair just 20 games in the last 4 seasons by the way. Only 63 games in his 8 year career. Are we that confident he's suddenly going to come good? Shows the advantage of being tall!

This does not mean Playfair is staying we still have another two list lodgement deadlines to cut right up until the PSD and rookie draft.

The club has done the right thing by giving him extra time to start running again and will know one way or the other come PSD day.

DST

[DST]

We kept Playfair?
And dropped Laidlaw?
I am very disappointed, and I suspect Matty will get picked up elsewhere and come back to bite us on the bum.

Can't confess to knowing the full story but a family member of mine went to school with Matt and he caught up with him over the last couple of weeks.

Indication was that the doctors reports were not overly great and his injury problems are likely to be on going, which is a shame as he had the talent.

He may now just play socially in the amatures for old Carey.

DST

[Captain]

Maybe they are giving Playfair the most amount of time possible to prove he is injury free (or at least recovering well)?

Once the injury box is ticked, they can teach him to kick.

[Cardinal]

Maybe we should have done a straight swap for Ball.

http://www.saintsational.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58085

[dimelb]

Can't confess to knowing the full story but a family member of mine went to school with Matt and he caught up with him over the last couple of weeks.

Indication was that the doctors reports were not overly great and his injury problems are likely to be on going, which is a shame as he had the talent.

He may now just play socially in the amatures for old Carey.

DST

I'm really sorry to hear that; as I've said elsewhere I think he has a real talent. I wish him all the best for the future.

[DST]

I'm really sorry to hear that; as I've said elsewhere I think he has a real talent. I wish him all the best for the future.

Agree, I watched a fair bit of him in year 12 for Carey when playing with my cousin and he was such a good talent.

A shame the body didn't work out, but maybe another club will take a punt as a rookie but it would seem un-likely.

DST