Preview Changes: R21 vs Gold Coast, Saturday August 5th, 1.40pm ACST @ Adelaide Oval

[Rank]

Sloane has done nothing.

What are you on about, rarely wastes his disposal? He's never been an effective disposer of the ball, and it's gotten worse. He's had one goal assist since week 12 for crying out loud.

Haha I'm not gonna argue with someone who's got know idea. You were probably one of those that were calling for Milera to be dropped a couple of weeks ago

 

[Southerntakeover]

You obviously don't take much notice do you, Sloane's got a good penetrating kick on him, ya might be thinking of Matt Crouch

Yeah, its reality that's wrong.

 

[Southerntakeover]

Haha I'm not gonna argue with someone who's got know idea. You were probably one of those that were calling for Milera to be dropped a couple of weeks ago

"know idea".

 

[jackster83]

Have you watched Berry play this year ?

Thankfully Schoenberg is finally playing , he’s the main young player this year that’s been mismanaged but I hope they realise that finally

I don't have any confidence in our ability to develop midfielders (or to draft them for that matter).

 

[rabidcrow]

I feel Sloane will probably remain as the sub for the remainder 4 games.

Doubt it. I don’t think any one player will play sub 5 weeks in a row. Hopefully the boys on the edge in the team play well and push him out altogether


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[rabidcrow]

Meh, there are 4 or 5 I can't stand (that twat with the buffant hair for starters) before I care about Elini...I can at least see her improvement from where she was

Number 22 - Nathan Williamson. Drives me crazy.


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[rabidcrow]

They aren’t appealing the decision apparently

Assuming Zork sent them a D pic to illustrate the damage


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[Danger in Texas]

I don't have any confidence in our ability to develop midfielders (or to draft them for that matter).

We’ll see how the development of some of our current guys go

The level that Soligo and Rachele reach will be a good indicator. Also think Nank could become one, in time

 

[footy4ever]

Number 22 - Nathan Williamson. Drives me crazy.


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A blatant Crow hater.

 

[FR0GGY]

A blatant Crow hater.

Can’t wait till the umpires are wired up to a polygraph live and we can see their true feelings.

 

[Bob Neil]

I've got a bad feeling about this. We have a number of players who like to bump players as they kick, hopefully they get the memo that it's going to be penalised.

Fair enough too as it’s a very dangerous act. I was at Metricon Stadium when Powell had his leg broken when McHenry came in like a kamikaze when the bloke was in the act of kicking. Shocking sound and massive injury. The kicker is totally vulnerable and duty of care needs to be shown.

 

[rabidcrow]

Fair enough too as it’s a very dangerous act. I was at Metricon Stadium when Powell had his leg broken when Murphy came in like a kamikaze when the bloke was in the act of kicking. Shocking sound and massive injury. The kicker is totally vulnerable and duty of care needs to be shown.

McHenry? Not Murphy


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[Bob Neil]

McHenry? Not Murphy


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Apologies I think you’re correct

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Number 22 - Nathan Williamson. Drives me crazy.


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Yeah, he is the worst umpire imo.

He seems to be doing more Friday night games now, which is OK with me as we are not playing.

 

[crowker]

Modern footy isn’t it

Attacking guys play at half back these days and defensive guys play at half forward

How it has changed over the years

Too true , I remember Luke Beveridge mentioning in their premiership year they actively recruited midfielders as half back flankers


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[footy4ever]

Can’t wait till the umpires are wired up to a polygraph live and we can see their true feelings.

I can't wait until they're wired up to a 240v generator and every time they make a wrong call someone presses a button and they get fried!

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Too true , I remember Luke Beveridge mentioning in their premiership year they actively recruited midfielders as half back flankers


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Terry Wallace used midfielders at centre half back.

Robran enjoyed it too...

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I don't have any confidence in our ability to develop midfielders (or to draft them for that matter).

Develop them better than draft them

Agree with you on the draft bit

 

[rabidcrow]

It's weird that playing a game largely equivalent to Ben Keays

2

Ben Keays

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.1

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.9

5star

G

0.4

3star

D

13.7

3star

K

8.7

3star

HB

5.0

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.7

4star

G

0.3

3star

D

13.0

4star

K

4.8

2star

HB

8.2

5star

M

1.4

2star

T

4.4

5star

G

0.4

3star

gets Pedlar 'managed', but not the senior player.

This is a pretty naive comment from you. Just watching Peds during a game and he is gassed early on. Played a good last quarter in the showdown but his second halves for the 3-4 weeks prior indicated he is pretty well out on his feet

Regardless of stats though, Burgess would be watching his load management so we get him through the full year

Keays just keeps running like a sheep dog. That can’t be denied - regardless of kicking ability!


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[Southerntakeover]

This is a pretty naive comment from you. Just watching Peds during a game and he is gassed early on. Played a good last quarter in the showdown but his second halves for the 3-4 weeks prior indicated he is pretty well out on his feet

Regardless of stats though, Burgess would be watching his load management so we get him through the full year

Keays just keeps running like a sheep dog. That can’t be denied - regardless of kicking ability!


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What's naive about it?

All of Keays hyped gut running produces performance equivalent to a young player who requires managing.

Why then such faith?

 

[Crows I Am]

Doubt it. I don’t think any one player will play sub 5 weeks in a row. Hopefully the boys on the edge in the team play well and push him out altogether


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If they won't bring Cook back into the 22, I'd like to see him Sub a few times. Preference is for him to be in the starting 22, but if not I think he could do well as sub.

 

[rabidcrow]

But if his hitting the wall production is comparable to the senior players, why is it only a concern about him?

So last 5 weeks second halves disposals

Keays 11. Pedlar 4
Keays 15. Pedlar 3
Keays 5 Pedlar 5
Keays 12 Pedlar 3
Keays 7 Pedlar 8

So 50 disposals for Keays against 23 for Pedlar

Keays hardly missed a game since he has been at the club, Pedlar first year stringing games together after years of injury

I think Pedlar will become our best CBA midfielder over the next two years but it is blindingly obvious why they would rest him - and not Keays from an injury prevention viewpoint


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[rabidcrow]

He had what, three games? Sloane has had 20 games and done nothing.

One of the two might actually improve, and yet he's been banished for the while season.

Sloane has averaged 20 touches a game on reduced game time this year (around 65% on average). If he were playing typical midfield minutes aka Laird/Dawson then unquestionably he would be up around 24-25 touches a game

While I agree he has dropped away since the bye - his year has been nowhere near as bad as some on here paint it to be

Top 5 for disposals for the year(including average disposals) (top 3 for tackles) in a season where his game time has been managed in almost every game - which the club has indicated a number of times.

Let’s not just use hyperbole to describe players on here all the time


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[Danger in Texas]

What's naive about it?

All of Keays hyped gut running produces performance equivalent to a young player who requires managing.

Why then such faith?

Important to have Keays-type senior role players who have the capacity to hit the contest hard, run both ways, provide avenues to goal etc. Can’t have too many of them in the one side, though (assuming one or two glaring weaknesses per player), which has been a problem for us in recent times

Pedlar obviously has the higher ceiling and is a more potent player, but it’s about finding the right mix and balance

 

[cleanhands]

You obviously don't take much notice do you, Sloane's got a good penetrating kick on him, ya might be thinking of Matt Crouch

I try to not take too much notice, thanks for noticing