Preview Trial game - Crows V Port - 5pm Friday 23 Feb at Alberton Oval
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Proceed with caution my friend. I was glowing of Port’s midfield a few years ago and this board assumed I had to be a Port fan.
Agree with this. RT has such great speed and endurance which he should be using to his advantage. He is such a threat when leading up the wings and provides a great avenue when we are coming out of defence. I don't want him confined only to the forward 50. Let him roam up the ground and run his defender into the ground.
Powa deliberately taking the pi$$ on their official website match report? Or just typical Alberton IQ levels perhaps.
A couple of late goals to Ned McHenry and Josh Rechelle had the Crows back to within ten points at the second break.
The sides continued to trade goals, including a second for Burton from an identical position 55 metres out and a neat set shot by Jeremy Finlayson getting his first minutes of the pre-season after missing the intra club a week earlier with shin soreness.
A controversial late goal to Izaak Rankine,
A couple of late goals to Ned McHenry and Josh Rechelle had the Crows back to within ten points at the second break.
The sides continued to trade goals, including a second for Burton from an identical position 55 metres out and a neat set shot by Jeremy Finlayson getting his first minutes of the pre-season after missing the intra club a week earlier with shin soreness.
A controversial late goal to Izaak Rankine,
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No one would ever accuse John of being a port fan.
Not sure why they’d accuse me either.
That’s the nature of online, haters will say and accuse you of whatever. Sometimes they use dislikes and laughing emojis too.
Their posts will be a tangent to whatever you say, because they frankly won’t care what you say but interested in stirring drama. That’s my pro-tip on this forum.
To be fair to Rioli, we don't know what he was going to do. Yes, he was slinging Keane to one side, but then SPP poleaxed Keane and basically knocked both players to the ground.
It does seem likely Rioli was trying to bring Keane to ground, and yes, that may have resulted in a sling tackle. Given Keane is a much taller player, it was foolhardy of Rioli to try to bring him to ground that way, because it certainly did risk being a sling tackle.
I've always said - best tackle technique is to wrap your arms around the player and drop your knees - try to bring him straight down. I think some players go the sling because they don't want to allow the other player - if they're strong enough - to stand in the tackle. But too bad, I guess; if the other player is a Crouch or Dangerfield, you don't get to negate their strength by slinging them.
We were beaten at stoppages in both Showdowns last year. I reckon we'll do better this year with more time given to Rankin, Rachelle, Soligo.
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FTFY
I think they do it in a patronising sort of way.
You've summed up my thoughts on him perfectly.
RT has so much more to offer than just stand under a pack and get absolutely crunches. The guy has a ton of skill and agility, let's play to his strengths.
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They feel sorry for them. There's a difference.
Even with Keane getting turned in the tackle, SPP still launched himself into the contest. He had full intention to hit him, it probably just changed where he connected due to him being turned. He wasn't trying to tackle his intentions was to bump.
Once he made the decision to bump he then has to face the consequences of the outcome, even if it wasn't his intentions to hit him how he did.
so what has actually happened with Foul -Pepper - has there been a ruling yet?
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I ventured down to the PRPP* on Friday. After reading this thread I thought that I must have gone to the wrong match but after watching the Kayo propaganda replay, my impressions were unchanged.
1) Those (like me) hoping the Pear will plummet down the ladder are likely to be very disappointed.
2) The wind was tricky and I thought the pressure and overall standard was pretty good for a Scratchie.
3) Rob had the better of the new Ruck Dream Team. Soldo showed why a premiership ruckman was running around in the Twos last year. Sweet looked more promising but I don’t expect him to be dominant around the ground.
4) The Pear midfielders are seriously good and dominated in patches but our midfield is improving and also had periods of domination. Yes, Rankine can be a game changing midfielder
5) Our tall forwards looked too classy for the latest Pear missing pieces in defence.
6) Our defence looked shaky, particularly after Keane went down, but our talls held their own against Dixon, Finlayson and Lord.
7) Contrary to some views, I thought Chayce looked better than expected returning from a serious injury.
8) Amongst our fringe players; Sholl, Borlase, Burgess, McHenry, Berry, Dowling, Taylor and Nankervis had some good moments. Hamill, Parnell, Himmelberg, Cook and Gollant didn’t press their claim for a spot.
9) Unlike some poster, I am unwilling to judge the new lads based on a suburban oval Scratchie. I have not written off Curtin and even Edwards for Round 1.
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1) Those (like me) hoping the Pear will plummet down the ladder are likely to be very disappointed.
2) The wind was tricky and I thought the pressure and overall standard was pretty good for a Scratchie.
3) Rob had the better of the new Ruck Dream Team. Soldo showed why a premiership ruckman was running around in the Twos last year. Sweet looked more promising but I don’t expect him to be dominant around the ground.
4) The Pear midfielders are seriously good and dominated in patches but our midfield is improving and also had periods of domination. Yes, Rankine can be a game changing midfielder
5) Our tall forwards looked too classy for the latest Pear missing pieces in defence.
6) Our defence looked shaky, particularly after Keane went down, but our talls held their own against Dixon, Finlayson and Lord.
7) Contrary to some views, I thought Chayce looked better than expected returning from a serious injury.
8) Amongst our fringe players; Sholl, Borlase, Burgess, McHenry, Berry, Dowling, Taylor and Nankervis had some good moments. Hamill, Parnell, Himmelberg, Cook and Gollant didn’t press their claim for a spot.
9) Unlike some poster, I am unwilling to judge the new lads based on a suburban oval Scratchie. I have not written off Curtin and even Edwards for Round 1.
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There is one thing you don’t want to do early in any season - get reported.
The AFL likes to throw the book at you just like with McAdam last year even though the opposition player didn’t get concussed. And as the season progresses the penalties become less (ala Maynard).
I honestly can’t remember the games in detail now. Overall it’s fair to say our forwards were dominant in 2023, except with some games of poor kicking. Our defense was quite sound, and I reckon our midfield was the weaker link. That’s just a gut feel reflection. This year I reckon our kids will do better in the midfield which will hopefully push us along the ladder.
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