Preview R9: Changes v Gold Coast

[TexForPM]

So did the crouch boys head to the woolshed and get blind?
Must have.
Only way I see how this has happened is because we are rewarding training.
Someone tweet these pricks, I already have high blood pressure. pricks

 

[Mattrox]

Meltdowns anyone?

Just found out selections. Disappointed Brad was dropped.

 

[GreyCrow]

I will be absolutely DESTROYING the selectors on tonight's podcast. It'll be a fun time.

To the Podcast !!!

 

[Crowked]

You would have to think CEY particularly must be thinking any chance he has of making it in the AFL is at another club.

VB replacing a midfielder???

Must surely be going to half back to free up Smith for midfield duty.

 

[Ramify]

I'm struggling to comprehend how Pyke could make these moves after doing everything right in selections for the first few rounds

Maybe Pyke has had authority reigned in.

 

[TexForPM]

Brad Crouch is going to be rusty! He's had a long stint out with the injury! Show some faith in him and watch him grow some confidence. But nah we have to bring a plodder in VB

Maybe that's the issue? On the review his disposal is shocking. Every player sees it.
Le sigh

 

[Elite Crow]

VB to defence and Smith to midfield will be the only thing that gets me through this game

 

[TheLeftFist8]

Absolute bullshit from Pyke. He's panicked after a couple of losses and brought in an experienced plodder who offers nothing.

Douglas has been hopeless, arguably worse than the Crouch brothers given he's an experienced mid, yet keeps his spot.

Thommo can't chase/spread hard and is exposed the other way defensively far too easily which has been exactly our problem lately.

No doubt B.Crouch was brought in too early but they did so they had to back him in for longer.

I can't understand why we would replace two mids with a slow half-back with shocking disposal/decision-making and zero agility/awareness. He won't help our hardness at the contest in the midfield and he won't help us chase/tackle in the midfield either.

Terrible selection.

NAILED IT.

Too angry for words right now.

I've lost all faith in Pyke...he's bought into the AFC mediocrity culture...we are going nowhere

 

[relapse]

Van Berlo is in for M Crouch who is being rested due to soreness. He's still a kid. He won't be out for long.

Lyons is in as direct swap for B Crouch because let's face it, Brad has been sh*t.

I understand the melt but also know VB won't be a regular. Same as Henderson - he goes out next week when Laird returns.

Why not give CEY a run ? Even if it's only for a week I still think that VB's inclusion is unjustifiable.

 

[SloaneysDanger]

Tredders just made a good point that Brouch should have stayed in the side and given Thommo a rest.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Far be it for me to support VB, but I'm guessing the rationale is that a defender is moving to the midfield and he's the next defender in line. We're a very simple group down there, devoid of ideas.

Yes, I think that Smith may move into the midfield, but then we could have played Wigg!

 

[pjcrows]

VB is not in for Brad Crouch. He's in for Matt.

Lyons is in for Brad because he has been poor.

I know it doesn't help the whole "VB is in" by saying that, but that's the selection.

 

[Elite Crow]

Panic at what EC?

At two poor performances. Only two players who have copped it, senior poor players remain and a poor senior player returns.

We make to the decision to play Crouch with limited game time, he plays two games and then just when you think he could benefit from the third we drop him.

The other mind blowing poor decision is our midfield has been poor and we've only brought in one midfielder.

 

[TheLeftFist8]

Got my popcorn ready.

Hope you're still so happy when VB fails again against an AFL team next week.

 

[Elite Crow]

VB is not in for Brad Crouch. He's in for Matt.

Lyons is in for Brad because he has been poor.

I know it doesn't help the whole "VB is in" by saying that, but that's the selection.

What difference does that make?

 

[Miss Vanessa]

 

[Wood_Duck]

VB eh? Wasnt Scott Stevens available?

 

[Southerntakeover]

Hope you're still so happy when VB fails again against an AFL team next week.

I hope the happy clappers are still using his absence for the team as the reason why our recent failures have been super doper awesome.

 

[Tex200]

Happy with the outs. M Crouch injured so that's forced.

B Crouch was poorly managed imo. Should have been made to play 3-4 weeks in SANFL, much like Tex was when he came back. Putting him straight back was only setting him for failure which he certainly did.

Lyons in was obvious as he should never have been dropped in the first place.

So that brings us to VB. There can only be 2 reasons;

1. We are shifting someone out of defence and need a replacement. We are stuck with VB as the only choice given the list of defenders injured.

2. We are looking for a purely defensive mid.

I think it's the first.

Either way it's horrible.

 

[Golumless]

VB to defence and Smith to midfield will be the only thing that gets me through this game

I'll very begrudgingly live with that. That said, we would be replacing Smith in defense with a worse defender than him, so we're not really fixing anything.

If VB is the answer, you're asking the wrong questions.

 

[1970crow]

That will be the only thing that redeems these selections.

Not really, surely an opportunity to give Wigg a taste. Will screw Wiggy for an opportunity next week if he's the travelling emergency. Would have missed 2 weeks on the trot. VB's the perfect travelling emergency, versatile, fit and it doesn't matter if missing rules him out of AFL action.

 

[GreyCrow]

You love the prospect of everything going to sh!t don't you? You seem to get a weird excitement on here when things are looking at all gloomy.

How about you hold off your orgasmic excitement over the carnage we are due in the GWS game until we get through the Gold Coast match? Save it up, instead of sputtering it all over this thread.

Young fellas have PE

 

[Southerntakeover]

At two poor performances. Only two players who have copped it, senior poor players remain and a poor senior player returns.

We make to the decision to play Crouch with limited game time, he plays two games and then just when you think he could benefit from the third we drop him.

The other mind blowing poor decision is our midfield has been poor and we've only brought in one midfielder.

Milera's still there atleast.

 

[WheresGroomgone]

The planets aligned for the Adelaide Football Club this week - after a torrid start to the year we come up against a team decimated with injury to their most experienced players - what an opportunity after a poor showing on the national stage last Friday, the chance to experiment with players like CEY, Wigg Menzel etc and give the older bodies a message and a rest...what do we do?

Good old AFC we drop two young blokes and bring in a bloke with the movement of my 80 year old mother ...boooyeah way to go!

Do we as supporters now hit the panic or at least the worry button in regards to the Crouch boys, do they really want to be in Adelaide, perhaps not so much right now!!

 

[Corvus]

Wow, .......VB....................