Preview Changes Rd 8 vs Port Power

[Vader]

So Vader

You have never seen a player improve in year 3, 4 or 5 of their careers

I bet many were saying Keays would never improve either

The game is filled with history and examples of players starting slowly in their initial years but end up becoming very good AFL players

You seem to write ypung players of very very quickly and at the same time totally ignoring the journey, challenges and timeline for a young player to make it at AFL level

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Reading comprehension not your strong point? Did you miss the double negative?

 

[BRL121]

I think Sloane will miss Showdown and be ready week after

That's what I would do

Agreed: there's no way I would expose his eye to those thugs.

 

[baldandbroke]

I can't honestly say that Berg will never improve, just as I can't say that Fogarty will never improve.

What I do know is that Fog has more talent/potential, yet Berg works harder and is (to date) the better performed of the two.

Without putting too fine a point on it Vader. Have you ever in your life, in any facet of your professional history ... Ever worked with professional sports people? Ever worked with high performance? Ever been around young talent as it develops?

What gives you the idea that you are a reader of the tea leaves? Where is this confidence coming from?

You are currently being the worst type of internet forum inhabitant. You have a catch phrase and you are defining everything you post around it ... and yet it is based in nothing more than a fabrication of your own making.

It's boring.

Of course you can have any opinion you want on anyone ... But please stop trying to drag the same point into every post.

 

[BRL121]

So Lynch ruled out for at least 2 weeks. Predicted this would happen playing him injured, when we could have just have rested him for a week or so rather than playing him with lesser impact.

Hamill 50/50.

Brown looks more likely.

Sloane training, but needs clearance from his ophthalmologist.

One might say that the sub effort was actually a very efficient way of getting him out of the side, given that we only needed 20 min instead of a whole game to expose his lack of value when unfit! Indeed, would he have been playing on Saturday if he had not come onto the ground as sub the previous week? I think we all know that the answer to that would have been "yes".

 

[1970crow]

Agreed: there's no way I would expose his eye to those thugs.

More danger being at the ground but not on the field I'd have thought.

 

[jackster83]

One might say that the sub effort was actually a very efficient way of getting him out of the side, given that we only needed 20 min instead of a whole game to expose his lack of value when unfit! Indeed, would he have been playing on Saturday if he had not come onto the ground as sub the previous week? I think we all know that the answer to that would have been "yes".

He'll put his hand up to play the second Thilthorpe shows signs of tiring. There's no way he plays SANFL.

 

[Scorpus]

So Lynch ruled out for at least 2 weeks. Predicted this would happen playing him injured, when we could have just have rested him for a week or so rather than playing him with lesser impact.

Hamill 50/50.

Brown looks more likely.

Sloane training, but needs clearance from his ophthalmologist.

That can't be right. Lynch was match fit just a week ago

 

[1990crow]

Does the premier (ardent Power nut job) let inmates out for the game to help celebrate the “bring back the bars” bonanza?
Sorry, I mean Showdown.

 

[Cap]

The problem with Fogarty is that he has no other weapons other than a solid set shot for goal. He lacks so much in nearly every other facet of the game that if he doesn't score 3+ goals then you'd have to consider it an overall detriment to the team.

I disagree with that. He's an excellent goal kicker and field kicker and seems to have a reasonable high footy IQ

His major flaw, that is he can't get the ball, takes away all his weapons.

 

[ad victoriam]

For wet conditions we should be playing neither of them.

Na wet conditions against Port, Play Fog,

 

[Thetrader15]

Lol at the results of this poll

Funny thing is the AFL had to ask...read the room!

 

[Vader]

Without putting too fine a point on it Vader. Have you ever in your life, in any facet of your professional history ... Ever worked with professional sports people? Ever worked with high performance? Ever been around young talent as it develops?

What gives you the idea that you are a reader of the tea leaves? Where is this confidence coming from?

You are currently being the worst type of internet forum inhabitant. You have a catch phrase and you are defining everything you post around it ... and yet it is based in nothing more than a fabrication of your own making.

It's boring.

Of course you can have any opinion you want on anyone ... But please stop trying to drag the same point into every post.

Is there a point hidden in this gibberish rant somewhere?

 

[robboaustralia]

The problem with Fogarty is that he has no other weapons other than a solid set shot for goal. He lacks so much in nearly every other facet of the game that if he doesn't score 3+ goals then you'd have to consider it an overall detriment to the team.

Needs to start being a pest. Getting the oppo to retaliate = free kick in range then kicks the goal

 

[cleanhands]

Is there a point hidden in this gibberish rant somewhere?

Thought it was pretty straight forward

 

[baldandbroke]

Is there a point hidden in this gibberish rant somewhere?

Well done. PERFECT.

 

[Kezza86]

Last year McAdam had tricks and speed on a lead. Now he has nothing. Has to be hampered surely.

In the SANFL did Rowe go up the ground much? Is he lost outside of F50?

Rowe played a lot of midfield for the Eagles last year. He won a final off his own boot. Rowe good 12 months away from being a solid AFL player. He just need time in the system to get his tank up to standard. I’ve said last couple weeks is that he is looking tired and sore. Rowe is not covering the ground he did in preseason and round 1.

 

[Kezza86]

Forward line just isnt working at the moment. Change it up. McAdam, Berg and Rowe out. Newchurch, Fog and Sloane in, TT and Fog to rotate mid time.

Newchurch is a long way from being ready.

 

[Bob Neil]

Port want to wear their old jumper so perhaps we can field our old side?!
Might actually improve our chances...
Ex-Crows

FB: Lever - Davis - Hartigan
HB: Gibbs - Keath - Atkins
C: Crouch - Dangerfield - Knight
HF: Cameron - Gunston - McGovern
FF: Stengle - Jenkins - Betts
FOLL: Hunter - Greenwood - Lyons
INT: McKernan - Ellis-Yolmen - Gallucci - Crocker

COACH: Don Pyke

 

[Danger Zone]

McAdam, McPherson, Himmelberg out
Mackay to sub
O'Connor, Sloane, Worrell, Brown in

Much better for the conditions. Reward the guys who are ready for a debut. Jones and Fog need time in the SANFL cementing their new roles.

 

[1990crow]

Port want to wear their old jumper so perhaps we can field our old side?!
Might actually improve our chances...
Ex-Crows

FB: Lever - Davis - Hartigan
HB: Gibbs - Keath - Atkins
C: Crouch - Dangerfield - Knight
HF: Cameron - Gunston - McGovern
FF: Stengle - Jenkins - Betts
FOLL: Hunter - Greenwood - Lyons
INT: McKernan - Ellis-Yolmen - Gallucci - Crocker

COACH: Don Pyke

Ed Curnow was on our list too.

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

Spooky, except one's going to be a star and the other will be trying to twang an invisible arrow for the rest of his career.

Did lol.

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

In: Worrell
Out: any lame arse rationale within AFC selection committee that Worrell isn’t due to be picked

 

[Crow till I die]

Rowe played a lot of midfield for the Eagles last year. He won a final off his own boot. Rowe good 12 months away from being a solid AFL player. He just need time in the system to get his tank up to standard. I’ve said last couple weeks is that he is looking tired and sore. Rowe is not covering the ground he did in preseason and round 1.

I am happy to give him time as he is a natural footballer and i agree he needs to work on his AFL fitness base. Will be a good player imo

 

[CrowBloke]

You are currently being the worst type of internet forum inhabitant. You have a catch phrase and you are defining everything you post around it ... and yet it is based in nothing more than a fabrication of your own making.
It's boring.

Way too harsh.
Vader and I have disagreed very strongly regarding Berg/Fog, but without resorting to personal attacks like yours, above. As far as I can tell, Vader's been expressing his opinions backed up by reason and interpretations of data and although we disagree I respect the way/s he responds.
When Vader said " I can't honestly say that Berg will never improve, just as I can't say that Fogarty will never improve.
What I do know is that Fog has more talent/potential, yet Berg works harder and is (to date) the better performed of the two", it was a very reasonable response to a post I made.
I think he's confused "what I do know ..." with "it's my opinion that ..." , but I've learned to accept that's just a part of his writing style (exaggeration/over-certainty).

 

[Ian_Perries_Glove]

Are you suggesting --- seriously --- that the Crows drop one of their 3 current best players (who is leading the Coleman Medal count)?
Drop Tex, to give Fogarty 10 games as the key lead-up forward?
Nah, mate.

I’m saying manage Tex. I couldn’t care less if we win games at the moment, I’m interested in a club that contends and wins premierships which means building our next premiership side. Tex has had his go and we didn’t win a flag, unfortunately. For example, clearly Tex is carrying an injury at the moment and is reverting to the old one hand up in contests circa ‘18-20. Let’s rest Tex for a fortnight and give Fog a go as our main lead up player. At the end of the season, Tex has to be told, if we sign you on you play as a squad rotator/mentor to our younger players, that’s your role.