Preview Trial game - Crows V Port - 5pm Friday 23 Feb at Alberton Oval

[Crows I Am]

Are we seeing a different looking AFL now Gil the dull has left?

They went hard with a statement with Thomas.

Now going hard with SPP as the 1st head high contact after Brayshaw incident.

The test will be when an incident occurs involving a big name from a powerful Victorian club.

The bigger test will come during finals when a big name player has a similar incident.

Preliminary final 2024, Collingwood win the game and Nick Daicos bumps someone and causes a concussion. We all know what the result will be. He will be playing the next week in the GF without a doubt.

 

[dogs105]

Mr Pepper-Powell gets 4

 

[cmndstab]

Mr Pepper-Powell gets 4

At least we won't have to worry about him sniping another one of our players when we play Port in round 3.

 

[spexau]

At least we won't have to worry about him sniping another one of our players when we play Port in round 3.

Showdown is round 8

 

[ams4crows]

Omg it's not a parody account it's real!! Haha

Pretty funny though as that is the tribunal reporter hope they keep it up for more LOLs during the season

 

[MarcusP2]

Imagine getting suspended for 20% of the season in the first quarter of the first practice match.

 

[Crow-eater]

That's a parody account right?? Because of the 1 in the handle?

Pretty funny though as that is the tribunal reporter guy and a heap of people will be fooled, hope they keep it up for more LOLs during the season

No, that's the real David Zita.

 

[Bay62]

The bigger test will come during finals when a big name player has a similar incident.

Preliminary final 2024, Collingwood win the game and Nick Daicos bumps someone and causes a concussion. We all know what the result will be. He will be playing the next week in the GF without a doubt.

Yep the AFL need to pass the Cotchin Test

 

[DJ75]

Yep the AFL need to pass the Cotchin Test

The AFL are yet to pass the 'Big Vic club player should be suspended, but it's an important match' test.
Not once.

 

[GROTTO]

Hey Mr Gui Guojie look who is laughing now?

Yes Im tagging you into a thread you didnt post in.

Passively laughing at posts by opposition posters may be considered trolling and our Mods have mentioned it many times on here. I didnt report you, as I was waiting for the Karma Bus to arrive at Alberton today.

 

[cmndstab]

Showdown is round 8

Damn it, I must have been looking at the 2023 fixture.

Still, there's got to be at least even odds that he snipes someone again in rounds 5-7 and misses the Showdown anyway.

 

[GROTTO]

EskimoPAFC why are you so salty on your board about SPP ban?

The thug got what he deserved.

 

[WetCrow1991]

Imagine getting suspended for 20% of the season in the first quarter of the first practice match.

Not even a practice match. A match sim.

 

[beartoo]

I'll give you the first one that we were beaten at stoppages but not in the second game, that was ours.

I had to have a look to see if my memory was faulty and came up with a result that surprised me.
We won the clearances 50 to 39 in the 1st Showdown. Centre clearances 18 to 10. Stoppages 32 to 29.
2nd Showdown we lost clearances 34 to their 42. Centre clearances 8 to Pear 11. Stoppages 23 to 34.


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[beartoo]

At least we won't have to worry about him sniping another one of our players when we play Port in round 3.

Keane might be a bit disappointed.

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[kirky]

Yeah I'll reserve judgement until a big name player at one of the big Melbourne clubs gets a hefty suspension.

This happens most years if you get done early in the season

Agree, the toughest suspensions seem to occur in the first few rounds - see McAdam from last year and player wasn’t even concussed or high contact.

 

[CrowBloke]

This year I reckon our kids will do better in the midfield which will hopefully push us along the ladder.

UP, right?

 

[CrowBloke]

Keane might be a bit disappointed.

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Keane, Irish and tough-as-nails, will never-ever-ever forget SPP's careless shoulder, over which SPP will look with fear every time we play them.
He''ll be hearing Keane's footsteps every Showdown, I hope.

 

[Carmo]

I had to have a look to see if my memory was faulty and came up with a result that surprised me.
We won the clearances 50 to 39 in the 1st Showdown. Centre clearances 18 to 10. Stoppages 32 to 29.
2nd Showdown we lost clearances 34 to their 42. Centre clearances 8 to Pear 11. Stoppages 23 to 34.


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Those stats are the opposite to what I saw, we lost clearances in the first showdown 50 to 39 roughly depending on what site you use.

 

[rabidcrow]

At least we won't have to worry about him sniping another one of our players when we play Port in round 3.

Don’t we play them round 8? So well and truly back before our game. He does miss eagles Richmond Melbourne and Essendon

Port have a pretty soft draw at start of season


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[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Damn it, I must have been looking at the 2023 fixture.

Ballarat... Launceston... Darwin... Kardinia Park??!! Trip to Perth in the last round??!! Again??!!

What is this bullshit?

 

[50BC]

Ballarat... Launceston... Darwin... Kardinia Park??!! Trip to Perth in the last round??!! Again??!!

What is this bullshit?

When they start making Collingwood travel to all those sort of venues in the 1 season I will start to think maybe its a fair competition after all

 

[arrowman]

Those stats are the opposite to what I saw, we lost clearances in the first showdown 50 to 39 roughly depending on what site you use.

Whichever way it was, IIRC and I've got no stats to back this up - I think some of our best performances - wins, or close losses against top teams - in the last couple of years have been despite losing the clearances; we were able to cover for that with better work outside / on the defensive side. Hopefully improvement in our mid performance can build on that.

 

[Mr Gui Guojie]

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Hey Mr Gui Guojie look who is laughing now?

Yes Im tagging you into a thread you didnt post in.

Passively laughing at posts by opposition posters may be considered trolling and our Mods have mentioned it many times on here. I didnt report you, as I was waiting for the Karma Bus to arrive at Alberton today.

Rent free

 

[GROTTO]

Rent free

Your tears are salty and delicious, on behalf of this board, thanks for the lols.