Preview R14: Changes vs. Hawthorn Hawks

[cleanhands]

Murphy CBAs would be a sight to behold

His AFL days at Adelaide should be DONE

 

[Ham]

Get the guy who topped clearances and was second for tackles in the SANFL game in for Peatling, like for like.

 

[MRB37]

His AFL days at Adelaide should be DONE

And yet we'll probably re-sign him for another year given I don't see the club wanting to make a lot of changes again over the off-season.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Rachele and Keays are looking at 40 goal+ seasons.

Absolutely.

We have 5 forwards tracking for 40+ goals years.

 

[Trigger13]

My Heinz Sauce tells me Fog has the flu. Which would put him in doubt for Friday. Let’s hope they’ve isolated it to just him.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

My Heinz Sauce tell me Fog has the flu. Which would put him in doubt for Friday. Let’s hope they’ve isolated it to just him.

Hope we don't risk him if unwell.

Would mean playing Tex then & going in smaller.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Id play him.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Id play him.

Madness imo.

Wasn't fit last time & Butts is doing a decent job.

We have a bye coming up too, so get him right for when it matters later.

 

[Scorpus]

Murphy training with the 1s according to 10 lol

Have to trust Nicks on this one. Bringing back a senior player worked with Brodie Smith and of course it worked all those other times (don't ask me to name them) so I'm sure this time it will also work

 

[Cromulant]

Id play him.

In the 2s

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Have to trust Nicks on this one. Bringing back a senior player worked with Brodie Smith and of course it worked all those other times (don't ask me to name them) so I'm sure this time it will also work

Like it worked so well last time with Murphy.... not!

Surely that experiment has ended for good.

Bond will be useful against the Hawks mosquito fleet this week.

Hinge to outside/inside midfield mix.

 

[cleanhands]

Like it worked so well last time with Murphy.... not!

Surely that experiment has ended for good.

Bond will be useful against the Hawks mosquito fleet this week.

Hinge to outside/inside midfield mix.

Has produced SFA

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

Did anyone watch the SANFL - Murphy was BOG….. average

 

[crows dude]

Did anyone watch the SANFL - Murphy was BOG….. average

Yeh cause hes playing in the centre. Hes not doing that in the AFL.

 

[treeman]

I've enjoyed watching Adelaide do well, I'm dealing with the fact that Smith is in the side but if we bring in Murphy it would be just another annoying thing and he may even play well.

I'd still rather picking just about anyone else.

 

[treeman]

How often does a player training in the ones not make it to the side on the weekend?

 

[FR0GGY]

My Heinz Sauce tells me Fog has the flu. Which would put him in doubt for Friday. Let’s hope they’ve isolated it to just him.

Burgess and Murphy oh boy!

 

[MRB37]

Serious case of myopia if we're selecting Murphy. A player who has shown time and time again he is not a big game, big pressure player and we're looking like we may take him into a game that could determine if we make top 4 or not.

 

[MRB37]

Burgess and Murphy oh boy!

If Fog is out I reckon that 100% gets Murphy in. Nicks would probably freak out at any loss of experience in our best 22. Outside of Murphy he's basically playing the most experienced possible side he currently can now he's got Smith back in.

 

[Grenville]

Absolutely.

We have 5 forwards tracking for 40+ goals years.

Had a quick look back - to put this in context, theres roughly 20 players a year get to 40. I spotted quite a few years where teams had 3 (2017 for AFC), but even 4 in a season might be a record (in the last 20 years at least) let alone 5.
Rd 14 now, so not sure they all make it, but shows what a potent forward line it is now.

 

[Grenville]

Had a quick look back - to put this in context, theres roughly 20 players a year get to 40. I spotted quite a few years where teams had 3 (2017 for AFC), but even 4 in a season might be a record (in the last 20 years at least) let alone 5.
Rd 14 now, so not sure they all make it, but shows what a potent forward line it is now.

Didnt feel like working so i scraped goalkickers > 40 each year going back to 2000.

For anyone interested, 4 players with 40+ goals in a season from a club has been done 4 times since 2000. Never 5.
Port 2001
Hawthorn 2013, 2015
Adelaide 2016

 

[1990crow]

Wishing I didn't read this thread late at night. Horrific to hear Fog sick, and Murphy training with the ones.

This won't end well.

 

[conVINCEd]

What role is he playing in the SANFL?

Was midfield on the weekend. 14 tackles.

 

[MrBarry]

Serious case of myopia if we're selecting Murphy. A player who has shown time and time again he is not a big game, big pressure player and we're looking like we may take him into a game that could determine if we make top 4 or not.

I actually see the home games against Hawthorn and GC as the ones that will likely decide it, this one is a free hit - which makes it even more staggering that they would waste it on a useless player like Murphy. Literally the perfect game to throw an Edwards into the mix and move Hinge into the middle.

 

[AFC979810]

Didnt feel like working so i scraped goalkickers > 40 each year going back to 2000.

For anyone interested, 4 players with 40+ goals in a season from a club has been done 4 times since 2000. Never 5.
Port 2021
Hawthorn 2013, 2015
Adelaide 2016

Think you mean Port from 2001 - not 2021. I dont think they have had 4 players kick 40+ over the past 5 years