Review Round 1 v St Kilda: Sunday 17 August @ RSEA Park

[craig crowing]

Can't believe how many of Crows are nowhere near any level of sport fitness shape and least 3-4 of our stars have comeback in such poor fitness levels n.
Surely now these players getting paid quiet well it is a poor reflection of club especially those in charge.y

 

[Crow54]

Less time at Hungry Jacks and more time at Spec Savers.

 

[cmndstab]

Well... we're within three kicks now I guess.

 

[cmndstab]

Can't believe how many of Crows are nowhere near any level of sport fitness shape and least 3-4 of our stars have comeback in such poor fitness levels n.
Surely now these players getting paid quiet well it is a poor reflection of club especially those in charge.y

Which ones? Hatchard, and...?

 

[Scorpus]

Winning this would be papering over the cracks. Hopefully it forces change

 

[Crow54]

Sorry, haven’t read all of this thread or following news about the girls, but what is Chelsea Randall doing in Bali?

 

[Firewalker]

Sorry, haven’t read all of this thread or following news about the girls, but what is Chelsea Randall doing in Bali?

Family wedding

 

[Crow-eater]

Poor performance. Our forward line is all over the joint, and when they do get scoring opportunities, they miss.

Not much has changed, really.

 

[treeman]

She's a Crows fan too

Surely not...

 

[treeman]

Family wedding

Surely her brother could have scheduled the wedding at a more suitable time?

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

 

[Firewalker]

Well there’s two ways it goes from here, spurs you on to get better or totally falls apart… given everything going on around the team I know what I’d be putting at shorter odds.

At least in the last quarter they got Hatchard out the way and they started to look semi competent around the ball and got some territory dominance like their game plan is totally reliant upon. Unfortunately when they do get territory it just ends up in the Forward Abyss.

[copy and paste] Slow all over the ground, flat footed at stoppage, hardly any two-way running and can’t convert inside 50s or shots on goal. [copy and paste]

 

[dplggr47]

She's a Crows fan too

Probably only a fan of the men's team.

 

[Crow54]

Surely her brother could have scheduled the wedding at a more suitable time?

I don’t know the circumstances, but can you imagine Thilthorpe or Worrell taking the first game of the season off to go to a wedding?

 

[cmndstab]

Surely her brother could have scheduled the wedding at a more suitable time?

Clarke mentioned that when the wedding was scheduled (a year in advance, as usual for weddings), the season had a later start date scheduled.

 

[cmndstab]

So... as Nicks would say, plenty of work-ons in that space.

 

[Cromulant]

Score aside it was the mirror image of last night's game.

St Kilda very efficient going inside 50, we were garbage.

Promising signs from Jones, and Kelly looked in good form. Ewings has all the talent in the world, a supreme footy brain.... but she needs to add workrate.

Rasheed is going to be a special player.

 

[dplggr47]

Sorry, haven’t read all of this thread or following news about the girls, but what is Chelsea Randall doing in Bali?

She is the wedding celebrant at her brothers wedding. Bit inconsiderate of the brother to have it during his sister's opening game, especially considering how important a player she is, but it is what it is. Randall alone, wouldn't have saved that performance. Might've inspired though.

 

[Cromulant]

So... as Nicks would say, plenty of work-ons in that space.

The biggest issue is that final kick inside 50.

And where to hide Hatchard.

 

[cmndstab]

Only a few players can hold their heads high after that performance. Rasheed, quality debut. Marinoff still quality. Biddell and Prowse pretty good. Newman decent. Munyard good until she went off. Jones quality. Gould did her best.

That had 2020 vibes to me. It feels like this side is going to need to reinvent itself again if it wants to become a serious threat, or even a finals contender going forward. Hopefully we use this season as an opportunity to try some new things/players out, rather than chasing dragons.

 

[Firewalker]

I don’t know the circumstances, but can you imagine Thilthorpe or Worrell taking the first game of the season off to go to a wedding?

What if they were 3-time premiership captains and in their mid-30s? Then maybe?

 

[Cromulant]

She is the wedding celebrant at her brothers wedding. Bit inconsiderate of the brother to have it during his sister's opening game, especially considering how important a player she is, but it is what it is. Randall alone, wouldn't have saved that performance. Might've inspired though.

Weddings are organised well in advance of a footy season.

 

[cmndstab]

We need to seriously figure out a way to score goals from loose balls inside 30m.

Every time it's just a blind snap that is either spoiled on the line, or else misses. Not good enough.

 

[dplggr47]

What if they were 3-time premiership captains and in their mid-30s? Then maybe?

Yeh, but can you imagine telling your best player or most important employee that they can't have an important family day off? It would never happen in the work place because some things are more important.

 

[craig crowing]

Which ones? Hatchard, and...?

Ok Hatchard and Jones ( ok has a slight excuse but Milera etc etc etc come back from major injury nowhere well over previous levels ).
How would they let Hatchard one of their highest paid players come back in that shape.
How about Biddell and Ponter as both couldn't run out of their own shadow and had turning speed of a tractor trying to get to a player or ball.
Ewings is another discussion .
Understand have to be sensitive here but they are representing a AFL Football Club.