Review R24: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly vs. North Melbourne

[WetCrow1991]

Did just enough to get the win against some shocking umpiring.

15th to 1st is the biggest season to season jump in league history, congratulations Adelaide and soon to be coach of the year Matthew Nicks

Matthew Nicks

Age

50

Ht

187cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

9.4

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.4

3star

.

 

[Karnivool]

Congrats on the win and the minor premiership, good luck in the finals. Apologies for the umpires deciding to screw you over in the 4th too.

 

[GameofSloanes]

Thought we held them at arms length. Every qtr we'd kick away at the start of the term, relax and they'd come back. Don't think we were running at 100% a lot of the time

 

[Slim258]

Ugly win but I think that’s the umpiring we should expect towards us moving forward this year

 

[Crowstar]

It was a game where you take the 4 points, no injuries and move on.

Locked up top. No injuries. Move on

 

[AmericanCrow]

Minor Premiers

What an amazing run up the table. Really been a great season and realistically absolutely no one thought this would be the result.

2 games at the Oval--I like our chances with all of you there.

Just enjoy the year--celebrate being top side and worry about Finals in a week

 

[GameofSloanes]

Oh Izak what a hole you’ve left the team in and around the ball.

Can they at least hire a specialist stoppage coach before the finals start?

To be fair north have done that to us many times, even when Izak was playing. Lucky they are no good either end of the ground

 

[kirky]

28-7 free kicks

28 - 17

 

[SugarShane]

Thought we held them at arms length. Every qtr we'd kick away at the start of the term, relax and they'd come back. Don't think we were running at 100% a lot of the time

Definitely. Got far enough in front to be comfortable then just cruised.

 

[I Lost My Keays]

Biggest take away for the game was no injuries.

 

[GameofSloanes]

If Keane makes sure the ball goes over we win by 5 goals. We are particularly vulnerable to this type of failure.

It went over. But yes, make super sure of it or bounce the ball into the post

 

[AFCCroweater]

Biggest take away for the game was no injuries.

Hopefully Christian doesn’t cite that Soligo tackle on Xerri…watch him though

 

[Southerntakeover]

Doesn't feel like a team that's primed.

We're vulnerable.

 

[hugecannon]

Ugly:
The umpires

 

[Romano]

That last quarter of umpiring is up there with 2015 Dogs at Etihad and 2012 Hawks Prelim as the most blatant incompetence (at best) have ever seen.

Clear rushed behinds paid as goals
Marks not paid to us
Then Non-marks immediately paid to them twice
Throws not paid to us
Holding the balls not paid (Dawsons tackle in middle) but paid against Milera who gets tackled immediately

Absolute joke

 

[dogs105]

Doesn't feel like a team that's primed.

We're vulnerable.

Feels a bit like the loss to Essendon in final game of 97

 

[footy4ever]

Minor premiers biatches.


AFL be hating that. AFL can SMD.

 

[MrBarry]

Doesn't feel like a team that's primed.

We're vulnerable.

Are Collingwood vulnerable? They've limped in with a team who are dropping like flies.

 

[huludicidal]

Good:
Thilthorpe
Peatling
Berry
Fogarty
Keays
Laird
Dowling’s 2 goal cameo
Smith’s sub cameo
Milera

Bad:
Draper - completely out of his depth and no chance of being retained
Bond - played himself out of the finals team
Curtin - had a shocker from start to finish
ROB’s stoppage work - destroyed by Xerri
Soligo - zero impact, destroyed by multiple opponents

Ugly:
Laird’s off the ball bump
The overall quality of the umpiring
Getting annihilated at clearance again
Conceding 100 pts to a minnow

 

[GameofSloanes]

Good: TT, Berry, Keays, Fog, Peatling, Laid, Dowling locking in a spot
Bad: Draper, Bond, ANB
Ugly: Centre clearances, final qtr umpiring, how much we need rachele who might not be ready

Nearly added ROB to bad/ugly, but he tried hard, just got well beaten at stoppages by a better player. I did like him getting the ball around the ground a bit.

 

[WetCrow1991]

We're top and we'll get Max and Rach back in and then we'll be THE TOP against Collingwood who will be the bottoms, and not power bottoms either, just regular sad bottoms. Top dominance!

 

[brucetiki]

With the week we’ve had, today was another example of previous Crows sides would lose this (West Coast in 2016 the week after bananagate for example).

North were always going to look at finishing their season on a high, and pushed us all the way.

We got the win, and with that:

• The minor premiership
• Our best minor round record ever (18-5)
• The biggest rise up the ladder in a season (15th to 1st)

Now for a week off to put the hot mess of the past week behind us before a massive September (with the likes of Max and Rachele returning)

 

[madstar]

If Keane makes sure the ball goes over we win by 5 goals. We are particularly vulnerable to this type of failure.

To be fair I thought he did. Insufficient evidence?

 

[Firewalker]

Doesn't feel like a team that's primed.

We're vulnerable.

Week’s break comes at a good time, Nicks needs to spend 2 weeks on his setup’s around the ball.

 

[GameofSloanes]

Doesn't feel like a team that's primed.

We're vulnerable.

Disagree. We were in cruise control for much of that game. Every time we upped the intensity we dominated
Remains to be seen if we are ready for finals though