Fair call.
I thought the deal happened in Rachelle's draft year and that the Crows had offered you two first rounders.
Reading back it was McAdam + a first and you guys said no.
Anyone got an update on Tobie Travaglia?
Watching to Roos and Dees speed rush all their early picks has me really wanting TT back in the starting lineup.
Nobody saw Ben being this sort of player.
I remember in his draft year (and the "He's coming home" period) people were saying that he was gonna be a defender!
As for Longy; He just never got the chance to settle in a role. He was forward, then back, then wing, then back again.
I remember...
This statement could absolutely be said about the NRL and NFL. Fans of both lament the current product and yearn for "what the game used to be".
Both NFL and NRL have had multiple rule changes related to injuries in recent years.
The NFL changed rules around leading with the helmet, contact...
I'd love to see a moratorium on rule changes but I understand why they happen.
Any sport that sits idle, rules wise, becomes a zero sum game for coaches and analysis. Eventually teams work out the "best" way to play and it becomes a homogeneous viewing event.
The style of play is, for the most...
Without knowing the exact program I feel like there's just far too much of a "one size fits all" approach to players entering the AFL. Years 1-3 are all about getting KMS into the legs and putting weight on.
Then they realize they need to either seriously bulk up (see Shannon Neale) or trim...
Legit rekon we (coaches, fitness staff, doctors etc) need to rethink the way we setup these ultra athletic 200cm+ kids as they enter the game.
Ben & Max King, Nik Cox, Sam Darcy, Jordan Croft, Zach Reid... Injury after injury after injury.
Can't keep asking them to play the ruck and run 10kms+...
Higgins is playing on banked credits IMO.
I actually rekon he's been one of our poorer performers and, in a better team, would be getting some serious pressure put on to hold his spot.
Ryan not playing that much better overall but feel like he's had a few more 'moments' in games so far.
I'd go with the undersized defense and back our guys to run off them to create attack.
Playing Doogs means he basically has to have a nil all draw with Thilthorpe.
If JSOS, Viking, Wilkie and Carroll can play zone and peel off to spoil then Naz, Flanders, Sinc etc all get on their bikes to run...