Not sure if I have shared this previously, but why would you Bid at #1 on a player you know is going to be matched? What pay packet did Thilthorpe miss out on not going #1? I am sure NAB give a $20k investment package to the First pick. Why would you rob your player that and the mantle of being...
We are obviously working on something at the moment, we are not good enough at present. We will take Doug this year, we will get Salopek and Pilot next year, possibly Tamble also. We will add a few more around these three big Fish and we will see an improvement in 2028. Come 2029, we will be...
McAndrew 25 years old, Visintini 23 years old. Let’s take a deep breath and realise big boys take their time. McAndrew has been good for the Crows, but was Cut by Sydney over Peter Ladhams, then spent a year playing SANFL footy at 24 years of age.
I’m not comparing us to them, but in terms of...
Hot take; We are playing him as a defender to concentrate on something else to shift focus from what he knows, getting concussed at will. Build the belief he is ok and then in 18 months time throw him back Forward again?
Maybe the Coaching group are actually coaching and helping him develop his...
First year he has played multiple, back to back matches. He may have built a Tank capable of ‘running’ with the AFL lads, but the intensity and repeat efforts AFL requires is a step up.
Stringing games together, when ‘cooked’ is all part of the development. It’s why the second year blues got...
No need to rush him back in, especially when we are not challenging for a flag. Let him build some continuity and touch. Obviously is class, let’s get the body right and sound.
He will play 20 games and then he will find the mental side of the game, then the season will come to completion. He will get another contract, then how he fares over summer will be anyone’s guess. Hopefully doesn’t slip into Evans hiatus hole.