Kelly has been one of our best players so far this year.
without question
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Kelly has been one of our best players so far this year.
Except the half of the board that is spectacularly bland, the entirety of the recruiting team that has built a list free of elite talent, and half the coaches that ensure we have the mosrt unispiring coaching panel in the big league.Errrr... we just uprooted and changed our entire football department and key admin posts.
Whats your criteria for a poor performance then? Enabling fans with low expectations will ensure we stay nowhere. If we were actually focusing on development we might see better selection, rather than getting excited over a few cheap and meaningless wins and chasing more, and ultimately have happier fans.The melts on this board from the usual posters are expected, but that wasn’t a poor performance today. Won centre clearances, got smashed in stoppage clearances but generally defended quite well until late in the 4th. ROB, Seed and Laird all good through the middle, Doedee and Smith continuing their good seasons down back. Sholl wasn’t too bad. Hamill tries to take the game on. Berry played his best game.
Just need to move on from Frampton though. While his marking was slightly better, he just isn’t a scoreboard threat at all and can’t make the distance from 40 metres. Berg’s strong game yesterday has to see him come in.
True, but surely he has to get a lengthy go at it so the FOG question can be put to bed once and for all. Id like to see him get a year under Darren Burgess to see if he can get a midfield tank, lose some overburden, and become a proper running swingman.That's what happens when you replace Sloane with Fogarty. Today Fogarty played mostly in the midfield - he blew up in the first quarter, and barely touched it after that. The ball wasn't delivered on a silver platter, and - surprise, surprise - he didn't get near it on the occasions when he went forward. 3 goals from 5 disposals last week means nothing, given how bad North Melbourne are. Today is the reality of where Fog is at.
Imo McAdam is realising that not only does he belong at AFL, but he can excel.
He just hasn't got to the development point of knowing his limitations and consistently excuting in what he is good at.
Except the half of the board that is spectacularly bland, the entirety of the recruiting team that has built a list free of elite talent, and half the coaches that ensure we have the mosrt unispiring coaching panel in the big league.
One can only hope they have the intestinatl ovaries to complete the cleanout at the end of the year. Be intersting to see if Burgess can acgtually do anythign at a club with such a stagnant ethos.
Thought the same.I'll be damned if Berry only had 1 tackle today (going by the stats). I saw at least 4
1) Especially in the second half. They hit targets on the lead. The Crows kicked straight to oppo defenders or bombed away aimlessly to a pack.1) the biggest issue is the delivery to the forward line more than anything.
2) Get an elite mid or two over the next two years while the rest of the youth is developing and improve that delivery and we’ll be set.
3) our midfield was monstered today.
Frampton's last 3 games: worst/worst/second-worst Crow.And neither are the answer.
That's an imsult to witches' hats which have at least some colour and stand out.frampton there practically a witches hat
Most footballers including commentators are not very intelligent. Full Stop. Do you think Bickley is in the top 75% of smart humans in Australia, honestly?
You were the one wishing for us to be absolutely smashed right, to teach Nicks a lesson?
Not your finest hour.
Has murdered us every time I’ve seen him play us. Great player.**** I love Mundy. I mean I would like him more if he was on our team... but 35 years old and still killing it.
Murdered us the last time we played him too.
Yes, the shine’s gone off McAdam, and Frampton, well, he’s hit and miss. He clunks. He cement hands it. He’s aggressive and bullish and two seconds later he’s pathetically muscled out of the contest.With McAdam and Frampton, we’re effectively playing a forward line two players short.
I don't think McHenry is dumb, I actually rate his football IQ. His problem is massively overthinking each encounter, almost as if his brain is ahead of his body.
You can see him often do stuff like missing a forward handball to a player, where the ball is to that player's advantage but they just haven't gotten to that space by the time McHenry has disposed of it.
I think he gives away frees when tackling because he's not focused on executing the basic tackle correctly. He's already thinking of winning that HTB call and where to dispose it.
The fact he's often in the right spots but doesn't have the clean execution yet is promising if he can slow down, compose himself and fix his execution
Frampton seemed better in his brief stint behind the ball I thought.Yes, the shine’s gone off McAdam, and Frampton, well, he’s hit and miss. He clunks. He cement hands it. He’s aggressive and bullish and two seconds later he’s pathetically muscled out of the contest.
I thought he actually had his second best game yesterday but still not quite up to it. But who is the alternative? Himm has been ordinary in the SANFL, Thilthorpe’s not ready by the looks. I’d be giving Himmelberg a crack though.
Milera, Doedee, Fogarty, McHenry and McAsey will all amount to something good out of that list.Milera, Gallucci, Fogarty, Jones, McHenry, and MccAsey, with only Doedoee on the positive side of the ledger since 2015, does not make for pretty reading
I'm happy to keep running with this for a while. I thought he was better today, made some crunching tackles that I felt in the stand. He is going to take time in the new role as long as there is improvement, however small, we give him time. That's what a rebuild is.I thought Frampton was quite improved this week. But that speaks more to how bad he's been the last two weeks.
You could say the same for midfield Fogarty too.
You don’t watch the sanfl? Himm was our best player on Saturday. Took a lot of contested marks, but even better some of his pick ups off his shoe laces were first class for a 2m tall bloke. His effort in the last quarter to pick up a ground ball off his toes with two eagles on his hammer and flick a hand pass to new church who goaled was elite.I thought he actually had his second best game yesterday but still not quite up to it. But who is the alternative? Himm has been ordinary in the SANFL, Thilthorpe’s not ready by the looks. I’d be giving Himmelberg a crack though.
Which of Himm's 8 disposals in the first round, or 11 disposals in the second round gave you the impression that he was going ok? Mind you, he must have done well on the weekend for the respectable performance in a team that got absolutely belted.You don’t watch the sanfl? Himm was our best player on Saturday. Took a lot of contested marks, but even better some of his pick ups off his shoe laces were first class for a 2m tall bloke. His effort in the last quarter to pick up a ground ball off his toes with two eagles on his hammer and flick a hand pass to new church who goaled was elite.
there is this perpetuating myth on here that Himm isn’t up to it. He is streets ahead of frampton, his sanfl form has been improving to the point he was our best on Saturday
it is simply quite baffling that frampton is even in the same conversation as himm for the spot in the seniors, let alone playing ahead of him.
I put this down to Nicks association with frampton at port.I would guess that it was nicks who brought frampton across when he came to the crows and now he’s doubling down on his bet when he should walk away.