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    Forensic Analysis of our 2020 Squad

    After Trade Season we have 36 players left. Whether you believe Reidy grabbed his scalpel and worked like a skilled microsurgeon or more like a drunk at the casino at 2 a.m. throwing chips at the roulette board hoping to get lucky, our squad has more holes than a slice of jarlsberg. What do we...
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    Crows Report Card - after 9 games

    THE SCOREBOARD At 5-4 we have our nose in front but to be brutally honest we have had a poor to very poor start to the season. The first round loss to the Hawks looked bad at the time and even worse in hindsight. The loss to the Kangas was unforgivable and whilst Brisbane are much improved this...
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    JLT-2 Crows v GWS on Friday 8 March at 6.40 p.m. ACDT

    The DON has indicated that he would like to play as close as possible to the best 22 available for round one. Over the last two weeks 37 players have had either one or two games. We are yet to see; Talia, Brown, Mackay, Greenwood, Gibbs, Himmelberg and McPherson. All of these players have a...
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    Preview 2019 JLT1 V Port Power - Sat March 2, 3.40pm

    Who plays, who misses and what does it tell us? Last year we used 25 players in both JLTs. Yesterday 20 players on our list had a run, so 24 missed out. Assuming McPherson, Greenwood and Talia are not ready, do we play the remaining 21 players? Surely more than 4 players from yesterday’s match...
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    JLT2 - Game Day Thread

    So the burning question is Who will be the late withdrawals? I predict Out - Talia (missing a leg), In - ROB What does everyone expect, who is brave enough to join the Alberton crowd?
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    Prediction Select your team for JLT1

    I have assumed that we can play 26 players in JLT1, as happened in 2017. I expect that we will play an internal trial between JLT1 and JLT2 (not that anyone will know) so we will leave some of our guns for JLT2. My selections Defenders (8) Talia, Hartigan, Kelly, Brown, Milera, Doedee...
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    Who will be the unlikely hero against GWS?

    Who will be our unlikely hero tonight? We know that Daniel Talia will locked down on one of their tall forwards, Matty Crouch and Rory Laird will get 30+ disposals and Tex and Eddie will be setting up and kicking goals. Beyond our inner core of elite players, who will step up and play the Game...
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    Select your 22 for the Qualifying Final

    Put your GONADS on the line and select the 22 you believe should run out for the Crows in the Qualifying Final. The Rules 1) It is your best 22 not who you think we will pick (that's too easy) 2) Assume all players except CEY, Gallucci and Himmelberg will be available 3) We select the same team...
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    An Amazing Trifecta- Can Beech, Greenwood and Keath make our best 22?

    At the start of last season i suggested that all three players could eventually line up together in the AFL. Was it too much chianti, Acapulco Gold or was I being a crazy optimist? Watching them play in early 2016 (and Beech in 2015 for West Adelaide) IMHO they all shared two common...
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    Celebrating our first year of THE MIGHTY THOR

    After one JLT game some astute posters (:rolleyes:) had written off The Mighty Thor. He is now in the mix for round one. Why should we pick him? 1) He is the most improved player on our list. After a 7 year "break" from footy he had his first hit out in an SANFL trial match against the Magpies...
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    JLT3 - Crows v Lions. Are we ready to rumble?

    It's the final week of MM footy and it's time to settle things down for round 1. Like most teams we are unlikely to play 26 players this week, probably 22-24 depending upon who's available. I have assumed a final squad of 24 with O'Brien sharing the ruck duties with Sauce however our Twos are...
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    JLT2 - Crows v Cats

    I think it's time to complete the microsurgery on JLT1 and turn our attention to JLT2. Players who I expect to be unavailable / not ready yet are; B Crouch, Thompson, Lever, Sloane, Seedsman, Brown, Jacobs, Cheney, CEY, Himmelberg, Signorello, Doedee, Davis, Beech, Keath and Jarman. That...
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    JLT 1 - Tigers v Crows

    It is only 4 days to our first hit out and we need to start getting outraged by who has/hasn't been given a chance. Our selection this week will be an indication of 1) The lack of vision of our selectors. 2) The lack of depth of our squad. 3) The undue influence of Camporeale and Clarke. 4) The...
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    Forensic Analysis of AFC Squad - Which Kids should play in the second half of 2016

    I have split our full squad based on the role they have mostly played in the Ones and Twos. Obviously players can move from one box to another but there have only been a few examples of this so far. The current best 22 based on the first 10 rounds are in bold Key Defenders...
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    Late Breaking News - Crows have a soft draw in 2016

    Firstly I would like to welcome all the Poort Pear trolls. Why do we have a soft draw? Well not exactly soft but as it turns out our draw is pretty similar to the other top 8 teams. Prior to round one, our double up games against three of the 2015 prelim finalists in North, Freo and the Eagles...
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    So your telling me there's a chance (of winning the flag)?

    Probably not helpful for my credibility to quote from dumb and dumber but for the first time in 10 years YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! there's a chance. Now I'm not one of those loonies who said we would be 8 and 0 and I was also blasted by many in 2012 when I declared at the mid-year break that our game...
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    Bran Nue Mackae

    Firstly I would like to roast the numerous Crow coaches who have gone on and on about Run and Carry DMac. Only The Don has recognised that we have is a down and dirty, inside beast on our list. It started normally with a DMac turnover gifting the Pear a goal but Mr Run and Carry then began...
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    The scintillating "loose man" discussion

    Who the hell was it that I saw us rip apart at Etihad in round 2? Amazing transformation by the Pies. Freo must be a bottom team because Spackler assured us last week that only bottom teams use an extra man in defence. Spackler Hint - He's purple and he's wearing number 5.
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    Will Truck stick it up the critics (again)?

    IMHO tomorrow will be a critical day in the autumn of the Mighty Truck's career. I rate Truck the second best key defender in Crow's history (Ben Hart gets the nod from me for keeping us in the 1998 Grand Final). Over the last few years Truck has had a lot of critics (not me) for his lack of...
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    Can we develop a premiership defence?

    Many good judges believe the first step towards becoming a genuine top 4 contender is to establish a quality group of defenders. The imminent retirement of Truck and my lack of confidence that Radar will reach 300 games mean there are spots to fill. 1) We need a gun tall defender to shut down...
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    Who's Stealing our Rorys?

    Has anyone else noticed that all our Rorys are slowly disappearing. Despite never appearing on our injury list during the pre-season, Rory Laird has yet to have a kick in anger. Occasionally a short stocky guy that resembles him is sighted running laps of Max Basheer but is this the real Rory...
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    What we don't want to hear in 2014

    Some of the statements/press releases/spin from the AFC really get up my nose. They can come from the Chairman of the Board, the CEO, the coaches, the players and yes even the fans/BigFooty community. What do my fellow BigFooty posters not want to hear in 2014. To get the ball rolling I will...
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    Crows Round 1 Team vs Round 23 Team

    Well 5 months is a long, long, time in footy. In round 1 all certain first 22 players were available except Brodie Smith and Nutta so it was a fair estimate of the "best 22" according to Sando. Changes are as follows Out - Reilly (inj), Walker (inj), Jenkins (inj), Henderson (inj), Jaensch...
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    Will 2013 be the worst home record in Crows History?

    In the previous 22 years we have won just over 2 out of every 3 home games against interstate visitors. This is mirrored in our interstate performances where we have won just over 1 in every 3 games. There are many reason's for this differential, our greater familiarity with the conditions at...
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    What do we expect in the second half of the season?

    Call me a crazy optimist but I'm predicting a SSS (Second Sando Spike). I'm not talking about winning the flag but we should be able to make the eight/nine and set up a platform for a big 2014. My optimism is based on the following; 1) We should go in as favourites in 6 of our last 10 games...
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    The Coaching Panel - Mid-year Report Card

    Firstly I would like to state that I still believe that Sando is the man to take us to our next flag (2016?) and it is difficult to say who was responsible for the issues outlined below; 1) The Pre-season; Strength and Conditioning - We have allegedly concentrated on building strong bodies and...
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    Was last week the worst ever performance by the Adelaide Crows?

    As I sat through the absolute rogering of my beloved Crows last Saturday, it occurred to me "Is this the worst performance I have actually witnessed from the Crows?" Don't get me wrong, since I often go to interstate games I've seen bigger thrashings but I couldn't recall such a total...

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