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Ruck is easy. Jog from stoppage to stoppage and present for the long kick down the line. Works for every club

Done!

I laughed at this because it is the Crows formula to a tee. Positioning at ruck contests, taps to advantage, pitch hit as a tall forward...not so much.
 
From what I gathered Burgess worked Shane out pretty quickly, all the talent in the World but just not prepared to do the hard yards to get himself right fitness wise, there were also rumours his rehab when injured left plenty to be desired.

I think from his very first preseason with us prior to Burgess we realised he was a problem. There was coversations about sending him back to Sturt full time. He was lucky to last as long as he did with us.
 

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Those rumours are starting to seem more likely as time passes, aren't they.

I guess the big question is - why the hell did we offer him a 3 year extension and try and keep him during the 2023 season.

If our world class fitness guru had "figured him out" - the contract extension makes zero sense.
 
Bit bizarre for Nicks to claim Crouch is an inside midfielder "as good as they come" and yet as recently as 2023 Nicks didn't rate him highly enough to play AFL

If you read the rest of the sentence it's not so bizarre.

"Matty's an inside midfielder, as good as they come, in my opinion, as far as clean ball take, strong body."
 
I wanted us to keep McAdam as we we lacked experience.

Happy to say i was wrong & we have effectively made out like bandits swapping him for ANB.

It seems Melbourne list management has saved us from ourselves twice now (first with Petty - then with McAdam).
 

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It seems Melbourne list management has saved us from ourselves twice now (first with Petty - then with McAdam).
Same with North Melbourne. We offered stupid draft picks for JHF and had they gone through we would not have got Rankine or Rachele While JHF is a gun, I think our list is in way better condition because we didnt get JHF
 
Same with North Melbourne. We offered stupid draft picks for JHF and had they gone through we would not have got Rankine or Rachele While JHF is a gun, I think our list is in way better condition because we didnt get JHF

I think it would have definitely cost us Rachele.

If Rankine wanted to come we still would have worked out a deal. Same as Dawson.

I don't think the JHF deal was as crazy as many others. He is going to be an absolute superstar IMO.
 
I think it would have definitely cost us Rachele.

If Rankine wanted to come we still would have worked out a deal. Same as Dawson.

I don't think the JHF deal was as crazy as many others. He is going to be an absolute superstar IMO.
Rachele, Curtin (future pick for Rankine) and probably also Soligo (pick for Dawson).
 

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