That was a thing of beauty. Really showed off his footy IQ demanding the ball like that.
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Found out this week that someone i have dealings with, knows quite a few of the Crows, and is friendly with the Rat.
Turns out, earlier in the season when he and Brad were busted for the drinky-drinky motion, it was only B-Rad that was busted: Atkins put up his hand and said he'd been out drinking too, he wasn't going to let his mate take the fall alone.
Integrity. Man-Crush.
Turns out, earlier in the season when he and Brad were busted for the drinky-drinky motion, it was only B-Rad that was busted: Atkins put up his hand and said he'd been out drinking too, he wasn't going to let his mate take the fall alone.
Integrity. Man-Crush.
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The way he is composed and moves in traffic he could potentially play full time on ball in the future really like the look of him class act
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Rat in the AFL Team of the Week - great effort!
RORY ATKINS (Adelaide) – One of the Crows' best attacking defenders, Atkins was brilliant against the Hawks and gathered 27 possessions, 13 of them contested, while also driving the ball inside 50 six times.
RORY ATKINS (Adelaide) – One of the Crows' best attacking defenders, Atkins was brilliant against the Hawks and gathered 27 possessions, 13 of them contested, while also driving the ball inside 50 six times.
Umm didn't he play on the wing?
He certainly played permanent wing R1-3. But last 2 games he seems to have had a greater licence to roam.
Was hard to pin point exactly where he was on Fri.
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Um. Sort of integrity...
He was a lot better in the Sydney game imo. Found the ball a lot but didn't use it well. Weird they put him in this week.
Still, I guess the knock on him so far is his ability to rack up possessions so that's a positive. He won't have too many poor disposal games
Still, I guess the knock on him so far is his ability to rack up possessions so that's a positive. He won't have too many poor disposal games
I remember someone, he calls himself a journalist but its in name only as he closely resembles the pimple on the arse of a journalist, was trying to infer internal problems within the playing group since someone told on Brad etc. I guess his focus was on the wrong club.
Thought the same - decision making seemed a bit off.
I thought his decision making was mostly fine. It was his execution that was poor. A couple of times he went for an open option and just kicked it over their head and he was under no pressure. Was weird
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I counted three kicks under little pressure that he miffed, mostly by overcooking the kick... but he did a lot of work, when he settles into the level of being the guy who gets 25-30 touches in a game, which probably won't take long, his magical disposal efficiency will turn on i think.
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Seems to be working back from the wing and pushing hard into defence. Imagine he was slotting in across half back at times too but it was hard to tell on tv. He has actually been reasonable overhead which is a nice surprise.
I'm surprised by his numbers the last couple of weeks. If he can become a 25-30 touch a game player with his disposal, decision making and ability to evade traffic (noting Hawks game was a once off) we might just have a star.
His best 2 games this year have been the highest pressure too. Really pleasing as he looks to be a real talent. His overhead ability has also been a surprise for me. I think he must have a long wingspan as he's effect a few really nice spoils from awkward positions.
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Is rat eligible for rising star??
True...
But he hasn't even played 50 games yet. How many did he play as the sub? He shows class, that's a pretty good start.
Getting to the right place? Well that's something he does need to improve on, but he is only 23(?) and has been dominating sanfl. He hasn't needed to learn to be better. Now he has a reason, a spot in the side.
If we are saying the same things in 10 games time then I agree, but I'm not ready to strike a line through him just yet.
I just feel he offers a point of differences for our clearances.
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To be eligible to be nominated for the award, a player must be younger than 21 years of age on 1 January of the award year and have played 10 or fewer senior games before the beginning of the season. A player who is suspended1 during the season is not eligible to win the award, however is still eligible for nomination.
So that means no - or does it? DOB is 12-07-1994 so is 22 this July - so nope.
[assuming that the wiki is correct]
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I thought that too. He used it much better against Sydney. There is taking risks, which is what we want, and then taking some of the decisions he made against the Hawks. That will come with experience though. The fact he had the confidence to not just blaze away and was actually taking time and trying to pinpoint team mates against Hawthorn is a good thing, even if some of the attempts were a tad overzealous.
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