Review Cats stone Crows with 19 point win

[The_Todd07]

A lot of talk about Adelaide's 5 day break.

Their game started all of 18 hours after ours.

 

[thegerman]

Thought Stanley has been great the last 2 weeks.

We are a MUCH better team with Stanley in the ruck and SDK back. No more messing with this formula

A ruck that consistently creates a contest. That’s all we need. SDK seems scared at times.

 

[foxdog50]

Have you been living under a rock? You don’t remember his suspension for his racist remarks?

He made a mistake... im a indigenous man myself.. ( please im not saying you are )
Tex has done very good stuff for many sick kids in hospitals. His a very good human, he said a silly thing . But his not a racist man...

 

[Lana]

That game was so much fun.
No matter the result.

But Dempsey should have been subbed at 1/2 time. He was horrendous.

His 2nd half made up for it, his work rate was insanely good in the 4th, him sprinting to make a contest in the D50 saved us multiple times

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I am having just such a great time right now

 

[Grimoz]

You can just tell by the way Bailey Smith was around the group after the game and during his interview that he is bloody glad to be here and enjoying playing with this club and bunch of guys

 

[cats_09]

Underrated part of the win: Crows can't blame the umpires for the loss

But but but that Dempsey mark...

 

[thegerman]

The weekend is way too long when you lose on a Thursday night

More beer helps that

 

[iameviljez]

A lot of talk about Adelaide's 5 day break.

Their game started all of 18 hours after ours.

We still got two more sleeps and weren't playing interstate, in the heat, against what has turned out to be a much better side than Melbourne. Adelaide a bit stiff on the fixture there.

EDIT: Yes, I know, one more sleep. Somehow I convinced myself that Adelaide played on Sunday.

 

[Aura]

Neale did his part. He attacked every contest, beat ROB in the ruck a fair few times, and even floated back to take a vital defensive mark.

Henry shirked every single contest, made horrible decisions, and directly resulted in a couple of goals going up the other end. He does not deserve to stay in the team on that performance.

The thing I don’t like about Henry is that goal which was shepherded through tonight by both Dangerfield and Cameron if Henry was there he would’ve tried taking it himself

 

[joe444]

The other thing I LOVED was the adjustment in game.

Chipping wasn't working, but handballing sure did.

 

[cats_09]

I am having just such a great time right now

Enjoy every moment of it

And celebrate with a Farmer's Union

 

[iameviljez]

That game was so much fun.
No matter the result.

But Dempsey should have been subbed at 1/2 time. He was horrendous.

You have to be kidding me, he was one of our better players up to half time IMO. You don't like pink booties or something?

 

[ShadowCat]

The thing I don’t like about Henry is that goal which was shepherded through tonight by both Dangerfield and Cameron if Henry was there he would’ve tried taking it himself

Spot on. He tried an impossible inside/out checkside from the boundary on the left, rather than centering it. Every single decision he made tonight, was with him in mind, and not the team. He shirked every contest, and he made the team actively worse by him being in it. He needs to go back to the VFL, and get his mind right, because he's clearly not in the right headspace to be playing seniors every week.

 

[Pollywaffle]

AFL has been endeavouring for years to remove HTB calls from the game with how it's adjudicated.

They are now working on removing marking from the game with the not 15 calls.

I agree with the ‘not 15’ calls being increasingly policed. The rule was brought in to get rid of dinky kicks breaking up the flow and was not being adjudicated well. Still needs more consistency from the umps though.

 

[winty]

Would recommend starting it at the exact time that David King said the Crows might put ten goals on Geelong here.

Reminds me of that Richmond game a few years back where we were 9 points down at half time and King said it was a "long 9 points". We came out and kicked 13 goals to 2 in the 2nd half and won by 63 points.

 

[The_Todd07]

We still got two more sleeps and weren't playing interstate, in the heat, against what has turned out to be a much better side than Melbourne. Adelaide a bit stiff on the fixture there.

How do you get 2 more sleeps in 18 hours?

This is their bonus 12th home game, it's only fair to give them some disadvantage coming into it.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Enjoy every moment of it

And celebrate with a Farmer's Union

But NOT a West End Draught. It's Torrens river water!!!

 

[Cataholic]

Scott loves Axe.

 

[Pollywaffle]

He will need breaks throughout the season, we have to Ottens him, get him prime for September.

Rhys Keating ?

 

[joe444]

A lot of talk about Adelaide's 5 day break.

Their game started all of 18 hours after ours.

The 5 day break thing is a myth. It's just a missed training session. Any time anyone has done a stats analysis, the results are 50/50. What is relevant is consecutive weeks of having less time than your opponents. It can accumulate. But tonight there is no evidence to suggest it should have had any relevance whatsoever.

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[iameviljez]

AFL has been endeavouring for years to remove HTB calls from the game with how it's adjudicated.

They are now working on removing marking from the game with the not 15 calls.

They've been pretty good on HTB this year, they paid them pretty consistently tonight, especially in the second half.

I agree with the ‘not 15’ calls being increasingly policed. The rule was brought in to get rid of dinky kicks breaking up the flow and was not being policed well. Still needs more consistency from the umps though.

Me too. It was getting ridiculous.

 

[cats_09]

As per Scott, for Stengle it's just cramp and could have come back on if needed but they opted to keep him on the bench to end the match

Mullin took a heavy fall on his knee and while he could have played on they decided to pull him and get ice on it

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Scott presser says cramp for Stengle.
Mullin subbed after an awkward knee knock.

 

[iameviljez]

How do you get 2 more sleeps in 18 hours?

This is their bonus 12th home game, it's only fair to give them some disadvantage coming into it.

My bad - I could have sworn they played Sunday. Sorry