Preview Changes: QF v GWS

[Brentmeister]

Definitely a good thing we gave Greenwood a fortnight off, cause he's gonna have to play a big role with Sloane out. I'm confident he can.

Let's hope Greenwood doubles his prayers this week. We need him to play a big game.

 

[Alwaysacrow]

Toughen up everyone we won in 97 without roo and mods. And beat gws this year without tex lever brouch. If you don't think we can still win without 1 player then you haven't been watching this year and/or are in need of some concrete pills

We also were not playing Greenwood who had been a revelation.

 

[Southerntakeover]

True, but I think we lose that with Sloane.

We'll never know I suppose.

 

[dogs105]

Let's hope Greenwood doubles his prayers this week. We need him to play a big game.

It'd be a pretty shallow person who prayed for success in a sporting match.

 

[Samcro24]

It'd be a pretty shallow person who prayed for success in a sporting match.

No harm in asking

 

[Samcro24]

It'd be a pretty shallow person who prayed for success in a sporting match.

Besides, when the likes of greenwood and gaj say a prayer before a game what do you think they pray for? World peace?

 

[dogs105]

Besides, when the likes of greenwood and gaj say a prayer before a game what do you think they pray for? World peace?

I don't think that they're praying to win. Probably a large element of thanks, but I'm not there so don't know for sure.

 

[TexForPM]

I would assume it would be to play the best they can to help the team win and boobs

 

[Scorpus]

Wow Giants have named a tall side considering the conditions, Inthought they might drop a tall and bring in an extra runner however they went the other way and have replaced two runners with an additional tall

Mumford
Davis
Lobb
Cameron
Patton
Himmelberg

I'm not convinced on their team balance

They will camp two loose talls in defence all night like any successful team would against us.

 

[WetCrow1991]

We'll never know I suppose.

Can be pretty sure, I don't think Sloane being in magically fixes the the injured players playing and other issues we had near end of last season.

 

[Alwaysacrow]

No Sloane, no Crows? Well this is the game that will either confirm or debunk that theory. The early flag favourites now at nearly full strength and Crows without their best midfielder. I wasn't nervous about this game before his exclusion was confirmed but now I have a bad feeling about it. Time for our 2nd tier midfielders to seriously turn it up. I'm looking at you CC,Douglas,Rat,Seed and Mackay. I expect Matt,Brad and Greenwood to play well as they have been but we'll need all those others to put in their best games to get over the line I think.
Go Crows!

 

[Gets!]

This makes me feel ill just thinking about it

Soz...better to prepare for these things though

 

[FAITH]

I'm sorry but if we lose this its a choke.
There's no way gws should be winning this game

 

[Gets!]

Shiel as a late out would be handy

 

[Redleg Crow]

When was the last time Lever was named on the bench?

 

[TheLeftFist8]

They will camp two loose talls in defence all night like any successful team would against us.

1) Hope that Betts, Cameron and Knight pull their finger out this week and compete hard defensively rather than pick and choose.
2) That when GWS do rebound, hopefully the poor weather curtails their ability to do it quickly with precision.

 

[TheLeftFist8]

Shiel as a late out would be handy

Even up Sloane's absence

 

[Mike Smyth]

Lose our best player on the eve finals. You couldn't script the amount of $%#$% bad luck this club has.

 

[Geoffa32]

They'll be relying on marking the ball on the wings and inside 50, otherwise we'll run it out and set up field position.

Absolutely MASSIVE games needed from Talia, Lever, Hartigan and Kelly, to spill it down to Smith and Laird. More important than the mids IMO.

Keath should have played.

Lever is going to have to be accountable to a big guy. He struggled in this area against Essendon....

I am more concerned about this than Sloane not playing.

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[WetCrow1991]

Reading some of the posts you'd think we already lost.

 

[Geoffa32]

Well he wouldn't of just had his appendix out.

No. But it was obvious to anyone who saw Jenkins hobble up the steps to his seat in the SANFL Final the day after we beat Norf that Jenkins woukd not be right to play against Sydney the following week.

Plus we rested Thor, Talia and Tex. We rested no-one last year.

The club has learnt about injuries.

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[TheLeftFist8]

Keath should have played.

Lever is going to have to be accountable to a big guy. He struggled in thus area against Essendon....

I am more concerned about this than Sloane not playing.

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He's not even named on the emergency list unfortunately.

Huge month for Lever...I'll forever hate him if he lets us down.

 

[Geoffa32]

Himmelberg shouldn't be playing. Firstly, he's still too raw and has major flaws. Secondly, as you said, I think they're a bit tall now. They should've played Taranto.

They will be trying to exploit Lever down back with the extra height.

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[Redleg Crow]

We're the top team with the best results against me tother top 8 sides.

No excuses. Get it done

 

[TheLeftFist8]

They will be trying to exploit Lever down back with the extra height.

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Thankfully the weather will be in his favour this week.

My other concern about our defensive talls is I don't want to see Lever and Hartigan madly jumping up to spoil and letting it out the back in the wet...footy basics but I hope we get it right. I wish we had a 'goalkeeper' Sydney style.