Preview Changes: R19 v Carlton

[OzSparrow]

We just need to find a way to play Fogarty & Gooch. These first rounders are starting to look like misses if we let them toil away in the SANFL.

Jarryd Lyons says hi.

What a waste.

Really pleased he is smashing it now at the Lions.

We screwed him over big time.

 

[1990crow]

You are surprised????

This is the same selection lunacy that happened after the Showdown train-wreck when we took all of the 22 players who played in the Showdown plus 6 others up to the GC.

Not a single player out of the Showdown was "dropped" as they ALL got on the plane and were therefore ALL deemed available for selection.

That act alone 2 weeks ago was the final nail for me.

This club can get f'ed.

It’s disgusting that we have talent in the reserves like Fogarty, Galluci, Jones, McHenry, Sholl, Stengle, Davis etc. not getting a run whilst players like Douglas, Mackay, Seedsman, Atkins, Walker, Betts, Murphy continue to fail us.

 

[OzSparrow]

It’s disgusting that we have talent in the reserves like Fogarty, Galluci, Jones, McHenry, Sholl, Stengle, Davis etc. not getting a run whilst players like Douglas, Mackay, Seedsman, Atkins, Walker, Betts, Murphy continue to fail us.

Add 2 others in this list:

Laird
Hartigan

We have absolutely no replacements for any of these guys????

OMFG. The future is bleak for this club.

 

[Scorpus]

Add 2 others in this list:

Laird
Hartigan

We have absolutely no replacements for any of these guys????

OMFG. The future is bleak for this club.

Douglas → McHenry
Mackay → Gallucci
Seedsman → Pick 2/3
Atkins → Jones
Walker → Fogarty
Betts → Stengle
Murphy → McAdam
Laird → Hamill
Hartigan → Doedee (inj)

Done

 

[OzSparrow]

Douglas → McHenry
Mackay → Gallucci
Seedsman → Pick 2/3
Atkins → Jones
Walker → Fogarty
Betts → Stengle
Murphy → McAdam
Laird → Hamill
Hartigan → Doedee (inj)

Done

That's fine in theory but if you don't give all of these guys a decent try in the big league then they will leave.

Then what is the Plan B for replacement?

 

[Cap]

This is f’ed, there is genuinely going to be no unforced changes this week

There will be. Murphy out for Gibbs or Dougy

 

[Scorpus]

That's fine in theory but if you don't give all of these guys a decent try in the big league then they will leave.

Then what is the Plan B for replacement?

If they leave because we don't give them a go, may as well fold the club. We can all go support Gold Coast or Carlton

 

[SaltPeter]

I thought this might cheer everyone up. I saw this first last night on 1 of the football shows. Enjoy

 

[rocket18]

This is f’ed, there is genuinely going to be no unforced changes this week

You know things are bad when BACCS isn't defending the club.

Thought the same thing, when Baccs isn't right behind every club decision you know something is on the nose.

We normally get "what would you keyboard heroes know, the club employs professionals - they know what they are doing".

 

[the universal]

The past few weeks just seem to be various people in the club rotating between saying "No one is safe", and "back them in to respond."

The inevitable result is "no one will respond" and "back them in to be safe" in reality.

 

[Browy97]

Crows co-captain Rory Sloane on possible changes this week: "Some guys didn't perform well at the weekend, but does that mean you throw them straight into the two's? Probably not, I'd say. I'd like to back our team in for a good response." Sounds like they'll be minimal changes

 

[Samcro24]

“Back them in” is the 2018 version of “awareness”.

How many ****ing times do we have to back them in after failing hard?

 

[OzSparrow]

Crows co-captain Rory Sloane on possible changes this week: "Some guys didn't perform well at the weekend, but does that mean you throw them straight into the two's? Probably not, I'd say. I'd like to back our team in for a good response." Sounds like they'll be minimal changes

OMG. Sloaney has joined the Crows PR department. They are all drinking the same bathwater.

 

[SugarShane]

Crows co-captain Rory Sloane on possible changes this week: "Some guys didn't perform well at the weekend, but does that mean you throw them straight into the two's? Probably not, I'd say. I'd like to back our team in for a good response." Sounds like they'll be minimal changes

The club's clearly had a meeting on what the company line is. I like how it's "do you throw them straight back into the two's?" Define straight back, Rory? It wasn't a one off performance.

No one is an automatic selection, except almost everyone is because we need to back the boys in.

 

[Grooster24]

Crows co-captain Rory Sloane on possible changes this week: "Some guys didn't perform well at the weekend, but does that mean you throw them straight into the two's? Probably not, I'd say. I'd like to back our team in for a good response." Sounds like they'll be minimal changes

It's like the GC games just eliminated all prior bad form...

It's not just the weekend...it's also the Powa and Cats game. Plus earlier in the year the same script for Eagles game etc...

If it was just the Essendon game then sure...a bad game. But clearly it isn't.

 

[Murray2503]

They showed on On The Couch last night a ladder when you exclude games v Gold Coast. We were the team most advantaged by playing them and from memory we dropped down to about 13/14th....!!! That's an indication of the impact of the draw right there.

12th at 96%. We didn't deserve to beat Melbourne either so realistically we are sitting around 13th-14th. We are playing worse than that currently. Likely the only team we would beat at present is gold coast. All is good though according to the club. Let's back em in.

 

[GameofSloanes]

Jarryd Lyons says hi.

What a waste.

Really pleased he is smashing it now at the Lions.

We screwed him over big time.

Nope, he is more of the same that we already have. He wouldn't even be in our team ahead of the Crouches, Sloane. We don't need more of that type of player. Brisbane didn't have many of those guys (and neither did GC), so I'm happy it's worked out for him

 

[SugarShane]

“Back them in” is the 2018 version of “awareness”.

How many ******* times do we have to back them in after failing hard?

It's like they've seen what's happened to Sauce after he missed a few games and are now all in complete self preservation mode.

 

[GameofSloanes]

12th at 96%. We didn't deserve to beat Melbourne either so realistically we are sitting around 13th-14th. We are playing worse than that currently. Likely the only team we would beat at present is gold coast. All is good though according to the club. Let's back em in.

If we're going to be selective about which games count you may as well take out games vs geelong too, which takes away 2 losses. We are 8th. However our form is worse than that at the moment agreed.

 

[TheLeftFist8]

Crows co-captain Rory Sloane on possible changes this week: "Some guys didn't perform well at the weekend, but does that mean you throw them straight into the two's? Probably not, I'd say. I'd like to back our team in for a good response." Sounds like they'll be minimal changes

What an utterly disgusting comment from Sloane.

Do they think we are idiots? As if all this anger is about one useless performance.

 

[thebirdman 24]

Sloane says he thinks we should back them in. No/minimal changes...

 

[GameofSloanes]

We just need to find a way to play Fogarty & Gooch. These first rounders are starting to look like misses if we let them toil away in the SANFL.

It would be handy if they showed much when in the SANFL, but it's at the point where we should just play them anyway

 

[thebirdman 24]

It would be handy if they showed much when in the SANFL, but it's at the point where we should just play them anyway

We would just ignore his form anyway.

 

[thebirdman 24]

What an utterly disgusting comment from Sloane.

Do they think we are idiots? As if all this anger is about one useless performance.

How many times do we need to back in the same players to respond. So what if we win? Doesn't prove anything except that our players are flat track bullies.

 

[Crows I Am]

The past few weeks just seem to be various people in the club rotating between saying "No one is safe", and "back them in to respond."

No one is safe... well I guess they could get injured at training, or come down with a virus?? Luckily we have Jacobs, Gibbs, Dougy or Otten ready to go if this happens.