Port make the 8 and we don’t is even worse for us, but also good as they’ll keep Hinkley.
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Step 1: Look in the mirror Don
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In: Offseason
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Congratulations 2019 Crows... You broke me!
Out: Regular Season
Congratulations 2019 Crows... You broke me!
Nah, they already have their agenda in place to sell the year was about playing Youth and Kern is the right man in charge.
Just missing the eight helps that message.
Two weeks ago Rucci was striking his great their youth is. Even Rowie today was.
It was also great in 2014.....
The media jumping all over us is great. Like last year with CM and our soft tissue issues it will force some change.
Pyke wont get sacked. But a clean out of assistants and a change of philosophy is needed.
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And a tackling coach....
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And we only just scraped over the line, at home, against the Saints. Only Gold Coast, Melbourne, and St Kilda have been worse than Adelaide since the bye.
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Oh no, someone take me to the burn ward! Cause that zinger really roasted me.
Winning does not put Port to eighth. It puts us there making Port have to win by 4 goals. Unless Hawthorn beat West Coast then Hawthorn go in.
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Hahahahaha, what? How much have you been drinking this morning dude?
1) Him getting selected or not was not even remotely the point. The entire discussion was based around the position he's played in when he comes up and the way he's played in the SANFL. The fact that you clearly think it was about him being selected this season after arguing it for the better part of 2-3 days makes it pretty clear that you never understood the point!
2) Where did you get from that post, "I won't even name him for a dead rubber at the end of the season"? Seriously I'm curious, tell me the part of my post where you think I said that?
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Surely we should hear some retirements this week
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How can you say it's not even remotely the point? You were complaining that he's being underutilised on account of being played out of position. My take was that he's not good enough to displace any of our current mids (as mediocre as they are). They tried to find a spot for him playing small forward because he was hitting the scoreboard in the SANFL but he's clearly not an AFL small forward either.
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Because it wasn't the point. The point was he was having a blinder of a year in the SANFL (which is more or less indisputable), and people, like yourself were still too hung up on his performance as a 18-19 year old as a small forward, when that was never the position he was recruited to play. His selection in 2019 was never a part of the conversation, at least the conversations between you and I. You've added that part today!
Also, still waiting to see where you got the dead rubber selection part from?
I know you were kidding with your Ins and Outs. I just think you should put your money where your mouth is. If you like him so much, name him and be willing to admit you were wrong when he inevitably disappoints. If he somehow turns out to be a gun mid, I will happily eat my words.
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Mate, after this season, i'm not putting my money on anything Crow related!
But on a serious note, I think we should let this argument drop, in general I think you are a pretty good poster, and this is just a difference of opinion.
Maybe we just call a beer bet on him, if he turns into a regular best 22 in the next 2 years you owe me a frothy. If he's a SANFL allstar for the rest of his career, then one's coming back at you!
And we'll leave it at that.
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ROB will be dropped we all know it
Even worse is that our coaching group is incapable of seeing what is directly in front of them. Young talent will give just as much as past it mediocre experience. Plus there’s a future benefit. But there’s not a coach among the group that understands that. And even if there is, Pyke and Campo don’t and our entire philosophy is geared to rewarding time served.
2 years ago, Pyke actually said that, “you reward guys that have done good things for the club over a long period of time”. That’s him in a nutshell. Personality over performance.
It's easy to say that when your seniors are playing well. When you persist with that mentality even though your experienced guys are failing, you need to adapt to different circumstances. So far Pyke has shown himself to be incapable of moving with the times.
You’re surely not serious. There’s some talk that we might be refreshing our list by trading out players with value. This will leave us light on for experience and Pyke and Co are petrified of playing any more than 1 or 2 in the same side. All 4 are better than 50% to get extensions but they will wait until the trade period is playing out. As an example, Otto will be retained for a year if Keath and Harto go. Maybe even if just 1 goes.
Watched the replay and did anyone else notice that the few times in the last when CJ was in the centre, we got the ball out. He was even standing Pendles
Yep, clear as day. And I don’t think it can be put down to Pies having put their cue in the rack because they kept kicking goals til the last
He doesn’t have a big body but quick thinking and quick movements. Must persist with
