Preview Changes: R3 vs Fremantle

[WetCrow1991]

The loser club cancer that is the Crows admin are showing exactly where their priorities are by gifting Smith a milestone this week. Hey everyone celebrate the milestone of a guy who has done nothing but phone in his performances for multiple seasons now! Hooray!

 

[WetCrow1991]

I like his changes though.

We really need two 'Changes vs xxxx" threads each week.

One for what should happen and the other thread for what will happen.

The Apricot Slice Brigade would only need to post their agreement with the selections in the 'Will happen' thread.

BACCSing in the boys thread.

 

[kirky]

Except he was AA in a defence role

He was in a defensive position but got possessions galore which is why he got AA.

When the opposition actually made him accountable, he crumbled.

 

[kirky]

Huh, he played as a defender. He’s also a tackling machine and would offer a lot more than Murphy

He wasn’t a tackling machine as a defender unless you consider 2-3 tackles a game, a tackling machine.

AFL Tables - Rory Laird - Stats - Statistics

 

[cleanhands]

He wasn’t a tackling machine as a defender unless you consider 2-3 tackles a game, a tackling machine.

AFL Tables - Rory Laird - Stats - Statistics

Does that apply currently, because that’s how I read it

 

[kirky]

Does that apply currently, because that’s how I read it

Fair enough.

I just hate Laird in the midfield, time to give the young ones a go with Crouch and Dawson.

 

[cleanhands]

Huh, he played as a defender. He’s also a tackling machine and would offer a lot more than Murphy

I said a day or so ago I think he’s a good replacement for Murphy, I think he could play that role with his eyes shut in comparison to Murphy

 

[Firewalker]

Do got to laugh that both Smith & now Nicks have both come out publicly and justified the selection due to Brodie having been in bad form before and not being dropped because of it so he shouldn’t be dropped now either that he’s in bad form… hahahaha this club man

 

[jimvic]

surely Smith should be "managed" this weekend so he has a chance of playing his 250 in from of his home crowd. Bring in Nank

 

[thebirdman 24]

We are doing Brodie no favours playing him this week. He is horrendously out of form and squibbing contests.

'Manage' him this week and bring him back for a farewell game. He is cooked

What I hate is that we never back in the kids. We throw them to the wolves and then drop them instantly.

If you are a senior player, you get 1-2 months of poor form before a reluctant dropping. See Murphy last year.

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[thebirdman 24]

I'd almost expect the club to do something so stupid as:

Out - Pedlar
In - Mchenry

We are that dumb.

And if by some miracle we fluke a win, everything is justified, and our back in the experienced players selection culture continues.

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[FullyBigKPro]

We are doing Brodie no favours playing him this week. He is horrendously out of form and squibbing contests.

'Manage' him this week and bring him back for a farewell game. He is cooked

What I hate is that we never back in the kids. We throw them to the wolves and then drop them instantly.

If you are a senior player, you get 1-2 months of poor form before a reluctant dropping. See Murphy last year.

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THIS.

 

[MRB37]

We are doing Brodie no favours playing him this week. He is horrendously out of form and squibbing contests.

'Manage' him this week and bring him back for a farewell game. He is cooked

What I hate is that we never back in the kids. We throw them to the wolves and then drop them instantly.

If you are a senior player, you get 1-2 months of poor form before a reluctant dropping. See Murphy last year.

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Cook gets one game at HB, doesn't make a mistake with the ball all game and gets dropped.

Smith is allowed to constantly stuff up, cost us multiple goals in both games and Nicks thinks he's doing the brave thing in backing him in.

 

[King Elvis]

Laird pocket.

Smith/Milera to a wing.

Hamill in, Nankervis in (no idea, but everyone here loves him).

Rankine middle, Rachelle middle, Pedlar middle.

Should drop Smith, obviously we won't. Should drop Murphy, probably we won't.

I'd have Gollant over Burgess, but doubt it'll happen.

 

[1970crow]

I know, the implication was that it has been argued we would've if not for AFL incompetence, so it has been counted as such

I doubt any contract lever would allow for such subjective interpretation.

 

[1970crow]

Does Nicks seriously think at all?

No, Nicks is very much a mental lightweight.

 

[1970crow]

Doesn't that simply show, given the praise & now lashing ....that King is not a fanboi

If anything, it adds weight now to the Nicks praise last year

No, the praise last year was flawed, as many of the better judges knew. King would have barely watched us.

 

[1970crow]

He made that comment last year didn't he? What was your thought of Nicks last year?

No different to this year or 2020 or any other year he's coached.

 

[King Elvis]

Murphy hurts us so much - he's not a capable forward, so we're forced to keep Rankine or Rachelle there to do the role Murphy should be doing.

 

[WetCrow1991]

Do got to laugh that both Smith & now Nicks have both come out publicly and justified the selection due to Brodie having been in bad form before and not being dropped because of it so he shouldn’t be dropped now either that he’s in bad form… hahahaha this club man

What a gronk our coach is.

 

[WetCrow1991]

We aren't winning on Friday. With this form and this game plan basically impossible for Nicks' Crows to do something they have never done, won an away game against a side currently in the top 8.

 

[ABAB]

No different to this year or 2020 or any other year he's coached.

So you had us finishing bottom 4 this year?

 

[FR0GGY]

Both teams have been terrible early.
No point either supporters tuning in before 1/2 time.

 

[1970crow]

So you had us finishing bottom 4 this year?

No

 

[ABAB]

No

So where did you think we would finish? If it's higher than bottom 4 then how has your thought of Nicks not changed since 2020 when we were expected to finish bottom 4 in 2020 and 2021 and have finished higher every year.