Preview Changes: R3 vs Fremantle

[Pugsley]

Would be nice

It's fun, fun, fun until Nicksy takes the Murphy away.

 

[1970crow]

If anyone is in ANY doubt about Brodie Smith, they need to watch this bit of the highhlights.

Regulation ground ball that he should have easily picked up and sent us forward, but COMPLETELY SQUIBS the contest and Geelong get it and goal. Look at the score, crucial time of the game and we literally shat the bed.

Absolutely woeful effort from a 'senior leader' and should be dropped on that alone.


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As long as he thumped the ground, that’s all we can demand from a senior player.

 

[ssj3Pretz]

Try to stomach this

"we're a couple small tinkers and we'll be playing our best"

I guess he doesn't realise one of those tinkers is not having him on the ground.

 

[1970crow]

Don't really see what that's got to do with his lack of composure when in the clear this season. Doctors and Burgess obviously cleared him to play and obviously he put himself up for selection.

I refer you to Nigel Lappin...

Premiership Pride: Nigel Lappin

Nigel Lappin will go down in history as one of the toughest players to pull on the Lions guernsey.

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Like Brad crouch in round 1?

 

[Scorpus]

Brodie Smith

33

Brodie Smith

Age

33

Ht

194cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.5

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

7.2

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

500.1

5star

D

17.1

4star

K

12.6

5star

HB

4.5

3star

M

3.5

3star

T

2.3

3star

MG

438.9

5star

D

17.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.6

5star

playing this week would be absolutely disgraceful

 

[1970crow]

Just watched the Jack Hombsch presser. Talking about celebrating Smith's 250th this week. So I guess we can already forget about any hope of them dropping him.

Which deluded fools had this ‘hope’?

 

[MRB37]

As with Murphy last week we're more interested in the optics than doing the right thing for the team.

Smelling like an unchanged side.

 

[ams4crows]

Fun Facts with Grotto - Stolen Edition.

Adelaide's win-loss record since start of 2020​

At Adelaide Oval
20-27 (42.6 per cent win rate)


At all other venues
9-30 (23.1 per cent win rate)

Away wins under Matthew Nicks​

R17, 2020 - Beat Carlton (11th) by 16 points at People First Stadium, Gold Coast
R4, 2021 - Beat North Melbourne (18th) by 41 points at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
R13, 2021 - Beat St Kilda (12th) by six points at Cazalys Stadium, Cairns
R19, 2021 - Beat Hawthorn (17th) by 19 points at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
R6, 2022 - Beat Western Bulldogs (10th) by one point at Mars Stadium, Ballarat
R15, 2022 - Beat North Melbourne (17th) by 57 points at Blundstone Arena, Hobart
R21, 2022 - Beat West Coast (17th) by 16 points at Optus Stadium, Perth
R6, 2023 - Beat Hawthorn (18th) by 3 points at UTAS Stadium, Launceston
R24, 2023 - Beat West Coast (18th) by 45 points at Optus Stadium, Perth

That's damning!! Jesus, someone wanna explain why we resigned a coach where we can't win away from home unless they are in the bottom 4 and even then it's a struggle to win the game.

 

[George CantStandYa]

Surely we could "manage" Smith if we don't want to embarrass him with the "omitted" tag, even though he deserves it

He's 32, it's easy to justify "management"

250 games this week, horrible way to bring it up when you know your sucking

 

[cleanhands]

Media Department have got a feel good story up their sleeve to take off the pressure.
Debut Curtin in his home state

 

[kirky]

On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

What you say and what actually happens are two different things.

I won’t hold my breathe on this as it means Laird will get less than 30 possessions. He won’t want that to happen.

 

[George CantStandYa]

Has Pedlar attended one centre bounce this year?

 

[kirky]

Has Pedlar attended one centre bounce this year?

He attended 1 in the first round.

CBAs - DFS Australia

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[MRB37]

What you say and what actually happens are two different things.

I won’t hold my breathe on this as it means Laird will get less than 30 possessions. He won’t want that to happen.

Remember Rory Sloane to half back? It's always talk and never action. They talk about wanting flexibility, but it always involves the young players being forced out to the fringes while the seniors get all the prime time.

In that regard Nicks is a terrible coach for a rebuild because he has no real desire to move out experience and create a hole for a youngster to move in to.

 

[kirky]

Just have a look what happened in 2023. Nicks is risk adverse.

We were flying in the first 6 rounds last year. Soligo and Rachele were in there. Just ****ing dumb by Nicks in 2024.

CBAs - DFS Australia

Centre Bounce Attendances are available from the 2020 season. Average refers to the percentage of CBAs each player has attended for the season (considering only those games they have played). Each round is denoted as percentage of CBAs attended for that round. Centre Bounce Attendance Percentage...

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[kirky]

Remember Rory Sloane to half back? It's always talk and never action. They talk about wanting flexibility, but it always involves the young players being forced out to the fringes while the seniors get all the prime time.

In that regard Nicks is a terrible coach for a rebuild because he has no real desire to move out experience and create a hole for a youngster to move in to.

No I just think he is risk adverse and takes the soft option (experience over youth). We now have a group of players in their 3rd/4th seasons - and yet he doesn’t give them the responsibility.

He needs to win this week otherwise he is cooked.

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

Nicks is shit - let’s face it. Has done zero to develop our midfield. Dawson is the only regular change in there over the past 4 years and that’s because it was his idea!

We have a pick 6 (Rash), pick 9 (Peds) and pick 3 (Ranks) all parked in our forward line lucky to get 5 CBAs between them.

****ing idiot.

 

[kirky]

Nicks is s**t - let’s face it. Has done zero to develop our midfield. Dawson is the only regular change in there over the past 4 years and that’s because it was his idea!

We have a pick 6 (Rash), pick 9 (Peds) and pick 3 (Ranks) all parked in our forward line lucky to get 5 CBAs between them.

******* idiot.

It isn’t just them, we have got a side with nearly 50% first rounders (add Milera, Jones, Fogarty, Michalanney, McHenry and Tilthorpe when fit) and yet we let spuds like Murphy to get to 100+ games.

I’m literally scratching my head what he is doing.

Reckon Buckley reckons we have the cattle, would he be interested if this goes pear shape this year?

 

[SellarStardom]

Laird to HF, Murphy to SANFL.

Pedlar, Rankine and Rachelle actually rotating through the middle with Dawson, Soligo, Crouch and Edwards.

Smith out, Murphy out, Nankwrvis and Edwards in.

 

[cleanhands]

Laird to HF, Murphy to SANFL.

Pedlar, Rankine and Rachelle actually rotating through the middle with Dawson, Soligo, Crouch and Edwards.

Smith out, Murphy out, Nankwrvis and Edwards in.

So you are keeping Pedlar and Laird now

 

[CutAboveTheRest]

What you say and what actually happens are two different things.

I won’t hold my breathe on this as it means Laird will get less than 30 possessions. He won’t want that to happen.

Oh awesome even more entries into the F50 to nothing but oxygen...

 

[WetCrow1991]

Just watched the Jack Hombsch presser. Talking about celebrating Smith's 250th this week. So I guess we can already forget about any hope of them dropping him.

That is criminally disgusting.

 

[WetCrow1991]

Maybe they are dropping Murphy and Laird plays that role

Looking forward to some terrible disposal and behinds.

 

[cleanhands]

Looking forward to some terrible disposal and behinds.

Only difference there will be 20 more

 

[Jarman3]

Which deluded fools had this ‘hope’?

Hope springs eternal. They could at least do us the courtesy of letting us enjoy the fantasy until selection night. It's only ****ing Monday and they've already publicly ruled out dropping him. At least go through the motions of pretending there might be a shred of accountability for performance from senior players. At least act like options are being considered.

FFS.