Preview Changes: R7 vs St Kilda - Monday 20/7 @ 7pm Adelaide Oval

[hey shorty]

Only had the one hammering from memory. And it was pretty well replicated by the senior team.Kristof is in here passively aggressively bashing anybody that has ever demanded a senior player get dropped for a kid. It's all he's got left having been proven wrong on every single belief he's ever had about our club.

How was the racing yesterday ??

 

[Firewalker]

One thing in the Crows favour for this game is the club being Monday specialists, in the history of the Crows they’ve played 4 games on Monday’s for 4 wins (v Haw ‘92, v Freo ‘97, v Coll ‘97, v Coll ‘06). Will be the club’s 2nd home game on a Monday the last one being against Collingwood in 1997.

 

[dogs105]

Totally unrelated to the thread topic, but why have so many of you got TheBrownDog under your usernames?

Some people have lots of time for bigfooty.


It's the trophy for 50,000 posts

 

[BunjiMac]

Sometimes yes... but Talia is a far better player all round than Kelly so I can forgive him if he takes too long with ball in hand every now and then.

Kelly does it everytime he gets it!..

It's also key defender vs medium defender.

I'm the modern game, you're medium defenders are expected to be alot more than just being a dour defender. By playing kelly in that position and with him slowing play down like he does, he immediately increases the pressure on every subsequent player as he's already let the defence set.

We need accountable defenders who are very quick thinkers with great disposal to offset Talia and Brown, who take up the 2 traditional dour roles.

 

[Vader]

I don't think I can recall a worst disposal game by a player.

Arguably Sloane, in the same game...

Maybe Mrouch was worse, we're talking degrees of awfulness.

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[Murray2503]

It's also key defender vs medium defender.

I'm the modern game, you're medium defenders are expected to be alot more than just being a dour defender. By playing kelly in that position and with him slowing play down like he does, he immediately increases the pressure on every subsequent player as he's already let the defence set.

We need accountable defenders who are very quick thinkers with great disposal to offset Talia and Brown, who take up the 2 traditional dour roles.

Hamill is the prime example of what we need with speed of release. He stands out because he is good and the rest in the backline are awful at it. There is also the speed of mind component which adds to speed of release.

 

[Murray2503]

The more I see Hamill, the more I think he is exactly what we need in our midfield.

in fact I’d love to one day see the midfield of Doedee, Hamill, Jones.

Add in pick 1 and a high end pick in 2021 which normally allows you to get the best young mid and we may have the best midfield going around in time. Jones and Hamill just need to live in the gym to add some more strength then look out.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Arguably Sloane, in the same game...

Maybe Mrouch was worse, we're talking degrees of awfulness.

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Sloane kicked a good goal.

 

[hey shorty]

Sloane kicked a good goal.

Pity Shane couldn't take the kick, he deserved a goal.

 

[Trigger13]

The more I see Hamill, the more I think he is exactly what we need in our midfield.

in fact I’d love to one day see the midfield of Doedee, Hamill, Jones.

The more I see Hamill the more I see Grant Birchall in his prime. He is, and should be, a runnng half back/wingman.

 

[hey shorty]

The more I see Hamill the more I see Grant Birchall in his prime. He is, and should be, a runnng half back/wingman.

Tonnes more legspeed than Birchall

 

[SellarStardom]

Any news from the 2nds?

 

[Vader]

Sloane kicked a good goal.

Amongst several missed targets and horribly shanked kicks. One good disposal does not balance the otherwise crappy disposal he dished out for the rest of the game.

In any case, we're talking degrees of awfulness - not positivity.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Amongst several missed targets and horribly shanked kicks. One good disposal does not balance the otherwise crappy disposal he dished out for the rest of the game.

In any case, we're talking degrees of awfulness - not positivity.

I'm not saying Sloane had a good game & I want him rested, but at least he had some positive moments.... whereas I cannot recall a worst disposal game than Mrouch. It was top shelf awful! So many out on the full & kicking straight to the opposition. He would have completed more passes to the Weagles than Crows. Just horrible.

 

[Vader]

I'm not saying Sloane had a good game & I want him rested, but at least he had some positive moments.... whereas I cannot recall a worst disposal game than Mrouch. It was top shelf awful! So many out on the full & kicking straight to the opposition. He would have completed more passes to the Weagles than Crows. Just horrible.

I see where you're coming from, and I'm certainly not arguing that Mrouch was anything other than as bad as you say. I just think that Sloane was equally as bad, aside from the goal he kicked (which wasn't even his kick to take anyway).

 

[Murray2503]

Sloane kicked a good goal.

Only because Mcadam hurt himself. Sloane seems to be playing frustrated and angry. Is starting to give away stupid frees like Thommo. Is not taking a lot of care with some of his actions on field. Some of his disposal was putrid like Thommo as well. Players generally play angry when they know the game is catching up with them and they lose their pace. Did some useful tackles but for the contract he's on he is not impacting a game as the highest paid player should.

 

[BunjiMac]

Tonnes more legspeed than Birchall

Way better agility than Birchall as well.

His turning circle and ability to change directions is elite. That's one of the main reasons why i think midfield would be a great thing to try.

 

[Golumless]

Totally unrelated to the thread topic, but why have so many of you got TheBrownDog under your usernames?

Pretty sure that's what it changes to when you surpass 50k posts and don't have premium membership to set it yourself.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

McAsey forward or back short term?

Long term?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

McAsey forward or back short term?

Long term?

Play both McAsey & Worrell... so can try them at both ends of the ground this year.

 

[Bay62]

Way better agility than Birchall as well.

His turning circle and ability to change directions is elite.

That long goal Smithers kicked - running through the middle he handballs to Hamill. Hamill has someone in front of him so he pivots and instinctively handballs back to Smith

He knew that Smith would still be there and used that and his agility to make something out of nothing

Pure class

 

[1970crow]

TBH no number of changes will matter unless we work out a game plan. Doesn't look like we have one forward of ROB.

If we wanna move it quick then great, but we aren't we doing it all game ??

The issue is that we select too many players that don't have the mindset, speed or skills to take the game on.

 

[Scorpus]

McAsey forward or back short term?

Long term?

McAsey forward short and long term. You shouldn't spend a single digit pick on a KPP that can't play forward unless they're Jeremy McGovern

That leaves room for Butts and/or Worrell down back. I think we could play both depending on the structure.

If we do draft Thilthorpe the structure I think would work really well. McAsey and Thilthorpe as your two talls (one also backup ruck) and then Fogarty as a difficult to stop third tall

 

[1970crow]

How was the racing yesterday ??

Mate's horse won the feature up there, so had a goodish day due to that alone. Big gaps in the old memory though, was pleasantly surprised to not wake up to stacks of alerts and threads opened.

 

[skam85]

How many games does stengle get before we accept he’s the second coming of Petrenko?

Wouldn't he be the third considering Murphy was meant to be the second?