Preview Changes Rd 4 vs Melbourne

[Kane McGoodwin]

Is this all part of nicks recalibrating what is defined as 'success' this year. A crap start and we eventually impove to finish in the 9-12 range...he says we looked better and the board swallow it and he is safe

Playing finals is the minimum pass mark.

 

[MRB37]

McHenry was already in the 22 last week with Murphy sub... who will need to be replaced.

I meant permanently while Murphy is injured. Murphy always finds his way back into the 22.

 

[Crow till I die]

Playing finals is the minimum pass mark.

Oh i absolutely agree...and not just scraping it in 8th either

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I meant permanently while Murphy is injured. Murphy always finds his way back into the 22.

Hopefully someone else makes the most of the next month whilst he is out... preferably someone who is good at kicking goals.

 

[thebirdman 24]

Geez, Nicks really doesn’t inspire any sort of confidence, no idea what people like David King hear/see to make him think he’s a coach that should stick around beyond the rebuild phase.

History suggests rebuild coaches never last and aren’t taking that club to finals, even if they do a decent job of the rebuilding phase.

Things must be bleak if BACCS has gone negative.

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[Kane McGoodwin]

Things must be bleak if BACCS has gone negative.

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Yep, AFC should be worried when even the most optimistic supporters believe they have lost their way...

 

[BunjiMac]

Murphy completely unbalances the side and is not a required player.

We play Murphy apparently because our midfield aren't capable of winning the 1 on 1 contest. We therefore have to send him up to have greater numbers on the ball.

This decreases our offensive ability and it takes a player away from this system.

Sending a player higher up the ground is ok in theory, but you also want this player to have marking abilites so they can be a marking option coming out if defence AND you want them to be threat going forward so that the defender actually follows him.

Murphy is neither.

He's basically there so that the numbers in the midfield are in our favour.

His defender simply stays back and leaves our forwards out numbered to pick off forward entries.

When we kick out of defence we are kicking to more congestion but not a clear target, despite the numbers being in our favour.

Murphy should never be selected in the side again.

 

[BACCS]

Things must be bleak if BACCS has gone negative.

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There are no excuses this year, they can’t hide behind ‘inexperience’ and ‘rebuild’ anymore. I don’t think it’s a talent issue, that’s why this start is so frustrating.

 

[Cap]

Hard not to agree with the tweet, but i only saw the highlights

 

[Cap]

I wish King and Co. would pile on more about the clubs decision to destroy the game plan and become ultra defensive and conservative.

Blow touch needs to be moved away from players not performing and onto the dog s#it game plan and refusal to select players based on form.

For me I am hoping that we select Dowling over Berry to replace Murphy as we don't want more of Laird. Contest winning isn't the problem and until Nick's accepts that Laird shouldn't be in centre there is no point t of Berry coming in.

I hope they put Nank in for Milera

Then there is Pedlar. Given his horrible game do we leave him there and move Rachelle and Rankine on ball more or turf him in place one of Edwards or Ryan. My preference would be Ryan as he provides some run that we need

I'm happy for them to pile on about gameplan and poor development

Just not the bullshit stories that we've suffered from over the last deacde.

 

[BigBoSS_Riot]

Hard not to agree with the tweet, but i only saw the highlights

I'm hoping for more tweets like this, especially from places like The Advertiser. Anything that increases the pressure Nicks feels to play the kids (especially Dowling and Nankervis), the better.

 

[MsTopG]

I'd love that, but can't see us having the guts. Can see the justification now, "already had two forced changes, didn't want to unbalance the team any more than that"

Playing smith unbalances the side in favour of losing.

 

[BACCS]

Hard not to agree with the tweet, but i only saw the highlights

I saw the whole game, he was very clearly BOG and quite comfortably his best ever Sanfl game.

 

[Cap]

I saw the whole game, he was very clearly BOG and quite comfortably his best ever Sanfl game.

I'm all for picking kids before they have a form slump, so hopefully he is picked whilst in good form.

 

[Crows I Am]

Out - Milera, Murphy, Borlase
In - Nankervis, Dowling, Butts

I am not opposed to resting Tex for a few weeks either, he does not look right.

Really hoping we give Dowling his debut and don't take the predictable option with Berry. Dowling deserves a crack after some good form in the SANFL, Berry had his chance and didn't perform.

 

[ams4crows]

Wtf is Mrs Cornes asking Rachele about being on with a girl from a big SA high ranking family I mean yay I'm glad he's loving Adelaide but gee a bit personal poor lad looked like a deer in the headlights

 

[1970crow]

Begin Rant
Cut out our cancers Laird, Smith, Murphy to begin, incoming Dowling to wing Nankervis bf, Curtin I don’t care where but be attacking. No good dropping Pedlar poor bastard and tell him to work on his deficiency in the twos, same game plan, just free him up like all our young guys to play their natural games, we’ve *d you guys up long enough we are stifling your progress, do your thing.
We know Nicks can’t do this other wise he looks like an idiot who has stuffed up 4 years of progress.
Get something happening that at least looks like our development is progressing our future players,
Fog
Thilthorpe
Jones
Rachelle
Soligo
Nankervis
Worrell
And I could keep going, I’m a sick of seeing players show what they have, plateaus out then regress.
To have so many players out of form it is not an individual issue, it’s coaching wake The * up and start taking responsibility or get out, implement a team rule that if you win a ground ball stoppage the first thought is to reflex h/ball till we find our free runner, no f*n hack kicks, an use the overlap runners, you see you give.
I could go on forever as we all could, oh and you people making these decisions die by your sword and get the F* out because we are starting to tune out

Haven't looked at it again, so could be wrong, Dawson's first clearance off his wrong leg that wobbled out of bounds for a free against included burning a player in a better position to kick meaningfully forward. Looked like a player was about 5m away on the defensive side but would be under no pressure.

 

[cleanhands]

Haven't looked at it again, so could be wrong, Dawson's first clearance off his wrong leg that wobbled out of bounds for a free against included burning a player in a better position to kick meaningfully forward. Looked like a player was about 5m away on the defensive side but would be under no pressure.

How many times do you see opposition give to players streaming off a hb flank

 

[WetCrow1991]

Pretty good, now he needs to back it up on the field on Thursday night.

 

[MsTopG]

2 Main actions needed...

Play attractive quick football.
Play winning football.

Third action. Pick the right team, no cooked and unskilled spuds.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Third action. Pick the right team, no cooked and unskilled spuds.

This is assumed as the 1st 2 actions can't be otherwise achieved.

 

[BunjiMac]

Do we actually have players that can run? And don't give me this Sholl garbage.

We are so devoid of run, especially from the backline and wings.

Guys that have the speed to actually lose their opponent to come up and take a mark or on offense run at defences to pull the opposition out of their shape.

As a slow and unskillful midfield, trying to pin point passes to contested situations is the worst possible outcome.

Who is there to actually to select though?

 

[George CantStandYa]

Geez, Nicks really doesn’t inspire any sort of confidence, no idea what people like David King hear/see to make him think he’s a coach that should stick around beyond the rebuild phase.

History suggests rebuild coaches never last and aren’t taking that club to finals, even if they do a decent job of the rebuilding phase.

Last week you were bagging King for being critical of our midfield

 

[FR0GGY]

Last week you were bagging King for being critical of our midfield

He’s still bagging him..

 

[George CantStandYa]

He’s still bagging him..

Bagging King for being critical, bagging King for not being critical enough, poor Kingy can’t win