Preview Changes: Round 11 vs GWS

[Footypie32]

Hampton has to come in offer a **** ton more than poholke and Galluci

Poholke, yes. Gallucci, no.

Not sure how much more you want from Gooch?

At least Hampton provides some defensive pressure.

 

[CrowBloke]

For away matches I mostly opt for the high-quality TV audio even if the commentary is (let's say) below par. But sometimes the Victorian bias is sickening, particularly when the Crows are losing, and I opt for AM commentary which is roughly synchronised. Sunday was one of those days. Since GWS are even less relevant in the Victorian mind, I expect the commentary this weekend will be fairly neutral

Can't see it .
If GWS get a run-on against us, the Ch.7 logs will get very excited, again. I hope not, but I can hear it now:
"They're back. The orange tsunami is back!!" *rant rave wax lyrical gush *

 

[CrowBloke]

I must admit that BT gushing over Lever every single time he went near the ball got pretty tiresome by the end of the game.

It was tiresome by half-time .
What's worse, it didn't matter if Lever did anything good or not .

 

[Pugsley]

Can't see it .
If GWS get a run-on against us, the Ch.7 logs will get very excited, again. I hope not, but I can hear it now:
"They're back. The orange tsunami is back!!" *rant rave wax lyrical gush *

Thankfully, I'll be at the game.

 

[CrowBloke]

BT also had some new found spiritual affiliation with a tree. Not much attention given to anything Crows

... or even the Crows IN the tree!

 

[CrowBloke]

To be fair we didnt give them much to talk about

and

"How dare they! Don't they know how great we are?"

are worlds apart, mate.
I'm sure GreyCrow can defend himself but it's unfair to have a crack at something he didn't say.

 

[CrowBloke]

"I think you've got to be really careful in this game of jumping at shadows," Pyke said.

"I've got a lot of faith and belief in the playing group.

"Players that we've had this year have performed really well at times.

"We've had some poor performances, the Collingwood and Melbourne games stand out.

"We learn from that, we're going to continue to develop and we're going to get some opportunities for younger guys who are playing.

"That's unfortunately what we got last week, but a week's a long time in footy."

YUCK... cmon Don don't peddle that bullshit

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-05-30/pyke-confident-star-duo-will-stick-with-crows

I counted TEN cliches and/or platitudes.
I'm still waiting for him to say "I hate losing, and I want the boys to hate losing, too".

 

[Bearded Clam]

"I think you've got to be really careful in this game of jumping at shadows," Pyke said.

"I've got a lot of faith and belief in the playing group.

"Players that we've had this year have performed really well at times.

"We've had some poor performances, the Collingwood and Melbourne games stand out.

"We learn from that, we're going to continue to develop and we're going to get some opportunities for younger guys who are playing.

"That's unfortunately what we got last week, but a week's a long time in footy."

YUCK... cmon Don don't peddle that bullshit

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-05-30/pyke-confident-star-duo-will-stick-with-crows

Can someone please photo shop Don Pyke into superman’s outfit and change the “S” to a “C”.. he can then be know as “Captain Cliche” from now on..

 

[Bazz_27]

my fav part of those quotes was that the Melbourne & Collingwood games stood out as poor performances..... you reckon Don???

 

[asdfasd]

So he still doesn't see a pattern? Jesus.

 

[Jack is Back]

Poholke, yes. Gallucci, no.

Not sure how much more you want from Gooch?

At least Hampton provides some defensive pressure.

Gallucci had 7 kicks and zero handballs in 80% game time. Like Fogarty and to a lesser extent Poholke, he shows glimpses that suggest he could develop into a very good player. Unfortunately we can’t afford to have three players collectively contributing 25 disposals a week. We can carry one KID, possibly two but three is just too much.

I am more than happy for us to play two out of Gallucci, Poholke, Fogarty and Murphy but while we are still in contention we need to balance shortterm and longterm objectives. We can rotate these KIDS through the last two spots particularly if we get Tex and Sloaney back.

 

[MRB37]

Poholke, yes. Gallucci, no.

Not sure how much more you want from Gooch?

At least Hampton provides some defensive pressure.

Gooch does too, but after crying about how we don't have anyone to replace Cameron's work at ground level in the forward 50 they all want Gooch dropped.

 

[Scorpus]

Gallucci had 7 kicks and zero handballs in 80% game time. Like Fogarty and to a lesser extent Poholke, he shows glimpses that suggest he could develop into a very good player. Unfortunately we can’t afford to have three players collectively contributing 25 disposals a week. We can carry one KID, possibly two but three is just too much.

I am more than happy for us to play two out of Gallucci, Poholke, Fogarty and Murphy but while we are still in contention we need to balance shortterm and longterm objectives. We can rotate these KIDS through the last two spots particularly if we get Tex and Sloaney back.

Of course Gooch had 7 disposals from 80% TOG. He was playing in the area of the ground where the ball wasn't, our forward line, as a defensive forward.

He had the exact same number of disposals as Betts, but had 4 tackles and 4 inside 50s plus two shots on goal. Betts kicked 2 straight, Gallucci 1.1

That's him playing his role IMO

 

[Schulzycrow]

Back them, got to give them a chance to respond.

Nope. Have enough evidence now that the same players go missing when the heat is on or are mentally weak. Need them gone.

 

[1970crow]

Don Pyke press conference was just on Fox Sports News. Couple of things

1) He seemed a little rattled/under pressure for the first time. Speaking very quickly, rushed. He always does a bit, just seemed a bit more than usual. Still spoke fine but we've been flying for most of his coaching career. This is something a bit new.

2) We won't be dropping any players. Spoke about backing the group in, not overreacting to one game.

It's the brave thing to do.

 

[1970crow]

Bit hard to drop players when there is no replacements.

Hampton and Murphy are worth a go. Probably in place of Mackay and Poholke. Doubt it could make us much worse at the moment and players being made accountable is always a good message to send a playing group.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Realistically, who is going to come into the team?

These are the stats from last weekend's SANFL game:

Matthew Signorello: 24 disposals, seven clearances, seven marks, four tackles
Curtly Hampton: 23 disposals, six tackles, six clearances, five inside 50ms, three marks
Patrick Wilson: 19 disposals, four marks, four rebound 50ms, three clearances
Lachlan Murphy: 17 disposals, seven inside 50ms, four marks, three tackles
Ben Jarman: 16 disposals, five tackles, five marks, four inside 50ms
Andy Otten: 16 disposals, five marks, three tackles, three inside 50ms
Jackson Edwards: 15 disposals, seven marks, six tackles, three inside 50ms
Ben Davis: 13 disposals, seven marks, three goals
Alex Keath: 13 disposals, eight marks, four rebound 50ms
Damon Hill*: 13 disposals, six marks, three rebound 50ms
Dom Costanzo*: 13 disposals, four inside 50ms, three clearances
Reilly O’Brien: 13 disposals, 40 hit-outs, six marks, two tackles
Kyle Cheney: 12 disposals, five marks, two rebound 50ms
Harry Dear: 11 disposals, seven hit-outs, three marks
James Loneragan*: 10 disposals, five marks, four tackles, three rebound 50ms
Corey Davey*: nine disposals, three tackles, three marks, three rebound 50ms
Matthew Leigh*: nine disposals, five inside 50ms, three marks
Michael McMahon*: eight disposals, five tackles, four marks
Elliott Himmelberg: five disposals, two tackles, one mark
Sam Venning*: five disposals, one clearance, one mark
Harry Slee*: four disposals, one clearance, one mark

I don't see much of anything there that screams, "PICK ME!"

I mean, there's only 2 players that got over 20 touches. One of them hasn't played an AFL game and the other one is just coming back from yet another injury. Thes rest of them have the sort of numbers that, if someone in the AFL team was putting up those numbers, they be considered to have an average game, at best.

Assuming Seedsman recovers & replaces Polhoke.

Hampton has had a few solid weeks & should come in to apply forward pressure/occasional run on the ball.

Murphy didn't do much wrong before being dropped, but not much difference if swapping for Gooch.

ROB should come into consideration for Jacobs who looks like he needs a break.

 

[rezagun]

Ben Davis will debut.

 

[Odog]

Ben Davis will debut.

Ya reckon? For Galluci?


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[Murray2503]

So he still doesn't see a pattern? Jesus.

Neither did Neal Craig. Pyke needs to start getting real 'real quick'.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Ben Davis will debut.

Sure, but not any time soon.

 

[FR0GGY]

Sure, but not any time soon.

Sounds like this week.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Sounds like this week.

Doubt it.

 

[FR0GGY]

Doubt it.

Rezagun has been on track with previous selections hasn’t he?

 

[John Who]

Gallucci had 7 kicks and zero handballs in 80% game time. Like Fogarty and to a lesser extent Poholke, he shows glimpses that suggest he could develop into a very good player. Unfortunately we can’t afford to have three players collectively contributing 25 disposals a week. We can carry one KID, possibly two but three is just too much.

I am more than happy for us to play two out of Gallucci, Poholke, Fogarty and Murphy but while we are still in contention we need to balance shortterm and longterm objectives. We can rotate these KIDS through the last two spots particularly if we get Tex and Sloaney back.

We've been playing 3-4 kids out of necessity, not due to "best form". The injuries have really messed us up and we're being forced to do things we don't normally do ie. play the kids! I think also a lack of leadership on ground has been telling without Sloane/Tex. The kids are forced to play above themselves, but at least this will bode well for us when we get more senior players back and having stronger depth/fringe players at our disposal come end of the year.