Preview Changes vs. Collingwood (Qualifying Final) Thursday night

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[Hell Boy6669]

MRO taking a while…

 

[Mattrox]

MRO taking a while…

Would be hard to cite a player, even if they had the burning desire to without it looking biased.

We would challenge a Laird ban. No concussion. If they upheld the ban it might appear as retribution for daring to challenge with Rankine.

They will be wanting to market a Collingwood vs Crows blockbuster featuring a production piece full of clips of the controversial images from our recent clashes. Too many missing players harms their build up. There would be plenty of Victorian neutrals tuning in hoping Daicos and Co get humbled.

Thier number 1 kpi is viewership.

I guess the number 2 kpi is kowtowing to Collingwood.


Such a hard decision for them.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

If its a draw tonight we play the Giants by the ladder predictor

I vaguely recall barracking for a draw at the end of the 1995 or 1996 season to keep our mathematical finals hopes alive

Was Brisbane vs Melbourne at the Gabba, the game where Shaun Smith took that mark of the century contender

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

MRO taking a while…

They need to wait to make sure that there are no comparable Bulldogs/Hawthorn bumps/tackles later today

Don't want to box themselves in

 

[Peter Doherty]

Has anyone seen an angle where Xerri's head hits the ground?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Has anyone seen an angle where Xerri's head hits the ground?

Michael Christian has

 

[CrowBloke]

So many on here ignoring that Cumming is an 800,000 Chayce Jones.

$800K ...? Is that a guess, or well-known please?
That's overpaid, for what he does. I like Cumming, he can footy and has smarts but the other two are better; certainly more impactful.

After yesterday's game, regardless of Finals' results, I was mulling over the possibility of bringing in more seasoned players like Peatling and ANB and Cumming to strengthen our best-23 and depth too.
Then my head went, "Nah, just another Peatling and ANB, thanks".
Cumming plays a bit like he's in a comfort zone, being consistently picked and 800K to boot.

The Crows would be looking good to players with some ability but can't get a regular game (like Keays) or any that just wanna return to the Crows' Nest/S.A. (NMW would have been perfect to solve the Murphy/Pedlar/Cook quandary).
If we win the Flag I'll be very surprised --- and overjoyed --- but I was looking to 2026 and how to bolster our list.
Curtin and Draper will end up as mids, but I reckon we need another two-way-running hard nut.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Michael Christian has

I'm just not sure his head hit the ground.

Remember, he was paid a free kick for a dangerous tackle. Surely this is the sort of incident that the medicos would be looking at on replay.

I think they deemed it not a head knock. They never took him off. This has to help us.

 

[thebirdman 24]

Are we expecting a Thursday night or Friday night game?

ChatGPT reckons it should be one of the two.

 

[pjcrows]

Are we expecting a Thursday night or Friday night game?

ChatGPT reckons it should be one of the two.

Thursday. But the AFL will do whatever they want.

 

[Greenfinger]

Rachele has already been running close to a week, so when the game is due it will be close to three weeks, which is right in line with the two to three weeks given in our last injury update: https://www.afc.com.au/news/1868618/injury-update-round-24 I think he will play.

I wondered if the injury update takes into account the bye or not? Is it actual weeks or are the weeks based on games ?

 

[Hodgy]

Flattening someone with a hip and shoulder 30m off the ball isn’t minor nor obscure. Soligo yes, maybe. Dawson is only up for a fine, if he’s found responsible for contact.

Contact actually was minor, he just wasn’t aware. Like most younger players these days.
However isn’t Laird the guy who publicly had a go at Rachelle last year for doing something “that didn’t help the team” in the showdown?

 

[Golumless]

Do we bring MM and Rash straight back in?

I'm presuming neither are allowed to suit up for the SANFL team, so it comes with a slight risk IMO, as both have had a while away from footy.

Have to bring them back, they're two of our best players and this is for all the marbles.

 

[Thylacinus]

I wondered if the injury update takes into account the bye or not? Is it actual weeks or are the weeks based on games ?

It is actual weeks. I have also seen video somewhere of Rachele doing some ball work from close to a week ago now, which involves some lateral movement. I think that he is tracking nicely and is a very high chance to play.

 

[fuic08]

Soligo will be fine, shouldn't have even been a free kick. Xerri went limp to draw the free kick.

 

[1970crow]

Contact actually was minor, he just wasn’t aware. Like most younger players these days.
However isn’t Laird the guy who publicly had a go at Rachelle last year for doing something “that didn’t help the team” in the showdown?

Did you not see the footage? Old mate was felled and Laird hit the deck too. Minor contact is where the players remain upright from a glancing blow. This was not that. But yes, should be publicly ridiculed by the leadership group.

 

[CrowBloke]

Has anyone been suspended for umpire contact yet or just fines?

Toby Greene, but his contact with that Ump was as "accidental" as sprigging someone (for which he is also famously grubby).

 

[1970crow]

Would be hard to cite a player, even if they had the burning desire to without it looking biased.

We would challenge a Laird ban. No concussion. If they upheld the ban it might appear as retribution for daring to challenge with Rankine.

They will be wanting to market a Collingwood vs Crows blockbuster featuring a production piece full of clips of the controversial images from our recent clashes. Too many missing players harms their build up. There would be plenty of Victorian neutrals tuning in hoping Daicos and Co get humbled.

Thier number 1 kpi is viewership.

I guess the number 2 kpi is kowtowing to Collingwood.


Such a hard decision for them.

1 week would be idiocy to challenge, no way they’d downgrade to low impact. Would be a miracle to get that rating and a fine. But it’s only money I suppose.

 

[Mattrox]

1 week would be idiocy to challenge, no way they’d downgrade to low impact. Would be a miracle to get that rating and a fine. But it’s only money I suppose.

I can't see how a legitimate analysis can be anything other than low.

 

[1970crow]

I can't see how a legitimate analysis can be anything other than low.

Try reading the definitions. It’s more aligned to high than it is low.

 

[mick500]

By my maths crows and Collingwood is locked in.

 

[mick500]

Thursday. But the AFL will do whatever they want.

Afl will do whatever Collingwood* want

 

[Redline]

Thursday. But the AFL will do whatever they want.

I think we will be Thursday as they seem.to prefer Friday night games in Victoria. Geelong would host Friday night, GWS Saturday arvo and maybe the Hawks on Saturday night. That's if the Lions win.

 

[Blightys Barrel]

When does Christian and his corrupt MRO come out with how many Weeks Laird is going to miss?

 

[Peter Doherty]

****ing hell, Soligo and Laird have been given 1 week.

We have to appeal both.