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[Slim258]

Who says they’re underdone?

Pedlar not named in the SANFL this week for a start

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

Pedlar not named in the SANFL this week for a start

He’s not on the injury list either…

 

[beartoo]

Haven't read whole thread, so this may have already been canvassed...Murphy named in SANFL side so ain't playing with the 1s.

 

[crows dude]

Pedlar not named in the SANFL this week for a start

May be needed for Thursday night.

 

[George CantStandYa]

Haven't read whole thread, so this may have already been canvassed...Murphy named in SANFL side so ain't playing with the 1s.

I actually shocked that the club hasn’t gone back to Murphy given the job he did last time. Either his effectiveness was over blown by one or Nicks is an idiot for not going back to him.

Which do you think it is Ciao Giacomo

 

[GameofSloanes]

Pedlar not named in the SANFL this week for a start

No one who is a chance of playing next week will play SANFL, only a 4 day break

 

[Anzacpaul]

Play him on Josh Daicos.

I feel like that's the plan. Max will destroy Daicos in the air.

 

[Slim258]

No one who is a chance of playing next week will play SANFL, only a 4 day break

Yeah, I didn't really think it through when I said it.

 

[jenny61_99]

Thank you. Some Adelaide fans have lost the plot. May the best team on the day win. If that is Adelaide so be it you will have deserved it. But some of the threats on this board are beyond the pale.

You know this is just a footy forum, yeah? Nobody in here actually has any control over the club or its players.

 

[jenny61_99]

And **** off to anyone saying he isn’t a victim. He is.

Rubbish!

 

[jenny61_99]

Wild thought. I’d be seriously considering moving curtain into centre square to win this flag

The current mid set up ain’t gonna get it done

It’s CURTIN.

 

[Brasher]

I really should stop listening to Vic media.

Now the narrative is how the AFL bean counters are pissed no Collingwood in home final week 1. Literally mentioning personal kpis.

So I could look at this 2 ways....we win fair and square and the VFL can watch the Pies at home next week.

Or, the AFL stitches up one, maybe two MCG prelims by Saturday morning week.

 

[skam85]

I actually shocked that the club hasn’t gone back to Murphy given the job he did last time. Either his effectiveness was over blown by one or Nicks is an idiot for not going back to him.

Which do you think it is Ciao Giacomo

He's arms length away from his laptop at the moment, a Murphy arm so you may not hear back for a while

 

[Ciao Giacomo]

I actually shocked that the club hasn’t gone back to Murphy given the job he did last time. Either his effectiveness was over blown by one or Nicks is an idiot for not going back to him.

Which do you think it is Ciao Giacomo

#rentfree

Murray Davis recently said in an interview that Murphy did a good job in his “run with” role on Josh Daicos. Has Davis joined your list of “Nicks and the other idiots coaching the Crows” or was he lying?

My original comment was in response to the number of comments on the GBU thread after our first victory over Collingwood in 10 years. Apparently some posters couldn’t find anything good but were celebrating “I told you so, Murphy is shit”.

Do you accept that Murphy had a “run with” role on Josh Daicos? You were at the match so I can only assume that you noticed this. At the start of the match when he ran up beside Josh Daicos my thoughts were this will not end well.

Did he do his job? Collingwood feed Josh Daicos uncontested possessions and he usually uses the ball very well (did you notice he made the All Australian Squad?)
1) Prior to our match Josh Daicos was 19 uncontested possessions per match, equal first for Collingwood with his brother.
2) Josh Daicos had a season high of 27 uncontested possessions (twice) and had 20+ uncontested possessions ten times.
3) Josh Daicos has had less than 15 uncontested possessions three times.
4) Josh Daicos had a season low of 8 uncontested possessions against Murphy (4 kick outs).

I agree with Murray Davis, Murphy did the job he was given.

I also predicted that he would not play against North Melbourne because there was no need for a “run with” forward.

As I stated earlier in this thread (perhaps you missed it), I am not convinced that we need to use this tactic again. I also stated that my preference is to use Bond or Michalanney in this role rather than Murphy.

 

[George CantStandYa]

#rentfree

Murray Davis recently said in an interview that Murphy did a good job in his “run with” role on Josh Daicos. Has Davis joined your list of “Nicks and the other idiots coaching the Crows” or was he lying?

My original comment was in response to the number of comments on the GBU thread after our first victory over Collingwood in 10 years. Apparently some posters couldn’t find anything good but were celebrating “I told you so, Murphy is shit”.

Do you accept that Murphy had a “run with” role on Josh Daicos? You were at the match so I can only assume that you noticed this. At the start of the match when he ran up beside Josh Daicos my thoughts were this will not end well.

Did he do his job? Collingwood feed Josh Daicos uncontested possessions and he usually uses the ball very well (did you notice he made the All Australian Squad?)
1) Prior to our match Josh Daicos was 19 uncontested possessions per match, equal first for Collingwood with his brother.
2) Josh Daicos had a season high of 27 uncontested possessions (twice) and had 20+ uncontested possessions ten times.
3) Josh Daicos has had less than 15 uncontested possessions three times.
4) Josh Daicos had a season low of 8 uncontested possessions against Murphy (4 kick outs).

I agree with Murray Davis, Murphy did the job he was given.

I also predicted that he would not play against North Melbourne because there was no need for a “run with” forward.

As I stated earlier in this thread (perhaps you missed it), I am not convinced that we need to use this tactic again. I also stated that my preference is to use Bond or Michalanney in this role rather than Murphy.

Couldn’t you have just posted I was wrong and Murphy didn’t play as well as I boasted?

As for Davis he’s not going to publicly bag Murphy is he? But their actions says it all, they dropped and then haven’t recalled someone who apparently was a key to our victory.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Couldn’t you have just posted I was wrong and Murphy didn’t play as well as I boasted?

As for Davis he’s not going to publicly bag Murphy is he? But their actions says it all, they dropped and then haven’t recalled someone who apparently was a key to our victory.

Murphy did such a good job last time, he was immediately dropped... yet again.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Murphy did such a good job last time, he was immediately dropped... yet again.

I do think they brought him in for a specific role that week, which he played ok. However, with MM now fit we have the far superior player available to play a similar role (and offer more offensively). With Pedlar also now fit, Murphy is a long way down the depth queue again.

 

[bigman]

Shorter session today with only half the squad but gives a good indication as to who will likely form the 23 plus emergencies.

Keays, Berry, Curtin, Thilthorpe, Murray, Pedlar, Dawson, Walker, Soligo, Michalanney, Taylor, Hinge, Worrell, Peatling, Neal-Bullen, Laird, Milera, Dowling, Fogarty, Smith, Draper, Bond, O’Brien, Cumming, Keane

Ryan and Rachele were doing running and light skills.

 

[George CantStandYa]

I do think they brought him in for a specific role that week, which he played ok. However, with MM now fit we have the far superior player available to play a similar role (and offer more offensively). With Pedlar also now fit, Murphy is a long way down the depth queue again.

So Dowling couldn’t have played the role to stand a metre away from Daicos whilst also posing a scoring threat?

I didn’t see the Melbourne game but FR0GGY posted they moved Murphy on to Josh after half time and he got 6 touches.

A self indulgent poster mentioned Murphy kept Daicos to his lowest disposal for the year which was wrong, also turns out Daicos has scored similar disposals 3 weeks running.

Elliot is the Pies biggest forward threat, we could play Max on him and Murphy up forward to repeat the great job he did on Daicos, but no they chose to drop him and play him tomorrow, that’s how far down the list he is now whilst Dowling gets another game….

 

[NSolis]

Couldn’t you have just posted I was wrong and Murphy didn’t play as well as I boasted?

As for Davis he’s not going to publicly bag Murphy is he? But their actions says it all, they dropped and then haven’t recalled someone who apparently was a key to our victory.

Isn't the point more that Davis, who is the only competent coach at the Crows and responsible for all good things that happen, acknowledged that Murphy had a run with role on Daicos? Weren't people on here saying that he didn't have a run with role with Daicos as evidenced by having a low number of pressure acts or whatever?

I don't think many (any?) people on this board are asking for Murphy to be selected. The discussion was about whether in fact Murphy did run with Daicos and have a role in Daicos having a quiet game or if he didn't.

Whether Murphy should be selected to do this role or whether lots of players could do it is a separate question. I don't see why it couldn't be a sacrificial role you gave to anyone who you felt was your least important forward.

 

[George CantStandYa]

Isn't the point more that Davis, who is the only competent coach at the Crows and responsible for all good things that happen, acknowledged that Murphy had a run with role on Daicos? Weren't people on here saying that he didn't have a run with role with Daicos as evidenced by having a low number of pressure acts or whatever?

I don't think many (any?) people on this board are asking for Murphy to be selected. The discussion was about whether in fact Murphy did run with Daicos and have a role in Daicos having a quiet game or if he didn't.

Whether Murphy should be selected to do this role or whether lots of players could do it is a separate question. I don't see why it couldn't be a sacrificial role you gave to anyone who you felt was your least important forward.

No the argument wasn’t did Murphy have a run with role, it was how effective he was at it. Standing a metre away whilst Josh racked up 8 defensive 50 rebounds and 83% disposal efficiency, both above his season averages showed it wasn’t that effective.

The fact he was then dropped and not considered to repeat the role says a lot more than coaches comments in the media.

 

[NSolis]

I seem to recall a lot of posts saying that there was no 'run with' role, that Murphy only had X number of pressure acts, that it was a figment of Ricciuto's imagination on commentary and so on. But fair enough, if we are just discussing whether Murphy is the best possible selection to perform that role I've got no issue with the argument that someone might have done better.

 

[WetCrow1991]

I watched murphy closely all game and he did sweet **** all. Josh Daicos

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Josh Daicos

Age

27

Ht

178cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.3

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.6

5star

MG

230.5

4star

D

16.2

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.5

4star

MG

230.5

4star

D

13.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

4.2

5star

wouldn't even know his name.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Shorter session today with only half the squad but gives a good indication as to who will likely form the 23 plus emergencies.

Keays, Berry, Curtin, Thilthorpe, Murray, Pedlar, Dawson, Walker, Soligo, Michalanney, Taylor, Hinge, Worrell, Peatling, Neal-Bullen, Laird, Milera, Dowling, Fogarty, Smith, Draper, Bond, O’Brien, Cumming, Keane

Ryan and Rachele were doing running and light skills.

Based on this, I think the only other possible selection (outside of Michalanney for Draper) will be Pedlar for Dowling. I can see them sticking with Dowling, but also no issue if Pedlar comes in. Brodie no doubt sub again.

 

[Multiballz]

I seem to recall a lot of posts saying that there was no 'run with' role, that Murphy only had X number of pressure acts, that it was a figment of Ricciuto's imagination on commentary and so on. But fair enough, if we are just discussing whether Murphy is the best possible selection to perform that role I've got no issue with the argument that someone might have done better.

I think its more a case of when Murphys around, everybodys a bit down.
Just happened to spread to an opposition player for once.