Game Day Crows vs Saints Round One 2025

[Teflon]

Hall been out most impressive player.

He’s been very good
I’ve liked Hastie also can use it - play these guys ahead of Byrnes etc he’s not up to it under pressure

 

[Sully111]

Observations so far

Byrnes is still a spud
Irish looks good
Hammer is clumsy and unco - doubt he makes it as a forward
Hall has some class
Marshall and Sinclair should not have been rushed back
Nas has reverted back to his debut season form where every second kick is a turnover
Boyd is backup only
Hastie has talent but too skinny and not ready
Jones looking clean
Wilson lively
Windy tough but sloppy
Wood declining?
Hill missing

Tough on Boyd

 

[Ads734]

Wilke , Webster and Cordy are 12yo's LOL

O’connel
Hastie
Ari

 

[g_TRAIN]

A lot of you guys are carrying on like pork chops.

This is shit to watch but there are some grass shoots.

Hopefully we can make something of the second half.

 

[Cleanupsoup]

Much improved quarter. Sinclair really worked his way into it. Jimmy hasn't missed a step. Hopeful Steele will show a bit of that fight after shoving Walker.

Need to be cleaner though, if the ball hits our hands, it needs to be one grab each time, or else we are just putting more pressure on.

 

[Saintbloke]

Roma providing no physical presence, still obviously not right. Too many not putting their bodies into the contest or working hard enough to get front position. No leadership from the experienced players- that's the sad part

 

[LeonardHayes87]

I love Brad but to have 1 possession in a half of footy suggests you’re not really having a crack.

 

[bergholt]

Think we've been ok, this was always going to be a tough match given they have no injuries and we have lots.

A lot of the kids should be getting heaps out of this. We'll win a few games this year.

 

[Southeastsainter]

If that’s what Hammer is going to dish up… we need to give Keeler a go. He doesn’t even provide a contest, he got a great run down tackle and then just ruined it with a shocking inside 50.

 

[Teflon]

Young team is a nice excuse, the teams been making basic errors for nearly 15 years now. Our skill execution has been a significant problem which has seemingly never been addressed.

When Ratten came to the club, he basically said if you couldn't hit a target, you wouldn't get a game but then wouldn't drop the ball butchers.

Nothing has changed. We've been a club full of shit kicks for way too long.

This.
It’s been an issue forever
Hawks go out address it shoot up ladder
We carry Jones Byrnes types who just let you down in big moments
Not up to it
Play the kids who can hit a target ffs

 

[TheJackal]

The sooner Howard, Barrat and Tauru are ready the better.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

If we could take a contested mark and maybe halve our uncontested turnovers we’d be right.

 

[jh38]

Can we talk about the lack of HTB decisions. The amount of times a crows player has dropped it or thrown it out of a contest to a loose player is an absolute joke. We're committing to the tackle and getting punished by shit umpiring.

 

[Ads734]

Overall

We were better for 75% of that quarter.

They got gifted a few.

Windy
Wilson
Hall

All working hard

It’s hard to win when your essentially 3 down

Ro
Hill
Jones/cordy

Too many basic problems.

Goals over the back
Turnovers etc.

Work around the contest was better tho.

 

[Browny2Carlisle]

How long til we put underdone Clark on?

 

[StFly]

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Yeah we're a whole 2 months younger.
The discrepancy is the weight difference.

They treble us in "peeps who have stuck around for a bit to maybe crack 100 games" and your call out is 2 months age difference?

Nah, I'll take pre season bulk and players playing together as a greater benefit in a team sport for 200 thanks Alex.

 

[JG22]

I don’t know what others expected

I honestly feel like we played alright, kids and sub afl level players are always gonna make mistakes.

 

[CaptainRisky]

O’connel
Hastie
Ari

Clutching now , you were talking about their big forwards and non of the guys you have mentioned have played on them

 

[_Maximus_12]

Darcy Wilson looks like dodging the second year blues. He’s an immense footballer.

The positive is that a lot of the highlights have come from the kids. The downside is that Hill, Wood, Marshall and Jones have been collectively awful.

 

[beside the seaside]

The sooner Howard, Barrat and Tauru are ready the better.

Agreed. There's been some good signs today but the backline looks like a concern.

 

[Joffaboy]

Roma providing no physical presence, still obviously not right. Too many not putting their bodies into the contest or working hard enough to get front position. No leadership from the experienced players- that's the sad part

Steele, McCrae and Boyd are leading. Need more from Sinclair and Hill. Roh was a desperate move, nowhere near it. Jones is having an absolute mare.
Ari
Hall
Hastie
O'Connell all showing a bit.
Windy showed a bit when tagging
Really need something from the experienced players.
McCrae 9 clearances.

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[jh38]

Agreed. There's been some good signs today but the backline looks like a concern.

I can see what they're trying to do. They're being super aggressive and trying to win the ball high up the ground, but we don't have the cattle at the moment to make the ball ours. Wait til Tauru and Howard come back and punch the ball clear of the contest.
Cordy tried it once and got caught in no man's land and it cost us a goal.

 

[jwikked]

Brad Hill doesn't have a drop of sweat on him, says it all

 

[Browny2Carlisle]

Macrae having an outrageous game. Just no one with him

 

[Geezington]

If Windy and Monty are still being selected after the bye we’re in trouble.
And I’m Monty’s biggest fan.

Windhager has been fine 8 contested touches and 5 clearances, I’m guessing Monty is Byrnes he’s a deadset mud crab