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[WALL-e]

Sellar keeps playing

what do we make of that? last chance saloon type stuff?

Sellar hasn't been the worst.

 

[Cap]

granted, I wasn't having a crack just interested. Jericho got an extended run in his final year. I'm just interested to see of Sellar is going to get his run or not

*i'm not calling for him to be delisted.

 

[slippery crow]

The squad of 29 looks predictable, however I hope the club makes some smart decisions when selecting the final 26, IMO we need to focus on the folllowing

1. Continue the search for a "no Rutten" contingency plan

2. Play players that are in genuine contention for round 1

On the rookies, I am not convinced that we should continue to play Rookies this late in the pre-season, unless the club has a desire to promote a rookie to the senior list immediately as Burton is on the long term injury list and the promoted rookie has a realistic chance of playing senior footy.

On the rookies

Schmidt and Martin have all experienced game time however Moss has missed out...

Does anyone have any mail on Moss and why he may not be getting a look in, is is fitness?

 

[dplggr47]

The squad of 29 looks predictable, however I hope the club makes some smart decisions when selecting the final 26, IMO we need to focus on the folllowing

1. Continue the search for a "no Rutten" contingency plan

2. Play players that are in genuine contention for round 1

On the rookies, I am not convinced that we should continue to play Rookies this late in the pre-season, unless the club has a desire to promote a rookie to the senior list immediately as Burton is on the long term injury list and the promoted rookie has a realistic chance of playing senior footy.

On the rookies

Schmidt and Martin have all experienced game time however Moss has missed out...

Does anyone have any mail on Moss and why he may not be getting a look in, is is fitness?

i agree...i don't believe we should be playing any rookies for the rest of the pre-season games. Martin and Schmidt haven't shown enough to prove that they're top 25 selection material, and especially once we get all the senior players back from injuries, there would be no way they could break into the squad this early in the season.

Douglas and Tippett are definite inclusions IMO, as they need some proper match practice before the season proper. the last spot should then be between Dangerfield and Armstrong.

 

[Riggy1]

Re: Adelaide vs Box Hill

Hawthorn are resting all regular senior players for this week.
I assume the AFL have approved this.

http://sportal.com.au/afl-news-display/nab-cup-and-nab-challenge-squads-66065/page/2


Hawthorn squad:
Luke Breust, Ed Curnow, Beau Dowler, Sam Gibson, Sam Iles, Haydn Kiel, Steve Kenna, Josh Kennedy, Luke Lowden, Lukas Markovic, Ben McGlynn, Lachlan McQueen-Miscamble, Riley Milne, Jarryd Morton, Garry Moss, Brent Renouf, Will Sierakowski, Liam Shiels, Ryan Schoenmakers, Ben Smithwick, Cameron Stokes, Matthew Suckling, Simon Taylor, Travis Tuck, Mitchell Thorp, Brendan Whitecross

Bolded players are listed by Hawthorn.
Blue are rookies
red players are not on Hawthorn's list

 

[WALL-e]

Re: Adelaide vs Box Hill

Including none other than Ed Curnow.

 

[cmndstab]

Geez, that's terrible. Is Hawthorn really that badly injured? Or are they just resting a billion players just because they don't give a shit about the preseason and don't want injuries?

 

[cmndstab]

Sellar keeps playing

what do we make of that? last chance saloon type stuff?

He may drop out of the 29. He's got to be one of the frontrunners to get the flick to be honest.

 

[KUNG FU]

Sloane would also be vulnerable to the cut.

 

[magtrev]

At least we might actually win a game. That's about all we can get out of it, however.

 

[cmndstab]

Sloane would also be vulnerable to the cut.

Didn't he play well in the last match? I'm only going by reports here mind you, I barely had a chance to listen to the call of the match.

 

[WALL-e]

Whoops, just realised we're playing Hawthorn....pfft, well we're playing a team in those colours.

 

[KUNG FU]

Didn't he play well in the last match? I'm only going by reports here mind you, I barely had a chance to listen to the call of the match.

I can only go by reports, but yeah. seems to have had a good game. Just suggesting that he'd be next in line as a first year player.

 

[rdhopkins2]

Re: Adelaide vs Box Hill

No excuses if we lose. Good luck and may the best youngsters win and no injuries!

 

[StonesThrow]

Re: Adelaide vs Box Hill

No excuses if we lose. Good luck and may the best youngsters win and no injuries!

I think you will have 22 excuses if you lose.

Or did you mean no excuses if Adelaide loses?

 

[Chief Crow]

I would think Moran, Thompson and Martin out. Tip, Dougy and Danger in

 

[hendo8888]

Looks like Ed Curnow might be playing for Hawthorn against us.
Weird that they can't even fill a squad and have to resort to VFL players to make up the numbers
Bit like Essendon at the end of last year

 

[Coopers]

So... what the hell are we going to use as an excuse if we lost this one?

 

[Riggy1]

So... what the hell are we going to use as an excuse if we lost this one?

Viney, has no idea about football, and has set a gameplan in the middle that will fail in football.

 

[cmndstab]

So... what the hell are we going to use as an excuse if we lost this one?

"They're the reigning premiers!"

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

So... what the hell are we going to use as an excuse if we lost this one?

You won't. You should see our list of non-players. It goes something like:

FF: Williams - Roughead - Rioli
HF: Brown - Franklin - Osborne
Ce: Young - Lewis - Bateman
HB: Hodge - Croad - Ladson
FB: Guerra - Gilham - Birchall

Ru: Campbell
RR: Mitchell
Ro: Sewell

I/C Ellis, Dew, Murphy...

Yep, only Renouf from the Grand Final team is playing.

 

[Jars458]

This is a disgrace.

The Crows have agreed to this though. We must be desperate for a win.

 

[Cap]

why can't we play our scholarship lads then ?

 

[cmndstab]

Just like the old Crows vs Norwood matches, the main use of this match will not be to see who plays well, but rather who plays well compared to other teammates.

 

[footy4ever]

How crap is this??

Thanks Hawthorn, You've just made up my mind about driving to Berrie.

Will stay in Adelaide and go watch a grass roots trial.