Player Watch Matt Crouch - Re-Signed to End of 2025

[Bicks]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...h/news-story/9c6e9e06d362d9374f5f63713bc5c82b

Bicks can you post this for the Rabbit?

Premiership captain Cameron Ling admits footy world has been slow to acknowledge Matt Crouch
Reece Homfray, The Advertiser
August 28, 2017 8:30pm
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A PREMIERSHIP captain and leading AFL commentator says the footy world is finally waking up to Matt Crouch’s superstar qualities after his dramatic rise to All-Australian contender in a record-breaking season.

Revered former Geelong captain Cameron Ling admits the Victorian-centric footy bubble has been slow to acknowledge just how good the younger Crouch brother is after he broke the Crows’ club record for disposals this year.
In racking up 45 disposals in Sunday’s loss to West Coast, Matt took his season average to 33 which surpassed inaugural captain Chris McDermott’s 32.7 set in 1992.

“It’s not like he’s not rated because Matty Crouch is a terrific player but now there is more conversation around Matty Crouch being better than just ‘oh yeah he’s a good player and gets heaps of the footy’ - this bloke is a gun,” said Ling who now works for Channel 7. “And (brother) Brad is starting to get that continuity into his game, but he’s going to be a gun when he’s got three or four seasons consistently under his belt, he’s very good now and you can only see him getting better.”

And this just for the Wabbit

NTRabbit

“He gets heaps of the footy but he is so clever with his ball use, short little hit-up kicks in traffic, his hands are good, he creates and brings others into the game - he’s a gun, an absolute gun.

 

[dogs105]

HI,

The Crouches are both guns. Love them.

Bye

 

[Cleric]

Word is that he will make the AA team.
The only person more pissed than the Rabbit would be Port for taking Impey over Matty.

 

[Bicks]

The AFL AA team voted by the fans....

 

[StonesThrow]

Is anything more of a given in 2017 than crouch playing a good game? Consistency is off the charts.

 

[Schulzycrow]

Getting better each game. Will tear GWS apart...that is if Sloane plays otherwise they will probably tag him and then brad will get reported for bashing the tagger.

 

[FR0GGY]

The AFL AA team voted by the fans....

Captain too

 

[hippyhippy]

Ryder is overrated imho ... got smashed by jacobs...

 

[marvin]

Looks like it escaped notice that he won The Age Footballer of the Year.


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[Paladin]

Looks like it escaped notice that he won The Age Footballer of the Year.


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NTRabbit not a bad effort for a plodder that the opposition let get the ball mate?

 

[Cleric]

Just embrace it Rabbit. If you just come out and say "yeah he has progressed more than I thought he would, and he has really addressed the short comings I saw in him" then you can avoid being tagged in to every Matt Crouch thead for the next 10 years.

 

[Mego Red]

Just embrace it Rabbit. If you just come out and say "yeah he has progressed more than I thought he would, and he has really addressed the short comings I saw in him" then you can avoid being tagged in to every Matt Crouch thead for the next 10 years.

This is excellent advice.

 

[Cleric]

Looks like it escaped notice that he won The Age Footballer of the Year.


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To be fair, the Age havent even written an article about it yet either. Its like because a big time Vic player like Dusty or Danger didnt win it they couldnt even be fagged to write something about it.

 

[Bicks]

To be fair, the Age havent even written an article about it yet either. Its like because a big time Vic player like Dusty or Danger didnt win it they couldnt even be fagged to write something about it.

Didn't want to influence the AA selection panel?

 

[Schulzycrow]

Matt Crouch All Australian

 

[1970crow]

How many supporters can believe that after Matt's great early season form he was going to be relegated to the 2's upon his return from a week off for personal reasons. He was selected in the 2's for the St Kilda game in round 11 last year despite averaging at least 25 disposals to that point in time. Looking back, if not for the forced rest of another player, how different could Matt's career with us have been. Thank Christ common sense prevailed at least for that game and Matt was given the spot he richly deserved and other players were ultimately punted from the midfield to make way for the returning player.

 

[FR0GGY]

Worst AA player ever

 

[NikkiNoo]

Worst AA player ever

You're a frog not a rabbit

 

[GreyCrow]

To be fair what would the AA selectors know

 

[Thetrader15]

The AFL AA team voted by the fans....

Tall HF line....short FF line. Is Ken the coach or something

 

[crowsarethebest]

******* gun. What has impressed me is his improvement in his kicking and decision making under pressure. Used to be a bang it on the boot guy but he just hits up targets so efficiently now. He is bloody strong too and seems to have added more agility and a yard of pace since he got drafted. A more damaging Matt Priddis.

 

[Jinglebells32]

First of many All Australian Honours for the mighty Matt Crouch. What a season he's having.

 

[Cleric]

And not only is he a gun but he isnt a FIGJAM like some others we could name. He is down to earth and a team first kind guy.
I hope Matt and Brad play together for the next 10 years and lets hope its one Brownlow each, 5 flags and 8 times AA for both of them.
Oh yeah, and 5 sons from each of them.

 

[Moonwatcher]

First of many All Australian Honours for the mighty Matt Crouch. What a season he's having.

And next year, Brownlow votes too.

 

[Bicks]

Ball magnet..

http://www.afc.com.au/news/2017-08-30/crows-trio-crowned

Ranked No.1

The left-footer averaged a disposal every 2.9 minutes of game time (ranked No.1 in the AFL) and was second for in the League for total disposals (726) behind only Hawthorn recruit and fellow All Australian Tom Mitchell (787).