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It's also something you can develop.Nope, totally disagree.
"Basically to be a good AFL mid you need high Footy IQ."
You seriously believe this?
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It's also something you can develop.Nope, totally disagree.
"Basically to be a good AFL mid you need high Footy IQ."
You seriously believe this?
It's an unpopular opinion but I share it.
He does so so many things right, but even a big hack thump forward would do wonders at times.
Been told to me by a few in the industry. Prime mids are basically quarterbacks, drivers of play.Nope, totally disagree.
"Basically to be a good AFL mid you need high Footy IQ."
You seriously believe this?
Hard to say.ROB Very strong mark around the ground but a piss poor tap ruckman, particularly in the centre square. Unlikely to become a Crows Premiership ruckman unless in an Aaron Keating like role.
It would be interesting to see how our current maligned mids would go with a top quality tap ruckman, Jacobs in his prime, Clarke, Rehn, Ryder, NicNat
I think the issue us you and Mutineer saw him play younger and how good he was then. Assuming it translates to AFL and looking for excuses why it hasn't.That's simply not true
It's not looking for excuses at all. He's certainly underperformed so far.I think the issue us you and Mutineer saw him play younger and how good he was then. Assuming it translates to AFL and looking for excuses why it hasn't.
But in that bio Mutineer put up, the last line sums up the traits he has shown at AFL level. At AFL level he is best suited up forward.
An upgrade on Murphy. Who was also a good junior mid.
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WCE did alright with Lycett.ROB Very strong mark around the ground but a piss poor tap ruckman, particularly in the centre square. Unlikely to become a Crows Premiership ruckman unless in an Aaron Keating like role.
It would be interesting to see how our current maligned mids would go with a top quality tap ruckman, Jacobs in his prime, Clarke, Rehn, Ryder, NicNat
I am not calling him dumb. Every AFL footballer has footy smarts to a degree.It's not looking for excuses at all. He's certainly underperformed so far.
But you don't get to where he did without having a good footy brain. You simply don't.
Hasn't gone right for him so far and he needs to take a portion of the blame for that
Each of those sides were loaded with star midfielders to compensate.WCE did alright with Lycett.
Richmond with Nankervis.
Hawthorn with Ben McEvoy
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And that is what you need.Each of those sides were loaded with star midfielders to compensate.
Big Boy is/was a good tap ruck.
Bewildering comments!!!ROB Very strong mark around the ground but a piss poor tap ruckman, particularly in the centre square. Unlikely to become a Crows Premiership ruckman unless in an Aaron Keating like role.
It would be interesting to see how our current maligned mids would go with a top quality tap ruckman, Jacobs in his prime, Clarke, Rehn, Ryder, NicNat
I agree I think ROB's all round improvement including his centre ruck work improved as the year wore on. Initially his 2020 season Centre Ruck tap work was scratchy but it improved as the year went on, absolutely top shelf around the ground and at boundary ball ins.Bewildering comments!!!
Rob’s been our best player last year and has improved out of site. I see him improving more and more. He may never get to the elite level but he has some Rehn similarities. All effort and aggression at the contest.
And why St Kilda offered him such a low salary....I watched ROB's center square work very carefully last year and he more than held his own.
It was our disgusting midfield that kept running under his taps, straight out missing them, or fumbling clinical clean taps directly into their hands.
ROB should have shot Brad Crouchout of a cannon to St Kilda, that's how bad he was in the centerPLAYERCARDSTART5Brad Crouch
- Age
- 30
- Ht
- 186cm
- Wt
- 86kg
- Pos.
- Mid
CareerSeasonLast 5
- D
- 26.1
- 5star
- K
- 12.1
- 4star
- HB
- 14.0
- 5star
- M
- 2.7
- 3star
- T
- 5.5
- 5star
- CL
- 5.0
- 5star
- D
- 20.3
- 5star
- K
- 11.1
- 4star
- HB
- 9.1
- 5star
- M
- 1.5
- 2star
- T
- 3.9
- 5star
- CL
- 4.6
- 5star
- D
- 21.6
- 5star
- K
- 10.0
- 4star
- HB
- 11.6
- 5star
- M
- 3.4
- 4star
- T
- 4.2
- 5star
- CL
- 2.6
- 5star
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Rankine is out of contract end of 2022. I don't want Adelaide supporters to suffer through two years, but having pick #1 in the PSD next year could be very good as far as equalization measures go - Gold Coast have had a fair bit of help. When draft picks outside the first round barely matter there is a different playing field for the rest of the competition.Then maybe go really hard the year after for rankine who may also be ready for a midfield role
That's why he was ranked 13th over all in average clearances per game in the AFL and just behind Jarryd Lyons on centre clearances playing in a shittier team I guess...I watched ROB's center square work very carefully last year and he more than held his own.
It was our disgusting midfield that kept running under his taps, straight out missing them, or fumbling clinical clean taps directly into their hands.
ROB should have shot Brad Crouch out of a cannon to St Kilda, that's how bad he was in the center
So the ∀FL will be scrubbing the PSD in 2022 ... set your watch to it.Rankine is out of contract end of 2022. I don't want Adelaide supporters to suffer through two years, but having pick #1 in the PSD next year could be very good as far as equalization measures go - Gold Coast have had a fair bit of help. When draft picks outside the first round barely matter there is a different playing field for the rest of the competition.
You've angered the gods with that one.I watched ROB's center square work very carefully last year and he more than held his own.
It was our disgusting midfield that kept running under his taps, straight out missing them, or fumbling clinical clean taps directly into their hands.
ROB should have shot Brad Crouch out of a cannon to St Kilda, that's how bad he was in the center
Please stop giving them ideas.They'll give Essendon the #1 in the draft and PSD after they have a couple of bad years or get caught cheating again.
Now check their inside 50 and score involvement rankings.That's why he was ranked 13th over all in average clearances per game in the AFL and just behind Jarryd Lyons on centre clearances playing in a shittier team I guess...
Jarryd Lyons and Brad Crouch AFL Stats Comparison
Jarryd Lyons and Brad Crouch AFL Stats Comparison.www.footywire.com
You do all of the above. You play the best options available in our squad in the middle. In my opinion they are Crouch, Laird, Schoenberg, Keays, Pedlar, Berry, O'Connor?. You also continue to draft well. Horne thanks in a crows guernsey in 2022. You also trade in a Lachie Neale if you can get one. You also coach them well and focus on skills and fitness. Importantly you trade and draft players who are elite kicks. A player who can deliver precisely to a forward will help convert our inside 50's to goals. Also the modern mid must be able to rest up forward and kick goals.So, we all saw last year. Our midfield was gash.
You don't really finish bottom unless your midfield is the worst in the league.
A semi-decent midfield can hide a lot of sins ahead of and behind the ball.
And our first outing this preseason against an oppo that wasn't us revealed the same problem.
This is largely why I was a Hollands fan at the draft. But Thilly looks a good prospect.
The question now is: WTF do we do about our midfield?
Galluci and Poholke were busts. Jones and McHenry looking likewise (damn that super draft).
Schoenberg looks solid. You can also see potential in Pedlar and Berry (small sample size, granted).
The big question is, option 1 or option 2:
Option 1: do we wait 4 or 5 years until these lads mature (plus whoever we add with pick 1 or 2 this year who hopefully won't be yet another tall),
Option 2: Do we go the Brisbane Lachie Neale route and throw the bank at an established youngish mid with high potential that the lads can orbit around and accelerate their development?
Heaven knows Sloane is way past midfield duties, Laird was never really meant to be a midfielder, and Matt Crouch is just a useful extractor.
There is no quality midfield arising without strategic decisions being made.
Discuss.
Are you saying VB will impart some midfield smarts?
We’re ****ed then.