Preview R1: Changes for 2025

[1990crow]

If Keane and Michalanney play in Round 1 it will be the first time in several years that we will be fielding our best 22/23.

Must WIN!!!!

Essendon R2 will be interesting

 

[AFC979810]

Best 22 - Assuming we land ANB & Cumming / keep pick 4.

Worrell ~ Murray ~ Michalanney
Hinge ~ Keane ~ Cumming

Sholl ~ Crouch ~ Dawson
Obrien ~ Rankine ~ Soligo

Pick 4 ~ Fogarty ~ Neale-Bullen
Keays ~ Thilthorpe ~ Rachele

Curtin ~ Walker ~ Laird ~ Nankervis

SUB: Pedlar

EMG: dowling, Smith, Butts.

SANFL

Smith ~ Butts ~ Bond
Ryan ~ Borlase ~ Milera
Taylor ~ Dowling ~ Jones
Strachan ~ Edwards ~ Berry
Murphy ~ Murray ~ Schoenberg
Cook ~ Welsh ~ sanfl scrub

From Early October - I think I almost had our round 1 team. Only change I would make would be to replace Peatling with Pedlar and move Sholl to the sub position (and update the EMG).

Worrell ~ Murray ~ Michalanney
Hinge ~ Keane ~ Cumming

Peatling ~ Crouch ~ Dawson
Obrien ~ Rankine ~ Soligo

Draper ~ Fogarty ~ Neale-Bullen
Keays ~ Thilthorpe ~ Rachele

Curtin ~ Walker ~ Laird ~ Nankervis

SUB: Sholl

EMG: Milera, Taylor, Butts

 

[Jeffcrowe]

nah that backline is too slow and tall.
We’re going to have good players in the sanfl this year and it will be mainly because they don’t fit not, like previous when nicks wants them there.

Agree with you

We need to be a bit more dynamic and Keane is that over Butts re the way Keane intercepts and also uses ball with riskier options ( won’t always come off )

Butts will get his chance thru injury at some point , butts is great depth

Keane is under slight cloud for round 1 with hip

 

[Jeffcrowe]

From Early October - I think I almost had our round 1 team. Only change I would make would be to replace Peatling with Pedlar and move Sholl to the sub position (and update the EMG).

Worrell ~ Murray ~ Michalanney
Hinge ~ Keane ~ Cumming

Peatling ~ Crouch ~ Dawson
Obrien ~ Rankine ~ Soligo

Draper ~ Fogarty ~ Neale-Bullen
Keays ~ Thilthorpe ~ Rachele

Curtin ~ Walker ~ Laird ~ Nankervis

SUB: Sholl

EMG: Milera, Taylor, Butts

Peatling is not playing wing in a million years or am I reading that wrong ?

 

[AFC979810]

Peatling is not playing wing in a million years or am I reading that wrong ?

It was just the simplest way of getting him into the side on paper.

For mine - I would like to try round 1 with Dawson / Nank / Soligo / Draper rotate through the wings with Crouch, peatling, Rankine as our 3 main midfielders…

 

[maxlilly]

Really has been a great pre season for us

Well that's not surprising considering Nicks keeps telling us we have the least experienced list in the competition

 

[crows dude]

Peatling is not playing wing in a million years or am I reading that wrong ?

Yeh Swap Peatling and Nankervis in the line up.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Yeh Swap Peatling and Nankervis in the line up.

I’m a Nank to half back guy

Cumming played wing and against brisbane and looks like our modern day Seedsman to me

Sholl likely gets a crack due to last season , his work rate and ability on a hot day dry deck early snext soon etc

Dawson will spend some time on there too

 

[Betts are off]

It's a pretty nice situation to be in that our biggest selection drama is which of the last 2 years 1st round draft picks will likely be sub.

Having said that I hope the answer is none and both are in the 22.

 

[dogs105]

Michalanney Keane Worrell
Nankervis Murray Dawson
Sholl. Soligo Peatling
Rachele Fogarty Neal-Bullen
Walker Thilthorpe Keays

R O'Brien Rankine Crouch
I Curtin, Cumming. Draper, Hinge

S Laird

But I want Bond and Taylor in. Very tough!

 

[AFC979810]

Hard to see where the Saints are going to get their goals from.

Their 2024 leading goal kickers -

Higgins 36 goals - fit.
Membrey 30 goals - Now with Collingwood
Owens 20 goals - Likely out.
King 19 goals - Likely out
Sharman 18 goals - Out.

4 of their top 5 goalkickers from 2024 will likely miss round 1.

Let's just send Max and the extra defender to Higgins and problem solved.

 

[Burtonsgottago]

If Keane and Michalanney play in Round 1 it will be the first time in several years that we will be fielding our best 22/23.

Must WIN!!!!

Is Laird being dropped?

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Hard to see where the Saints are going to get their goals from.

Their 2024 leading goal kickers -

Higgins 36 goals - fit.
Membrey 30 goals - Now with Collingwood
Owens 20 goals - Likely out.
King 19 goals - Likely out
Sharman 18 goals - Out.

4 of their top 5 goalkickers from 2024 will likely miss round 1.

Let's just send Max and the extra defender to Higgins and problem solved.

Very tempting to select Bond who would deal with Higgins no problems then let Max get his thumb right

I really hope max isn’t carrying his thumb round 1 and then getting sore next few weeks reducing his ball take and marking

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Hard to see where the Saints are going to get their goals from.

Their 2024 leading goal kickers -

Higgins 36 goals - fit.
Membrey 30 goals - Now with Collingwood
Owens 20 goals - Likely out.
King 19 goals - Likely out
Sharman 18 goals - Out.

4 of their top 5 goalkickers from 2024 will likely miss round 1.

Let's just send Max and the extra defender to Higgins and problem solved.

Membrey is a big self imposed loss , can see him kicking 40 goals at pies

 

[FR0GGY]

Very tempting to select Bond who would deal with Higgins no problems then let Max get his thumb right

I really hope max isn’t carrying his thumb round 1 and then getting sore next few weeks reducing his ball take and marking

Has max ever missed a game?

 

[Stephen2]

Has max ever missed a game?

Max Michalanney of the Adelaide Crows AFL Games Played Stats

Max Michalanney of the Adelaide Crows AFL games played and stats.

www.footywire.com

Missing:
Round 14, 2023
Round 15, 2024

.... and they're both byes: https://www.afl.com.au/fixture?Competition=1&Season=62&Round=969

So NO! The toughest bloke on our team doesn't miss, even if he's broken in half!

EDIT: See https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/r1-changes-for-2025.1386220/page-70#post-86914048 he did miss a game

 

[FR0GGY]

Max Michalanney of the Adelaide Crows AFL Games Played Stats

Max Michalanney of the Adelaide Crows AFL games played and stats.

www.footywire.com

Missing:
Round 14, 2023
Round 15, 2024

.... and they're both byes: https://www.afl.com.au/fixture?Competition=1&Season=62&Round=969

So NO! The toughest bloke on our team doesn't miss, even if he's broken in half!

Good chance to be our next 300 gamer if Tex doesn’t make it

 

[AFC979810]

Max Michalanney of the Adelaide Crows AFL Games Played Stats

Max Michalanney of the Adelaide Crows AFL games played and stats.

www.footywire.com

Missing:
Round 14, 2023
Round 15, 2024

.... and they're both byes: https://www.afl.com.au/fixture?Competition=1&Season=62&Round=969

So NO! The toughest bloke on our team doesn't miss, even if he's broken in half!

He missed round 19, 2023. He was managed.

 

[Stephen2]

He missed round 19, 2023. He was managed.

Turns out I can't count

 

[cleanhands]

Turns out I can't count

No harm in that, I can’t run

 

[FR0GGY]

He missed round 19, 2023. He was managed.

And rd 12 against hawthorn 2024, both losses.

 

[AFC979810]

And rd 12 against hawthorn 2024, both losses.

Nah he played that round. He had 17 touches.

He has only missed one game and that was when he was managed in 23.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Good chance to be our next 300 gamer if Tex doesn’t make it

The hard bit will be deciding who captains out of him and Draper

Hopefully be like Mitchell and Hodge

 

[AFC979810]

The hard bit will be deciding who captains out of him and Draper

Hopefully be like Mitchell and Hodge

Have em both be captain.

 

[FR0GGY]

Nah he played that round. He had 17 touches.

He has only missed one game and that was when he was managed in 23.

Not according to final siren