Preview R11: Changes vs Eagles

[CrowBloke]

Why the heck is Hamill dropped?

Envy.
Too much hair.

 

[NSolis]

Screams Berry or Cook to me.

Cook is a risky one given how inconsistent he can be quarter to quarter though.

Seems like Berry is the likely choice. They've said Rachele will get more midfield minutes which presumably means Schoenberg will be sharing Rankine's midfield time with Rachele. Can't see they will have room for Berry on the field for the whole game as well.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Why the heck is Hamill dropped? Man this club stinks.

Playing well has no bearing on selection

Likewise, playing poorly has no bearing on selection

 

[1970crow]

Schoenberg was sick through last week I believe.

Then you'd think it would have been a good opportunity to try something else.

 

[Scorpus]

List of players with more than 50 games of experience that Matthew Nicks

Matthew Nicks

Age

49

Ht

187cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

9.4

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.4

3star

has dropped since start of 2022

Ned McHenry

25

Ned Mchenry

Age

23

Ht

179cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.7

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

5.7

4star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.3

4star

G

0.0

1star

D

9.7

2star

K

4.0

1star

HB

5.7

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.3

3star

G

0.0

1star

D

10.0

3star

K

3.6

2star

HB

6.4

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.0

1star

(x3)
Lachlan Sholl (x3)
Harry Schoenberg (x2)
Matt Crouch

5

Matt Crouch

Age

29

Ht

183cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

28.4

5star

K

12.0

4star

HB

16.4

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.9

5star

CL

4.8

5star

D

24.9

5star

K

9.7

4star

HB

15.1

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.4

3star

CL

4.4

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

10.8

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

CL

2.0

4star

(x4)
Wayne Milera

30

Wayne Milera

Age

26

Ht

184cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.9

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

6.8

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

2.5

4star

MG

265.3

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

8.5

3star

HB

6.5

4star

M

3.5

3star

T

1.0

2star

MG

282.0

4star

D

11.4

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.4

4star

MG

182.0

3star

Reilly O'Brien

43

Reilly O'brien

Age

28

Ht

202cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.4

4star

K

5.9

2star

HB

8.5

5star

CL

1.6

4star

HO

23.8

5star

D

14.4

3star

K

5.9

2star

HB

8.5

4star

CL

1.6

4star

HO

23.8

5star

D

12.6

4star

K

4.8

2star

HB

7.8

5star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

24.8

5star

Lachlan Murphy

4

Lachlan Murphy

Age

25

Ht

174cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

5.8

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.4

5star

G

0.9

4star

D

8.8

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

G

0.7

4star

D

9.0

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

2.8

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.6

5star

G

1.0

4star

(x2)

A couple of these were barely over 50 games of experience

 

[FullyBigKPro]

Envy.
Too much hair.

 

[Sanders]

Which part? The selection of Murphy and Hamill? Do you want the quotes from last week’s thread?

Or the match up on Josh Daicos?

Sure. Let’s see you line up your quotes with claims

 

[thebirdman 24]

The coaches were raving about Hamills experience and good form only last week. He comes in and surprises us all by playing a very decent game.. then dropped.

The coaches are off their faces. Stinky, stinky selections as always.

Mcfumbles out is a plus, only took us 2 months.

Shoenberg in is like picking Hamill, he probably won't make it.

Burgess is a waste of time.

Laird, Rob, Smith, Jones all starting is disgusting.

This is the worst Crows era ever.

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[1970crow]

List of players with more than 50 games of experience that Matthew Nicks has dropped since start of 2022

Ned McHenry (x3)
Lachlan Sholl (x3)
Harry Schoenberg (x2)
Matt Crouch (x4)
Wayne Milera
Reilly O'Brien
Lachlan Murphy (x2)

A couple of these were barely over 50 games of experience

And that's only half the story. When they were dropped, how often were they replaced a player not on that list that had played only a few games?

 

[FullyBigKPro]

The coaches were raving about Hamills experience and good form only last week. He comes in and surprises us all by playing a very decent game.. then dropped.

The coaches are off their faces. Stinky, stinky selections as always.

Mcfumbles out is a plus, only took us 2 months.

Shoenberg in is like picking Hamill, he probably won't make it.

Burgess is a waste of time.

Laird, Rob, Smith, Jones all starting is disgusting.

This is the worst Crows era ever.

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Has a real whiff of circa 2010/2011 about it.... A few ageing 'stars', a couple of promising youngsters then a whole lot of Meh.....

 

[Scorpus]

And that's only half the story. When they were dropped, how often were they replaced a player not on that list that had played only a few games?

Murphy missed 2 games from omission, total. Dropped for Schoenberg, then McHenry

O'Brien 1 game and was replaced by Strachan

Milera and Crouch at least missed a decent chunk of the season

 

[ABAB]

The coaches were raving about Hamills experience and good form only last week. He comes in and surprises us all by playing a very decent game.. then dropped.

The coaches are off their faces. Stinky, stinky selections as always.

Mcfumbles out is a plus, only took us 2 months.

Shoenberg in is like picking Hamill, he probably won't make it.

Burgess is a waste of time.

Laird, Rob, Smith, Jones all starting is disgusting.

This is the worst Crows era ever.

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Schoenberg showed something in his first few years so deserve another chance to see if he can reproduce that after suffering Lisfanc, some with Hamill after his bout of concussions but then get dropped after playing his best AFL game for a while.

 

[FullyBigKPro]

With Rankine out, wouldn't mind seeing Rachele get ~80% Midfield time...Want to see what he's got there.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Did Hamill do something wrong mid-week? Dozed off during Nicks' match review?

 

[WetCrow1991]

I hope we get ****ing smashed. Chrome dome fly **** pad coach deserves nothing less.

 

[CharlieCrow]

I hope we get ******* smashed. Chrome dome fly heck pad coach deserves nothing less.

Really? Then why are you here?

 

[WetCrow1991]

Really? Then why are you here?

I'd like the club to be successful, what do you like?

What a dull question. Seriously. The coaching panel sucks, 7 seasons and no finals, we'll finish worse off this year than last. They extended the head idiot when he had no runs on the board so the only way him and the rest of the gronks in the football department are gone is if we experience some more pain. We've done plenty of losing under Nicks already so what is some more? Winning against West Coast gives us nothing of value whatsoever.

 

[BACCS]

How is Berry ahead of Dowling? They are clearly vying for the same position. Did we just not want to play Dowling as sub (assuming that’s what Berry will be)?

I didn’t want Hamill in last week, but he then blankets Hill, provides some good drive off half back and is then dropped for a tall? wtf?

 

[WetCrow1991]

How is Berry ahead of Dowling? They are clearly vying for the same position. Did we just not want to play Dowling as sub (assuming that’s what Berry will be)?

I didn’t want Hamill in last week, but he then blankets Hill, provides some good drive off half back and is then dropped for a tall? wtf?

Same coach who has your avatar in the side most weeks so that should explain the goofy decision making.

 

[BACCS]

Schoenberg was sick through last week I believe.

Correct, sounds like he would’ve played last week otherwise

 

[kirky]

Murphy doesn't play s true forward role. The notion of him being a pressure forward is a myth.


He is a stoppage mid. Starting position wing or HF then follows the pack.



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And yet averages less than 12 disposals over his 100 games. What a star!

 

[Pea Nut]

And yet averages less than 12 disposals over his 100 games. What a star!

 

[CrowToon]

Nicks is getting closer to realising who the muppets are. McHenry out is good as is Hamill (he wont make it).

Need Murphy and Smith out now.

 

[CrowTownRoad]

Bewildered by Hamill’s axing this week. Thought he was quite good against Bobby Hill.

In my eyes, he had gone from a certainty to be delisted at season’s end to possibly having a future as our small lockdown defender.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want Hamill as our number one rebounder out of the back half but I think he has the skillset to be able to blanket the oppositions’ best small forwards together with Max

 

[kirky]

Nicks is getting closer to realising who the muppets are. McHenry out is good as is Hamill (he wont make it).

Need Murphy and Smith out now.

Ya think? I'm not so sure about that.