Review R14: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly vs. Hawthorn Hawks

[Scorpus]

We are at real risk of finishing high enough to re-sign Nicks, while not having what it takes to actually contend

Incoming disaster is looming

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

It would be nice to support a club that you know will get the umpires come rescue when things get tight

We got a good run in the first half, they got a good run in the second half.

A wash.

Our coach sucks

 

[steve9798]

If we win a final I will be shocked.

Murphy was importsnt in the last. How many possessions?

Rankine and Rachele need to be harder at the contest or stay out of the midfield.

So many dumb footballers/coaches.

Another game against a genuine top 4 team gone to script.

Hinges worst game.

 

[Scorpus]

Also subbing Pedlar?

What the actual ****? In that game he chooses Pedlar to sub?

 

[1990crow]

Played 2 short with Tex and Murphy.

 

[feenix67]

2nd week in a row we directed absolutely ****ing nothing to their advantage. We just keep hoping they'll jag a mark when we bomb it in. Oppo gives us zero space inside 50 and our forwards all sit absolutely static and don't work to make any.

Our forward 50 entries were diabolical

 

[Crowbling]

Tex, Murphy and Hinge were awful.

I love Tex but he is running on fumes.

Nicks clueless as always.

 

[Maddogmetro]

Ugly: Murphy spudding it up as expected.

Two sets of rules for the teams. 22-10 frees in the second half.

 

[StonesThrow]

"Matthew, do you think you blew it at selection?"

I despise Murphy but not even close to selection issue this week. We ****ed it

 

[pjcrows]

Murphy's selection against Gold Coast was an obvious mistake, and Nicks recognised it because he immediately dropped him the next week.

And he did it again.

 

[Freomaniac]

Nicks shit, all that needs to be said

That's a small reason why the crows lost.

Crows sprayed a few shots on goal.

And yes I watched the 2nd half of the game. 1st half crows led the free kick count 18-7.

2nd half, hawks won the free kick count 18-6

 

[adelaidecrows]

Ugly> Nicks selecting Murphy.

Murphy has been a useless selection for two years. Consistently disappears and is a statistical non im entity. The very definition of stupid is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

The consistent selection of Murphy has yielded the very same results for a long time. Im not sure what Nicks thinks will change. No evidence has presented itself Murphy is the answer.

 

[Redleg Crow]

Tex does not deserve to get 300 on the basis of that game (and tbh the last few)

 

[Multiballz]

Good: Thought Butts was good tonight.

Bad: Umpires,conditions,location,timeslot, Hawthorn, Tasmanian government,Caitlin Clark and a whole myriad of beyond our control hypotheticals that have absolutely nothing to do with Nicks,Tex,Muphy,selection or the Pedlar substitution.

Ugly:- Rachele and Rankine being deliberately subjected to such low temperatures and subsequent post-match nightife by the AFL(yeah,they knew it was Friday).
- The glimmer of hope Ive been battling with all week.


Just a blip. Heads up lads!
A sprinkle of learnings then next week we go again!

 

[Golumless]

0.9 between Rachele/Thilthorpe/Tex/Fog

That's the game.

1.10 when you add in Rankine. Conversely 2.3 from Gunston.

As much as you can critique strategy, this game was lost on skill execution. Today, for whatever reason, our best absolutely ****ed it.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

We're pretty good but not quite good enough

Fine.

But that means that getting Draper to A Grade level quickly matters. Plateauing and going back to the crew that's repeatedly failed won't lead to anywhere we haven't already been.

 

[Redleg Crow]

Keep Rankine in the forward line. He is not a midfielder, alas

 

[StonesThrow]

Our forward 50 entries were diabolical

Should be the headline of this thread. People will blame Murphy. He's shit, but we controlled the game for far too long to lose that

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

No goals to Walker, Fog, or TT. There's your game.

Did say we should have managed Tex or Fog if he was unwell.

 

[Freomaniac]

Fogarty continues to flatter to deceive. Gives away a stupid free kick under no pressure, costs the game. He's at risk of being a very average player.

Fogarty has kicked 28 goals and 5 behinds before this Hawks game

 

[CrowToon]

I thought ump 22 deserved the three votes

I dont want to hear a single whinge about the umpires tonight. They don't even make the top 10 on the list of reasons we lost.

 

[jo172]

We are at real risk of finishing high enough to re-sign Nicks, while not having what it takes to actually contend

Incoming disaster is looming

Genuinely about to fall for Hinkley II

 

[StonesThrow]

Keep Rankine in the forward line. He is not a midfielder, alas

He's not really doing much forward neither

 

[Freomaniac]

Did say we should have managed Tex or Fog if he was unwell.

Well the crows have a bye next round. Then after that, the draw opens up

 

[Redleg Crow]

Fair to say that miss by TT straight in front in the first quarter was costly.