Preview R9: Changes vs. Port Adelaide

[George CantStandYa]

And on that Lalor is a fair bit more physically developed than Sam Draper for the midfield battering, mind you Draper should be being exposed more to the AFL midfield than he has been currently unless he's struggling physically which may be the case given he's out of the team currently?

It’s called Nicks

 

[Powertron]

Caveat: our blokes should not get sucked in by their play-the-man bullshit.
They will try it on.

If the Crows start well and keep their composure they should win by 5+ goals.

5+ is well unders. If you lot are half serious about playing finals this is a minimum 10 goal drubbing.

We'll struggle to kick 9 goals for the game and our key defenders are unreliable at best with any sort of structured movement coming at them.

If you get on top at the clearance, it will be a smashing, if we manage to break even, maybe we keep it under 8 goals...

 

[feenix67]

Surely Keays gets that job

Nah, Keays is a goalkicker. ANB far better around the contest and as a stopper for Rozee's run I reckon.

 

[cmndstab]

If you get on top at the clearance, it will be a smashing, if we manage to break even, maybe we keep it under 8 goals...

This is the key. If we can get ahead in the clearances, we should win fairly comfortably.

If we allow JHF, Butters and co to run the ball out of there at will, then anything could happen.

 

[CrowBloke]

I think the management of Sanders by our Mods last year was disgraceful, our Board is a lot more interesting with Sanders insights.

Since you mentioned him .... what's happened to the Colonel?

 

[adelaidecrows]

What do people think of the management of Sanders last year by the Dogs? High draft pick mid in a mid-table side, 14 games, 9 full games and 5 with some sort of sub role, 28% CBAs. Has played every game so far in his second year. This time last year he was in the VFL after he'd played 6 games to start the season (3 full games, 2 subbed off, one as sub). Came back in round 11 as the sub and had a run of 8 games from there.

Was that a normal intro to the game for a high end draft pick? Terrible mismanagement? Malpractice? Has it held him back this year?

Personally I'd have no issue if Draper took a similar trajectory. I think it would be bad for him to spend half the season in the SANFL from here. Don't have an issue if he's in and out a bit as long as he's getting regular AFL exposure.

I thought the issue was he had a bit of an attitude problem and was rubbing Bevo the wrong way.

 

[steve9798]

You shutdown Butters, Port lose. If he leaves next year they will spend a few years in the bottom 6.

 

[CrowBloke]

5+ is well unders. If you lot are half serious about playing finals this is a minimum 10 goal drubbing.

We'll struggle to kick 9 goals for the game and our key defenders are unreliable at best with any sort of structured movement coming at them.

If you get on top at the clearance, it will be a smashing, if we manage to break even, maybe we keep it under 8 goals...

Mate ... you just trolled your own team.

 

[Powertron]

Mate ... you just trolled your own team.

We’ve seen this playbook before…McEntee and Burton in with some underperforming SANFL young guys….its a Hinkley special.

 

[cleanhands]

We’ve seen this playbook before…McEntee and Burton in with some underperforming SANFL young guys….its a Hinkley special.

Who have you got of any value atSANFL level

 

[Samcro24]

Since you mentioned him .... what's happened to the Colonel?

 

[Samcro24]

5+ is well unders. If you lot are half serious about playing finals this is a minimum 10 goal drubbing.

We'll struggle to kick 9 goals for the game and our key defenders are unreliable at best with any sort of structured movement coming at them.

If you get on top at the clearance, it will be a smashing, if we manage to break even, maybe we keep it under 8 goals...

Narrator: they weren’t half serious about playing finals

 

[rocket18]

Since you mentioned him .... what's happened to the Colonel?

Don't know what deed he got court marshalled for, but that was the end of the Colonel.

 

[cleanhands]

Don't know what deed he got court marshalled for, but that was the end of the Colonel.

I’m sure if he wanted to he would find away back

 

[steve9798]

Who have you got of any value atSANFL level

The fix is in. Hinkley has put the house on an Adelaide win.

 

[Samcro24]

I’m sure if he wanted to he would find away back

 

[Slippery Pete]

Home game, not home state.

But if you limit it to just the SA and WA teams it's around 60-40.

Surely that stat isn’t much good unless it’s based on games in which there’s a home state advantage.

 

[MRB37]

Nah, Keays is a goalkicker. ANB far better around the contest and as a stopper for Rozee's run I reckon.

ANB eventually got moved onto Whitfield in the GWS game towards the end. Hoping we do something like that from the start on Rozee rather than waiting for him to get 30+ touches in 3 quarters before deciding to pay him some attention.

 

[CrowBloke]

For what, do you know?
He pushed boundaries for sure, but I'd like to know why they banned him.
(btw, I saw the 'Modra-tor' thing; ingenious )

 

[CrowBloke]

Don't know what deed he got court marshalled for, but that was the end of the Colonel.

He couldn't handle the truth...?

 

[Samcro24]

For what, do you know?
He pushed boundaries for sure, but I'd like to know why they banned him.
(btw, I saw the 'Modra-tor' thing; ingenious )

 

[cmndstab]

Surely that stat isn’t much good unless it’s based on games in which there’s a home state advantage.

All stats are as good as the question being asked.

If you're asking how often the home team wins regardless of opponent, the answer is, roughly 57% of the time.

If you're asking how often the home team wins against an interstate team, the answer is, roughly 60% of the time.

Which, as it turns out, is roughly as often as the higher-ranked team on the ladder wins the Showdown.

 

[Slippery Pete]

If you're asking how often the home team wins against an interstate team, the answer is, roughly 60% of the time.

I’m still surprised that it’s not higher than that.

 

[cmndstab]

I’m still surprised that it’s not higher than that.

I guess at the end of the day, a good team travelling interstate should still beat a crap home team more often than not. Home ground is an advantage, but only so much.

If the competition was more even, presumably the home ground advantage would be more pronounced.

 

[Peter Doherty]

They should put Burton on Tex. He's beaten him before by running off him.

Who is doing the running off in this scenario? Tex ain't and isn't Burton as banged up as Tex?