Preview Round 1 2020 Vs Crows

[TheWhiteRhino]

How the hell does Ronke get a game???!!!

 

[Millky95]

Not that it means much but McCartain named at CHB

 

[Millky95]

Hewett dropped

Just had his kid come out of hospital

 

[Millky95]

B Aliir Aliir, Dane Rampe, Colin O’Riordan
HB Callum Mills, Tom McCartin, Jordan Dawson
C Harry Cunningham, Josh Kennedy, Jake Lloyd
HF Will Hayward, Nick Blakey, Sam Gray
F Tom Papley, Isaac Heeney, Ben Ronke
Foll Sam Naismith, Luke Parker, James Rowbottom
I/C Kaiden Brand, Oliver Florent, Lewis Taylor, Justin McInerney

Since no one posted it

 

[Tesla Tenet]

Unbelievable with Hewett, they has to be reason outside of ability. No tall forwards. 3rd best inside mid dropped.

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[Millky95]

Unbelievable with Hewett, they has to be reason outside of ability. No tall forwards. 3rd best inside mid dropped.

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Just had his kid come out of hospital

 

[The Gong]

There's some pace in that side but feels kind of slapped together. Is that really the best side we could field?

 

[Punts]

I like the kid McInerney

Don’t rate COR but with our list atm not much more

 

[Punts]

Hewett was pour first game

 

[Punts]

Wonder if this they will move Lloyd up the ground

 

[SwansProudly]

George has probably hardly trained the last 63 days
Welcome to Henry

 

[The King!]

is hewett injured?

 

[RUNVS]

Hewett was pour first game

You don't drop a player of Hewett's quality on the back of one bad game. Kieren Jack got a full year to spud it up before Longmire even considered dropping him.

Hewett can be a clearance beast if he is allowed to do the role, and considering how weak our midfield is it is insane Hewett has been dropped (assuming it is not a family thing)

 

[The King!]

hewett is family ill presume

Sinclair hard done by, naismith better perform

 

[caesar88]

Reckon this will be a very low-scoring affair, as I can't see either forward lines being too dangerous when you consider the opposition defences they are up against.

We've got a young forward line obviously but so do Crows: Jones, Frampton, Murphy, Fogarty and Stengle is a very young group. Realistically either should be well held by the opposition defences (our defenders in Rampe, Aliir, Mills, Dawson, Brand should be too good for the Crows, and likewise the Crows with quality guys like Brown, Talia, Laird, Smith and Kelly should be too good for our forwards.)

It'll probably come down to the amount of opportunities and capitalising on those opportunities. Crows might have a slight edge there given you'd expect them to trounce us in the midfield and win the territory battle.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Sounds like a family deal.

 

[Punts]

That forward line will struggle big time , will be down to Heeney and papley.

Blakey , Ronke and Hayward were no where the 2 games

 

[Swansujelly]

I don’t see the point of shortened quarters, either play or don’t.

 

[BloodySwan]

Speed and aggression seem key. Surprised by the inclusion of Ronke but if the intention is to choke a team into submission he's a good choice. Expecting this team to put plenty of pressure on the Crows

 

[The King!]

thats a pretty ordinary side

 

[The Gong]

hewett is family ill presume

Sinclair hard done by, naismith better perform

I don't know why you wouldn't park Sinclair at full forward and keep him as an emergency ruck option. I don't know that Ronke deserved a run. Got a very mobile forward line but heap of pressure on Blakey. Maybe it'll be a stroke of genius and we'll run the Crows backline ragged.

 

[Punts]

The forward line besides papley are in very ordinary form

There mid even though not much will flog ours

 

[BloodySwan]

I don't know why you wouldn't park Sinclair at full forward and keep him as an emergency ruck option. I don't know that Ronke deserved a run. Got a very mobile forward line but heap of pressure on Blakey. Maybe it'll be a stroke of genius and we'll run the Crows backline ragged.

Honestly who is the second ruck, Aliir? Good thing they're shortened quarters otherwise Aliir would be knackered

 

[caesar88]

Problem with us is I've noticed in the past when we go small for a focus on speed and pressure, we end up all speed and no pressure. Yeah they are quick, but have we actually seen guys like Ronke, Taylor, McInerney, Hayward ever be decent pressure players?

Ronke for like three games in 2018 maybe.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Thank the lord no two rucks would be an utter waste of time