Preview Round 1 2022 - Adelaide vs Fremantle, March 20, 2022

How many wins for the Crows in 2022?

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One thing I am looking forward to is the competition for spots. For the first time in years we should have a bucket load of players knocking the door down for selection.

Next season will go one of two ways and I think it will be heavily reliant on just how good of a coach Nicks is. One; the natural improvement after another preseason invested into our youngsters and the acquisition of Dawson and Pick 4 propels us up the ladder, and we can compete consistently with the big boys. Or Two; we crash and burn with clear have holes in our list and our drafting hasn't been as good as we thought with Nicks coaching ability questionable.

To me though, I think our list of youngsters is looking pretty nice and I don't see 'two' as a possibility. We surely would have seen signs of it this year of young players just not worthy of AFL.

Gee if the squad remains healthy, our Sanfl team is going to monster the league. It would not surprise me if we finish 7-11 pos next year.
 
Kane McGoodwin said:
A fit Pedlar would likely push out Rowe.

Would be surprised if Frampton plays ahead of Murray or McAsey for most games.

There is still room for both Sholl & Smith imo.

Schoenberg will be part of the midfield mix.
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I think we'll go with at least 1 specialist small forward.
Frampton has proven he's a survivor and played numerous games up forward despite horrific form and then passed Murray diwn back late in the year.
Who misses from that side if both Sholl & Smith play?
When did you last see us run more than a 4 player midfield rotation. And FFS don't start up with the rubbish about Sloane playing HFF again to give Schoey more mid minutes again. You know that never happened, Schoey's TOG decreased at the end of the year, you've been told about this. But I hope you're right RE 2022, but it's far from a certainty seeing we're working against a long held strategy that says 4 is the ideal number.
 

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1970crow said:
I think we'll go with at least 1 specialist small forward.
Frampton has proven he's a survivor and played numerous games up forward despite horrific form and then passed Murray diwn back late in the year.
Who misses from that side if both Sholl & Smith play?
When did you last see us run more than a 4 player midfield rotation. And FFS don't start up with the rubbish about Sloane playing HFF again to give Schoey more mid minutes again. You know that never happened, Schoey's TOG decreased at the end of the year, you've been told about this. But I hope you're right RE 2022, but it's far from a certainty seeing we're working against a long held strategy that says 4 is the ideal number.
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Once Sloane has the captaincy taken off him which should be this offseason he'll play where it's best for the team which isn't midfield. If he doesn't like it he can do something about it end of next year. We could do with the salary cap relief.
 
B: McPherson, Butts, Doedee
HB: Smith, McAsey/Murray, Jones
C: Seedsman, Crouch, Dawson
HF: Sloane, Fogarty, Cook
F: McAdam, Thilthorpe, McHenry
R: O'Brien, Schoenberg, Laird
I (from): Milera, Brown, Hinge, Keays, Sholl, Pedlar, Berry, Himmelberg

Defensive 7
Locks - Butts, Doedee, Smith & Jones
Non-locks - McAsey v Murray, McPherson v Brown v Hinge, Milera v Hamill

Midfield 8
Locks - O'Brien, Laird, Crouch, Schoenberg, Keays, Dawson, Seedsman
Non-locks - Sholl v Hamill v Cook

Forward 7
Locks - Sloane, McHenry, Thilthorpe, (Walker when available)
Non-locks - Fogarty v Himmelberg (may play both without Walker): 2/3 of Cook, McAdam, Pedlar & Berry

Hopefully we play deeper rotations through the midfield with some of our forwards.
 
Kane McGoodwin said:
B: McPherson, Butts, Doedee
HB: Smith, McAsey/Murray, Jones
C: Seedsman, Crouch, Dawson
HF: Sloane, Fogarty, Cook
F: McAdam, Thilthorpe, McHenry
R: O'Brien, Schoenberg, Laird
I (from): Milera, Brown, Hinge, Keays, Sholl, Pedlar, Berry, Himmelberg

Defensive 7
Locks - Butts, Doedee, Smith & Jones
Non-locks - McAsey v Murray, McPherson v Brown v Hinge, Milera v Hamill

Midfield 8
Locks - O'Brien, Laird, Crouch, Schoenberg, Keays, Dawson, Seedsman
Non-locks - Sholl v Hamill v Cook

Forward 7
Locks - Sloane, McHenry, Thilthorpe, (Walker when available)
Non-locks - Fogarty v Himmelberg (may play both without Walker): 2/3 of Cook, McAdam, Pedlar & Berry

Hopefully we play deeper rotations through the midfield with some of our forwards.
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I love the inclusion of the verse. So many competing for spots, how good is it. All comes down to who wants to put in during the off season.
 
Kane McGoodwin said:
B: McPherson, Butts, Doedee
HB: Smith, McAsey/Murray, Jones
C: Seedsman, Crouch, Dawson
HF: Sloane, Fogarty, Cook
F: McAdam, Thilthorpe, McHenry
R: O'Brien, Schoenberg, Laird
I (from): Milera, Brown, Hinge, Keays, Sholl, Pedlar, Berry, Himmelberg

Defensive 7
Locks - Butts, Doedee, Smith & Jones
Non-locks - McAsey v Murray, McPherson v Brown v Hinge, Milera v Hamill

Midfield 8
Locks - O'Brien, Laird, Crouch, Schoenberg, Keays, Dawson, Seedsman
Non-locks - Sholl v Hamill v Cook

Forward 7
Locks - Sloane, McHenry, Thilthorpe, (Walker when available)
Non-locks - Fogarty v Himmelberg (may play both without Walker): 2/3 of Cook, McAdam, Pedlar & Berry

Hopefully we play deeper rotations through the midfield with some of our forwards.
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If Crouch is a lock - Milera is a lock.
 
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Think they’ve nailed it

B: Nick Murray, Jordon Butts, Chayce Jones
HB: Brodie Smith, Tom Doedee, Luke Brown
C: Jordan Dawson, Ben Keays, Paul Seedsman
HF: Shane McAdam, Darcy Fogarty, Ned McHenry
F: Sam Berry, Taylor Walker, Riley Thilthorpe
Foll: Reilly O'Brien, Rory Laird, Rory Sloane
I/C: Andrew McPherson, Harry Schoenberg, Matt Crouch, Wayne Milera

Emerg: Will Hamill, Jackson Hately, Lachie Sholl, Lachie Murphy

(Note this is a best 22 not a round 1 team so Tex is in)
 
AFC979810 said:
If Crouch is a lock - Milera is a lock.
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I have more doubt over Milera's body remaining sound than for Crouch.... which given their respective histories is not unreasonable.
 
Matman23 said:
I love the inclusion of the verse. So many competing for spots, how good is it. All comes down to who wants to put in during the off season.
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Yes, given how many players are challenging for spots, it's too difficult to name a 22 with complete confidence.

Worrell & Hately could well come into the mix too & I neglected to mention them.
 

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CrowsB4hoes said:
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With the Trade Period over, here's your team's best line-up for next year
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Think they’ve nailed it

B: Nick Murray, Jordon Butts, Chayce Jones
HB: Brodie Smith, Tom Doedee, Luke Brown
C: Jordan Dawson, Ben Keays, Paul Seedsman
HF: Shane McAdam, Darcy Fogarty, Ned McHenry
F: Sam Berry, Taylor Walker, Riley Thilthorpe
Foll: Reilly O'Brien, Rory Laird, Rory Sloane
I/C: Andrew McPherson, Harry Schoenberg, Matt Crouch, Wayne Milera

Emerg: Will Hamill, Jackson Hately, Lachie Sholl, Lachie Murphy

(Note this is a best 22 not a round 1 team so Tex is in)
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Much better than the Fox best 22 for round one. Featuring Neil McHenry and Lachlan Fogarty.
 
CrowsB4hoes said:
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Your club's best 22 in 2022: Who's in, who's out, who's new

With the Trade Period over, here's your team's best line-up for next year
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Think they’ve nailed it

B: Nick Murray, Jordon Butts, Chayce Jones
HB: Brodie Smith, Tom Doedee, Luke Brown
C: Jordan Dawson, Ben Keays, Paul Seedsman
HF: Shane McAdam, Darcy Fogarty, Ned McHenry
F: Sam Berry, Taylor Walker, Riley Thilthorpe
Foll: Reilly O'Brien, Rory Laird, Rory Sloane
I/C: Andrew McPherson, Harry Schoenberg, Matt Crouch, Wayne Milera

Emerg: Will Hamill, Jackson Hately, Lachie Sholl, Lachie Murphy

(Note this is a best 22 not a round 1 team so Tex is in)
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Yeah pretty spot on. Depending on how he looks over pre-season I might have Cook in for Moose but overall the players are pretty much who I’d have
 
CrowsB4hoes said:
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Your club's best 22 in 2022: Who's in, who's out, who's new

With the Trade Period over, here's your team's best line-up for next year
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Think they’ve nailed it

B: Nick Murray, Jordon Butts, Chayce Jones
HB: Brodie Smith, Tom Doedee, Luke Brown
C: Jordan Dawson, Ben Keays, Paul Seedsman
HF: Shane McAdam, Darcy Fogarty, Ned McHenry
F: Sam Berry, Taylor Walker, Riley Thilthorpe
Foll: Reilly O'Brien, Rory Laird, Rory Sloane
I/C: Andrew McPherson, Harry Schoenberg, Matt Crouch, Wayne Milera

Emerg: Will Hamill, Jackson Hately, Lachie Sholl, Lachie Murphy

(Note this is a best 22 not a round 1 team so Tex is in)
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McAsey better be pushing hard for one of the Key Defence posts by mid - late season or we're in a power of trouble with that particular 1st round pick.
 
Mutineer said:
McAsey better be pushing hard for one of the Key Defence posts by mid - late season or we're in a power of trouble with that particular 1st round pick.
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I've already considered him a bust honestly, but hope he can turn it around...He only has 1 person to push out for a spot and thats Murray, who right now looks a much better prospect
 
CrowsB4hoes said:
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Your club's best 22 in 2022: Who's in, who's out, who's new

With the Trade Period over, here's your team's best line-up for next year
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Think they’ve nailed it

B: Nick Murray, Jordon Butts, Chayce Jones
HB: Brodie Smith, Tom Doedee, Luke Brown
C: Jordan Dawson, Ben Keays, Paul Seedsman
HF: Shane McAdam, Darcy Fogarty, Ned McHenry
F: Sam Berry, Taylor Walker, Riley Thilthorpe
Foll: Reilly O'Brien, Rory Laird, Rory Sloane
I/C: Andrew McPherson, Harry Schoenberg, Matt Crouch, Wayne Milera

Emerg: Will Hamill, Jackson Hately, Lachie Sholl, Lachie Murphy

(Note this is a best 22 not a round 1 team so Tex is in)
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Fixed it:

B: Chayce Jones, Jordon Butts, Tom Doedee
HB: Brodie Smith, Nick Murray, Wayne Milera?
C: Jordan Dawson, Rory Laird, Paul Seedsman
HF: Rory Sloane, Darcy Fogarty, Brayden Cook
F: Sam Berry, Riley Thilthorpe Lachlan Gollant
Foll: Reilly O'Brien, Harry Schoenberg, Ben Keays
I/C: Shane McAdam, Matt Crouch, Ned McHenry Pick 4?/Hinge

Milera: Not sure if he will be ready round 1. Will likely need some matches in the SANFL. If he isn't ready Brown comes in.
Walker (round 4)
 
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My prediction for 2022 is we surprise many and finish between 7-11

B: McAsey ~ Butts ~ Jones
HB: Smith ~ Doedee ~ Milera
C: Dawson ~ Crouch ~ Seedsman
HF: McHenry ~ Walker ~ Cook
F: Fogarty ~ Thilthorpe ~ McAdam

Foll: O'Brien, Sloane, Keays
Int: Berry, Schoenberg, Hately, Brown

It's a hard team to pick next year I think. A lot of unknowns, so I tried to think outside the box plus a few injury returns and trade in off course. I tried to balance the side and not select midfielders everywhere.

McAsey I could see making a return to the side. The kid has some talent and in his first season showed some glimpses. In his first season he was out positioned in contests by stronger defenders too easily however, where as next season he would have two extra pre seasons in the weights room under his belt. So my prediction is we will start to see him impact the side next season. If he can get back in, I think his marking ability down back could see him be a Jeremy McGovern type. He just needs the size.

Milera is a best 22 player and someone we need driving us forward off the backline.

Crouch is a gimme. A strong inside mid who knows how to get the ball is a definite in the midfield going forward.

Hately needs to show why he was highly rated next year and I think he will. Showed some good things.

Cook, like McAsey is a bit of a out the box selection. Everytime this guy has gone onto the field he has impressed. Like McAsey, another preseason of conditioning I think will allow him to really make an impression and he will be someone we want to pump games into.

McAdam, Murphy and Rowe are the dilemma at the selection table. All are specialist forwards but have been known to go missing in games. McAdam in my view is the one who will give the defender the most headaches as he can impact the contest, he just needs to pressure the defenders more when the crows aren't in possession.

A Thilthorpe after another preseason in the weights room I think is going to turn him into an unstoppable machine. He is going to make an impact like the king brothers but better at ground level. I am predicting, he may become one of, if not the best forward in the country within two years.
 
B: Brown, Butts, Doedee
HB: Smith, Murray, Milera
C: Seedsman, Shoenberg, Dawson
HF: McHenry, Thilthorpe, Sloane
F: McAdam, Fogarty, Rowe
Foll: Strachan, Laird, Crouch

INT: Keays, Jones, Hinge, Cook

I really like that our few aging players have up and coming replacements that are looking like players.
Brown can be replaced by Jones
Smith can be replaced by Sholl/Hamil
Seed can be replaced by Hately or Pedlar
Sloane can be replaced by Cook

If Sloane wasnt captain I would have him starting on the bench and Cook on field.
Started Strachan over ROB, his end of year form was too good to ignore.

Area of weakness would be lack of a seasoned tall forward like Tex. Hoping the first 3 weeks will show our future with Fog and Thilthorpe improving. Another area of weakness would be the small forwards. McAdam and Rowe can go missing. I am hoping McAdam improves his consistency and Rowe improves his fitness base, but we certainly need to draft another small forward

Also IMO need another project ruck to develop.
 
McPherson- Murray - Doedee
(Brown) (McAsey)
Jones - Butts - Smith
CHB (Hamill)

O'Brien - Laird - Pedlar
(Stratchan) (Schoers - Keays - Crouch)
* Kids need centre minutes
Dawson - McHenry - Seedsman
(Scholl) (Milera)

CHF
Cook - Fogerty - Sloane
(Seedsman)
Murphy - Thilthorpe - Rowe
(Gollant) (Tex) (McAdam)

Brown, Himmelberg, Frampton, Gollant
Berry, Hately, Borlase, Newchurch, Warrell

Where does Schoenberg play, Hately to me is our best pure clearance player and needs time in that spot. Sloane has to accommodate for future stars.

Luke "the Peddle" Pedlar is a jet. Loves it physical and the contest. He and McHenry are the same. McHenry loves the contest. LOVES IT!! Ned also knows how to win the hard ball so he starts my team, all day every day IN THE GUTS!

Pedlar I want to see at stoppages too like McHenry. But can we play such a young midfield? That is the fault of the AFC not giving these two in and under beasts more go at it!

Seeds can go forward? Why not! McPherson or Brown or McAsey on talls? ... Hately was brought in last year and for anyone who's watched the SANFL Hately is a pure stoppage beast and now MUST BE GIVEN THE TIME IN THE CENTRE BOUNCES TO SHOW WHY HE WAS TAKEN BEFORE BUTTERZ AND DUURZMA. Watch for Jones also taken right after the fab 8, to keep improving with games. HB looks right for him.

Seeds, Dawson, Milera, Laird can all go to HB when needed!

When Adelaide called Pedlar! I was actually SHOCKED as to why the name Tom Powell wasn't read out!

Powell had been the best junior midfielder for SA at all levels in 2019. So having watched Powell myself and agreed, the AFC called. ... Pedlar

Now I am a Glenelg football club member, followed all my life. But little had I heard of L. Pedlar

Powell has played 13 games for North Melbourne having been taken two picks later by that club in the draft. Tom is a neat player. Good skills and does little wrong ... So WHY DID THE AFC NOT DRAFT POWELL??

Because Pedlar is a better footballer despite injuries that he wasn't on recruiters radar. Or so we thought.

Luke was on radars and if Adelaide hadn't of taken Pedlar #11 even before Powell. They wouldn't have got him. Why does this matter?

The Peddle, like his bash tackling brother S Berry and McHenry loves the contest. Ok this is a nice trait to have.

what sets Luke apart is this. He reads the play, wins the contested footy and uses the footy well by foot. The kid is jet, he's a star. Infact he is so good, I actually see why the Adelaide football club in desperate need of an A-grade midfielder passed up on the neat, T. Powell and selected L. Pedlar.

Cook is a smooth player. In the mold of Seedsman, Dawson and Smithers. But will play more forward of centre I think. Exciting prospect!

Thilthorpe and Fogerty are the future. The Big Cheese Spread, Philly, the cornerstone of the rebuild. Now we just need the Petracca type A-Grade midfielder. Need to nail the draft!

As usual, a fit Milera could still be our best player! Crouch and Keays, what point does midfield experience take away from the kids development in the guts at AFL level?

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texanmike said:
Yep i want to see Cook, Pedlar and Scholl in the team...but not sure who makes way for them unfortunately...
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Cook will be in the team. Pedlar needs to focus on building a durable body that can stand up to afl. With Milera and Dawson in the team I can't see a spot for Sholl at this stage.
 
The more I look at these round 1 teams the more I think we need to draft Josh Rachelle, to play that small forward role, it's quite obviously our biggest hole and we shouldn't be playing young Mids in that spot because it stalls development.

Even if we picked Hobbs or Goater (if we split our pick he's still an option to draft) there's no way they are making the round 1 team, Rachelle could slide straight in to the round 1 team as a small forward though.
 
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