Review Round 1

[Jeffcrowe]

Fog has to play next week. People who are assessing his performance like you’d assess a 100-gamer are missing the point.

If everyone is fit I would drop one of the senior forwards next week. Don’t ask me who, you won’t like the answer.

You think Gov needs a rocket ?

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Fogarty > Jenkins.

I wouldn't care in the slightest if Jenkins was dropped

Don't think he's talking about JJ

 

[pjcrows]

I'd play Fogarty as a pure forward, drop Jenkins for Tex, and have Greenwood play as the chop-out ruck for 20%.

 

[Scorpus]

Don't think he's talking about JJ

He also played better than McGovern so either way it's fine. My preference is with Jenkins though

 

[I Lost My Keays]

Douglas got a week apparently.

Joke!

 

[pjcrows]

No surprise.

 

[Golumless]

Reality is physical size and body shape has alot to do with how someone plays the game. If Shaq was 5 foot 10 he wouldnt have played NBL.
We had people here trying to say Doedee was going to replace Jake. He was never going to do that. He doesnt have the physical ability to do so. But he can be a medium defender along with Kelly.
What will be interesting is if the game moves towards the Richmond style of smaller faster forwards, in which case a player like Tom can be more valuable than another key type.

I do agree, but equally the position Lever does play is really expected to be played by mid sized defenders currently. Hence why you can state Doedee can replace Lever as an intercept defender, you just have to accept you lose the characteristics that made Lever a luxury in the role.

We are not yet at the point that expecting a KPD sized defender to play loose is the norm, though it is something that will most likely be the norm within 20 years.

 

[Thetrader15]

Question on the Gibbs 'dangerous tackle' - 5AA reported this AM that Chamberlain said he can't see immediately after the bounce because he has trouble with his technique.

Sounds like he should have a week or 2 off to work on his technique - I'd have th ought seeing the play was the umpires first priority

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I'd play Fogarty as a pure forward, drop Jenkins for Tex, and have Greenwood play as the chop-out ruck for 20%.

Greenwood needs to go to an athletics track and run 400s for the next few weeks

His fitness is substandard AFL level

 

[Woody Woodman]

Bruce McAvaney obviously had an interrupted pre-season. His voice was cooked towards the end.

Fighting cancer and a busy schedule will probably do that to a person.

 

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Fog has to play next week. People who are assessing his performance like you’d assess a 100-gamer are missing the point.

If everyone is fit I would drop one of the senior forwards next week. Don’t ask me who, you won’t like the answer.

Not assessing him as 100 game player, But assessing him as a best 22 in the Crows team.
And unfortunately, he not ready, more so with Walker and Lynch coming back,
Fogerty is not a Key Forward. and he did not play good enough to warrant his position over others.
As it stands its either Forgety or McGovern One has to make way for Walker and it will not be McGovern.

 

[Slippery Pete]

Question on the Gibbs 'dangerous tackle' - 5AA reported this AM that Chamberlain said he can't see immediately after the bounce because he has trouble with his technique.

Sounds like he should have a week or 2 off to work on his technique - I'd have th ought seeing the play was the umpires first priority

Razor Ray is making s**t up to save the hide of his colleague. The look on his face said it all. He saw it well enough to make a definitive, verbal assessment that it was okay and was blown away when that other dickhead blew his whistle four kilometres away from the play. It just goes to show umpires are completely at sea, and at odds with each other, over the interpretations of the AFL’s bullshit rules.

And why is the officiating umpire bound to accept the call of the non-officiating umpire?

 

[Roovolution]

Because we've faced the same issues when those key players were playing.

It’s round 1, let’s hold off a little bit and then judge the strictures for this year. Has Pyke learned? We’ll see.

 

[GROTTO]

It’s round 1, let’s hold off a little bit and then judge the strictures for this year. Has Pyke learned? We’ll see.

Its a worry though that a team can roll over us despite leading 20 pts deep in the 4th.

Pyke needs to shoulder a lot of the blame for that.

 

[Vhaluus]

Question on the Gibbs 'dangerous tackle' - 5AA reported this AM that Chamberlain said he can't see immediately after the bounce because he has trouble with his technique.

Sounds like he should have a week or 2 off to work on his technique - I'd have th ought seeing the play was the umpires first priority

If this is the case, admitting it is the last thing an umpire should admit.

Expect to see a LOT of holding and punching off the ball whenever Chamberlain is mid bounce.

 

[Samcro24]

If this is the case, admitting it is the last thing an umpire should admit.

Expect to see a LOT of holding and punching off the ball whenever Chamberlain is mid bounce.

Really?

 

[Interloperer]

And why is the officiating umpire bound to accept the call of the non-officiating umpire?

There hasn't been a concept of an "officiating umpire" for years.

 

[officialjc]

essendon will lose to freo next week. guarantee it.

 

[mick500]

Not sure if posted yet but Douglas officially suspended.

They warned us, we didn't listen.

 

[FR0GGY]

Question on the Gibbs 'dangerous tackle' - 5AA reported this AM that Chamberlain said he can't see immediately after the bounce because he has trouble with his technique.

Sounds like he should have a week or 2 off to work on his technique - I'd have th ought seeing the play was the umpires first priority

Does immediately mean 2 hrs?

 

[FR0GGY]

Don't think he's talking about JJ

betts?

 

[Vhaluus]

View attachment 474265They warned us, we didn't listen.

Well they aren't wrong.

The last interstate side to beat a Victorian side in a grand final was The Crows 20 years ago.

 

[SaltPeter]

Well they aren't wrong.

The last interstate side to beat a Victorian side in a grand final was The Crows 20 years ago.

Who did Brisbane play in their winning GF's?

 

[Bicks]

Greenwood needs to go to an athletics track and run 400s for the next few weeks

His fitness is substandard AFL level

Yep, Poholke should have been blooded, fitter and also capable of impacting up forward

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Fogarty > Jenkins.

I wouldn't care in the slightest if Jenkins was dropped

Not last night!

JJ was easily our most dangerous forward.

It's a nonsense to think otherwise.