Ryan Crowley

[Obeanie1]

So in the end, sledging is the basis for your negative post about him, or do you give some credence to the pinching furphy for which there is no actual evidence? What was it in the game against Sydney that would make anyone "despise" him, apart from a highly regarded opponent who was absolutely smashed?

Good footballers let their football and the scoreboard 'do the talking'. They also shake hands after the game and say 'well played' etc.

Crowley doesn't do that. Which in my opinion makes him a footballer who lacks class and also wouldn't gain the respect of his opponents. Not that they would say so publically but within their ranks they would say he is a dead set tosser who isn't good enough to simply 'let his football skills do the talking'. He has to resort to verbal abuse to be any good.

Cameron Ling didn't do it and he did the same job and did it just as well if not better and that's why he is highly respected.

 

[Shane Hird]

Good footballers let their football and the scoreboard 'do the talking'. They also shake hands after the game and say 'well played' etc.

Crowley doesn't do that. Which in my opinion makes him a footballer who lacks class and also wouldn't gain the respect of his opponents. Not that they would say so publically but within their ranks they would say he is a dead set tosser who isn't good enough to simply 'let his football skills do the talking'. He has to resort to verbal abuse to be any good.

Cameron Ling didn't do it and he did the same job and did it just as well if not better and that's why he is highly respected.

Karl Langdon says hi...I suppose you hate him too?

 

[electricfeel]

Good footballers let their football and the scoreboard 'do the talking'. They also shake hands after the game and say 'well played' etc.

Crowley doesn't do that. Which in my opinion makes him a footballer who lacks class and also wouldn't gain the respect of his opponents. Not that they would say so publically but within their ranks they would say he is a dead set tosser who isn't good enough to simply 'let his football skills do the talking'. He has to resort to verbal abuse to be any good.

Cameron Ling didn't do it and he did the same job and did it just as well if not better and that's why he is highly respected.

Uhh, Crowley always shakes hands at the end of the match. Are you one of those people who somehow still cannot see that Crowley put his hand out to Steve Johnson only for Stevie J to shove him in the shoulder?

 

[hoss]

Probably just as well if you can't. The big smoke of the east coast may be too much for your quaint west coast ways to bear.

Holy crap, what's up your arse today? Just get over it and be happy. We are!

 

[theGav56]

Good footballers let their football and the scoreboard 'do the talking'. They also shake hands after the game and say 'well played' etc.

Crowley doesn't do that. Which in my opinion makes him a footballer who lacks class and also wouldn't gain the respect of his opponents. Not that they would say so publically but within their ranks they would say he is a dead set tosser who isn't good enough to simply 'let his football skills do the talking'. He has to resort to verbal abuse to be any good.

Cameron Ling didn't do it and he did the same job and did it just as well if not better and that's why he is highly respected.

Absolute rubbish. Steve Johnson and Swan are two excellent footballers who very much up for a bit of verbal. Regardless, we just saw a game where Crowley certainly let his football do the talking. Check the stats.

I am tipping you are living in a past when Crowley beat up on lil Benny or Judd. Still feeling the hurt methinks. Do we actually tag any Eagles these days?

 

[hoss]

Good footballers let their football and the scoreboard 'do the talking'. They also shake hands after the game and say 'well played' etc.

Crowley doesn't do that. Which in my opinion makes him a footballer who lacks class and also wouldn't gain the respect of his opponents. Not that they would say so publically but within their ranks they would say he is a dead set tosser who isn't good enough to simply 'let his football skills do the talking'. He has to resort to verbal abuse to be any good.

Cameron Ling didn't do it and he did the same job and did it just as well if not better and that's why he is highly respected.

Haha. I think you just made most of that up!

 

[El Topo]

Crowley's an absolute gun footballer and it's a disgrace that he didn't make AA. It doesn't matter how ugly Freo's games can get, having him and Ballantyne out there stirring the shit is fantastic to see.

 

[Purple_Passion]

Crowley's an absolute gun footballer and it's a disgrace that he didn't make AA. It doesn't matter how ugly Freo's games can get, having him and Ballantyne out there stirring the shit is fantastic to see.

I approve this message.

 

[strobe00]

I take exception to people suggesting he tags fairly. He had his arms around Jack's hips at most clearances. Do that in a marking contest and its a free.

Cool story bro.

You really do make stuff up Dirk. Complete cr@p as usual.

Crowley typically stands shoulder to shoulder with an arm across. He bumps to knock his opponent off their line. The only time he was hugging Jack's hips were the occasions that Jack was about to receive the ball, and Crowley was setting up for a quick tackle to kill an effective possession.

And yes, I was watching for the bear hugging you were talking about. Fictitious bear hugging as it turns out.

 

[Dan]

Would he have the same influence as a tagger if he was in a middle team or bottom team?

 

[strobe00]

So you're saying that Crowley himself looked quite hamster-like?

I love a good laugh, so I must check it out.

But I have to say I find it slightly ironic that in order to convey to Kieren Jack, who doesn't strike me as particularly cricetine in his appearance (and I think I'm being objective here, firstly in not being Kieren Jack, and secondly in having raised guinea pigs - though not hamsters, admittedly - as a child*), it was necessary (at least momentarily) for Crowley to look convincingly like a hamster himself.


*I have particularly fond memories of one fluffy little chap, who we perceptively christened Fluffy.

Jack dropped a mark in his defensive 50 (our F50). Crowley was a couple of steps away and Jack was the only bloke under the ball. He fumbled a mark he really should have taken.

Crowley was giving him sh*t about it because he was telling Jack that Jack was peeking instead of keeping his eye on the ball, and that's why he dropped it. The hamster imitation was Crowley hunching his head and shoulders forward and his arms up towards his chest, like you would if you were expecting to get splattered by an oncoming player. He was giving Jack sh*t about dropping the mark because he wasn't keeping his eyes on the ball.

For what it's worth I think the pressure got to Jack during the mark, I didn't see him peeking (it was in the first half of the second quarter I think). But Crowley won't let an opportunity like that slip by without a few digs to remind his opponent.

 

[Anoncomment]

I take exception to people suggesting he tags fairly. He had his arms around Jack's hips at most clearances. Do that in a marking contest and its a free.

Ha! People have short memories. Go back and watch some of Ling's "fair" tagging. The man attached himself to his opponent like a saprophytic fungus on a fallen log.

 

[Westy2487]

When all is said and done, his role is nothing more than to bring brilliant players down to his own level of shitness and ineptitude.

It must be embarrassing to know that while all the good kids are running around getting a kick all that you have to offer is pretty much running around scragging them and doing nothing yourself.

I bet at school he was always the last picked when the two captains lined up and took it in turns picking players.

7000 posts and that is the best you can come up with. I hate you

 

[Righteo]

Would he have the same influence as a tagger if he was in a middle team or bottom team?

Look at last year if you want to know how he went in a middle of the road side (finished 7th, reckon that's close enough), won our B&F. To be fair I find it hard to really judge Crowley on pre-Lyon standards, he is just a completely different player under Ross as is most of the team.

 

[Righteo]

Ha! People have short memories. Go back and watch some of Ling's "fair" tagging. The man attached himself to his opponent like a saprophytic fungus on a fallen log.

It makes the vitriol directed at him by Geelong fans all the more hypocritical. People act as if Crowley is the first of his kind and some type of demon spawn whilst in reality taggers have been doing this shit forever.

 

[Dan]

Look at last year if you want to know how he went in a middle of the road side (finished 7th, reckon that's close enough), won our B&F. To be fair I find it hard to really judge Crowley on pre-Lyon standards, he is just a completely different player under Ross as is most of the team.

Should have been Pavlich's b&f but Crowley did have a good year.

 

[HowieD]

Hah. I see that troll deleted his posts. FWIW, I doubt anyone is going to "sharpen elbows" and take Crowley or Ballantyne out. If that was going to happen, Geelong would have done it. and to be perfectly honest, some of their players love talking up a big hurting game, but never deliver.

 

[Righteo]

Should have been Pavlich's b&f but Crowley did have a good year.

Pav dudded Fyfe in 2011 so it evened out, judging from last years precedence and the fact he's been even better this year he's the logical likely winner of our B&F again this year.

 

[shotgun_blues]

I hope we go the knuckle on the pinhead.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Crowley was giving him sh*t about it because he was telling Jack that Jack was peeking instead of keeping his eye on the ball, and that's why he dropped it. The hamster imitation was Crowley hunching his head and shoulders forward and his arms up towards his chest, like you would if you were expecting to get splattered by an oncoming player. He was giving Jack sh*t about dropping the mark because he wasn't keeping his eyes on the ball.

Just wondering how you know all of this?

 

[strobe00]

Just wondering how you know all of this?

Because I saw the game last night, saw Jack drop the mark, and realised what Crowley was saying.

Watched it again this afternoon and it all still fitted together.

Pretty sure I'm right. Wasn't calling Jack a hamster. Was telling him he ducked his head.

 

[Shane Hird]

Because I saw the game last night, saw Jack drop the mark, and realised what Crowley was saying.

Watched it again this afternoon and it all still fitted together.

Pretty sure I'm right. Wasn't calling Jack a hamster. Was telling him he ducked his head.

lol

 

[drummond2fevola]

Purple text

 

[wce4premiership]

If he isn't who is??

No idea what this is even in reference to?

 

[Ted38]

No idea what this is even in reference to?

McManus2Waterhouse said: ↑

best tagger in the game if u ask me​

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OMG you're clueless.

By your comment I presumed that you didn't agree with the post you were replying to, hence my question.