Rumour Speculation, Rumours, Lies Thread 2025 - Part 2

[cleanhands]

To be fair, i stopped listening to Rowey years ago!

And I don’t listen to to either

 

[Doctor B]

Just a friendly reminder Will Day was taken 7 picks after Fischer McAsey

3

Fischer Mcasey

Age

24

Ht

196cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

6.8

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

3.5

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.3

3star

MG

102.3

2star

D

6.8

1star

K

3.3

1star

HB

3.5

2star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.3

2star

MG

102.3

2star

D

7.2

2star

K

3.6

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.6

4star

MG

114.8

2star

, with Hayden Young

26

Hayden Young

Age

24

Ht

189cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.4

3star

CL

0.2

2star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.4

2star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.4

2star

CL

0.2

2star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.4

4star

CL

0.2

2star

, Caleb Serong

3

Caleb Serong

Age

24

Ht

180cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.6

5star

CL

2.6

4star

D

13.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

6.0

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.6

4star

CL

2.6

4star

D

13.0

4star

K

7.0

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.6

5star

CL

2.6

5star

, Sam Flanders and Kysaiah Pickett

36

Kysaiah Pickett

Age

24

Ht

171cm

Wt

73kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.0

2star

K

4.7

2star

HB

3.3

3star

M

0.7

1star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.7

3star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.7

2star

HB

3.3

2star

M

0.7

1star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.7

3star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

0.8

1star

T

2.4

4star

CL

0.8

3star

in-between McAsey and Day.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

And I don’t listen to to either

Same!

 

[MarcusP2]

Just a friendly reminder Will Day was taken 7 picks after Fischer McAsey, with Hayden Young, Caleb Serong, Sam Flanders and Kysaiah Pickett in-between McAsey and Day.

And all of them would be useless forward pockets in the Crows SANFL team based on weight of evidence.

 

[Crow till I die]

And all of them would be useless forward pockets in the Crows SANFL team based on weight of evidence.

Watching the top ups start in the centre square at centre bounces

 

[cleanhands]

Watching the top ups start in the centre square at centre bounces

 

[Syd Crow]

He was a norwood player

He bleeds red and white....

 

[cleanhands]

He bleeds red and white....

He did like what was inside our paper bag though

 

[crow2crow]

Just a friendly reminder Will Day was taken 7 picks after Fischer McAsey, with Hayden Young, Caleb Serong, Sam Flanders and Kysaiah Pickett in-between McAsey and Day.

how hamish has a job is beyond me

 

[Josh Jenkins #1Fan]

Maybe Jars is Redhorse?

 

[Crow till I die]

He bleeds red and white....

Thats bad news, sign of infection if you get white with the red when you bleed

 

[cleanhands]

Thats bad news, sign of infection if you get white with the red when you bleed

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

That just looks like we garnered a single vote along with Dogs, North, Eagles and Cats. Calling it bottom 5 is very generous.

It’s more accurate to say we’re in the middle as 9 clubs weren’t even named

 

[George CantStandYa]

I'm not as harsh on the club as many here for not having landed midfield talent this trade period - you can't force players to come, after all - but geez, we're now touting Pedlar as one of the answers to our midfield issues?

I was a massive Pedlar fan back in 2023, but there has been no indication whatsoever in the last two seasons that he will be a contributor in any role at AFL level in 2026, let alone representing significant improvement to our current midfield mix.

We wouldn’t know though, the coach Wayne lauds hasn’t given him a go despite promise in 2023

 

[Scorpus]

I'm not as harsh on the club as many here for not having landed midfield talent this trade period - you can't force players to come, after all - but geez, we're now touting Pedlar as one of the answers to our midfield issues?

I was a massive Pedlar fan back in 2023, but there has been no indication whatsoever in the last two seasons that he will be a contributor in any role at AFL level in 2026, let alone representing significant improvement to our current midfield mix.

Would have been nice to have seen him tried properly in the midfield at some point during our rebuild

 

[Syd Crow]

Thats bad news, sign of infection if you get white with the red when you bleed

Could be far worse. Black and white for example or indeed any other colour combination except the healthy navy blue, red, gold or navy blue and red.

 

[cleanhands]

We wouldn’t know though, the coach Wayne lauds hasn’t given him a go despite promise in 2023

And we ran out of steam at seasons end

 

[Syd Crow]

He did like what was inside our paper bag though

He did earn it also so......

 

[George CantStandYa]

And we ran out of steam at seasons end

That’s the hilarious part, the club is using the “fatigue run out of steam” bullshit excuse whilst the coach didn’t want to rotate the squad.

Where’s the scrutiny on him by the club and his fanbois? Throw in his stupid selections, matchups and gameplan, we’ve got ourselves a winner……

 

[cleanhands]

That’s the hilarious part, the club is using the “fatigue run out of steam” bullshit excuse whilst the coach didn’t want to rotate the squad.

Where’s the scrutiny on him by the club and his fanbois? Throw in his stupid selections, matchups and gameplan, we’ve got ourselves a winner……

The opposition know what we are going to throw at them

 

[spenze]

Just a friendly reminder Will Day was taken 7 picks after Fischer McAsey, with Hayden Young, Caleb Serong, Sam Flanders and Kysaiah Pickett in-between McAsey and Day.

Jeez man, there was a lot of gold after Fish

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

how hamish has a job is beyond me

Worrell, Thilthorpe, Rachele, Soligo, Curtin, Draper, MM, Keane, Keays, Murray and Fog off the top of my head are all pretty handy.

Highlighting draft misses without highlighting the wins is just dumb, all club have their ‘what if’ moments in a particular draft. It will never be a 100% strike rate.

McAsey’s retirement opened us up to getting Keane and he then partners with Worrell (from the same draft as McAsey) to help become the 2nd best defense in the comp in 2025.

 

[spexau]

It’s more accurate to say we’re in the middle as 9 clubs weren’t even named

Saints got 5 of 18 which is significant but I reckon 1 is just noise. Pretty useless statistic except to trumpet in forums.

 

[bigman]

Just a friendly reminder Will Day was taken 7 picks after Fischer McAsey, with Hayden Young, Caleb Serong, Sam Flanders and Kysaiah Pickett in-between McAsey and Day.

Yep it’s painful to look at.

On the plus side we were one of the few clubs to get something decent out of the 2020 draft.

 

[jackster83]

Worrell, Thilthorpe, Rachele, Soligo, Curtin, Draper, MM, Keane, Keays, Murray and Fog off the top of my head are all pretty handy.

Highlighting draft misses without highlighting the wins is just dumb, all club have their ‘what if’ moments in a particular draft. It will never be a 100% strike rate.

McAsey’s retirement opened us up to getting Keane and he then partners with Worrell (from the same draft as McAsey) to help become the 2nd best defense in the comp in 2025.

It's more that those missed picks in 2016, 18 and 19 would be at or close to their peak right now. That stings, even with the 3x players we traded in last year.

I think the bigger issue is we really got caught out thinking the Crouch brothers would lead our midfield from 2018 onwards. We drafted a lot of guys with outside speed or versatility who could complement them. Those two falling away (or leaving in Brad's case) really exposed our lack of true mids coming through. There was probably a bit of Burton and Pyke interference in there as well.

Since then, I think he did pretty well in the 2021 draft (even though NWM would have been nice). Rash, Soligo, Taylor and Nank will all be fascinating watches in 2026.