2nds AFC 2022 SANFL Thread

[DJ75]

No, because these players becoming good won't give us the elite level talent necessary to win a premiership.

If Pedlar, Cook and Nankervis reach their peak, they might just be elite level.

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

Hey Mutineer - thoughts on Pedlar? I reckon his kicking will be fine when fully fit and more experience under his belt.

 

[crowholder]

Frampton: was one punch man throughout. As dour of a defensive performance that I've seen from Billy, but he looked good doing it.

Maybe better to say Frampton: was one finger man throughout...he did play okay though, but perhaps not his best game.

 

[DJ75]

Pedlar going to be an interesting one. He's a burst player. All explosiveness.
Means he's going to struggle at times, but what he does will be so incredibly exciting.

 

[crowholder]

If Pedlar, Cook and Nankervis reach their peak, they might just be elite level.

If you combine the good traits of all three into one, then that would be an elite player

 

[Mutineer]

Hey Mutineer - thoughts on Pedlar? I reckon his kicking will be fine when fully fit and more experience under his belt.

I've been a fan ever since his early Glenelg U18's games in his draft year and one of his school games the same year that was streamed...before injuries curtailed his season..

What's not to like...

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Pedlar going to be an interesting one. He's a burst player. All explosiveness.
Means he's going to struggle at times, but what he does will be so incredibly exciting.

Pedlar's ability to hit the contest hard, and then butter up again is exhilarating .....gotta be played midfield to get maximum impact

 

[Crow_68]

Pedlar going to be an interesting one. He's a burst player. All explosiveness.
Means he's going to struggle at times, but what he does will be so incredibly exciting.

Bit like Jordan De Goey in the way he can change a game with a handful of touches.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Cook is a perfect example of how our fan base views any player that isnt an inside grunt with maximum effort, skills optional. Any time we bring someone along who has a slightly different game, which might be based on finesse rather than just charging into the contest fans start shouting at them that they're soft etc.

You can see why the club prioritises low skill plodders who crash in.

I think that attitude extends to our coaching staff.

Milera as a half back, Sholl/Cook as wingmen, Dawson as a wingman. We simply do not know how to utilise outside skill players.

We undervalue the role, overvalue crash n bashers. Balance is off.

 

[spenze]

Izzy McKenzie. Freo were interested in him in 2018 but he was too injury prone.

Glad to see him playing well for us, and would gladly welcome him back at Centrals any time.

See, he looks like what should be grabbed at a MSD

 

[borchard23]

What’s the background of the young Johnny Platten in the No.19 guernsey?

 

[mtbkym]

What’s the background of the young Johnny Platten in the No.19 guernsey?

Read the Zac Taylor thread, looks a great pick up

 

[finn]

Being at the ground and recognising early that my side wasn’t going to win, I thought I’d watch as dispassionately as possible. I’ve the following:

Taylor has time and space in contests and will be a good AFL mid with a bit more size.

Frampton could still make a 3rd defender. I noticed that when the Adelaide backs spoiled they would often hit the ball 30 metres or so.

Strachan has great lateral vision for a tall guy.

Pedlar is never going to win a Magarey/Brownlow but he may win games off his boot due to his explosiveness and impact with minimal touches.

It looks like Adelaide are serious about a tilt at the flag as well.

From a Norwood perspective, at least we kept at it and I think Kennerley could be a smoky chance at late drafting.

Hopefully Adelaide knock off North next week.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Pedlar's ability to hit the contest hard, and then butter up again is exhilarating .....gotta be played midfield to get maximum impact

can we send him to the US with Travis Boak in off season ?

 

[Southerntakeover]

2 issues 1 who is underneath that will come in?
2 who do you drop??
BSmith was inconsistent but who replaces him??
We are carrying a lot of young guys already in the team that aren’t ready yet. If we go all young, we will end up like Melbourne under Neeld. We do need experience on the pitch.
I like how Nicks is selecting the players, he’s dropped crouch and given young players a go. We already have the youngest team in the competition, don’t think 1 or 2 senior players playing average will destroy the team

Why go in circles around this? I want more games into guys like Taylor, Pedlar, Cook etc and I don't particularly care whether they're 'ready'- we should do it anyway.

"Senior" players performing like Murphy, Smith, Matt Crouch did is not the difference between becoming "melbourne" (a club that still won a premiership sooner than we did with our fabled standards) or not. If you insist that they are, how? And don't give hackneyed indistinct answers like 'experience'.

The difficulty with the argument that there's a maximum cap on 'inexperienced' players is that those players are still inexperienced the next year, they havent played. And meanwhile you've got a whole nother group of inexperienced players to join them- your draftees. What do you do with all of these highly drafted players that it would never be ok to play?

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I don't think Cook is soft. He just need to show more urgency. A lot more.

at the moment .. he's as soft as anyone we have, softer than sholl

i'm hoping it changes as he has great talent and size

 

[ContrarianCrow]

Fixed this to have a more appropriate number of likes.

 

[maxlilly]

Good win,
Lots of positives.
I thought our key forwards were pretty poor.
Gollant, Berg and McAsey had very little effect on the game

 

[BRL121]

Good win,
Lots of positives.
I thought our key forwards were pretty poor.
Gollant, Berg and McAsey had very little effect on the game

Norwood stacked the defence and mercilessly scragged our forwards, aided by the umpires.

 

[Magma]

the correct way to communicate with norwood fans

 

[Gtowncrow]

I really don't see how Murphy and McHenry get many games next year if those players have a good run with injury.

IF...
Brown is done. Hammill and moose are doubtful due to their respective injury problems, then maybe Murph and Ned could be taught small defender roles.
Just saying...

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Lol..... right.

Or...............he's been extremely overrated by lots. I've watched him enough, and my opinion and comment stands.

I missed what you meant. There’s a lot of talent there but still plenty of flaws

 

[Jirkago75]

Why go in circles around this? I want more games into guys like Taylor, Pedlar, Cook etc and I don't particularly care whether they're 'ready'- we should do it anyway.

"Senior" players performing like Murphy, Smith, Matt Crouch did is not the difference between becoming "melbourne" (a club that still won a premiership sooner than we did with our fabled standards) or not. If you insist that they are, how? And don't give hackneyed indistinct answers like 'experience'.

The difficulty with the argument that there's a maximum cap on 'inexperienced' players is that those players are still inexperienced the next year, they havent played. And meanwhile you've got a whole nother group of inexperienced players to join them- your draftees. What do you do with all of these highly drafted players that it would never be ok to play?

I agree with you BUT Nicks doesn’t, he definitely has a quota of senior players. Murphy’s not really that experienced. The choice isn’t them as such, it’s picking McHenry or those. You need to choice the right players to get games into.

 

[crows dude]

Ahh. Got home to watch replay and they switched to 7mate at 5:30. Next week its the same as this time I have checked the guide.