Training 2021 Pre-Season Training Discussion

[Golumless]

No, we lost by five goals (and also hurt our draft pick).

https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_match_statistics?mid=9876

Fairo. Cripps has pulled some damn good performances against us in recent times, seeing I was thinking about the one where he broke the contested disposal record.

 

[CrowBox89]

Fairo. Cripps has pulled some damn good performances against us in recent times, seeing I was thinking about the one where he broke the contested disposal record.

On Sloane the being a tagger the bigger bodied guys like Cripps, bont, Fyfe, pendles and danger all bully sloane and our mids especially in the middle at centre bounces and also stoppage, sloane the tagger hasn’t worked, danger carved us up in the middle last year along with Bont in the bulldogs game. Isn’t this why we went out and got hately in the off season to be our 191cm 91kg mid? Yes his disposal hasn’t been up to scratch but I can see him learning a hell of a lot more being told to sit in Dangers back pocket all game then running around in the SANFL racking up 25-30 touches.

 

[Mutineer]

On Sloane the being a tagger the bigger bodied guys like Cripps, bont, Fyfe, pendles and danger all bully sloane and our mids especially in the middle at centre bounces and also stoppage, sloane the tagger hasn’t worked, danger carved us up in the middle last year along with Bont in the bulldogs game. Isn’t this why we went out and got hately in the off season to be our 191cm 91kg mid? Yes his disposal hasn’t been up to scratch but I can see him learning a hell of a lot more being told to sit in Dangers back pocket all game then running around in the SANFL racking up 25-30 touches.

I'd be fast tracking Ronin O'Connor for those roles, has far superior burst speed than Hately and better defensive skills/mindset than all of our current rotation.

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

I don’t want to alarm anyone, but the 5aa curse exists and now we have this

 

[hey shorty]

So Doedee is gone then

 

[Murray2503]

I don’t want to alarm anyone, but the 5aa curse exists and now we have this

Seeya Tom.

 

[ams4crows]

Other than Murray hurting his ankle any other news out of the scratch match from the weekend?

 

[dylan123]

Other than Murray hurting his ankle any other news out of the scratch match from the weekend?

Very little it seems

 

[MRB37]

Here we go

 

[hey shorty]

Good god

 

[MRB37]

From Riley Knight

3

Riley Knight

Age

29

Ht

181cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.4

4star

K

6.7

3star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.6

5star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

11.0

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

6.0

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.8

4star

“I was pretty disappointed to be honest,” he said on SEN SA Breakfast.

“I still felt like I had some really good footy in me, but I just felt like I didn’t really get an opportunity to progress with my footy.

“Every time that I played AFL I always played the high half-forward role. I never really got the opportunity to take the next step into a midfield role, other than the tagging role that I had in 2017.

“I look back at my career and I sort of just wonder there was no way I was going to forge a 10 or 12-year career playing as a half-forward in that sort of graveyard shift.

“So I was a little bit disappointed in that aspect.

 

[hey shorty]

Bit of a sook there from Riley TBH.

 

[hey shorty]

On McAsey..... We might get a bit of karma back for the Hately deal.

 

[Trigger13]

Where’s Sanders now????? #toldyou

 

[Vader]

On McAsey..... We might get a bit of karma back for the Hately deal.

Sadly, Hately's own performances seem to be karma for the Hately deal.

 

[SuperBashBros]

Bit of organised hit pieces on McAsey. Theres like 4 different news sources running with it within 5 minutes.

We better get something decent for him. Bloody pick 6....disappointing

 

[hey shorty]

Bit of organised hit pieces on McAsey. Theres like 4 different news sources running with it within 5 minutes.

We better get something decent for him. Bloody pick 6....disappointing

He'll go to North in the PSD.

 

[hey shorty]

Sadly, Hately's own performances seem to be karma for the Hately deal.

His 3 trial games ??

 

[Vader]

His 3 trial games ??

That's his exposed form at Adelaide, yes. Shown SFA so far.

He's still young though. Not writing him off yet.

 

[MRB37]

Given the rumours about why McAsey wants to move back to Victoria, I'd find it hard to be massively upset with him and is certainly something that is out of the clubs hands.

 

[walterhobbs]

Given the rumours about why McAsey wants to move back to Victoria, I'd find it hard to be massively upset with him and is certainly something that is out of the clubs hands.

What sort of rumours? Family stuff I’d assume

 

[MRB37]

What sort of rumours? Family stuff I’d assume

Yes. Death/illness in the family.

 

[Betts are off]

From Riley Knight

Interesting that Riley used the term 'graveyard' when discussing the high half forward role. That's a term that i've only really seen bandied around in here or on the Crowcast.

Maybe Riley was one of the players that was rumored to spend time on BigFooty. Wouldn't surprise me actually

 

[Murray2503]

Here we go

He isn't the first player to think that by changing clubs he mysteriously will turn into a better football player and find talent that he hasn't shown with us and from what I've seen just isn't there. We shouldn't have drafted this kid. Tbh I doubt he will have a long term career at any club as he doesn't pace, football smarts to make up for it and doesn't have great skill and strength. I feel going to another club trying to apportion the blame on us for his lack of ability is a smart strategy by him and his management and will slightly lengthen his career but lack of ability will get found out in time. We will get the best deal for him now as time will only make his value decline imo. Take our lumps for a bad pick and move on.

 

[HarryCrow]

Interesting that Riley used the term 'graveyard' when discussing the high half forward role. That's a term that i've only really seen bandied around in here or on the Crowcast.

Maybe Riley was one of the players that was rumored to spend time on BigFooty. Wouldn't surprise me actually

That role is used an excuse by posters on here for why Jones and McHenry and Galluci etc are very average to poor but he did better at it than these more vaunted 'talents' and his performance was not rated. He also ran defensively better than most of the team trying to plug holes while Crouches/Jones etc watched their players run past.