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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
His step-father being one of the (if not the #1) biggest influences in his life - and being an ex-Port player - may have had something to do with it?I'm not sure we really tried that hard on JHF. We basically said we found out he might be wanting to return home, had some chats but Port were further down the track. And I believe he wanted Port because their offer wasa better.
Also think for a club that's sitting 14th, it shouldn't be that hard to identify more than one player to improve our list. Given the lack of turn over I'm hoping we believe we're ready to start winning more games and pushing for a spot in the 8.
YesSorry for the intrusion but will Rowe be delisted?
Dogs were linked a while ago but haven't heard anything
Yea I’ve been in this boat for a few days actually. What if he actually gets back to near his best form. We’ve literally got no one else in the midfield. Imo the thing that he lost was his spacial awareness and evasiveness around the contest, which basically meant he was none effective when he got the ball. His disposal was sideways and backwards instead of holding it and then releasing and setting up someone in better positions.i guess at this point the hope can only be that matt crouch has one hell of a pre season and gets into the best condition of his career. hopefully he's insulted by the lack of interest
Yea I’ve been in this boat for a few days actually. What if he actually gets back to near his best form. We’ve literally got no one else in the midfield. Imo the thing that he lost was his spacial awareness and evasiveness around the contest, which basically meant he was none effective when he got the ball. His disposal was sideways and backwards instead of holding it and then releasing and setting up someone in better positions.
Yea I’ve been in this boat for a few days actually. What if he actually gets back to near his best form. We’ve literally got no one else in the midfield. Imo the thing that he lost was his spacial awareness and evasiveness around the contest, which basically meant he was none effective when he got the ball. His disposal was sideways and backwards instead of holding it and then releasing and setting up someone in better positions.
Oh he does know ......he changed back to a more direct game, after his dropping in 2021 .....looked so much better tooCrouch has no idea what he is doing wrong.
Footy continually evolving, heard a talk from Burgess a while back where he saw further reduction on interchanges being allowed. Imo will benefit teams with players adaptable to mid/fwd/def rotations taking place on field, players like Rankine,Rachele, Daicos, JHF are gold and why I wanted Phillipou but will settle for E Hollands down the track.His type of player no longer holds much value. Look at Tom Mitchell and how hard it was for the Hawks to get rid of him - and he's a former Brownlow Medalist.
despite this hes also too slow which means his decision making is always under pressure putting others under heat.Yea I’ve been in this boat for a few days actually. What if he actually gets back to near his best form. We’ve literally got no one else in the midfield. Imo the thing that he lost was his spacial awareness and evasiveness around the contest, which basically meant he was none effective when he got the ball. His disposal was sideways and backwards instead of holding it and then releasing and setting up someone in better positions.
Which is why, the AFL continually changing the rules on Interchange numbers .....like the proposed 4 to 5 ....stuffs up Clubs List Management & Drafting plansFooty continually evolving, heard a talk from Burgess a while back where he saw further reduction on interchanges being allowed. Imo will benefit teams with players adaptable to mid/fwd/def rotations taking place on field, players like Rankine,Rachele, Daicos, JHF are gold and why I wanted Phillipou but will settle for E Hollands down the track.
As you say the one trick ponies like Mitchell and Mcrouch who both need to change off the bench days are almost gone.
Soligo,Taylor,Schoenberg,Berry,Rachele,Pedlar,Keayes,Laird,Rankine and even Hately are all better options.
Crouch has no idea what he is doing wrong.
I feel for him a bit,because up until the half way mark of this past season I don't believe our Coaching group had any idea what he was doing wrong either. Still not convinced they do at this stage.
He would be confused as to why they picked him for the first part of the season then.Of cause he knows what he is doing wrong however part of the issue is the game has changed and he is unable to change his game to align with the modern game
The 6-6-6 rule requires kids to be better defensively when they don’t have the footy and to be more explosive when they do have the footy
Marty just doesn’t have these traits
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Of cause he knows what he is doing wrong however part of the issue is the game has changed and he is unable to change his game to align with the modern game
The 6-6-6 rule requires kids to be better defensively when they don’t have the footy and to be more explosive when they do have the footy
Marty just doesn’t have these traits
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Oh he does know ......he changed back to a more direct game, after his dropping in 2021 .....looked so much better too
But this year, his lack of pace and a right side .....he just couldn't get free of opposition ...hence the chipping again and dinky handballs, selling teammates into trouble ......but he was trying to play Nicks way
In 2021 after dropping .....or this year ?Curious.How do you think the way he was playing translates to Nicks gameplan?
In 2021 after dropping .....or this year ?
In 2021 after coming back from a stint in the SANFL .....his kick to handball ratio changed dramatically, and all his kicks / handballs were fwd, not sideways
The game is changing back to the way it's always been played ......fast direct footy, and get it to the fwds ASAP ......this is why Rankine as a Mid possibility is so exciting ....and Crouch isn't
We might even see more of the stay at home Full Forward, which would be great
Hell no ....Crouch reverted back to his normal crabbing styleAh, sorry I thought you were saying he was trying to play the Nicks way @ the time he was dropped this year.
I'm not sure we really tried that hard on JHF. We basically said we found out he might be wanting to return home, had some chats but Port were further down the track. And I believe he wanted Port because their offer wasa better.
Also think for a club that's sitting 14th, it shouldn't be that hard to identify more than one player to improve our list. Given the lack of turn over I'm hoping we believe we're ready to start winning more games and pushing for a spot in the 8.
Salary was a big part of that...how much of his salary are the Hawks ponying up.His type of player no longer holds much value. Look at Tom Mitchell and how hard it was for the Hawks to get rid of him - and he's a former Brownlow Medalist.
We picked the wrong Crouch they are both so so players but we got pick 23 for B Crouch if we got similar for Matt we would be signing on before the ink dry's.It just shows how little opposition clubs rate Matt and his inability to defend, or hurt the opposition with his possessions