Rumour 2024 Rumours and Speculation Part 3

[Kane McGoodwin]

I remember being hyped when we drafted McHenry and that turned out really great. I don't go crazy for draftees anymore. I wait until they prove themselves to be AFL players before I get on the hype train.

Absolutely!

I do the same... wait till they play at AFL level & can then usually make a quick call with the likes of Michaelanny & Soligo that they will be good long term players.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Who'll be the next Capt of the Crows ?

A few Roughies for me ......Thilthorpe, Rachele, or Worrell

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Hard to tell as Dawson should be captain for a while yet.

May end up being a younger player like Draper or Michaelanny.

 

[Soggy2112]

To be fair, we have plenty of "ruck-capable" players on our list. O'Brien, Strachan, Thilthorpe, T. Murray, Burgess, and Butts (if we're counting him) is plenty. I don't think it would be good list management to have enough ruck cover to deal with injuries to your three lead ruck options. If it happens, you either just weather the storm until one of them returns, or if they're all out long-term you get one in the midseason draft.

Our problem isn't the lack of ruck options... it's that most of them are either not good, not good yet, or players that you would really prefer to be playing elsewhere.

Thilthorpe should be used very sparingly in the ruck.

You don’t take a Ferrari 4WDing.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Thilthorpe should be used very sparingly in the ruck.

You don’t take a Ferrari 4WDing.

Imo, Thilthorpe's biggest issue is landing after flying for a mark.

Needs to be working on better landings as a priority.

Having said that, we need to develop other ruck options too, like Toby Murray & perhaps another tall.

 

[FR0GGY]

Who'll be the next Capt of the Crows ?

A few Roughies for me ......Thilthorpe, Rachele, or Worrell

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Probably a decent thread in this.
For me it’s max

 

[1990crow]

Probably a decent thread in this.
For me it’s max

Dawson could captain for another 3 or 4 years. Maybe even 5. No rush.

 

[FR0GGY]

Dawson could captain for another 3 or 4 years. Maybe even 5. No rush.

Agree

 

[1990crow]

Agree

Say it's 4 years.

Michalanney. 25 y.o. 120 odd games.
Sid Draper. 22 y.o. 80 odd games.
Fogarty. 29 y.o. 180 odd games.
Rachele. 26 y.o. 140 odd games.
Thilthorpe. 27 y.o. 130 odd games.

 

[FR0GGY]

Say it's 4 years.

Michalanney. 25 y.o. 120 odd games.
Sid Draper. 22 y.o. 80 odd games.
Fogarty. 29 y.o. 180 odd games.
Rachele. 26 y.o. 140 odd games.
Thilthorpe. 27 y.o. 130 odd games.

Dyson Sharp 21yo 60 odd games

 

[Big Dub]

Dyson Sharp 21yo 60 odd games

Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, 25yo 160 games (110 St Kilda, 50 Adelaide) Norm Smith 2028

 

[Slime Roy]

Who'll be the next Capt of the Crows ?

A few Roughies for me ......Thilthorpe, Rachele, or Worrell

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I reckon someone from the Leadership Group..
Murphy?

 

[Bay62]

Thilthorpe should be used very sparingly in the ruck.

You don’t take a Ferrari 4WDing.

Yep chop out in the ruck only, as it gets him up around the midfield where he can use his mobility - but otherwise he just needs to clunk them up forward!

 

[Apsaalooke]

I reckon someone from the Leadership Group..
Murphy?

 

[Coopers]

From the horses mouth saying it’s hard to attract players to SA. “Fishing from a bird bath rather than the sea”.

I don't get the analogy, it would be way easier to catch a fish in a bird bath

 

[cmndstab]

I don't get the analogy, it would be way easier to catch a fish in a bird bath

There's not as many fish in there, though.

 

[Slime Roy]

There's not as many fish in there, though.

And you have to share it with the ferrals, although fortunately they don't bath too often.

 

[baldandbroke]

I don't get the analogy, it would be way easier to catch a fish in a bird bath

Also, basically only little guys in there ... no Red-Horse sized big fish!!

 

[DJ75]

Thilthorpe should be used very sparingly in the ruck.

You don’t take a Ferrari 4WDing.

100%. Our ruck stocks are laughably thin.

ROB - Bog average

Thilthorpe - suspect knees - should not be used in the ruck at all

Strachan - injured and incapable

T Murray - a LONG way from being AFL ready. Very raw still.

Burgess - utterly hopeless in the ruck. Might as well ruck Murphy if he's the option.

Murray - 12 months on from an ACL, absolutely should not be used in the ruck

Borlase - an undersized battler. Tries hard but gets monstered when it matters.

We genuinely don't have an option if ROB goes down.

It's an unbelievable failure of list management. We've had years to plan and did nothing.

 

[Dangarman]

Ormond-Allen?

 

[GreyCrow]

Ormond-Allen?

Its not as crazy as it sounds

You should be getting 100% support from the ''rucks dont matter '' crowd

Imagine Dawson going up and getting the ball back from Crouch who feeds it out to him

 

[Coopers]

Its not as crazy as it sounds

You should be getting 100% support from the ''rucks dont matter '' crowd

Imagine Dawson going up and getting the ball back from Crouch who feeds it out to him

Not Dawson, but I am kinda interested in the "we're not going to play a specialist ruck" and actually play another tall midfielder - or KPP position player who can be a threat. I wonder if they will let them have a bit of a run-up at stoppages.

 

[cmndstab]

Imagine Dawson going up and getting the ball back from Crouch who feeds it out to him

Imagine Dawson getting his body absolutely wrecked by ruckmen who outweigh him by 15kg every stoppage.

 

[GreyCrow]

Imagine Dawson getting his body absolutely wrecked by ruckmen who outweigh him by 15kg every stoppage.

Are you coaching him to run into them?

 

[Ham]

Not Dawson, but I am kinda interested in the "we're not going to play a specialist ruck" and actually play another tall midfielder - or KPP position player who can be a threat. I wonder if they will let them have a bit of a run-up at stoppages.

I read something saying Worrell played ruck in school footy


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[Kane McGoodwin]

Its not as crazy as it sounds

You should be getting 100% support from the ''rucks dont matter '' crowd

Imagine Dawson going up and getting the ball back from Crouch who feeds it out to him

How about the taller version in Curtin?