Game Day Adelaide v Hawks on the fork - Adelaide Oval, 4:05pm Sat March 23

[GrommoT]

Nonna Gallucci is bringing the orange slices for half-time:
https://westlakesjournal.com/2019/0...de-half-time-oranges-to-all-52000-spectators/

 

[StonesThrow]

They dismantled us last year. I know it's a different team, but I'm pretty wary of the Hawks

 

[1990crow]

Hoping to fall back in love with this group today (to quote the little man from Carlton).

 

[CrowBloke]

Been their bitches for a long time. Lost 9 of our past 10 against them, including 0-4 at AO. Good reason for your nagging doubt.
Shocking record so I see no reason for the general trend of optimism.

Tagged AmericanCrow in for this, having seen his post in another thread. He predicted us to pull away after a tight first 3 quarters.
I bloody hope so!
I watched Clarko being interviewed after he got off the plane where he talked up our mids (mostly), defence, forward line AND Jacobs. He's sneaky/cunning and seems to find ways to beat us. 0-4 on AO is telling, but their missing Mitchell is crucial. I think a win around 40 points would be a great start, but I'll take any win.
We'll see, soon enough.

 

[CrowBloke]

If I see them handball sideways from congestion on the flank, to an unmarked player in the corridor, who then dobs a long goal, I will spew.

Better have a bucket handy .

 

[hey shorty]

Should rarely, if ever, lose a home game. Last year was pathetic. Looking for a win today, otherwise I'll be wondering where their heads are.

8 and 3 at home isn't a bad record..... one of those 3 was against this mob though.

We haven't beaten them at home since the move to AO, today has to be the day.

 

[hey shorty]

Been their bitches for a long time. Lost 9 of our past 10 against them, including 0-4 at AO. Good reason for your nagging doubt

Shocking record so I see no reason for the general trend of optimism. Think we can win, but will be no surprise at all if we don’t

This is a fair point, but the optimism comes from having a large portion of our best 22 back and super fit. Kelly is a more than adequate short term Brown replacement too, given the Hawks are 1 side that have troubled Luke in the past. Mackay is..... well yep let's move on.

Our forward half looks super dangerous, we've made the brave call to select Keath over Harto and we have a debutant who looks the goods.

Then there's the midfield we've been waiting to see since trade week 2017.

4 quarters of our best footy will be enough today.

 

[Deaneus!]

Brouch, Mrouch, Sloane, Gibbs. That's a ****ing midfield.

If we still had Dangerfield, that'd be criminal.

 

[pjcrows]

Brouch, Mrouch, Sloane, Gibbs. That's a ******* midfield.

If we still had Dangerfield, that'd be criminal.

If we still had Dangerfield we wouldn't have Gibbs, but yes, it would be insanely good.

 

[Golumless]

8 and 3 at home isn't a bad record..... one of those 3 was against this mob though.

We haven't beaten them at home since the move to AO, today has to be the day.

I agree. Good preseason, no real injuries and we've so far looked like we've fixed what structural issues we've had. Conversely Hawks have lost their main midfielder, and their jlt results from this left a lot to be desired.

Probably won't get a better opportunity to break that hoodoo

 

[beartoo]

Just tuned in and haven't time to read the previous three pages. Hope there's nothing too exciting or important there.
Less than two-and-a-half hours to Seaford train time. Come on Crows. We WILL do this.

 

[MRB37]

Crows have been a mixed bag in Round 1 over the last 4-5 years. Either lost a close one by a few goals or annihilated the opponent by 40+. Let's hope it's the latter this afternoon.

 

[hey shorty]

Brouch, Mrouch, Sloane, Gibbs. That's a ******* midfield.

If we still had Dangerfield, that'd be criminal.

The 2nd tier is probably the weak point with Greenwood a week or 2 away and Gooch probably a few more. We need a couple others to step up and do their bit.

 

[pjcrows]

Crows have been a mixed bag in Round 1 over the last 4-5 years. Either lost a close one by a few goals or annihilated the opponent by 40+. Let's hope it's the latter this afternoon.

The two at home have been 10 goal wins.

 

[CrowinNT]

Brouch, Mrouch, Sloane, Gibbs. That's a ******* midfield.

If we still had Dangerfield, that'd be criminal.

Yet I spotted your vote in the poll
No faith in a win ?

 

[Golumless]

If we still had Dangerfield we wouldn't have Gibbs, but yes, it would be insanely good.

No we would have still got Gibbs. That was something we'd be desperately trying to do for a decade.

 

[pjcrows]

No we would have got Gibbs. That was something we'd be desperately trying to do for a decade.

We wouldn't have the money for him.

 

[Golumless]

We wouldn't have the money for him.

You can always find the money for players. Back ending pay, forcing lesser players out etc.

Sydney, Hawks and Geelong are prime examples here.

 

[pjcrows]

You can always find the money for players. Back ending pay, forcing lesser players out etc.

Sydney, Hawks and Geelong are prime examples here.

One of those 5 would be squeezed out. There's a salary cap, you know!

 

[Deaneus!]

Yet I spotted your vote in the poll
No faith in a win ?

I voted Adelaide by 22+ and David Mackay

 

[beartoo]

I wish we'd gone under the radar for this one. We've over-hyped this in the media and social media for the past couple of weeks. Still think we'll win it, but much egg on face if we lose.

 

[1990crow]

Brouch, Mrouch, Sloane, Gibbs. That's a ******* midfield.

If we still had Dangerfield, that'd be criminal.

Maybe Danger will conclude he ****ed up and he wants a premiership before he retires and he comes back next year..
Conspiracy theory we got Carlton’s Pick to give to Geelong!

Brown ~ Talia ~ Doedee
Smith ~ Keath ~ Laird
Gibbs ~ Dangerfield ~ Seedsman
Jacobs ~ M.Crouch ~ B.Crouch
Lynch ~ Walker ~ Sloane
Betts ~ Jenkins ~ Greenwood
Milera ~ Jones ~ Atkins ~ Galluci

 

[1990crow]

One of those 5 would be squeezed out. There's a salary cap, you know!

We could always replace players like Otten, Douglas, Mackay, Hartigan, Kelly, Knight with talented youngsters but that wouldn’t really be the AFC way.

 

[hey shorty]

One of those 5 would be squeezed out. There's a salary cap, you know!

Gibbs isn't on a huge deal, we would have found a way. Probably by losing some depth and not having a guy like Seedsman around.

We wouldn't have Milera though.

 

[Golumless]

One of those 5 would be squeezed out. There's a salary cap, you know!

Yes there is, it is however very possible to structure in such a way that sees it done comfortably. We have control on how much we pay him per year in our contract negotiations.

An example would be to pay Gibbs a good part of the contract in when were planning to restructure, and a lot of money off our cap.