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My crystal balls are telling me:
Matt Crouch and Riley Knight to push for selection and get 3 to 5 games.
Battersby and/or Cameron to be upgraded at some stage under LTI rule or Round 11 rule and get a taste.
Lyons will have trouble remaining ahead of Matt Crouch.
Siggins and Ellis-Yolmen will need injuries to push into best 22. Hartigan should get game time though.
Atkins. His chances improve due to our SANFL side. Wait and see.
Grigg should push for best 22 and play a lot of AFL football. Much more than Tamblings "a lot of football".
Cameron will be an excitement machine. If Porps can't turn his form around Cameron will push past Pets and Porps before too long.
Looking for consolidation from Laird and Brown. Brown to add rebounding out of defence to his set of strings like Talia started to do last year.
I also think that this year, gold passes have been handed back. Slight niggles will mean opportunity for those waiting in the wings.
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Matt Crouch and Riley Knight to push for selection and get 3 to 5 games.
Battersby and/or Cameron to be upgraded at some stage under LTI rule or Round 11 rule and get a taste.
Lyons will have trouble remaining ahead of Matt Crouch.
Siggins and Ellis-Yolmen will need injuries to push into best 22. Hartigan should get game time though.
Atkins. His chances improve due to our SANFL side. Wait and see.
Grigg should push for best 22 and play a lot of AFL football. Much more than Tamblings "a lot of football".
Cameron will be an excitement machine. If Porps can't turn his form around Cameron will push past Pets and Porps before too long.
Looking for consolidation from Laird and Brown. Brown to add rebounding out of defence to his set of strings like Talia started to do last year.
I also think that this year, gold passes have been handed back. Slight niggles will mean opportunity for those waiting in the wings.
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I personally want Cameron and Betts next to eachother tearing up the oppositions defence!
Don't know enough about our rookies to comment either way. I suspect Matt Crouch might surprise, getting considerably more than the standard 2-4 "taster" games. I'm thinking 10-12 is not outside the realms of possibility, given the messages coming out of the club.
Other than that, I think you're pretty close to the mark.
Other than that, I think you're pretty close to the mark.
I agree, looks like Crouch Jr will get more games than usual for a 1st year player.
Im excited to see CEY, i think ive built him up a lot in my head.
Would like to see Atkins play a few games this year too
Im excited to see CEY, i think ive built him up a lot in my head.
Would like to see Atkins play a few games this year too
I'm going to say the gold tickets (in our opinion) will stay.
Grigg will play 18 games.
Other than that, who knows!
Grigg will play 18 games.
Other than that, who knows!
The best thing about Crouch in my opinion is the fact he has a poor tank and isn't yet ultra professional like some other kids, yet still racked up 38 touches a game..... That is monster upside..
Could turn out to be the steal of his draft year.
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I expect Kerridge will have a big year. He's my tip to replace VB. If Kerridge can pull off some more performances like the game against North, he should cement his spot in the side. Other than that, would love to see Battersby or Cameron get a game or two.
Not expecting too much from Matt Crouch this year, a couple of games would be more than I expect. Once he can get a few preseasons under his belt and build up that tank, I think he could be a draft steal. Considering this is his first footy preseason, his tank can only get better.
Not expecting too much from Matt Crouch this year, a couple of games would be more than I expect. Once he can get a few preseasons under his belt and build up that tank, I think he could be a draft steal. Considering this is his first footy preseason, his tank can only get better.
Indeed it is, but does he actually have the physical ability to play lots of games this year? Genuinely asking here, as I haven't had much time to read up on how the pre-season has been going.
There's a puff piece in the Ragvertiser today suggesting that he may be in the running for a gig in the R1 team. If he achieves that then he will have made a very impressive start to his AFC career.
That said, I'm expecting him to run out of steam mid-season, given his well documented lack of fitness when he arrived at the club. It takes a few years to build a fitness base and I'm guessing he'll struggle to run out games in the second half of the season as a result. That's not slagging him off - I still have very high expectations of him in the longer term - it's just a realistic appraisal of where I think he is at. Expect him to burn brightly early, before fading mid-season, going back to the SANFL to recover once his ability to recover from week to week becomes compromised.
That said, I'm expecting him to run out of steam mid-season, given his well documented lack of fitness when he arrived at the club. It takes a few years to build a fitness base and I'm guessing he'll struggle to run out games in the second half of the season as a result. That's not slagging him off - I still have very high expectations of him in the longer term - it's just a realistic appraisal of where I think he is at. Expect him to burn brightly early, before fading mid-season, going back to the SANFL to recover once his ability to recover from week to week becomes compromised.
Champion Data rated him the steal of the draft
Yeah I agree... I think he may be a bit of a one position type player as well which will make it a bit tougher in his early years to get a game
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Said it before and I'll say it again, Matt Crouch could be the super sub for this year. How many times was Gaff sub in his first year? I reckon MC may exceed this.
He's the type of bloke who could come on for the 4th and get 15 touches. Can't wait to see him in action tomorrow!
FR0GGY
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That would beat his bro
Well I like what I saw from BoB (albeit against a pissweak Power reserves side). Definitely knows where the pill will be and his disposal seemed pretty good (edit just checked DE at 71% with 4 clangers).
24 disposals / 5 clearances / 7 tackles
Looking forward to seeing how he handles a few more games with a higher intensity.
24 disposals / 5 clearances / 7 tackles
Looking forward to seeing how he handles a few more games with a higher intensity.
I am of the opinion if someone looks the goods, can play in the best 22, lets play them and give them every shot to develop at senior level. Lets face it that performance today shows he is too good for SANFL level and it would be wasting his time other than to gain as much fitness as possible. Those fitness issues can be resolved by dropping him every now and then for a rest.
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I'm sure it was just an oversight by the OP but can the mods add the S to "YOUNGTERS" in the Thread title, otherwise we'll have people thinking this is the Powa board....
Our youngsters in Crouch Snr, Crouch Jnr, Grigg, Kerridge, Lyon, Brown, Laird and Charlie is as good as any club
I really can't wait to see kerridge keep on improving he is going to be a champion for us the good thing I like about him is he is a goalkicking midfielder he adds a lot of x factor to our side. I really think he will be like Bernie Vince maybe better we'll have to wait and see
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Bailey01
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Well he does have his number
