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DJ75 said:
We did, but I suspect their 'leadership' credentials stopped us from doing it until long after it should have happened.
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I think with ROB we knew we didnt have a viable alternative and we held out as long as we could.

Smith, yep agree there.
 
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    • Given many of you would’ve watched the internal on Friday, there’s not a whole lot more for me to add so I’ll keep it nice and short.

    I wouldn’t expect Rankine or Sholl to play at Mount Barker. Rankine was a no show while Sholl was solely running laps with Max in the rehab group and had a heavily strapped right knee. He was rather ginger to start with, though he was moving better by the end of the session, but I’d be shocked if he played. Not sure he’s tracking great for round one.

    Butts was also a no show so unless he missed due to a personal reason, I’m assuming he could be absent on Friday evening as well.

    There didn’t appear to be any new injuries today thankfully. So hypothetically Max, Rankine, Sholl, Butts and Strachan will be the only ones unavailable on Friday.

    There was some match sim near the end of the session. Teams were as follows:

    Blue
    FB: Murray Keane Worrell
    HB: Bond Laird Milera
    _C: Curtin Soligo Jones
    HF: ANB Peatling Keays
    FF: Fogarty Walker Thilthorpe
    _R: O’Brien Dawson Crouch
    INT: Rachele Cumming Draper

    White
    FB: Hinge Borlase Edwards
    HB: Ryan Smith Nankervis
    _C: Cook Berry Dowling
    HF: Taylor Murphy Pedlar
    FF: Welsh Burgess Murray
    _R: Mcandrew Schoenberg Drury
    INT: Gallagher

    Now obviously this isn’t a definite indication of our starting side on Friday but it should go pretty close. At the very least it would suggest that Bond is the preferred replacement for Max, which makes sense even though I still think Nank is getting unfairly ignored.

    As for the match sim, it was over pretty quickly so not a heap to take out of it. The intensity and skill level was pretty good though, the boys aren’t holding back a whole lot.

    Just a few player thoughts:

    Jones - beautifully read a switch of play from Edwards, getting the intercept and snapping the goal. If Sholl is to miss round one it would seem Chayce is the likely replacement at this stage, given he was in the As both last week and today.

    Curtin - trained with the forwards for much of the session but was on the wing in match sim, so expect him to spend some time there on Friday.

    Laird/Smith - wasn’t impressed by the ball use of either today. I fully expect Laird to play round one but a couple times today he failed to execute properly going inside 50, going long and high when the short pass would’ve been much better. Smith on the other hand turned it over a couple times exiting out of defence, including one poor switch which led to a Rachele goal.

    Borlase - took a lovely intercept mark and received some love from Godden after the match sim. In a tricky place given we have better key defenders but I’d be curious as to who would be next in line, him or Butts.

    T. Murray - his body work and timing has improved markedly over the last few weeks. Once again today he got into a great position to take a couple of pack marks, unfortunately his hands deserted him. If he can get more consistency in the air, he could be something. Liked what I saw from him in Port Pirie too.
     
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    • Hodgy said:
    To be fair we played him late last year once his form warranted inclusion, he hadn’t had a solid injury free run before that. It will be harder for him at the start of this year as we have Peatling, Rankine and potentially Draper all vying for the same positions. I certainly think the club sees a valuable player there though.

    I actually met his parents (as well as Bond’s) for his second game last year up in the Peter Carey bar, and they were very complimentary of the club and how they had handled him. In fact there were about 20 family members all draped in Crows gear. The histerical thing was that they were back over to see him because his mum got so hammered at his first game that she couldn’t remember it. :grinning::cocktail::beermug::beercheers:
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    Taylor's do love their wine 😁
     
    bigman said:
    Given many of you would’ve watched the internal on Friday, there’s not a whole lot more for me to add so I’ll keep it nice and short.

    I wouldn’t expect Rankine or Sholl to play at Mount Barker. Rankine was a no show while Sholl was solely running laps with Max in the rehab group and had a heavily strapped right knee. He was rather ginger to start with, though he was moving better by the end of the session, but I’d be shocked if he played. Not sure he’s tracking great for round one.

    Butts was also a no show so unless he missed due to a personal reason, I’m assuming he could be absent on Friday evening as well.

    There didn’t appear to be any new injuries today thankfully. So hypothetically Max, Rankine, Sholl, Butts and Strachan will be the only ones unavailable on Friday.

    There was some match sim near the end of the session. Teams were as follows:


    Blue
    FB: Murray Keane Worrell
    HB: Bond Laird Milera
    _C: Curtin Soligo Jones
    HF: ANB Peatling Keays
    FF: Fogarty Walker Thilthorpe
    _R: O’Brien Dawson Crouch
    INT: Rachele Cumming Draper

    White
    FB: Hinge Borlase Edwards
    HB: Ryan Smith Nankervis
    _C: Cook Berry Dowling
    HF: Taylor Murphy Pedlar
    FF: Welsh Burgess Murray
    _R: Mcandrew Schoenberg Drury
    INT: Gallagher

    Now obviously this isn’t a definite indication of our starting side on Friday but it should go pretty close. At the very least it would suggest that Bond is the preferred replacement for Max, which makes sense even though I still think Nank is getting unfairly ignored.

    LAs for the match sim, it was over pretty quickly so not a heap to take out of it. The intensity and skill level was pretty good though, the boys aren’t holding back a whole lot.

    Just a few player thoughts:

    Jones - beautifully read a switch of play from Edwards, getting the intercept and snapping the goal. If Sholl is to miss round one it would seem Chayce is the likely replacement at this stage, given he was in the As both last week and today.

    Curtin - trained with the forwards for much of the session but was on the wing in match sim, so expect him to spend some time there on Friday.

    Laird/Smith - wasn’t impressed by the ball use of either today. I fully expect Laird to play round one but a couple times today he failed to execute properly going inside 50, going long and high when the short pass would’ve been much better. Smith on the other hand turned it over a couple times exiting out of defence, including one poor switch which led to a Rachele goal.

    Borlase - took a lovely intercept mark and received some love from Godden after the match sim. In a tricky place given we have better key defenders but I’d be curious as to who would be next in line, him or Butts.

    T. Murray - his body work and timing has improved markedly over the last few weeks. Once again today he got into a great position to take a couple of pack marks, unfortunately his hands deserted him. If he can get more consistency in the air, he could be something. Liked what I saw from him in Port Pirie too.
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    Hey Bigman,

    Did Peatling rotate through the midfield? Assuming he did

    Would love to know your opinion on what u have seen over pre season what u think the Midfield mix will be
     
    bigman said:
    Given many of you would’ve watched the internal on Friday, there’s not a whole lot more for me to add so I’ll keep it nice and short.

    I wouldn’t expect Rankine or Sholl to play at Mount Barker. Rankine was a no show while Sholl was solely running laps with Max in the rehab group and had a heavily strapped right knee. He was rather ginger to start with, though he was moving better by the end of the session, but I’d be shocked if he played. Not sure he’s tracking great for round one.

    Butts was also a no show so unless he missed due to a personal reason, I’m assuming he could be absent on Friday evening as well.

    There didn’t appear to be any new injuries today thankfully. So hypothetically Max, Rankine, Sholl, Butts and Strachan will be the only ones unavailable on Friday.

    There was some match sim near the end of the session. Teams were as follows:


    Blue
    FB: Murray Keane Worrell
    HB: Bond Laird Milera
    _C: Curtin Soligo Jones
    HF: ANB Peatling Keays
    FF: Fogarty Walker Thilthorpe
    _R: O’Brien Dawson Crouch
    INT: Rachele Cumming Draper

    White
    FB: Hinge Borlase Edwards
    HB: Ryan Smith Nankervis
    _C: Cook Berry Dowling
    HF: Taylor Murphy Pedlar
    FF: Welsh Burgess Murray
    _R: Mcandrew Schoenberg Drury
    INT: Gallagher

    Now obviously this isn’t a definite indication of our starting side on Friday but it should go pretty close. At the very least it would suggest that Bond is the preferred replacement for Max, which makes sense even though I still think Nank is getting unfairly ignored.

    LAs for the match sim, it was over pretty quickly so not a heap to take out of it. The intensity and skill level was pretty good though, the boys aren’t holding back a whole lot.

    Just a few player thoughts:

    Jones - beautifully read a switch of play from Edwards, getting the intercept and snapping the goal. If Sholl is to miss round one it would seem Chayce is the likely replacement at this stage, given he was in the As both last week and today.

    Curtin - trained with the forwards for much of the session but was on the wing in match sim, so expect him to spend some time there on Friday.

    Laird/Smith - wasn’t impressed by the ball use of either today. I fully expect Laird to play round one but a couple times today he failed to execute properly going inside 50, going long and high when the short pass would’ve been much better. Smith on the other hand turned it over a couple times exiting out of defence, including one poor switch which led to a Rachele goal.

    Borlase - took a lovely intercept mark and received some love from Godden after the match sim. In a tricky place given we have better key defenders but I’d be curious as to who would be next in line, him or Butts.

    T. Murray - his body work and timing has improved markedly over the last few weeks. Once again today he got into a great position to take a couple of pack marks, unfortunately his hands deserted him. If he can get more consistency in the air, he could be something. Liked what I saw from him in Port Pirie too.
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    What's the go with Hinge? Surely he's in the best 22?
     
    Golumless said:
    Not at all, this is just part of the business. If it isn't Smith, the fans would turn on someone else, and there is always someone else, regardless if the side is languishing at the bottom of the table, or a dynasty side.

    Fans are a fickle bunch and someone needs to seen as the cause of all woes.
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    But it could be avoided is what I am saying, whether we agree with it or not, you are right it is part of the business.

    The club should have thanked him for his service and given him a farewell game and a send off he deserved, instead he will be inline for ridicule if he is ever selected this year. Not a great way to go out for someone who gave so much to the club, and yes I understand he has played a part in this by playing on.
     
    maxlilly said:
    Jones must be one of the luckiest 'footballers' going around
    I don't know how he has gone past Nankervis and Dowling based on last years performances
    Is this the 7th year we are hoping he comes good ?
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    Hes always been a great pre season kind of bloke. I reckon you can write off last year with a foot injury and some personal issues.

    Looks back to where he was at the end of 2023.
     
    Jarman3 said:
    I would have thought he'd be ahead of Bond for a spot at half back unless Bond has been absolutely tearing it up this preseason, or Hinge has been doing whatever the opposite of tearing it up is.
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    Bond’s way in is to replace Max as the lockdown type. Hinge should be playing on a wing in place of Jones. When sholl and Max are back, there will be some unlucky players plying their trade in the SANFL
     
    ams4crows said:
    I would not risk Rankine against Port in Mount Barker, who knows what dirty things Port has planned plus he had a great match hitout in the all stars game. He can play against Brisbane in the other pre season match.
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    Crows fans only need to remind themselves this time last year, Powell-Pepper took out Keane in a trial game.
     
    Hodgy said:
    The histerical thing was that they were back over to see him because his mum got so hammered at his first game that she couldn’t remember it. :grinning::cocktail::beermug::beercheers:
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    Can we put the "comes from a good family" myth to bed yet or do we still need ten more counter examples yet?
     
    jtav13 said:
    Hey Bigman,

    Did Peatling rotate through the midfield? Assuming he did

    Would love to know your opinion on what u have seen over pre season what u think the Midfield mix will be
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    In the short amount of game time, he did move into the midfield but there were no centre bounces.

    A month ago I would have thought Soligo would be high in CBA’s but now I’m not so sure. Crouch and Dawson will be right up there, but it might be Rankine and Peatling who are the next most. Then Soligo.

    Draper is obviously the wildcard, I still think he’s more likely to be sub round one but fwiw I’ve rarely seen him play any other position other than on ball, which I can’t say for the others bar Crouch.
     
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