Bluemour Discussion Thread XII - Facts Not Welcome (cont in pt 13)

[thylacine60]

True enough but I'm tellin' ya, McGov ain't here to **** spiders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Believe or not McGov has clocked up some of the fastest on-field sprint times of any of the Crows. REads the ball off the boot and in the air as quick as anyone. Those two traits are a lethal combination.

We just have to be clever with our entries and make use of these guys.

...if he plays forward he is going to be massive a beneficiary of the attention Charlie gets.

The opposition have to put fast, mobile 6'4" players on Charlie, usually two. Not many side have the second or third needed to cover McGov.

you forget to mention the most important thing, passy..........

 

[Pablito]

This is pretty much the definition of the Sunk Cost Fallacy

Not one club would offer a top 5 pick for SPS.

I am not saying to do it, but if I was offered a top 5 pick for SPS in this draft, I would do it

Spot on.

I like the cut of your jib.

 

[slashin_velvet]

So you could develop another promising player so in 42 games time you might get a top 5 pick for them too? Ridiculous.

I'd do a SPS for a top 5 pick if that pick got me Shiel and Setterfield

 

[passmark]

you forget to mention the most important thing, passy..........

He's not from the state with the most obese kids?

 

[Ruckus]

So...would we expect a Murphy captaincy resignation announcement prior to the B&F to allow some media airtime for speculation etc prior to the announcement of the new captain(s), and thus potentially creating more interest in the B&F event itself? If so, how far in advance?

If you were steering our media team on this, how would you play it? Would be an interesting discussion, I reckon.

 

[thylacine60]

He's not from the state with the most obese kids?

tragic - you're the wests version of our bill lawry................

 

[passmark]

tragic - you're the wests version of our bill lawry................

You know what they say.

Big nose.................big hanky.

 

[AB_Blue]

I’m down for co-captains

The brain and the brawn


Excellent

 

[katmanblue]

As long as its not strawberries.

Just cut em up.

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[Soapy V]

This is pretty much the definition of the Sunk Cost Fallacy

Not one club would offer a top 5 pick for SPS.

I am not saying to do it, but if I was offered a top 5 pick for SPS in this draft, I would do it

IMO that's short term thinking. In 2-3 years he could be worth Pick One (if we wanted him gone) so why trade him now? You are also talking purely about numbers which in a team sport is too simple. Trading SPS would damage the belief in the young group and where they are headed.

It just wouldn't even be discussed at the club and it's not going to cost us any players we want.

 

[Just Kreuzing]

You know what they say.

Big nose.................big hanky.

Get to the 3rd knuckle....

 

[GoBlues!]

What about MM singing an old Angels classic to the Crows faithful....

I’ve gotta get out of this place, if it’s the last thing I ever do.

 

[katmanblue]

Mason Cox says stop making excuses.

Its not the end of the world that a few posters think our team would be better off if we could turn SPS (and some 2nds or mature agers) into Shiel, Setterfield and McGovern without losing pick 1. But at the end of the day, Adelaide wouldn't take SPS and McAdam for McGovern and pick 7 because they wouldn't rate SPS as elite.

Yeah Mason Cox is a freak. Would he be getting a game if he was 20cm shorter? His size is a huge part of what he brings to the table.

SPS doesn't have that luxury so it really isn't an apt comparison.

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[BringBackSimmo]

What about MM singing an old Angels classic to the Crows faithful....

I can imagine him singing anything by the Counting Crows... maybe Big Yellow Taxi?

 

[The Flying Doormat]

I can testify to the reason why many Adelaide players have left in recent years and why more want out now.
Southwark beer.
It is also the reason why no club ever goes to South Australia for end of season trip.

Nothing wrong with Southwark Bitter. West End and that Coopers Pale mud on the other hand...

 

[Mr_Plow]

So we're a team that severely lacks class and vision when moving the ball, and some of y'all wanna trade one of the only guys who has it?

 

[passmark]

The bottom line is SPS hasn't shown enough for him to recoup the pick used for him and the time developing him, not even close .

Better, more competitive team with better players should see him improve but ain't nobody giving us better than a very late first rounder for him ATM .

Keep him.

 

[Siegfried]

I'm very much a football traditionalist, but in this instance, I think co-captains is a great move.

As for SPS, he's got more natural skill than any other player on our list, can kick both feet, smart football brain, and is one of those rare players who makes others stand still while he weaves through traffic. And when he gets the ball, things happen.

And remember, he's 20 and hasn't had a pre-season yet. Imagine what he'll be like with a full pre-season behind him, and he can get 25+ possession a game. Will be a star if he has the right attitude, and reports of him training in the off-season suggests he hopefully does.

 

[Ruckus]

I think when everything 'clicks' for Samo (and I think it's a 'when', not an 'if'), that performances of the like that he delivered against the Suns late in the year will become the norm - and that was of a quality and standard that I'd very much like us to retain, thank you very much.

 

[feffs93]

So we're a team that severely lacks class and vision when moving the ball, and some of y'all wanna trade one of the only guys who has it?

For 2 players who also have it, and one of those players is far far better.

 

[ferrisb]

We’re not a destination club apparently

We're not about the destination, we're about the journey.....

 

[therubbernub]

Flew up on Pratt’s Private jet.

Amazing Race Carlton.

We are a race now? Trigg made us a tribe. Is this the new ceo's doing?

 

[BringBackSimmo]

We are a race now? Trigg made us a tribe. Is this the new ceo's doing?

I think that's a different show.

 

[Arr0w]

SPS, has only played 2 seasons, without a preseason, in a bottom 4 side and we are looking at trading him?

FMD

 

[SHOWEY]

Long game people
Very bullish on SPS
He can be anything