Preview Changes: R2 vs Collingwood - Saturday March 26, 1.15pm ACDT

[Scorpus]

Official changes for this week's match, beginning Saturday March 26, 1.45pm (1.15pm Adelaide time) at the MCG

IN: Gollant, Pedlar, Cook, Sholl

OUT: Thilthorpe, McPherson, Milera, Soligo

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Duursma didn't even get seriously hurt though, he might play this week

Hurt pride...

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Laird broke his right hand in the Community Series game against Port Adelaide on March 5 but avoided surgery and has been training strongly since.

“Rory has been running really well, obviously one of the advantages of a hand injury is you can still run so he’s pushing for selection this week,” Burgess said.

“He will do most of training on Wednesday and if he gets through that unscathed then he will be available this week, and if not this week, then certainly back for Round Three.”

That's a heck of quick recovery from a break...

 

[Mutineer]

That's a heck of quick recovery from a break...

Won't be the first or last player to play with some form of hand guard..

 

[Crow-eater]

 

[footy4ever]

Even if Crows BF posters, although unfounded IMO, don't want Sloane playing, I say **** you AFL. Happy with this.

 

[Interloperer]

Very lucky IMHO. It's a very "I deliberately punched him and broke his jaw. But I was aiming for the shoulder so it doesn't count" verdict.

 

[Firewalker]

Well the dream is alive for Nicks; Laird, Crouch and Sloane in the guts to start every quarter.

 

[BACCS]

Very lucky IMHO. It's a very "I deliberately punched him and broke his jaw. But I was aiming for the shoulder so it doesn't count" verdict.

If anyone thinks Sloane would ever intentionally try to make impact with another players eye, then I have no idea what universe they are in. Sloane has had multiple eye injuries over recent seasons, including one where there was a very real possibility of losing his sight in one eye. It was clearly careless, but intentional? The MRO are smoking something strong to come up with these decisions.

 

[footy4ever]

Well the dream is alive for Nicks; Laird, Crouch and Sloane in the guts to start every quarter.

If that was the case on the weekend I reckon we might have snagged the win.

 

[pjcrows]

Tribunal are in for a rude shock. You try tell Sloaney he's not playing.

See!

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

Duursma didn't even get seriously hurt though, he might play this week

They showed him on the side getting treated and we was wincing like a little bitch. Just about the softest player in the AFL at the moment.

 

[Viva la Mattner]

you have to love crows Facebook supporters especially the elderly ones, if you even bring up captain courageous in a bad light they start swearing at ya, I think I’ll stick to bigfooty.

Or “Keays’y” god forbid I criticise him
Soo.. many kool aid drinkers
The guys an honest trier nothing more

 

[George Kramer]

They showed him on the side getting treated and we was wincing like a little bitch. Just about the softest player in the AFL at the moment.

Oh cmon, he’s shown his bravery on the field more than once. We can hate Port but at least be accurate.

 

[Interloperer]

If anyone thinks Sloane would ever intentionally try to make impact with another players eye, then I have no idea what universe they are in. Sloane has had multiple eye injuries over recent seasons, including one where there was a very real possibility of losing his sight in one eye. It was clearly careless, but intentional? The MRO are smoking something strong to come up with these decisions.

He was found guilty of doing something illegal with the potential to damage the eyes and doing that deliberately. The logic that it was only careless because he didn't specifically intend to strike the eye region is pretty dubious, and wouldn't really hold in other cases.

 

[whattagun07]

They showed him on the side getting treated and we was wincing like a little bitch. Just about the softest player in the AFL at the moment.

yep i saw that and thought it has to be broken.
Perhaps some form of RSI from overdoing the bow+arrow? Does he still do that?

 

[Bearded Clam]

Well the dream is alive for Nicks; Laird, Crouch and Sloane in the guts to start every quarter.

As Roo would say when this occurs.. “they’ve got all the guns in there for this centre bounce”..

 

[aabp1978]

Cant see this happening, but I reckon the below would be competitive against a relatively small and inexperience Magpies side..

B: Doedee Butts Brown
HB: Smith Murray Dawson
C: Scholl Laird Keays
HF: McHenry Gollant Sloane
F: Rachele Fogarty TT
Fol: ROB Schoenberg Crouch
I/R: Rowe Hinge Milera (Pedlar (pref) / Hateley (if you want more experience)
Sub: Hinge

Sloane has to be moved away from stinking up the centre square, Himmelberg needs to never play again for the tri-colours, McPherson injured and Soligo back to the 2s...

 

[Bob Neil]

FB: Brown - Butts - Doedee
HB: Smith - Murray - Jones
C: Sholl - Keays - Dawson
HF: Rachele - Thilthorpe - Sloane
FF: Rowe - Fogarty - Gollant
FOLL: O'Brien - Schoenberg - Crouch
INT: Milera - Hinge - McHenry - Himmelberg
SUB: Pedlar
EMER: Soligo - Frampton - Hately

 

[Mutineer]

He was found guilty of doing something illegal with the potential to damage the eyes and doing that deliberately. The logic that it was only careless because he didn't specifically intend to strike the eye region is pretty dubious, and wouldn't really hold in other cases.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-tribunal-round-1-adelaide-to-appeal-rory-sloane-ban/news-story/cff55c9407408d7cb0ceaad04b1ad9d5

Sunday’s incident — on Docker Blake Acres in the first quarter — was assessed as intentional conduct, low impact and high contact.

Sloane, who had surgery on a detached retina last year and had previous eye procedures, said: “I’m very aware of what even just a little scratch in the eye can do, even just a poke. There’s no way I’d go after anyone’s eye because I’m very aware of the damage it can cause”.

“I was super close to being finished in football and close to losing my eyesight so there’s no way I’d go near anyone’s eye,” Sloane told the tribunal.

Adelaide skipper Rory Sloane says he was unaware he made contact to Blake Acres’ eye when he was “scrapping for the ball”.

Sloane said he knew his hand was resting on the Fremantle midfielder’s forehead but not near the eye during the first-quarter incident.

Trying to argue it was careless rather than intentional, Sloane told the tribunal that Acres’s head landed in his bicep and he was trying to get up and push off his elbow to get the football.

The tribunal agreed the eye region was not simply the eye but also the eyebrow and upper cheekbone.

Adelaide’s legal counsel, Tom Duggan QC, said the only digit near the eye was Sloane’s pinky, the thumb was in Acres’s hair and the index was close to the Docker’s hairline.

Duggan suggested Sloane did not adjust his finger and the crook of the arm was already in that position, indicating it was a careless act, not a deliberate one.

“He has no ability of his own motion to gouge or move the hand,” Duggan said.

Duggan also showed viaion of Fremantle’s Andrew Brayshaw lifting Sloane up, which he said had a large bearing on any contact to the eye.

Acres did not require any further treatment and will not miss this week’s game.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I see Laird listed as a "test"...surely this is a smoke and mirrors scenario? How could he possibly play with a broken hand?

Playing with injuries is one of our club's greatest strengths

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

Oh cmon, he’s shown his bravery on the field more than once. We can hate Port but at least be accurate.

When?

 

[Mutineer]

Onviously before Sloane getting off.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/every-clubs-predicted-22-for-round-2-of-the-afl-season/news-story/7e46b2326640396f4d644b1f50fce1cc

ADELAIDE

B: T.Doedee, J.Butts, L.Brown

HB: B.Smith, N.Murray, C.Jones

C: J.Dawson, B.Keays, M.Hinge

HF: N.McHenry, L.Gollant, L.Pedlar

F: J.Rachele, D.Fogarty, R.Thilthorpe

FOLL: R.O’Brien, H.Schoenberg, M.Crouch

I/C: J.Rowe, J.Soligo, W.Milera, L.Sholl

IN: L.Sholl, L.Gollant, L.Pedlar

OUT: A.McPherson, E.Himmelberg, R.Sloane

The Crows could have a big loss for a game they will be hoping to win against Collingwood with Rory Sloane

9

Rory Sloane

Age

34

Ht

183cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.7

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

11.9

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

6.6

5star

CL

5.7

5star

D

15.3

4star

K

7.3

3star

HB

8.0

4star

M

1.3

1star

T

3.3

4star

CL

4.2

5star

D

22.2

5star

K

8.6

4star

HB

13.6

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

6.0

5star

CL

4.6

5star

offered a one-match ban for contact to Blake Acres

13

Blake Acres

Age

29

Ht

193cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

8.6

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

3.2

5star

CL

1.9

4star

D

12.7

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

7.7

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.7

4star

CL

1.0

3star

D

8.2

2star

K

3.8

2star

HB

4.4

4star

M

1.2

2star

T

2.4

4star

CL

1.8

4star

’ eye region. Luke Pedlar kicked four in the SANFL trial match on the weekend to put his name forward. Lachie Gollant kicked five himself and will have Elliott Himmelberg

12

Elliott Himmelberg

Age

26

Ht

199cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.4

2star

K

5.1

2star

HB

4.3

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.0

4star

D

5.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

2.0

1star

M

2.0

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

0.0

1star

D

11.8

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.2

4star

sweating on his place after just six disposals against Fremantle. Andy McPherson was subbed out with a hamstring injury in the second quarter, Lachie Sholl performed strongly in his place.

– Simeon Thomas-Wilson

COLLINGWOOD

B: I.Quaynor, D.Moore, J.Madgen

HB: S.Pendlebury, J.Howe, N.Daicos

C: J.Daicos, T.Adams, S.Sidebottom

HF: N Kreuger, B.Mihocek, B.McCreery

F: O.Henry, J.De Goey, J.Elliott

FOLL: B.Grundy, P.Lipinski, J.Crisp

I/C: M.Cox, J.Noble, T.Brown, W. Hoskin-Elliott

EMG: T.Wilson, C.Brown, D.Cameron, H.Harrison

IN:Will Hoskin-Elliott, Nathan Kreuger

OUT: J.Ginnivan, Trent Bianco

Brayden Maynard

4

Brayden Maynard

Age

28

Ht

189cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

11.6

4star

HB

5.9

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.6

5star

MG

327.8

4star

D

20.7

5star

K

14.0

5star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.0

4star

MG

417.4

5star

D

13.8

4star

K

8.6

4star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.6

5star

MG

205.8

4star

still has one week to serve on a pre-season suspension but Nathan Kreuger is available to make his Collingwood debut. Will Hoskin-Elliott

32

Will Hoskin-elliott

Age

31

Ht

186cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.0

4star

K

9.3

4star

HB

4.7

3star

M

5.5

5star

T

2.2

4star

MG

232.7

4star

D

11.1

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

3.6

2star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.0

2star

MG

180.6

3star

D

12.4

4star

K

9.4

4star

HB

3.0

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.2

3star

(hip and groin) is likely to put his hand up.

– Sam Landsberger

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

yep i saw that and thought it has to be broken.
Perhaps some form of RSI from overdoing the bow+arrow? Does he still do that?

On Footy Classified last night when old mate was going on again about that young Collingwood kid on the go pro celebrating after the game.

“You don’t see Geelong do that. You don’t see Port do that”

Port … bow & arrow, drums in the change rooms, changing into special jumpers … that Port?

 

[beartoo]

I see Laird listed as a "test"...surely this is a smoke and mirrors scenario? How could he possibly play with a broken hand?

Strapping. Seen it done.

On SM-A115F using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[whattagun07]

Onviously before Sloane getting off.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/every-clubs-predicted-22-for-round-2-of-the-afl-season/news-story/7e46b2326640396f4d644b1f50fce1cc

ADELAIDE

B: T.Doedee, J.Butts, L.Brown

HB: B.Smith, N.Murray, C.Jones

C: J.Dawson, B.Keays, M.Hinge

HF: N.McHenry, L.Gollant, L.Pedlar

F: J.Rachele, D.Fogarty, R.Thilthorpe

FOLL: R.O’Brien, H.Schoenberg, M.Crouch

I/C: J.Rowe, J.Soligo, W.Milera, L.Sholl

IN: L.Sholl, L.Gollant, L.Pedlar

OUT: A.McPherson, E.Himmelberg, R.Sloane

The Crows could have a big loss for a game they will be hoping to win against Collingwood with Rory Sloane offered a one-match ban for contact to Blake Acres’ eye region. Luke Pedlar kicked four in the SANFL trial match on the weekend to put his name forward. Lachie Gollant kicked five himself and will have Elliott Himmelberg sweating on his place after just six disposals against Fremantle. Andy McPherson was subbed out with a hamstring injury in the second quarter, Lachie Sholl performed strongly in his place.

– Simeon Thomas-Wilson

COLLINGWOOD

B: I.Quaynor, D.Moore, J.Madgen

HB: S.Pendlebury, J.Howe, N.Daicos

C: J.Daicos, T.Adams, S.Sidebottom

HF: N Kreuger, B.Mihocek, B.McCreery

F: O.Henry, J.De Goey, J.Elliott

FOLL: B.Grundy, P.Lipinski, J.Crisp

I/C: M.Cox, J.Noble, T.Brown, W. Hoskin-Elliott

EMG: T.Wilson, C.Brown, D.Cameron, H.Harrison

IN:Will Hoskin-Elliott, Nathan Kreuger

OUT: J.Ginnivan, Trent Bianco

Brayden Maynard still has one week to serve on a pre-season suspension but Nathan Kreuger is available to make his Collingwood debut. Will Hoskin-Elliott (hip and groin) is likely to put his hand up.

– Sam Landsberger

Ginnivan going to bring out his GoPro after a win in the VFL?