Preview Changes: R6 2021 v Hawthorn in Tasmania

[JP Sauce]

Always thought the Apricot slice types were the people over 60,
And I thought most of the Facebook/twitter crowd are the younger types,

Twitter maybe, but Facebook comment sections are chock full of boomers.

 

[hey shorty]

Worrell is first in line followed by Himmelberg on Sanfl form. Then Hateley and DMac.

apart from a few of the tops ups that is.

Himmelberg ?? Nah he's had 1 decent game

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

Himmelberg ?? Nah he's had 1 decent game

What qualifies as decent. He was our best last week. Was passable the week before. Agree he was poor prior to that. So that puts him a game or two ahead of most others.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Always thought the Apricot slice types were the people over 60,
And I thought most of the Facebook/twitter crowd are the younger types,

I'm not sure about Twitter but Facebook is boomer central. It's like staring into an abyss.

 

[Ian_Perries_Glove]

I respect him for what he's done, but his selection views are poor.

Of course. He was our premiership captain, and we should celebrate and respect him for that. I should make that clear. But this is about a club that hasn’t won a flag in over 20 years, his way of thinking won’t win us premierships.

 

[Southerntakeover]

One of the few things that I agree with the Trolls is that there is one measure of success, PREMIERSHIPS.

If you are unlikely to compete for a top four (preferably top two) spot then you have to improve your squad and this is likely to result in a decline in performance. At the end of 2019 we started down the total rebuild path and there will be plenty more pain before we are back competing for the flag.

Geelong and Hawthorn have opted for a top up strategy assisted by a seemingly bottomless salary cap. I expect the Hawks to win tomorrow with the experience of Frost, Hartigan, Burgoyne, Wingard, McEvoy etc. I believe that we will get more out of the match.

Why would genuine crow supporters spend all their time posting about David Mackay playing one game rather than the development of Butts, Hamill, Scholl, McPherson, Schoenberg, McHenry, Berry, Rowe, McAdam, Hately, Thilthorpe, Worrell etc?

Your view is now that the club's previous strategies and selection policies have been trash for decades, that the fans who criticised them were correct, and yet you still think that you: a person who declared that Pyke was the greatest coach known to man and that we were guaranteed to win premierships under him ('the maestro', LOL) have the right to sneer at those fans now?

I wonder why we have so few players with 50 games experience?

 

[Mutineer]

What qualifies as decent. He was our best last week. Was passable the week before. Agree he was poor prior to that. So that puts him a game or two ahead of most others.

Daniel Jackson and Matty Wright were our best last week...

Brayden Cook considering he was 1st up was our best listed player.

 

[spenze]

Thilthorpe for Frampton is a nice surprise. Hartigan/Frost should be an easy matchup for him

If EH can't get a game after playing as well as he did last week, he's probably done. Might even request a trade at season's end

I wondered at the time that if we were so keen on Thrillthorpe, why we didn't shop him last year. His value now is a packet of chips, though I am sure someone will add him into an ever complicated trade scenario that has us turning our second into a first

 

[CrowBloke]

it's amazing the outrage the selection of RT has caused.

I don't do Twitter. Outrage? From Crows fans? Do they say why eg underdone/ not ready/ poor Himmelberg etc??

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I don't do Twitter. Outrage? From Crows fans? Do they say why eg underdone/ not ready/ poor Himmelberg etc??

I don't bother with Twitter... there is enough outrage on this board at times.... but don't think I have seen anyone complain about picking Tilthorpe this week.

Anyone with half a brain would know playing our #2 draft pick in rebuild mode is a good idea... even if it's about giving him a taste.

 

[TRP1996]

Ruthless bunch, you are. Mark Bickley, has done more for SA footy — and our club — than most. And, in this case, he’s right to a degree about Thilly. If Thilly was pick 40 in the draft, we would all agree that his selection is odd, and flies in the face of picking players on form. Having said that, I’m bloody pumped that he’s been selected.

I'd rather a pick 95 that's literally comatose than Frampton.

 

[footy4ever]

Twitter maybe, but Facebook comment sections are chock full of boomers.

Could be worse. Could be choc full of millennials.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Could be worse. Could be choc full of millennials.

You seem to still like it here regardless.

 

[footy4ever]

You seem to still like it here regardless.

Its the boomers keep bringing me back.

 

[Red mist]

Worrell is first in line followed by Himmelberg on Sanfl form. Then Hateley and DMac.

apart from a few of the tops ups that is.

I want Worrell to debut. Problem is who he’s replacing. Kelly or Seed are doing their stuff in a losing side.

 

[jenny61_99]

If you read twitter, it's amazing the outrage the selection of RT has caused.

Like genuine outrage.

From who?

 

[Pilchard_Adams]

Fans have asked for players to be given a decent run of games to prove themselves and learn each week for years. People on this board hated how new players were selected for 1 week then dropped. Frampton was given a run, he played 1 pretty good game and has been average since. If he is dropped this week then I think the club has done well re Frampton selection. He was better than EH in preseason so deserved his run. Now he can go back and work on a few things.

Berry, Schoey, Sholl, Butts, McPherson have been selected any time possible as they have performed. Frampton didnt. Simples.

 

[Danger in Texas]

I want Worrell to debut. Problem is who he’s replacing. Kelly or Seed are doing their stuff in a losing side.

If he keeps up his mostly average form to begin the season, McPherson might be the one to make way. Give him some time to find some form in the reserves, should be better off for it in the long run

That said, he has some points on the board to stay in the side for a bit longer

 

[Red mist]

If he keeps up his mostly average form to begin the season, McPherson might be the one to make way. Give him some time to find some form in the reserves, should be better off for it in the long run

That said, he has some points on the board to stay in the side for a bit longer

Well, possibly. He has high twenties out games when he’s free then quieter times when he is checking. I’m goin more like for like.
Ultimately I’m pushing out Seed. Long sleeve in Tasmania and little influence should see it happen

 

[Danger in Texas]

Well, possibly. He has high twenties out games when he’s free then quieter times when he is checking. I’m goin more like for like.
Ultimately I’m pushing out Seed. Long sleeve in Tasmania and little influence should see it happen

We've had this conversation so I'm not going to go over it again, but I still see no way that Seed comes out any time soon in his current form

McPherson for Worrell means we can still get games into the same amount of youth without compromising 1) experience to protect our youth, and 2) structure (Worrell to 2nd KPD, Doedee to 3rd tall, Kelly to McPherson's role)

 

[Red mist]

We've had this conversation so I'm not going to go over it again, but I still see no way that Seed comes out any time soon in his current form

McPherson for Worrell means we can still get games into the same amount of youth without compromising 1) experience to protect our youth, and 2) structure (Worrell to 2nd KPD, Doedee to 3rd tall, Kelly to McPherson's role)

I remember the conversation. Then replace Kelly should happen.
It’s hard to get Worrell into the team when the people he’d replace are playing for their lives.

 

[Danger in Texas]

I remember the conversation. Then replace Kelly should happen.
It’s hard to get Worrell into the team when the people he’d replace are playing for their lives.

Kelly out is probably inevitable, but he's also doing enough to stay in right now. Played decent last week

The reality is, there's a few ways to get Worrell some games. Who knows which way we'll go though

 

[brucetiki]

Frampton, Murray, McKay and Jones all playing at Elizabeth today

 

[Red mist]

Kelly out is probably inevitable, but he's also doing enough to stay in right now. Played decent last week

The reality is, there's a few ways to get Worrell some games. Who knows which way we'll go though

I only see two ways. Seed or Kelly.
McPherson is a different player and pretty cool and precise in how he’s come into the side.

 

[Red mist]

Frampton, Murray, McKay and Jones all playing at Elizabeth today

Thought Jones went to Tas