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As I just proved having read on and found he played a bit of an outside game this week with very few clearances.
Tend to agree. Crouch has shown he's hot what it takes and certainly isn't bring dropped. I'd be happy with wright going to the 2's as well, but if Lyons is in I want him to play a full game and 2 weeks as sub for crouch may not be ideal. Although, being a 1st year player off his first full footy pre-season it might actually be beneficial.
Why are people suggesting we drop Crouch? Madness. Must pump games into him no matter what. And we aren't at the "no matter what" stage because he hasn't played a bad game yet.
He had a real impact with his clean hands even in limited playing time v Collingwood.
Crouch stays in with the odd sub appearance to freshen him up.
He had a real impact with his clean hands even in limited playing time v Collingwood.
Crouch stays in with the odd sub appearance to freshen him up.
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Lyons has been tearing it up in the SANFL but it's hard to pick someone to get the axe for him to come in. It'd be really harsh to axe Crouch when he played well in very limited game time.
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I'd like us to bring in Graham.
What a sign of contempt that would be " we fancy our chances so much we'll take you on a man short". Of course it could backfire and he kicked six which would make him hard to drop
What a sign of contempt that would be " we fancy our chances so much we'll take you on a man short". Of course it could backfire and he kicked six which would make him hard to drop
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This bears repeating…we've been too soft for too long, especially for favourite clubmen who are just plodders but somehow keep getting picked time and again.
Let's hope last week was a sign of change.
I'm prepared to admit to a mild case of man-love for pendles, tall, dark and handsome. Sadly for young crouch the above was nothing more than an iPad 'fix'.
All well and good if you have someone that clearly improves the team. Is Lyons clearly an improvement over Wright at AFL standard?
Unlike the Cameron for Petrenko decision which was a no-brainer, sometimes things aren't so clear but still worth pursuing.
It's possible Lyons dominance won't translate and his deficiencies may be magnified.
However, he has some qualities that tell me he could be even better than Wright and therefore worth a solid month in good roles to see how he develops.
I like Wright and think he's had a decent year, but you can't really answer that question without giving Lyons a decent run.
Unfortunately it is a risk associated with wearing the vest
In the case of Crouch I also think the word "axe" is to strong, unless Sando is planning to start Bob this week I think he would be better served getting a full game in the sanfl rather then making him a sub for a consecutive week, as a young player he needs to be playing footy.....
While I'd love to squeeze Lyons in to the side I just don't think it's worth it unless we're playing him as a pure midfielder. I see him as the natural successor to Scott Thompson and I'm hoping we start managing Thommo's games as the season gets on and give Lyons a crack.
Thompson has no plans to start having his game time managed and has set himself for this and next season and I'm pretty sure Lyon won't be prepared to sit around in the sanfl until 2016 for an opportunity
We saw the results of thommo making his own call throughout 2013 where he was ordinary. If you're serious about challenging and getting past the first week of finals, then you need your best 22 fit and firing when it matters. If that results in thommo being rested for a few games, then that is what should happen.
Managing Thommo's games?
He is back baby! He's fit and firing. He may not be the quickest, but he has the knack to find the pill (much like Lyons) but better
I really hope Lyons reads this thread to see what sort of support he's getting from our level!
True but that's not to say he won't slow down toward the end of the year
As long as he doesn't play injured, he'll be fine IMO. Its not like he's 34. Next year will be the year to manage him
Well reality is it won't happen
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So, it's just a massive coincidence that this week, his intensity and tackling become an issue?
Why wasn't that a problem last week? Dint recall anyone saying this was an issue before now?
His tackling was an issue because he only laid 1 this week. Now he may have laid many more over the past few weeks (and i would've missed it, as i didn't go looking at stats)
But we just had our best tackling and pressure game in many years. I don't want to bring someone in who may allow that level to drop. Lyons may not do that, but it was the point i was trying to make. It wasn't a problem last week because we were shit
The team has now given us a barometer for "exceptional" pressure. This needs to be the goal for the rest of the year whilst understanding that we can't hit that level every week (impossible)
We need at least "very good" pressure to compete most games and exceptional against the better teams
YTD our pressure has been "sub standard" to "good"
So you drop Wright?
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