Strategy CROWLEY VS. MITCHELL

[Carl Peterson]

Okay, so inevitably Crowley is going to go to Mitchell come Saturday, and I think we all know what he can do. We all know what Sam does for us and how important he has been this year. We can't afford Crowley to get a hold of Mitchell like he did with Kieran Jack. If he does, i fear the very worst.

Clarkson has to address this matchup and figure away to minimise Crowley's impact on Mitchell. What does everyone think? What will Clarkson and the rest of the team (+ coaching team) be doing to help Sammy out?

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[SHAKESPEARE]

Crowley will go to Birchall.

 

[Cdreamer]

It has to be a team effort any time a teammate has the chance to block/make space for Mitch they do it with the intent to hurt Crowley legally...

 

[DrEvil]

Crowley will go to Birchall.

We can only hope.

 

[Taskmaster]

Easy fix. Whoever that knob jockey goes too, make him play FB. Lets see how good he thinks he is then.

 

[Baz_hawk]

Franklin to clean him up in the opening minute.

 

[Taskmaster]

Franklin to clean him up in the opening minute.

Sounds good to me. Let GWS deal with the suspension!!

 

[Harper_Hawk]

Crowley will need to stop Hawthorn. Not just one player. If Mitchell is tooooo quiet then we have a problem.

 

[HawksILove]

then Hodge will step up

 

[SodaPop]

Apparently when you break your nose, you get 2 black eyes. Pretty hard to see your way around.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

then Hodge will step up

This is it.

If Crowley is tagging someone out of the game then the other senior players need to step up so much it doesn't matter.

 

[macdaddio]

Franklin to clean him up in the opening minute.

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[moginie]

The last time Crowley played on Mitchell, Sam got 25 touches.

Grant Birchall got 37.

Who are they going to play on him?

 

[Argy]

Mitch is indispensable. But if he is tagged we have Lewis, Hodge, Birch, Poppy, Sheils, Savage, Durea, Smith, Sewell, Bruest and Goo who can step up.

This is the plan Clarkson began last year. Mitch down? F* it, bring in another weapon!!!

Most important thing for us is not to get sucked into their rugby scrums. One on one at the contest and leave enough soldiers on the outside to help the clearance when it happens. #ALWAYS BELIEVE

 

[johnny_barker_27]

We can only hope.

Alot of talk on the radio today that Crowley wont go mitchell & probably an outside runner, like Isaac Smith or even Birchall. He lined up on jack last night, stokes the week before (then switched to johnson).
Lyon prefers to play him on players who gain the most metres with run rather than clearance players.

 

[Argy]

Alot of talk on the radio today that Crowley wont go mitchell & probably an outside runner, like Isaac Smith or even Birchall. He lined up on jack last night, stokes the week before (then switched to johnson).
Lyon prefers to play him on players who gain the most metres with run rather than clearance players.

Crowley can only go to one player. If he goes to Mitch, then Birch or Hodge is free. If he goes to Smith then Hill is free. Options!!

 

[Hoogmeister]

Alot of talk on the radio today that Crowley wont go mitchell & probably an outside runner, like Isaac Smith or even Birchall. He lined up on jack last night, stokes the week before (then switched to johnson).
Lyon prefers to play him on players who gain the most metres with run rather than clearance players.

Can he keep up with Smith?

 

[Carl Peterson]

People keep mentioning if Mitchell gets done one of our other players will take his place, but why didn't this happen for the Swans. Jack got tagged, he got done. Though none of their other guns took his place, and they've got plenty. Mcveigh, Kennedy, O'Keefe, Bolten etc... Whats stopping this from happening to us?

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

People keep mentioning if Mitchell gets done one of our other players will take his place, but why didn't this happen for the Swans. Jack got tagged, he got done. Though none of their other guns took his place, and they've got plenty. Mcveigh, Kennedy, O'Keefe, Bolten etc... Whats stopping this from happening to us?

Our midfielders aren't cooked

 

[Argy]

People keep mentioning if Mitchell gets done one of our other players will take his place, but why didn't this happen for the Swans. Jack got tagged, he got done. Though none of their other guns took his place, and they've got plenty. Mcveigh, Kennedy, O'Keefe, Bolten etc... Whats stopping this from happening to us?

I think one on one we are a better team than Freo. If we let them play scrum football and get sucked into their dour game plan we'll have lost a lot of drive. IMHO we need to keep clear of the scrums and drive home the advantage when the ball is cleared.

 

[wantok]

Put a hard tag on Crowley himself with Sewell or similar. It will be messy for a while then Lyon will move Crowley onto Birchall. When that happens move Birchall to CHF. Either you get Crowley at CHB but more likely Lyon will try to get him back to Mitchell. When this happens. Press start again. The benefit is you will get an unencumbered Mitchell for the majority. Good luck

 

[Dragz]

I'd send Crowley to Hodge. He's got that ability to lift the entire team with inspiring acts. And doesn't tend to do well when tagged.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Expect Hodge might run through Crowley, Bereton style.

Mitchell's a cleverer player than Jack. Jack gets a lot of his ball through sheer endurance and hanging out the back of a pack where they use him as their exit point.

Mitch gets his pill by reading where it is going better than most.

If I was Andrew Newbold, I'd be contacting the AFL and ensuring that illegal tagging tactics were my first point of discussion.

 

[Argy]

Put a hard tag on Crowley himself with Sewell or similar. It will be messy for a while then Lyon will move Crowley onto Birchall. When that happens move Birchall to CHF. Either you get Crowley at CHB but more likely Lyon will try to get him back to Mitchell. When this happens. Press start again. The benefit is you will get an unencumbered Mitchell for the majority. Good luck

I like the idea, but I think Clarko has been ahead of you since March. We have a much more flexible mid field rotation than any other team. Roll them in and out, over and under, forward, back, centre. We are a continually moving target. Too many options for us to be vulnerable to one player being shut down.

 

[Off The Couch]

I'm just hoping as I heard suggested on the radio earlier today that he doesn't go to burgers