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Review GBU vs Hawks
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Good luck to Mrs HS - that ain’t fun.
chrisso crow
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Surely not, but I'd like to beat GWS so we get a higher pick for their first, and also Carlton. It's a sad state when their supporters are giving you rubbish. These will only be close wins or we lose to Rich by lots to keep our percentage below NM.
Will this still give us the no1 pick?
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A few random observations, in addition to agreeing with most of the above:
(1) Mcadam just has football nous, even if he is a weakish kick for goal. The evidence for this is his tackling awareness: when one of three oppo players has the ball, and releases a handball to player 2, Mcadam charges at player three who is clearly going to recieive from player 2. He did this more than once and it worked well.
(2) Mackay had another very good game, not mentioned by anyone!
(3) I don't get the BCrouch love: I thought he had a completely ineffective game. Am I alone in noticing that, while he gets the ball a lot in close, he then mostly chooses to hold up and invite the tackle, then dropping/fumbling the ball to his brother's feet? His decision making seems to be pretty slow these days. He would have had time on many occasions to give an immediate, longer release of the ball to our advantage. He looked best on the one occasion, on the flank, when he roved a tap and made an incisive forward entry: more of that please.
Biggest laugh of the night: My wife is not a football afficionado, but she was impressed with the Schoenberg goal and me pointing out that he was only 17/18.
Later on in the match, she saw Mackay running down the flank and said "is that the 17-year old"?
(1) Mcadam just has football nous, even if he is a weakish kick for goal. The evidence for this is his tackling awareness: when one of three oppo players has the ball, and releases a handball to player 2, Mcadam charges at player three who is clearly going to recieive from player 2. He did this more than once and it worked well.
(2) Mackay had another very good game, not mentioned by anyone!
(3) I don't get the BCrouch love: I thought he had a completely ineffective game. Am I alone in noticing that, while he gets the ball a lot in close, he then mostly chooses to hold up and invite the tackle, then dropping/fumbling the ball to his brother's feet? His decision making seems to be pretty slow these days. He would have had time on many occasions to give an immediate, longer release of the ball to our advantage. He looked best on the one occasion, on the flank, when he roved a tap and made an incisive forward entry: more of that please.
Biggest laugh of the night: My wife is not a football afficionado, but she was impressed with the Schoenberg goal and me pointing out that he was only 17/18.
Later on in the match, she saw Mackay running down the flank and said "is that the 17-year old"?
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A bigger deal out west.
I think it comes down to that i'm willing to write off a missed set shot if you don't fall into a heap because of it with a young player trying to establish themselves into a best 22 (we'll ignore the shot from 60 m because I thought Elliot was taking the piss having a go from there). Especially in a side that has gone 0-13 as we had up to that point, which probably means there are some demons there.
Himmelberg made up for it and then some with his efforts around the ground. Set shots will certainly need work, as well as Elliot really needing to lock himself in a gym but a game like that certainly shows he has a bright future if he can clean it up as a 2nd/3rd KPF.
Golumless
A bigger deal out west.
A few random observations, in addition to agreeing with most of the above:
(1) Mcadam just has football nous, even if he is a weakish kick for goal. The evidence for this is his tackling awareness: when one of three oppo players has the ball, and releases a handball to player 2, Mcadam charges at player three who is clearly going to recieive from player 2. He did this more than once and it worked well.
(2) Mackay had another very good game, not mentioned by anyone!
(3) I don't get the BCrouch love: I thought he had a completely ineffective game. Am I alone in noticing that, while he gets the ball a lot in close, he then mostly chooses to hold up and invite the tackle, then dropping/fumbling the ball to his brother's feet? His decision making seems to be pretty slow these days. He would have had time on many occasions to give an immediate, longer release of the ball to our advantage. He looked best on the one occasion, on the flank, when he roved a tap and made an incisive forward entry: more of that please.
Biggest laugh of the night: My wife is not a football afficionado, but she was impressed with the Schoenberg goal and me pointing out that he was only 17/18.
Later on in the match, she saw Mackay running down the flank and said "is that the 17-year old"?
Actually, good point, I do usually try to highlight when Mackay does play well (seeing I'm certainly one of his bigger detractors on this site) but missed him in my write-up. He certainly did the right things and saved a couple of goals.
One thing I noticed, Post-match and in the rooms the team looks extremely tight, They look like they're all super happy could just be the win but even noticed it in some of the videos posted on the Crows website as well. Looks like Nicks has mended a lot of broken relationships quite quick good on him for that.
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I feel in a forward line with 3 quick small/mediums Himmelberg is fine as long as he kicks goals when he gets the opportunity. Just feel playing Fog, Walker and Berg is too tall as they all aren't quick. Obviously Walker is transitioning out but you can't play all 3. My only concern with Himmelberg is whether he has another gear or not against better teams. Just needs to get stronger and fitter and improve his kicking for goal. He should be recontracted but I would still take the best KPF in the draft.
chrisso crow
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But we technically won't have pick 1 anyway as the WB will use it.
When Murphy goaled with about 5 and a half minutes to go, you can see Sloane in the background, wanting to celebrate but still not 100% convinced it was over. I think there’s a bit of shock after a season of unrelenting lows that he was sidelined for a long time and couldn’t do what he wanted to help his mates.
Golumless
A bigger deal out west.
There is no guarantee we bid of JUH.
Not even a win-less season would have been worst than the 119 point Grand Final loss as no-one else will ever come close to doing that. When a club is 10 goals down they will flood and play slow so they don't get that new record. What was Mark Williams thinking, that's why Port Power supporters turn on him......Huge relief. A winless season would have been a big stain on our clubs history.
119 point GF loss still remains as the biggest humiliation by an SA club
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He was good because he wasn't beaten in the air and brought the ball down for McAdam, Stengle and Murphy so it should have been 3 same responses.
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He will be an absolute gun at the lower level but unfortunately just won’t ever translate that to AFL level
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THE TACKLING PRESSURE
The 10m handball to a player who had an opposition on him wasn't as worst as the 10m handball directly to the opposition running towards their own goal, that's an improvement I guess.
Reminds me alot of Aaron Young. Was a good servant for Port in the Sanfl but just could never make the AFL grade.
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Mackay even did a sidestep tonight - never seen that all career before now.
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Game high 8 ClearancesA few random observations, in addition to agreeing with most of the above:
(1) Mcadam just has football nous, even if he is a weakish kick for goal. The evidence for this is his tackling awareness: when one of three oppo players has the ball, and releases a handball to player 2, Mcadam charges at player three who is clearly going to recieive from player 2. He did this more than once and it worked well.
(2) Mackay had another very good game, not mentioned by anyone!
(3) I don't get the BCrouch love: I thought he had a completely ineffective game. Am I alone in noticing that, while he gets the ball a lot in close, he then mostly chooses to hold up and invite the tackle, then dropping/fumbling the ball to his brother's feet? His decision making seems to be pretty slow these days. He would have had time on many occasions to give an immediate, longer release of the ball to our advantage. He looked best on the one occasion, on the flank, when he roved a tap and made an incisive forward entry: more of that please.
Biggest laugh of the night: My wife is not a football afficionado, but she was impressed with the Schoenberg goal and me pointing out that he was only 17/18.
Later on in the match, she saw Mackay running down the flank and said "is that the 17-year old"?
Game high 5 Centre Clearances
Team High 432 metres gained.
Take your Crouch blinkers off
Not to mention he was 1st up after a long break.
Agree, anyone can see he is worth $700K entering him prime.
BCrouch did more than ok lol. Game high 8 clearances and 400 odd metres gain. Not bad also from coming back from injury.
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Only question on Brad is his fitness, he's a quality footballer.
If he goes we 100% get pick 2.
If he goes we 100% get pick 2.
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