Review Good/Bad vs Gold Coast, Round 1 2024

[Stephen2]

G: Pedlar, Rankine worked in the middle and got goals
B: Quite a lot

U: it was sooooo predictable.

So the consensus is Berry, Sholl, Murphy: full game, and Soligo or Pedlar: sub?

I'm very much melting.

If any of those 3 has a s**t match, and the sub plays really well in the limited minutes, and I hear a single "Ackshually, we can't know if playing our worse players over our better ones was a bad idea, because you can't see alternate realities" I'm gonna FLIP OUT!

 

[Scorpus]

Boy Matthew Nicks

Matthew Nicks

Age

49

Ht

187cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

9.4

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.4

3star

loves an obvious selection error doesn't he?

 

[Southerntakeover]

The 2020 decade Crows: getting kicked in the balls, but from different angles.

 

[Rotayjay]

Why did it take 3.75 quarters to wake up? Then they lose by six points exactly. What a stupid way for a game to play out.

On March 16, 2024 I saw the future, the future of the Crows without Tex. It's ugly.

I feel like we will be really scrappy early, miss alot of easy shots etc but then get into the game.... Only issue is that it may be too late A la the Richmond home game last year.

Prescient.

 

[FullyBigKPro]

Have at it fellas....

Soligo Sub just baffles the mind.....

Tex-less forward line looks worrying...

Rankine/Rachele got in to the game but too late.

 

[I Lost My Keays]

knew we were in for long night after the first few goals and then the rain kept on pouring down.

I’m happy we showed resilience and it was from our young guys. But what a blunder having Soligo on as sub

 

[Scorpus]

I think we need to be honest as a club and admit the rebuild is not over, and that putting all our elite draft picks in fringe roles (or in the SANFL) is not actually rebuilding at all

 

[latinoheat]

G: after a bad start , Rachelle Rachelle worked his way back into the game , Soligo , Worrell, Crouch, Rankine , Berry

B: forward 50 entires

Ugly; starting Soligo as sub

 

[walterhobbs]

Good - Crouch (happy to eat humble pie with him) Soligo (should have started), Berry, Butts

Bad - Manning up allowing easy chip kicks.

Ugly - Giving away easy goals in those conditions (smiths kick out, 50ms), Smith (adds no value get him out and get nank in), muprhy (worst leader around), starting Soligo as sub

 

[CrowBloke]

On March 16, 2024 I saw the future, the future of the Crows without Tex. It's ugly.

This, sadly.
They looked like headless-chooks-rabble forward, not helped by inexplicable high-ball delivery on a drenched night.

 

[aabp1978]

Ins: Tex, Nankervis, Soligo (full game), Keane, Curtin
Out: Burgess, Murphy, Borlase, Smith

I am so friggin happy we havent extended Nicks yet. End this rubbish

 

[crowholder]

Good... we only lost by 6 points, should have been more. Great last part of the last quarter...maybe have some fitness.
Bad... we lost. Soligo as sub.

 

[Redleg Crow]

Dare I say, the Crows in the first half looked like they were coming off a pre-season while the Suns looked like they’d played a game already…

Round zero is for shit

 

[CrowToon]

Good:
Soligo (BOG)
Rachele
Pedlar
Rankine
Probably dont need to play those conditions again

Bad:
Umpiring
Conditions

Ugly:
Structures
Only rolling the dice with 8 mins to go.

Worse than anything I've ever seen in my life:
Smith kick in and Smith 50 costing us 2 goals in a low scoring match.

I would choose to not save the world just so I could erase this from the universe:

Nicks not selecting Soligo.

Bonus:

Nicks not realising a short for tall was on until midway through the third long after the game was out of reach and conditions had been shite all game.

 

[Southerntakeover]

Bad: the late goals will convince our deadshits that they were totally close, and avoid scrutiny of a performance that was entirely non-competitive for three quarters.

 

[Geoffa32]

Our forwards need perfect play to operate.


Fog needs it delivered on his tit to get near the ball on a lead. Has no impact otherwise. Will never be a proper key forward. Very good secondary forward.is his ceiling.


Burgess State League.

Gollant inexperienced, probably not much good either.



Missed Tex's leadership up forward.



GC were not that good. But they could manufacture goals in the poor conditions. We couldn't that was the difference tonight.

Between the arcs both teams on par.



We got close because our small forwards and mids got creative.



Crouch was great in the middle.

Pedlar cared

RoB did well against Witts.

Dawson a non entity.


Rankine was brilliant early. He and Rachele nearly stole it once we realised Fog wasn't going to stand up.

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[Rotayjay]

It certainly feels weird to have a game finish this late at night in Adelaide

 

[cleanhands]

Not good conditions to play your first game under

 

[Danger in Texas]

We’re a terrible wet weather side, but that doesn’t excuse such an uncompetitive first half. An inability to make smart disposal choices, cement hands galore, being out-foxed 1v1 by GC players when near the ball etc

Nicks better not let the group off because of a too late comeback

 

[twiggy4PM]

Good: the last quarter
Bad: The previous three quarters
Ugly: This happened way too many times over the last couple of years and is still a problem. Needs to be sorted. Is it a coaching problem or an on field problem, either way it needs to be fixed quickly.

 

[CrowBloke]

Murphy, in the leadership group, and those who made that decision will be stuck with it all year.
His decision-making and kicking tonight were dismal.

 

[bates121]

Ins: Tex, Nankervis, Soligo (full game), Keane, Curtin
Out: Burgess, Murphy, Borlase, Smith

I am so friggin happy we havent extended Nicks yet. End this rubbish

I thought Borlase was actually pretty decent tonight.
Certainly a few more i would be questioning before him anyway.

 

[Geoffa32]

We saw tonight a future without Tex is a worry.

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[cleanhands]

Ins: Tex, Nankervis, Soligo (full game), Keane, Curtin
Out: Burgess, Murphy, Borlase, Smith

I am so friggin happy we havent extended Nicks yet. End this rubbish

Burgess will play again nxt week

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

The last 10 minutes doesn't excuse three and a half quarters of abject shit. All it did was paper over the cracks.

That loss was largely on Nicks.


Sure, he isn't responsible for piss poor 50 entries and Auskick levels of skill, but everything from selection to game day tactics such as having Soligo as sub and having a loose defender back late stems from him.

Crouch and Rankine both good, Soligo great when he finally came on and Rash improved as the night went on.

But, yeah, grim.