Review Good/Bad vs West Coast, R24 2023

[Betts are off]

For what it's worth, I think Tex's season was astounding. IMO Curnow is playing at a top 5 player in the entire AFL talent wise for 2 years now. And with 4 quarters to go in 2023 he trails Tex in goalkicking, while playing an extra game and with a +20 free kick ratio.

This season was disappointing in how it ended, but im happy we got to see Tex play a full season at a truly Elite level.

 

[Scorpus]

Laird or Crouch

Pick one. Who are you taking?

 

[CrowToon]

Disagree: Tex showed lack of judgement all by himself, attempting many ridiculous shots in that period.

I don't know how you can watch that first half back and not see the total blinkers everyone had on for Tex (except Rachele and Murphy). Players were hesitating because they were looking for Tex. Stark contrast to second half when players were taking the first options and then Tex became an option naturally through better ball movement.

Yes he missed chances and was selfish all night (as was his right tonight) but there was a clear difference in how everyone else on the field did things in the second half.

Usually we would say a first half like that was a result of bad decision making, but it seemed a lot like no decision making.

 

[Jcpdragonx]

Laird or Crouch

Pick one. Who are you taking?

Laird. Not even close who is better defensively

 

[Brenton Davy]

Good:

2nd half, Tex’s 2nd half, Milera excellent, Soligo in last 3 quarters, Rachele kicking set shots.

Bad:

Inaccuracy. Should have been a 12-15 goal win.

Ugly:

1st half was totally unwatchable. 52% efficiency by foot. That’s Div. 8 Ammos standard.

 

[CrowToon]

Laird or Crouch

Pick one. Who are you taking?

What's the argument against both?

 

[Bearded Clam]

Laird or Crouch

Pick one. Who are you taking?

Crouch.

uses it better than laird IMO..

and yes.. we cant have both of them in the same side. Especially given we have to carry Sloanes slops too..

 

[daniel_4tw]

Laird or Crouch

Pick one. Who are you taking?

Laird and Crouch.

I’m leaving behind Sloane…

 

[Scorpus]

What's the argument against both?

Our performance with both in there

 

[CrowToon]

Richmond winning tomorrow somehow would be a fantastic result in two ways. Wishful thinking I know

 

[PeterSalt]

Tonight was reminder of how sh*t we are in the middle

 

[Scorpus]

Laird and Crouch.

I’m leaving behind Sloane…

Pick one of Laird, Crouch and Sloane

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Laird or Crouch

Pick one. Who are you taking?

 

[Samcro24]

Laird or Crouch

Pick one. Who are you taking?

Crouch

 

[cleanhands]

Laird or Crouch

Pick one. Who are you taking?

Crouch Laird too defence

 

[GameofSloanes]

No chance Tex doesn't get an AA, 76 goals is the highest since Kennedys 80 in 2016 and he leads Larkey in just about every stat.

AFL: hold my beer

 

[whitey_1975]

Good point. Curnow 38 frees to Tex 17


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Not even a surprise

 

[Betts are off]

Laird or Crouch

Pick one. Who are you taking?

Laird. 2 position versatility

 

[Betts are off]

AFL: hold my beer

AFL are pulling an all nighter to find a way to award Larkey 6 additional goals for the season.

They may even hire 3 more ex Victorian players to an advisory board to ensure it gets done

 

[Gtowncrow]

FFS over summer we need to practice goal kicking in match like conditions.

Good technique as important as natural skill.
Some of our players need to work hard this summer learning a reliable set shot technique.
Keays, Murphy, Rankine, Pedlar all look to have undisciplined and lackadaisical method with set shots. Rach has had the yips lately but has a better technique.

Execution of a uncontested skill (golf, tennis serve, gymnastic routine, AFL set shots for examples) can be fine tuned to become a reliable and repeatable skill.

I'm hoping this is a strong off season focus.

 

[StonesThrow]

Plenty of positives from that game. Young players finished well. West Coast obviously no good but they played fairly decent.

Good:

Tex deserves a Coleman. Outstanding year. Finally an AA.

Soligo. His best game for the club imo. I watched last week's replay this morning and I was a bit harsh on him watching in the stands. This week he showed what I was hoping for from round 1. Ultra classy player.

Crouch probably playing his best since 2017 (if not better). Real surprise of 2023.

Milera and Hinge excellent.

Smith transformed on the wing. Played some of his best footy in a while the last few weeks imo.

Rachele finished strong as did Pedlar. Big pre seasons for these guys hopefully.

Didn't get a lot of it, but I really rate Parnell as a footballer. Looked much stronger tonight as well. I hope he makes it as he's got class. I wonder if he could be trialled as a small forward given we've got so many small - medium defenders?

Thought our KPDs did well for their experience level. Allen is close to the best key forward in the game.

Score review. Didn't put a foot wrong all night.

Bad:

Goal kicking

 

[NSolis]

The only consolation is Tex but even that fills me with dread because he's ancient and we're still so reliant on him.

Massively improved performances over previous years does nothing for you?

So bizarre to me that someone could have watched Adelaide this year and see only negatives except for Walker's form. 11 wins up from 8 (8 wins against non-bottom two sides up from 4), percentage is 30% higher, highest scoring team in the AFL, won both showdowns, plenty of close games against top sides.

It's fair to be disappointed at missing finals and other issues but Jesus that's a negative outlook if none of those things register for you at all.

 

[Gtowncrow]

Feels like our defence Hinges on his performances now

What's not to adore about him? Really swung his career this year.

 

[Gtowncrow]

Thank you!

Good luck for next season, with a bit more refinement and luck I hope that you guys make finals and really give things a a good shake.

See you in late September in a few years hopefully. You're in for a bumpy time but you'll be back soon enough.

P.s what's your asking price for pick #1?

 

[SellarStardom]

Why all the Laird praise and Crouch bashing, thought Laird was ordinary, his disposal is still terrible. Crouch reverted to some bad habits but his disposal out of congestion was 1st rate.

Both shouldn't start in the middle, should have one of the kids in there.