Unofficial Preview GWS Giants v Adelaide Crows Sun 19/3/23 1.10pm AEDT (12.40pm SA time) at Giants Stadium

[Thylacinus]

Adelaide by 101 points

Pessimist! Post it in the negative only thread.

 

[WetCrow1991]

The only chance of us winning this is it being round 1.

 

[GreyCrow]

I just hope we continue what we saw in the West - and especially the West Coast game

I'm tipping Adelaide - because thats what I do

But I just want us to take the game and GWS on

 

[footy4ever]

Himmelberg would easily beat Himmelberg no matter which end of the ground they are teamed up

So Harry loses at both ends? Poor guy.

 

[footy4ever]

Will the Crows first draft pick from the recent 2022 draft, the very tight checking and athletic defender Max Michalanney, who can play on both talls and smalls, debut? Will he spend some time on Toby Greene "

Rough first assignment.

Great preview, looking forward to seeing our forward line click more than previous years. If the preseason style is anything to go by our tall forwards could be doing some damage this year.
I have faith in Idun/Cumming/Taylor to be stingy in D.
Rankine and Rachele are bothersome so our midfield will have to get on-top early.
Green gonna be a problem this year.

Ok, now I'm insanely craving one of these

from Perryman's Bakery in North Adelaide. Best pies in Australia.



So if you're going to drop in on the Adelaide board, please change your user name.

 

[kirky]

I’m taking the positive - Frampton got spanked in this game against the Giants last year.

Will be at the game with a few mates on our annual footy trip. Expect to win.

 

[Thylacinus]

Pessimist! Post it in the negative only thread.

Why so sad Dogs105? I was even far more pessimistic, saying we would only win by 11-30 . Seriously, if we get over the line even by one point we will have done extremely well. The Giants will be serious opposition. Should be a really great game. In fact, it could well be a nail biting epic!

 

[PaythePerryman]

Ok, now I'm insanely craving one off these View attachment 1625761

from Perryman's Bakery in North Adelaide. Best pies in Australia.



So if you're going to drop in on the Adelaide board, please change your user name.

I will return to your thread when you play Collingwood.

Looks like a tasty pie.

 

[Thylacinus]

I will return to your thread when you play Collingwood.

Looks like a tasty pie.

Long time ago now I worked with an Italian guy down at Port Adelaide who would set traps for pigeons in order to take them home and cook them. I would imagine very bony, and not a lot of meat, although a Magpie (I assume that is what the Collingwood and pie reference is to) might be even bonier and most likely oilier. I know various people who feed Magpies cheap mince in order to tame them. Not all black and white! Oh, by the way, we have a classic 24 hour Bakery on O'Connell Street , North Adelaide, called 'Bakery on O'Connell' that still, I believe, does the legendary South Australian pie floater, if you are ever over tihs way! Doesn't hurt to check out some of the local culture when traveling!

 

[martyparty]

Like the 3rd Hemsworth brother.

What is a Hemsworth in the current market? Can our realtors speculate?

 

[AFC979810]

Big things I am watching to see in Rd 1:

1. Defenders.

Very interested to see how we move the ball out of defense in rd 1. Likely going to be going with a mix of Butts, Murray, Doedee, Parnell, Smith, Dawson and Mad Max - which in my opinion leaves all of the offensive drive to just Smith and Dawson.

We were one of the bottom teams last year in generating scores from defensive 50. As someone else posted - we were 18th in field kicking, 18th field kicking rating, no 14 defensive 50 to inside 50, No 16 half back to inside 50 Territory and scoring.

Really want to see how Nicks addresses this in 2023. IMO we will really need to have Parnell or Doedee step up offensively.

2. Midfield.

Nicks has shown over the past 2 years that he doesn't throw a lot of people through the midfield. Our CBA's are dominated by 4 players with sometimes cameo for a 5th. Looking at the top 4 sides - Brisbane, Gee, Collingwood and Sydney they give significant midfield time to 6-8 players.

We will likely enter round 1 with Laird, Berry, Schoenberg, Soligo, Keays, Rankine and Rachele who I am hoping will all see significant midfield time.

3. Forward Line.

Walker, Fogarty, Rachele, Rankine, McAdam and a resting midfielder. Just going to be exciting. It's a highlight reel just waiting to happen. I am confident they are going to gel really well. Tex has been accused of being too unselfish, but I think thats a fantastic attribute for the leader of this talented forward line. Have a feeling they are going to look to get Rankine involved early and often - he is a lock for 4+ goals.

 

[pjcrows]

GWS shouldn't be taken lightly. Lots of talent, pace and a new coach to impress.

 

[AFC979810]

GWS shouldn't be taken lightly. Lots of talent, pace and a new coach to impress.

Considering they smashed us last two seasons by 59 and 67 points - I doubt the club will be taking them lightly.

 

[dogs105]

Ok, now I'm insanely craving one of these View attachment 1625761

from Perryman's Bakery in North Adelaide. .Best pies in Australia.



So if you're going to drop in on the Adelaide board, please change your user name.

They do home delivery now....

 

[martyparty]

They do home delivery now....

What’s the value of that home in the current market?

 

[dogs105]

What’s the value of that home in the current market?

Realestate.com.au

 

[martyparty]

Realestate.com.au

Not in your Domain?

 

[dogs105]

Not in your Domain?

Interesting question. I assumed they all had the same listings, so you'd just need to look at one. Most agents anyway would charge the vendor for all possible advertising. Does anyone know about this?

 

[martyparty]

They do home delivery now....

I’ve heard the Pies are a bit weak and have delivered to Alberton…

 

[Jeffcrowe]

The days are shortening, the preseason trials are over and the grapes are being turned into wine, all signals that the AFL season proper, namely the home and away games, are about to begin. Both GWS under new coach Adam Kingsley and the Adelaide Crows have momentum going into the game to be played Saturday week.

GWS have only played the one preseason game so we only have a small sample size, but they were impressive in beating the Gold Coast Suns last Saturday. They moved the ball quickly and have some real pace. Their two Lachies at half back love to rebound and set up play. I am looking forward as to how we counter this. I suspect that Ben Keays may be asked to do to Lachlie Whitfield what he did to Adam Saad last year. This will be an absorbing duel. Whitfield will not be ambushed like Saad was. Can Keays lock down Whitfield while setting himself free to do some real damage as he did last week and against Saad? We will soon find out.

Adelaide will present not only the two Lachies, but the whole of the GWS defense with headaches of their own. The Crow's forward line pressure was replicated by the whole team in its game against the WCE last Friday evening in what was a very even and impressive display by the whole Crows team. If the GWS backs are too busy trying to make the play and take their focus off the Adelaide forwards even for a moment, they will be made to pay for it by the imense talent we now have assembled there. GWS 2022 All Australian and Best and Fairest winner by a long way, Sam Taylor, will have to mind either Walker or Fogarty. This will mean he is not minding the other. Once the ball hits the ground there is a deadly mosquito fleet waiting to capitalize that now includes explosive first round draft pick Luke Pedlar who has finally got his body right heading into this, his third season; McAdam who oozes x-factor; new recruit the classy Rankine and Rachele who, hopefully, will live up to his nickname 'the rash' and be all over the place, including occasional bursts in the center along with some of his other very quick forward mates.

Speaking of the midfield, this also looks like an intriguing battle. We know what Stephen Coniglio and Josh Kelley can do. If we thought the departure of Hopper and Taranto were going to give us automatic ascendancy, we will be caught off guard. 2019 draft pick, the strong, big bodied, tall midfielder Tom Green, standing at 191cm and 92kg, has come of age. He was outstanding against the Suns, racking up 32 disposals. We have excellent tacklers in Laird and Berry to help counter their midfield, and our mid's have weapons of their own, including our accumulator Laird who would be justified in having ambitions to be an AA later this year in his sights, along with the various pinch hitters that we will bring through there. I am interested to see what tactic we use to counter Tom Green as we do not have a quality tall, big bodied, mid. Our midfield are fighters, as seen by Laird's and Berry's tackle numbers. I expect some negating by us and thrust through our pinch hitters. If we can break even here I believe it will go a long way to helping us win the game.

The wings have become a strength for us. Mitch Hinge and the remarkably well recovered, aerobic, Sloane gives us some real hardness there. They will not be easily brushed off. This will be needed as GWS have a young shark there in Finn Callaghan, the one who some Crows supporters think got away, being taken at pick three in the 2021 draft, just a couple ahead of Rachele. The reality is we never had the draft capital to get Callaghan and there are some initial signs that we may well have landed our own big fish in Rachele. Callaghan was another who was impressive against the Suns with 22 possessions and two long goals. However, he will have to watch our wings as they are both more than capable of not only keeping a leash on him, but doing damage the other way.

At the front line for GWS we have Hogan's Heroes, although Hogan isn't the official leader. Newly crowned captain in his own right, Toby Greene, is. The very smooth Hogan (Bob Crane) from the show, Toby is not. Both on and off the field he has had brain fades that may make him more akin to the bumbling Colonel Klink, or even worse, to the 'plank', Sergeant Schultz, but hey, what would I know? 'I know nothing'! Yet this I do know. Toby Greene is a very gifted footballer who can do damage the likes of which Hogan and his crew would be proud of.

What will the match ups be? Will Jordan Butts be fit and will he stand the dangerous 1.95m Jesse Hogan? Will the quickly improving Nick Murray stand the 1.95m Jake Riccardi? Then there is the 1.95m (future Crow?) Harry Himmelberg. Yet they will want to be on their guard and not too top heavy as we have the 1.92m kicking sensation Jordan Dawson and rebounding Smith who like to set up play and give drive from the back also, as well as the now fit interceptor, Tom Doedee. Will the Crows first draft pick from the recent 2022 draft, the very tight checking and athletic defender Max Michalanney, who can play on both talls and smalls, debut? Will he spend some time on Toby Greene as well as perhaps on the likes of James Peatling? I say yes, he will debut and yes, he will stand Toby for at least some of the time. (For the most likely line up see the last few pages of the thread on this, the Adelaide Board of Bigfooty.com, titled: Round 1 2023 - Pick your best team).

The Giant's have had the wood on the Crows in recent times. In round 7, 2021, they beat the Crows by 67 points. In the same round, round 7 last year, the margin was 59 points in what was another spanking. GWS have numerous quality players who also have plenty of experience, coupled with a good blend of emerging players, but so do the rebuilding Crows. GWS look rejuvenated under new coach Adam Kingsley. The Crows have looked very sharp and look like big improves in their two trial matches to date. Our talent, depth and minimal injuries are such that atm we are able to go past players like McHenry, Jones and Crouch, among others.

I am confident that the Crows will not be the pushovers we were in the past two encounters with the Giants. It may sound like I am bringing out the cliches, but this is how I see things. The game has all the hallmarks of being an epic arm wrestle between two fairly evenly matched sides who both see themselves on the up this year. GWS have the home town advantage. I am sure that both teams will really set themselves. GWS apparently have also got themselves super fit. In what could well be a classic, I am tipping the Crows to send a message to the competition as I do very much like the super quick and talented mosquito fleet we have assembled, along with our proven talls in Walker and Fogarty, the pressure we bring, our quick ball movement and the vastly improved skills by both hand and foot. Crows by 11-30!

Murray will take the no 1 forwards IMO - see him taking Hogan round 1

Doedee to Greene

Michaelanny - Peatling and Stone

Would like Hinge to play on Callaghan wing and think he can beat him

Tom Green vs Berry would be a big match up

Keays up forward on Cumming also crucial

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I wonder if Elliot Himmelberg is jealous of his brother. Harry is a better player and he's got that surfer guy aesthetic whereas Elliot sucks at football and looks like he'd start burning the moment the sun hits his skin.

I don’t think anyone that’s kicked 4 goals in an afl game more than once sucks at football

 

[martyparty]

Green vs Berry would be a big match

Green with Berry, Paddy Parnell and Ned.

 

[footy4ever]

They do home delivery now....

The pies will be cold by the time the get to my place on the south coast.

 

[pjcrows]

Considering they smashed us last two seasons by 59 and 67 points - I doubt the club will be taking them lightly.

Of course. I moreso meant the fans.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

I don’t think anyone that’s kicked 4 goals in an afl game more than once sucks at football

There's some real "well do you play AFL?" energy in this post.