We paid a massive price for him. Expect criticism. This isn’t tiddlywinks. And sometimes Rash plays like it is. No one is doubting his talent.
And I’d be little fairer on Laird, who is an all Australian.
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And I’d be little fairer on Laird, who is an all Australian.
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I've been one of Rachele's biggest critics ....b4 it became fashionable 
TBF we need to put some things into balance:
1. Rachele is not a natural footballer ....he's a natural soccer player, and therefore doesn't have many attributes required of an elite AFL footballer
2. He's added a lot of muscle to his frame ....often that slows a player's reaction times and speed off the mark
IMO he'll need another PS to learn how to play with the extra weight and regain that speed off the mark ......he's currently getting caught in tight situations & is at a loss how to extract himself
3. In conjunction with point 2 .....he's lost his strut ....Rachele's strut makes him a 20% better player ....that confidence you're better than opponents
Get his speed back ...get his reaction times up, and that strut will come back
So he's got a bit to work on .....but a bit like Jones, Rachele's lack of 360 degree awareness, may inhibit midfield opportunities
TBF we need to put some things into balance:
1. Rachele is not a natural footballer ....he's a natural soccer player, and therefore doesn't have many attributes required of an elite AFL footballer
2. He's added a lot of muscle to his frame ....often that slows a player's reaction times and speed off the mark
IMO he'll need another PS to learn how to play with the extra weight and regain that speed off the mark ......he's currently getting caught in tight situations & is at a loss how to extract himself
3. In conjunction with point 2 .....he's lost his strut ....Rachele's strut makes him a 20% better player ....that confidence you're better than opponents
Get his speed back ...get his reaction times up, and that strut will come back
So he's got a bit to work on .....but a bit like Jones, Rachele's lack of 360 degree awareness, may inhibit midfield opportunities
What contest are you talking about? Rachele was second to the ball. Ideally there you execute a legal tackle after Ridley collects it. If you're not executing a legal tackle, it's much better to pull out than to bump given that bumping is almost a guaranteed lengthy suspension.
There are criticisms of Rachele's defensive game but I don't think this is an issue at all. Guarantee if he had gone in he'd be suspended.
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Rachele & Keays have shown more defensive pressure & offensive output than Murphy... so why the **** is he still in the side?
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Guy steals the game for us and the numpties are still going him
Rinse and repeat for all our most talented players of the last decade
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I've been one of Rachele's biggest critics ....b4 it became fashionable
TBF we need to put some things into balance:
1. Rachele is not a natural footballer ....he's a natural soccer player, and therefore doesn't have many attributes required of an elite AFL footballer
2. He's added a lot of muscle to his frame ....often that slows a player's reaction times and speed off the mark
IMO he'll need another PS to learn how to play with the extra weight and regain that speed off the mark ......he's currently getting caught in tight situations & is at a loss how to extract himself
3. In conjunction with point 2 .....he's lost his strut ....Rachele's strut makes him a 20% better player ....that confidence you're better than opponents
Get his speed back ...get his reaction times up, and that strut will come back
So he's got a bit to work on .....but a bit like Jones, Rachele's lack of 360 degree awareness, may inhibit midfield opportunities
Geez please don’t talk sense or actually comment on things that stand out . Too many people on here don’t like to be corrected.
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He wasn't talking about Rachele correctly jumping left to avoid collecting the headGeez please don’t talk sense or actually comment on things that stand out . Too many people on here don’t like to be corrected.
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3rd year player that plays the graveyard high half forward position best in the team. I just read the criticism and it doesn’t make sense. Mercurial type players don’t just dish out random handballs to players about to be tackled aka Laird, they look to create, and sometimes that leads to taking the extra step and getting tackled themselves. Risk v reward.
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That has been coached out of him. Our coaching unit is a past players scrappers union, they know how to coach scrappers not talent, they want talent to learn how to be scrappers.
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Tall poppy syndrome is alive and well
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Probably?
Seriously, I don’t know any Crows supporters who actually have the time for him. And as for leadership, does anyone at AFC actually know what it actually means?
We have given this spud 100+ games.
One can only hope that when his contract is up end of next year, we don’t renew it.
Lauchy Murphy is a better footballer than all of us. But it’s not tall poppy syndrome when we point out his flaws is it?
Cmon, this is a footy forum where we discuss our opinions on players. What makes Rash immune from this in the same way we critique other players?
It’s not tall poppy syndrome. There’s a clear pattern/flaws in his game that many astute footy watchers have noticed and commented on. Including footy analysts/media.
No one is trying to hang him out to dry. We want him to be the player he was projected to be. But there is concern there. And, unfortunately, when you’re a very high draft pick, this comes with the territory.
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He wasn't talking about Rachele correctly jumping left to avoid collecting the head
So your a mind reader now
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He's 21, he's tracking absolutely fine FFS
Yup, he’s tracking to be a good footballer. No doubt. Whether he becomes a great one remains to be seen.
I feel like Rachele sometimes makes, in Deion Sanders terms, business decisions.
Go hard at a line ball with 8 seconds to go in a loss? No thanks.
Flatten a bloke and possibly win the ball or likely get suspended? Not worth it.
Dive into the pack to attempt a tackle (when I'm not the inside mid)? Not paid to do that, not best use of my skills.
Go hard at a line ball with 8 seconds to go in a loss? No thanks.
Flatten a bloke and possibly win the ball or likely get suspended? Not worth it.
Dive into the pack to attempt a tackle (when I'm not the inside mid)? Not paid to do that, not best use of my skills.
What a political way to say Rachele is ‘soft’
Whenever the game is on the line, Rachele is always involved. Whether it comes off or not can be debated, but you can’t say he ever goes ‘missing’.
He is one of our classiest midfielders in a midfield full of shit skills. You want him on the outside and be fed the ball.
If that means he isn’t involved in the coal face hitting and taking big tackles then good. That’s what the Crouch and Lairds of the world are for. It should be what the Murphys of the world are for.
He’s going to be a gun and just won a game through individual brilliance. How he has become the media and fans whipping boy I’ll never know.
He is one of our classiest midfielders in a midfield full of shit skills. You want him on the outside and be fed the ball.
If that means he isn’t involved in the coal face hitting and taking big tackles then good. That’s what the Crouch and Lairds of the world are for. It should be what the Murphys of the world are for.
He’s going to be a gun and just won a game through individual brilliance. How he has become the media and fans whipping boy I’ll never know.
We have seen what happens when the plan goes out the door like with Hinge and Fogarty.
Let them play on instinct.
Seems people don’t appreciate a small forward who kicks goals.
It’s not what we’ve been accustomed to lately.
A bit like Simon Goodwin took Bernie Vince under his wing in the pre-season prior to Vince's B & F, I hope Josh Rachele has a pre-season where he works harder than ever and gets to a level that allows him to be the best he can be.
I think the penny has dropped for him re team work, body language and efforts needed over the last month. It has nothing to do with goal celebrations - they're fine. It has everything to do with acknowledging team mates and not coming out in the media saying "he wasn't sure" why he wasn't playing midfield.
And that incident where he apparently pulled out against Ridley on the weekend. I think he was fooled by the bounce of the ball. He had eyes for the ball and had it stood on end instead of skip through to Ridley, he would have been first to it and away. Instead the ball got to Ridley, who took the ball cleanly and protected himself perfectly by turning his hip. Rachele, having at the last minute realised he wasn't first to the ball, instinctively also turned his hip to protect himself. There wasn't enough time to make the decision to tackle and the ball skipped away too quickly for him to go hard and low. I don't think you can be critical of Rachele for this. And I have been very critical of him before.
Reward for effort. This might be a turning point for a very talented player.
I think the penny has dropped for him re team work, body language and efforts needed over the last month. It has nothing to do with goal celebrations - they're fine. It has everything to do with acknowledging team mates and not coming out in the media saying "he wasn't sure" why he wasn't playing midfield.
And that incident where he apparently pulled out against Ridley on the weekend. I think he was fooled by the bounce of the ball. He had eyes for the ball and had it stood on end instead of skip through to Ridley, he would have been first to it and away. Instead the ball got to Ridley, who took the ball cleanly and protected himself perfectly by turning his hip. Rachele, having at the last minute realised he wasn't first to the ball, instinctively also turned his hip to protect himself. There wasn't enough time to make the decision to tackle and the ball skipped away too quickly for him to go hard and low. I don't think you can be critical of Rachele for this. And I have been very critical of him before.
Reward for effort. This might be a turning point for a very talented player.
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Might I point you to the final minute and a bit of the game
