Training Preseason 2022/23 Talk & Media/Social Media etc.

[Mutineer]

Just had a look at the new rules. While we can't add another marque player, we could add one 19 or 20-year-old SA player as part of the SANFL Rookie Program and I assume that we can add any undrafted non-SA player (like we did with Freeman last year)?

Not if they're already listed with a SANFL club is my take?

 

[Big Dub]

Not if they're already listed with a SANFL club is my take?

I've only read one article (SANFL adjusts lists rules for AFL clubs - SANFL), but if we have to consult the player's SANFL club, I'm assuming we can take 1.

 

[Mileratkinsshow]

He was there has had a haircut so didn’t notice him a whole lot

I watched him (ZT) a bit from afar. Looked okay. His kicking was just so accurate from the bits I saw. Must give his team mates a lot of confidence. I think when he makes the team , he is one of those guys that will be hard to dislodge.


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[Crow-eater]

 

[CromradeCromulent]

Gollant had sticky hands today which was nice to see. Even Himmelberg was marking them.

Yeah he even jumps at the ball when he marks now, pretty hard to stop a 200cm player from marking if he's jumping at it.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

I see them as completely different players.

Nank vs Hately
Cook vs sholl.


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Don’t agree Nank might be able play just about anywhere but he’ll need a lot more muscle before playing on the inside

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Disappointing that newchurch was walking laps. He’s gone backwards since Monday then when he worked hard on the sidelines

Both our cat B rookies looking like busts.

 

[Coopers]

Even better, what does Carmo think?
Well I'm glad you asked.
As we can see from the diagram below, young people skew left wing.
Given that AFL footballers are a very youthful lot, its almost certain that there's a lot of left wingers amongst them.
Also, not relevant to the ROB / Peterson thing, but one should note that as compared to prev generations, current ones aren't shifting right as they grow older, which should give concern to righties like Kramer and 1970 and the parties they support.

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Uh oh.

We're going to have to gerrymander all the millenials into one electorate to deal with this.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Yeah he even jumps at the ball when he marks now, pretty hard to stop a 200cm player from marking if he's jumping at it.

Particularly if we have 2 of them in our side...

 

[crow2crow]

Both our cat B rookies looking like busts.

that was obvious last year which is why i was calling for them to be delisted. they consume resources even if not list spots

 

[Mutineer]

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

that was obvious last year which is why i was calling for them to be delisted. they consume resources even if not list spots

Borlase probably saved by McAsey going...

 

[Mutineer]

Rory Laird on his 2 standouts thus far in the pre-season.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/crows-track-watch-riley-thilthorpe-rolls-ankle-but-returns-tyler-brown-arrives-in-adelaide/news-story/050b52aa593a01516e368388771e12d2

Crows pre-season news: Rory Laird gives Paul Seedsman update, Tyler Brown signs rookie contract​

■ Wayne Milera is showing signs that he is nearly back to his old self. Milera played just two games in 2020 due to a stress fracture in his foot, none the next year because of a ruptured his patella tendon then 12 last season, when he often looked a long way from the player he once was. On Wednesday, his class was obvious. In perhaps the best individual passage of the day, he spun out of traffic, handballed, kept running, got the footy back, then delivered a neat pass at pace inside 50 to a leading Lachlan Gollant. Laird said Milera’s impressive track form was noticeable. And he expected him to return to half-back after playing at half-forward for parts of last season. “He’s finally strung a lot of trainings together,” he said. “A lot of off-season we did as a group … and Junior was able to get some consistency with his body, especially his knees. He can play up through the midfield a little bit but you can see when he comes off half-back what he can do with the ball and break the lines. Him, Dawse (Jordan Dawson) and Brodie Smith, it’s a nice little trio back there.”

Wayne Milera of the Crows handballs during training. Picture: Mark Brake
■ Third-year midfielder Luke Pedlar also caught the eye, bursting away from attempted tackles while showing the kind of explosiveness that Adelaide liked when it took at pick 11 in 2020. “He had some long-term lingering issues through his legs and groins, and he’s in the same sort of boat (as Milera),” Laird said. “A pre-season sets your whole year up and that’s what Luke’s been able to do for probably the first time since he’s got here. You can see the X-factor that he’s got playing up through the mids and half-forward.”

 

[Mutineer]

 

[Mutineer]

 

[StickerMan]

"Tyler Brown will wear number 21"

Is Berry moving to 3?

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[GrommoT]

Nice to see Worrell beamingly happy (even if just a short moment) - only seen him a bit stony faced before.

 

[Bearded Clam]

that was obvious last year which is why i was calling for them to be delisted. they consume resources even if not list spots

Geez, thats possibly the most ridiculous reason for delisting players I have ever heard..

What finite resources, that could cripple the club if they run out, do these two lads supposedly consume?.

Please name a few or retract that nonsense.

Anyone that actually watches the SAnFL games would know that, whilst Borlase had a poor end to the season, overall he’s been half decent over the past two years, and he can pinch hit in the ruck (he even played full time ruck for a few games in 2021 when ROB was injured and Strawnie was plying AFL). He can also go forward. So he’s still pretty handy.

And Newchurch is a supreme talent with more speed than anyone at the club, has a good football brain, has tons of xfactor and some freakish abilities.. he also not only hits the scoreboard he’s bloody unselfish and plays a part in many of our sanfl goals often unselfishly dishing off a couple of times a game to team mates for easy goals that he probably couldve kicked himself.

Tariek was always going to be a slow burn but really shouldve played in the AFL last year if were honest as he definitely earnt it.. and Borlase is a second year KPD.. Young KPD’s can take 2/3/4 years before they really show their worth

Both lads are Cat B, have a heap of potential, and with no possible Cat B’s for the club on the horizon, will more than likely be on the list again next year..

If only people were as critical of some of our older guys like murphy, mchenry, keays, crouch and in recent time even sloane as they were these young lads.. its been some of these veterans that have spudded it up and cost us more than any of the players in recent years..

I mean, fxxk me… tarieks injured and most definitely wouldve been told to take it very easy today by the club medico’s and crew here are implying he’s lazy and thus is a bust because of it!..

For once, maybe some in here should turn this type of harsh critique towards the blokes in the team who cant even fxxkn kick ffs..

or the blokes that have been leading this team to the results of 3 bottom 5 finishes, one being a spoon, and no finals action for 5 years..the same blokes that still seem to regularly get a golden ticket regardless of how shit they play.

 

[GrommoT]

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Both lads are Cat B, have a heap of potential, and with no possible Cat B’s for the club on the horizon, will more than likely be on the list again next year..
...

They have to come off the Cat.B list after this year (their 3rd, pretty sure) so club will have to promote them to senior list if they are to be kept.

 

[Bearded Clam]

They have to come off the Cat.B list after this year (their 3rd, pretty sure) so club will have to promote them to senior list if they are to be kept.

No.. it’s 4years they can stay as rookies at the moment.. unless the AFL change it this year.

AFL confirms 2022 list sizes, tweaks rule for rookies

Any players in their third season as a Category A or B rookie will be eligible to spend another season as a rookie in 2022

www.afl.com.au

 

[Wazzy36]

Nice to see jacob out there.

 

[FR0GGY]

Poor Wayne was halfway through signing autographs when a media lady told him he needed to do the interview, the close by people let out a collective sigh and Wayne looked torn, she she relented for a bit then told him he had to go.
To his credit he came back afterwards and finished down the line.

 

[GrommoT]

No.. it’s 4years they can stay as rookies at the moment.. unless the AFL change it this year.

AFL confirms 2022 list sizes, tweaks rule for rookies

Any players in their third season as a Category A or B rookie will be eligible to spend another season as a rookie in 2022

www.afl.com.au

I reckon it was a very specific, one-off rule - it states:

any player in their third season as a Category A or B rookie will be eligible to spend another season as a rookie in 2022 as a 'replacement' year.

third season ... in 2022 - this is not the case for our Cat.Bs (actually Cat.As too if any were rookied in 2020 draft, I would think).

Anyway, time will tell.

 

[Bearded Clam]

I reckon it was a very specific, one-off rule - it states:

any player in their third season as a Category A or B rookie will be eligible to spend another season as a rookie in 2022 as a 'replacement' year.

third season ... in 2022 - this is not the case for our Cat.Bs (actually Cat.As too if any were rookied in 2020 draft, I would think).

Anyway, time will tell.

Nah I believe they have changed the rule from 3 years to 4 permanently at this stage.. but it’s the AFL we’re talking about here.. they could easily change it back to 3 at any time..

the interesting thing will be to see if they ever go back to pre-Covid list sizes again.. maybe if they do then this rookie rule might change back to 3 years..

 

[LeftyLuke]

Lairdy.