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Wasn’t our previous year Rachelle, Soligo, Taylor and Nankervis who were all on the team as well?
And also TT, Berry, & Cook from 2020, with only Pedlar out with injuries.
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I gotta agree with Nath here
Jones would be playing ahead of Taylor if it wasn’t for injury but Taylor has shown enough to keep his spot, even with being sub in his first 2 games.Maybe. Ned has been fringe all year - half his games he started as sub
Jones was coming off a much improved year - but just hasn’t been able to find his form from last year.
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Nicks might take credit for the "youth development", but you're right.But there is a clearly consistent pattern where there is no planned debut just a run of injuries that conveniently allow the debut
Jen, to be fair, I don't think that GreyCrow professed any kind of insider knowledge in that post.You don’t know wtf is going on behind the scenes. Stop pretending you do.
He is neither proactive nor for that, reactive. Just seems to let thing roll along and happen. Just sits in that coach's box and looks confused. In any other sport he would have lost his job by now.Nicks might take credit for the "youth development", but you're right.
He's not been proactive. He never is.
The changes were forced by injury, as you said.
... because he is not smart enough to strategise different ideas nor does anyone else in our coaching box.He is neither proactive nor for that, reactive. Just seems to let thing roll along and happen. Just sits in that coach's box and looks confused. In any other sport he would have lost his job by now.
Rankine in for Murphy? Oh, please, please, please!The kids are great, but how do we fit Hinge, Worral and Rankine back in the side? Who goes out? It won't be Smith or Laird.
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Uhhh, what?A breakout game for Brayden.
Playing 80% ToG, half on the wing and half as a forward, he racked up 6 kicks and 6 handballs at 67% efficiency. He also contributed 2 of the 109 team tackles and 5 of the teams 162 contested possessions.
If you know his posting history on Cook, it’s absolutely sarcasmUhhh, what?Was that sarcasm?
Cook, who is 1/23rd of the side (4.35%), contributed 1.83% of the tackles and 3.09% of the CP.
How was that "a breakout game"?
OK, thanks. I was thinking it had to be.If you know his posting history on Cook, it’s absolutely sarcasm
I like him, deserves to start 2025 in the side at this point, but a fit Pedlar could overtake him at any moment tbhOK, thanks. I was thinking it had to be.
I just do not get the big wraps on Cook, myself.
I gotta agree with Nath here
This is an inane commentary of Curtin based on myths you are choosing to invent or perpetuate.
Got a game on the basis of media pressure? What a joke.
Nobody is whinging that Duursma can't get a game at North. That O'Sullivan can't at Geelong. That jed walters is back in the VFL. That Ethan Reid can't get a game. Curtin is in this group, not yet in the best 18 but not far off.
The rest is correct, injury got these players into the team, training and matches got them ready, their performance keeps them in it.
Winning a bunch many games for the rest of the year will also keep them in it.
F××K the pick 4 or 5 or 6, get this bunch of kids, the youngest team in the comp, winning games. That's what 90% of supporters want.
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The biggest thing for me in this game was a bunch of the kids all standing up in a tough, wet weather, dour game, especially in the middle against a bunch of mature bodies like Steele, Sinclair, Jones and Clark. Berry and Taylor were 1st and 2nd for clearances, Berry 2nd in tackles, Taylor 4th, Soligo 3rd for disposals, Taylor was equal 2nd for score involvements, Berry 3rd, they all just cracked in on a dirty night and did the work.
Even Sholl who i'd typically expect to struggle in that sort of environment was huge with how hard he worked and was generally clean in the conditions. Dowling, Nankervis all contributed and didn't look out of place and Bond in was very good defensively and allowed us more flexibility on letting Max follow Liam Henry around.
He's dropped Smith, O'Brien, McHenry, Jones, Pedlar, Butts, Murphy - look, it's frustrating that he doesn't seem to drop folks when we feel he should. Absolutely this is a conservative club, that's fair.Sorry Jenny, but he is five years into the job and he hasn’t to date learnt from mistakes.
And our youngsters are only getting games thru injury.
Do you honestly think that if we were pressing for the 8 that McHenry and Jones wouldn’t still be getting games?
Oh come on what real difference would 14 weeks of SANFL football really be?Or maybe he's played them at the right time, and not rushed them in and ruined their careers? He might have learned something from McAsey.
You can't have a rant that people don't know what's going on and are commenting anyway, and then make statements like 'Nicks learns from his mistakes'.
At least people who think we make selection mistakes have evidence behind them.
I don't get your point?Oh come on what real difference would 14 weeks of SANFL football really be?
Mostyn perhaps you can explain the Nank treatment?Jones would be playing ahead of Taylor if it wasn’t for injury but Taylor has shown enough to keep his spot, even with being sub in his first 2 games.
Let’s look at Nank, played some games last year and looked good.
Wasn’t considered an A player all preseason and wasn’t selected until round 4. Plays well when he comes in and in particular against Port but is made sub for the following week to accomodate Smith after his stellar 2 kick in sub effort against Port. Smiths form continued to suck and was dropped, Nank has been good.
How can one explain Nanks treatment expect for Nicks having shit for brains and having to be dragged kicking and screaming to play a kid over one of his chosen ones?
It’s the Royal “you”. So many in here believing they know more than those at the coal face. Generally that’s how players get games - either on the back of blinding form in the twos or through injury to someone in the firsts. It’s not rocket science. WE don’t see the players every day. WE don’t know what they are being challenged with development wise. I reckon THEY have some idea. Ok, maybe not always right, but they may have reasons that aren’t clear to US on the outer.Jen, to be fair, I don't think that GreyCrow professed any kind of insider knowledge in that post.
Curtin/ Dowling/ Bond/ Taylor all came in on the back of other players' injuries.
I think he’s a very cluey player and shows something. Quieter last night, but he’s earned his spot IMO.OK, thanks. I was thinking it had to be.
I just do not get the big wraps on Cook, myself.
What other coaches have rebuilt their side from scratch and without an impressive line of top ten and/or charity handout picks?I just dont understand why Nicks is allowed to have these conga-line of mistakes when other coaches aren't. Some people I think dont understand what professional means. Nicks had made more mistakes than any other Crows coach and we arent playing finals this year on the back of Nicks completely shitting the bed as his whole preseason and game plan was one big mistake. He only resorted to shackles off attack once the season died. I have every expectation he will resort to the controlled counter attack game plane next year in the hopes of perfecting it.