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He was awesome last night. Massive upgrade on crouch
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Review R19: The Good, Bad and Ugly vs. Essendon
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Nicks my hero? I think under the circumstances he did okay last night. You kinda get sick of the Nicks bashing in every thread, but to be fair no coach will ever be good enough for our crows. Eventually the fans will turn on them like they have done since at least the Neil Craig days. Fans are a fickle bunch. They turn on players, coaches, board members, presidents, past players, anyone and everyone! Nobody is safe. I’ll guarantee that if Simon Goodwin ever coached our club, his name would be mud before his tenure had finished. I must be old now, because all that seems too much effort. I just want to watch a game of footy these days. But you know, your opinion is allowed and I wasn’t looking for a debate, but I do hope you can find joy in your support of our great club even with Nicks at the helm, because he’s gonna be around a while longer yet.What's funny is Nicks' blaming the players when they lose and you giving him credit for last night.
Nicks has been our Coach for nearly 5 years. It's Nicks, with no apostrophe.
We win last night, and Nicks is your hero?
What is wow is your ignoring what I said:
"One of our blokes said post-game that Nicks (no apostrophe) sent them out to be defensive, no surprise, hence the 3-goals-behind start.
Later, Nicks did not "shuffle" the backline around while Essendon kicked that run of 7 goals in the third.
To be fair, Keays was moved into the midfield for the 4th quarter (that's a tick to Nicks) and he and Fog lifted the whole team."
All 3 points are what happened. The last one praises Nicks.
My "guess" about the players going on attack (in spite of Nicks and not because of him) is a reflection of my disappointment at where we are after our 0-4, then 1-5 start.
Look at the players chosen back then, the senior player favoritism, and the fact --- FACT --- that kids have been played only through forced injuries.
You wanna give Nicks credit? Give him credit for another lost season.
Gtowncrow
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Did anyone watching from Adelaide see the Nicks presser? I'm told Ch7 didn't show it in Melbourne. Is this correct?
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Playing with intense defensive pressure doesn't mean slow the game down.
It means force turn overs and errors so you can smash them on the rebound.
Defensive pressure BRINGS attack.
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It was on Foxtel.
Golumless
A bigger deal out west.
Was a fun game, but I did miss the last 10 minutes due to the friends I was with deciding they had enough.
Great:
The Rachele redemption arc with the last goal. He does look like he's carrying an injury though.
Keays had a career game. 5 goals, 12 score involvements, 5 score launches, 8 tackles, 28 PA, 22 disposals. Absolutely nuts.
Fogarty was phenomenal.
Good:
It's not the breakout game due to the way Thilthorpe faded in the second half, but he took McKay to the cleaners in the first.
That breakout game where he absolutely destroys an opponent seems close though. Also, it's worth keeping an eye on, but our ball movement has looked a lot better since he's been back. Small sample size notwithstanding, but maybe we missed TT a whole lot more than it seemed we would.
I got to say, I really like Berry in our midfield mix. His ball movement skills has also improved out of sight this year and just that strength and explosiveness is such a weapon in the clinches. Would like him to get more ball as the next step, and turn these 15--21 disposal games into a consistent 21--24 disp. games just to help keep the wolves at bay.
Another week where my eyebrows are raised in Dowling direction. A quiet performer, but the kid has something that should hold up long term. A goal, 7 marks, 490 m at 68% KE, 8 ground ball gets and 5 clearances (= highest for Adelaide) certainly is quite the tick.
I won't say our defense held up well when it lost both key defenders, because conceding 113 points says it didn't. I will give them some bit of credit however because it could have easily blown out to 140--150 points with how much disruption had occurred and that we completely lost the handle on how to prevent the opposition from transitioning the ball.
Happy with Taylors game. Not a 4-quarter performance by any stretch of the imagination, but the kid owned his moments and his contested game seems like its in a place where he'll be a long-term regular.
Whilst not amazing, Laird had a sneaky good game. Couple of goal assists and 7 clearances is a pretty good outing for an inside mid.
Meh:
Keane had a rough game, but there was enough circumstance to it where it's a shrug and move on kind of deal.
Bond looked like he was overawed and out of place this week.
Bad:
Dawson, Murrays and Butts injuries. Fingers crossed they're all minor, or even nothing, but this game was a bit of a massacre.
Our slow starts. We've had a few games in the last few months where we've been 2-3 goals down within the first 10 minutes. It's all well and good to fight back, but this is something that needs work.
Great:
The Rachele redemption arc with the last goal. He does look like he's carrying an injury though.
Keays had a career game. 5 goals, 12 score involvements, 5 score launches, 8 tackles, 28 PA, 22 disposals. Absolutely nuts.
Fogarty was phenomenal.
Good:
It's not the breakout game due to the way Thilthorpe faded in the second half, but he took McKay to the cleaners in the first.
That breakout game where he absolutely destroys an opponent seems close though. Also, it's worth keeping an eye on, but our ball movement has looked a lot better since he's been back. Small sample size notwithstanding, but maybe we missed TT a whole lot more than it seemed we would.
I got to say, I really like Berry in our midfield mix. His ball movement skills has also improved out of sight this year and just that strength and explosiveness is such a weapon in the clinches. Would like him to get more ball as the next step, and turn these 15--21 disposal games into a consistent 21--24 disp. games just to help keep the wolves at bay.
Another week where my eyebrows are raised in Dowling direction. A quiet performer, but the kid has something that should hold up long term. A goal, 7 marks, 490 m at 68% KE, 8 ground ball gets and 5 clearances (= highest for Adelaide) certainly is quite the tick.
I won't say our defense held up well when it lost both key defenders, because conceding 113 points says it didn't. I will give them some bit of credit however because it could have easily blown out to 140--150 points with how much disruption had occurred and that we completely lost the handle on how to prevent the opposition from transitioning the ball.
Happy with Taylors game. Not a 4-quarter performance by any stretch of the imagination, but the kid owned his moments and his contested game seems like its in a place where he'll be a long-term regular.
Whilst not amazing, Laird had a sneaky good game. Couple of goal assists and 7 clearances is a pretty good outing for an inside mid.
Meh:
Keane had a rough game, but there was enough circumstance to it where it's a shrug and move on kind of deal.
Bond looked like he was overawed and out of place this week.
Bad:
Dawson, Murrays and Butts injuries. Fingers crossed they're all minor, or even nothing, but this game was a bit of a massacre.
Our slow starts. We've had a few games in the last few months where we've been 2-3 goals down within the first 10 minutes. It's all well and good to fight back, but this is something that needs work.
Gtowncrow
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Why wouldn't Ch7 show it in Melbourne? The guy's been (is) under such duress in the media and he wins "the game of the year" and the broadcaster decides he's not worthy of 4 minutes of their time.
(Not that we don't already know what he would have said)
Disrespectful by Ch7. Worthy of an explanation.
Agreed. Taylor, Bond and Dowling don't panic as much as out older players like Laird and Smith constantly do. They seem to be able to work their way out of trouble, and not fire it off to the bloke who's flatfooted next to them.
Yeah forgot Murphy. Deplorable - needs to go. But a winning goal in a nothing game does not excuse Rash of his soft efforts throughout the game.
Footy karma.
This year we were ranked third for Thu and Fri games in the initial part of the draw (up to round 15 ish from memory). That’s unprecedented for a non finals team from my understanding after Silvers directly requested being looked after commercially after KeaysGate as a form of reward for being screwed over this year (confirmed directly)
Southerntakeover
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We've been on Thursday and Friday football for like a third of the season
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If the 2 last week included ultimately getting off even with concussions with arms pinned I seriously can’t see how he can be suspended
Vardy against the same team in the 1998 finals (6 goals), or McLeod the next week against the Dogs with 7?
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The ump couldn't wait to give that
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Yes if he keeps,dominating
Glad someone (Browny?) mentioned this at 3 qtr time saying how unusual it was. They didn’t replay (on Kayo) the Merrett free kick/goal in the last qtr also which was perhaps dubious. Fog and TT could easily have recd frees in the last qtr in marking contests also.
BT was a fn disgrace as others have said. Didn’t notice other commentators as biased though.
PS nice way to start a leisurely Sat morning with a couple of coffees in bed and rewatching the Kayo mini highlights and then the entire last quarter!
CBAs (Centre Clearances)
ROB 35 (2)
Berry 26 (1)
Taylor 23 (3)
Laird 20 (3)
Dawson 18 (3)
Soligo 13 (1)
Bond 8
Keays 6 (1)
Himmelberg 3 (1)
Cook and Michalanney also had 1 centre clearance each.
ROB 35 (2)
Berry 26 (1)
Taylor 23 (3)
Laird 20 (3)
Dawson 18 (3)
Soligo 13 (1)
Bond 8
Keays 6 (1)
Himmelberg 3 (1)
Cook and Michalanney also had 1 centre clearance each.
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I just watched the final 2 minutes several times and Keane actually saved the game for us after that last centre clearance. He executed a perfect spoil on Caddy who would've surely kicked the winning goal had he marked it.
Play it again Sam 
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Ugly. When Rachele kicked the winning goal and from the centre bounce, Essendon just got a clean uncontested clearance and f50 entry that they really should have done better with.
And then when trying to close the game out, we let them have another entry.
It’s no wonder we are normally on the losing end of these sorts of games.
And then when trying to close the game out, we let them have another entry.
It’s no wonder we are normally on the losing end of these sorts of games.
