Review R22: The Good, Bad and Ugly vs. Footscray

[Multiballz]

Was Rankine rested in the second half? I barely saw him.

Great question. Did he sit on the bench all last quarter?

 

[spenze]

You have no way of knowing where his confidence is at.

It's been clear to him all year what he had to work on, and he's been given bigger roles and more time around the ball as he's developed.

It's a ridiculous impatience to think he should have been further along, and it is unrealistic to think that he's upset.

This was always a development year for a teenage kid who was coming back from injury.

He absolutely had to work on being a full back for some reason

 

[Punchy Bassett]

Sholl turning into quite the wingman

He or Keays most improved this year

 

[Bearded Clam]

Can’t wait to watch Fog’s next 250 games..

 

[pjcrows]

We continue to occupy that sweet spot:

Not winning enough to achieve anything
Not losing enough to change anything

Make the wildcard and anything can happen.

 

[Eddie Murphy]

Come onnnnn, where are the whingers? I know at least 80% of you deplorables hated that win because it reduced the chances of a top 5 Pick…

Come on lads, out of the woodwork! Tell us all the negative stuff you’re feeling


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Let’s relax a bit? We’ve won a game with no expectations on us but a number of changes posters have been crying out for all year being vindicated, including

1. A full game to Dan with a license to attack the ball
2. Smith, McHenry, Jones out of the side
3. Laird out of the midfield

 

[pjcrows]

Has ANY club played like this all season?

How was Hawthorn's start to the year? Was that their coach's fault?

How about Carlton or Sydney now? Sack their coaches?

We started off the pace, with essential players not at 100%. Today's win shows there's some real promise there.

 

[Carmo]

Call it what you want.Until Nicks Coaches something resembling a top 8 finish, or even produces 3-4 wins in a row against decent opposition,it's as solid a theory as any.

A lot better than - " The list is shit" excuses trotted out by the apologists.

The apologists say the list is inexperienced or young or that we had injuries, it's the haters that say it's shit. Please don't get us confused.

 

[Mattrox]

I really liked what I saw from Berry. Really developing into a valuable player.

 

[Mattrox]

If we played like this all year, we would be playing finals...so this is just a reminder that Nix has wasted another season.

We were missing a lot of players due to injury for a lot of the season who played in this game. Plus Rankine from a dumb arse suspension...


Funny how you get good player back, you win games.

 

[OccamsRazorRay]

Let’s relax a bit? We’ve won a game with no expectations on us but a number of changes posters have been crying out for all year being vindicated, including

1. A full game to Dan with a license to attack the ball
2. Smith, McHenry, Jones out of the side
3. Laird out of the midfield

This isn’t quite the positivity I was looking for, I was just hoping for some input from our moderators


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[Brookster]

Has ANY club played like this all season?

How was Hawthorn's start to the year? Was that their coach's fault?

How about Carlton or Sydney now? Sack their coaches?

We started off the pace, with essential players not at 100%. Today's win shows there's some real promise there.

Different plan though today. Most noticeable was our hustle to get into position and our look to move the speed of our play to take advantage of this. Really showed when we came out of defence. So good to watch this unNicks like style. But he is still learning i guess…….

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

You have no way of knowing where his confidence is at.

It's been clear to him all year what he had to work on, and he's been given bigger roles and more time around the ball as he's developed.

It's a ridiculous impatience to think he should have been further along, and it is unrealistic to think that he's upset.

This was always a development year for a teenage kid who was coming back from injury.

He clearly had to work on the defensive side of his game

I thought that remedial work really came to the fore in the last quarter today

 

[Danger in Texas]

I really liked what I saw from Berry. Really developing into a valuable player.

The main flaws are that he’s not an accumulator, and not a one-touch player

Saw the fumbles on display a bit today, but when he grabbed it cleanly, he was the most damaging of all our mids

 

[Cap]

Our season is over and we play like this. The apologists come out of the woodwork.

Its the South Australian sporting tradition

 

[Crowboto]

I hope we never see Jones, McHenry or Brodie Smith

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Brodie Smith

Age

32

Ht

189cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.5

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

7.2

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

500.1

5star

D

17.1

4star

K

12.6

5star

HB

4.5

3star

M

3.5

3star

T

2.3

3star

MG

438.9

5star

D

17.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.6

5star

wearing a Crows jumper ever again. No offence to them personally.

 

[FR0GGY]

Good: sholl running out a season

 

[ABAB]

I hope we never see Jones, McHenry or Brodie Smith wearing a Crows jumper ever again. No offence to them personally.

Well, I'll have Jones over Murphy.......

 

[footy4ever]

Sholl becoming very good on that wing. Once puts on more size will be a weapon

Earlier this year I called him a spud of the highest order.

How wrong I was.

 

[fuic08]

Sholl becoming very good on that wing. Once puts on more size will be a weapon

He's great at providing that outlet option when others players run into trouble

 

[Bearded Clam]

I hope we never see Jones, McHenry or Brodie Smith wearing a Crows jumper ever again. No offence to them personally.

I would literally rather see jones at HF/small forward/mid than Murphy..

But i’d have Dowling miles before both of them.

I’d even rather Jones over Laird. Laird is pure shite.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

We were missing a lot of players due to injury for a lot of the season who played in this game. Plus Rankine from a dumb arse suspension...


Funny how you get good player back, you win games.

How do you explain our 1st month of football...

 

[cleanhands]

He's great at providing that outlet option when others players run into trouble

He always works hard to get deep in the defensive square

 

[Geoffa32]

Well, I'll have Jones over Murphy.......

Or Dowling over both.


Sid Draper next year.

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[Crowboto]

Well, I'll have Jones over Murphy.......

Jones the shape keeper vs Murphy the human potato. Now there's a title fight.