Game Day Rd 16 Crows v Giants - Name the Excuse - Spoiler - Taylor saves Nicks, will he get another game?

[jenny61_99]

Finally, someone in this thread able to see things positively

Cough cough

 

[GreyCrow]

You’d have to think the reduction in crowd size from 40k+ last home match to >30k tonight is more to do with the cold and possible wet, with the game live, than 10k supporters suddenly deciding to protest against Nicks

You would hope - Sydney game was 9c as was todays

The rain did not keep 10k away

 

[GreyCrow]

Finally, someone in this thread able to see things positively

Imagine starting a new account to happy clap

clap clap clap clap clap

 

[Kraven]

And I’m following game from Roman baths in Bath!

I loved Bath! Definitely want to go back

 

[jenny61_99]

Imagine starting a new account to happy clap

clap clap clap clap clap

Imagine not being happy when your team wins a football match against good opposition!

 

[whattagun07]

Great performance last night. It's hard to get too excited though, given how our season has gone.

Milk bath absolutely makes me cringe. Who cleans that shit up?!

 

[GreyCrow]

Imagine not being happy when your team wins a football match against good opposition!

Show me where either here or in the match thread I was ever unhappy with our win

Stop gaslighting people

 

[AFC979810]

Imagine not being happy when your team wins a football match against good opposition!

Imagine not wanting the team you love to have every advantage possible in winning a flag.

 

[jenny61_99]

Show me where either here or in the match thread I was ever unhappy with our win

Stop gaslighting people

Wasn’t aimed at you (sorry if you felt t was), but the rest of the negative Nellie’s. They know who they are. Just read through the game day thread and you’ll know who they are.

 

[GreyCrow]

Wasn’t aimed at you (sorry if you felt t was), but the rest of the negative Nellie’s. They know who they are. Just read through the game day thread and you’ll know who they are.

Then why quote me?

 

[jenny61_99]

Then why quote me?

You were the unlucky one at the end of the negativity that broke the camels back I guess…

 

[George Kramer]

Imagine not being happy when your team wins a football match against good opposition!

It depends what you want for the club, a couple of wins to paper over the shitshow and therefore allows the club not to make the changes the club needs or you’re happy for a couple of wins and no changes.

Watching the news this morning “and the win takes the pressure off Matthew Nicks” and this is why winning this game sucks.

 

[jenny61_99]

It depends what you want for the club, a couple of wins to paper over the shitshow and therefore allows the club not to make the changes the club needs or you’re happy for a couple of wins and no changes.

Watching the news this morning “and the win takes the pressure off Matthew Nicks” and this is why winning this game sucks.

The media are full of shit. This takes no pressure off nicks unless they keep winning. He’s walking a very fine line.

 

[George Kramer]

The media are full of shit. This takes no pressure off nicks unless they keep winning. He’s walking a very fine line.

Bullshit it doesn’t. The club will take any opportunity to keep him in given they’ve re-signed him too ****ing early.

Win another 2-3 games and he’s safe for 2025 so any win helps keep him there. I’d rather lose every game if it meant getting rid of him.

 

[maxlilly]

Good
Seeing guys like Nankervis, Dowling, Cook, Taylor and even Hamill getting games now and doing well.
And they don't look out of place in AFL

Ugly
Needing injuries to get these blokes into the team

 

[George Kramer]

Good
Seeing guys like Nankervis, Dowling, Cook, Taylor and even Hamill getting games now and doing well.
And they don't look out of place in AFL

Ugly
Needing injuries to get these blokes into the team

Yep, was only the last week Nicks justified not selecting Taylor as he had stuff to work on, how do you publicly make a comment like that and then pick him?

What Taylor showed last night is he’s a footballer that has it. He needs to play.

 

[maxlilly]

What's happened to GWS this season ?
They look a shell of the team that stormed into finals last year.

 

[maxlilly]

Yep, was only the last week Nicks justified not selecting Taylor as he had stuff to work on, how do you publicly make a comment like that and then pick him?

What Taylor showed last night is he’s a footballer that has it. He needs to play.

Really disappointing starting him as sub in his first game.
But he fitted in seamlessly
Can find the footy, has time to make good decisions and has great skills
There's a lot to like by the way he goes about his footy

 

[FR0GGY]

What's happened to GWS this season ?
They look a shell of the team that stormed into finals last year.

They looked good early this season (might have been who they played though)

 

[rabidcrow]

Bullshit it doesn’t. The club will take any opportunity to keep him in given they’ve re-signed him too ****ing early.

Win another 2-3 games and he’s safe for 2025 so any win helps keep him there. I’d rather lose every game if it meant getting rid of him.

Assuming our best 6-7 stay fit for the rest of the year we will win another 2-4 games. Doesn’t change anything - we have already seen without Rankine and Walker we struggle to beat anyone

So Nicks is completely safe. The club has been pretty clear he is safe and the only changes will be support around him. He won’t be going anywhere until mid next year at the earliest


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[cleanhands]

Imagine not being happy when your team wins a football match against good opposition!

Nothing against the win but GWS currently are not good opposition

 

[rabidcrow]

Yep, was only the last week Nicks justified not selecting Taylor as he had stuff to work on, how do you publicly make a comment like that and then pick him?

What Taylor showed last night is he’s a footballer that has it. He needs to play.

George - what is he supposed to say? I understand why you find it hard to have any joy with the club when you find every comment or non comment something to dissect. It’s a media interview.
Is he going to say - I don’t think he is good enough to play, or “ he is definitely up to it but I jus t don’t want to pick him”?
Taylor has been named as an emergency recently - that’s the signal they think he is close. The rest is fluff

And yes they could drop Murphy for him - but then he would be stuck forward with no mid time. And that will still be a struggle moving forward.
It’s a problem when you draft a dozen mids and you only have 3-4 spots to put them in


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[footy4ever]

You’d have to think the reduction in crowd size from 40k+ last home match to >30k tonight is more to do with the cold and possible wet, with the game live, than 10k supporters suddenly deciding to protest against Nicks

No.

Bigfooty crows board convinced everyone to stay home.

 

[ABAB]

Bullshit it doesn’t. The club will take any opportunity to keep him in given they’ve re-signed him too ****ing early.

Win another 2-3 games and he’s safe for 2025 so any win helps keep him there. I’d rather lose every game if it meant getting rid of him.

You guys are dreaming, Nicks was never going to be sacked end of this year. He will be sacked end of next year if we don't make Finals.

 

[George Kramer]

George - what is he supposed to say? I understand why you find it hard to have any joy with the club when you find every comment or non comment something to dissect. It’s a media interview.
Is he going to say - I don’t think he is good enough to play, or “ he is definitely up to it but I jus t don’t want to pick him”?
Taylor has been named as an emergency recently - that’s the signal they think he is close. The rest is fluff

And yes they could drop Murphy for him - but then he would be stuck forward with no mid time. And that will still be a struggle moving forward.
It’s a problem when you draft a dozen mids and you only have 3-4 spots to put them in


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What’s he got to say? “I’m selecting Taylor this week, he’s been in good form and we have players out of form in the seniors”