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Hopefully the players read the article
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Player Watch Rory Sloane - Retired
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On field he was certainly a leader, one that lifted the players massively and no one else on the team was better suited in that regard. Off-field he was still very cliquish and certainly wasn't for everyone.
Sloane always fell into that vanilla NVB category for mine (although was a far better player at their respective peaks). Certainly sets the standards of what's expected, speaks well enough in the media and will keep out of trouble, but lacks that edge that I think separates the good from the great.
Still got hope Dawson will be made captain. I just can't believe Nicks or the playing group would be so dumb as to retain Sloane in that role unless they're copping out and going with co-captains.
I just don't understand if he is being moved on as Captain why this hasn't been sorted behind the scenes. As if they don't know how it's going to play out.
I have said previously I think we are going to go joint Captains which is a weaker than just backing Rory in.
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I honestly don’t think anyone is too worried about this topic except for half a dozen people on here. I would be very confident the players don’t give it a second thought - so when asked just parrot the status quo
There is no gilt edged has to be the captain candidate at the club at the moment
Yes we should be preparing to move on from Rory but I reckon the club needs to worry more about winning some games. In my view who gets the captaincy won’t make us win more games.
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Yeah a club captain isn’t important to a club, clubs should just do away with it and rotate tossing the coin.
cos the club isn't competent enough to consider a change in captaincy at the same time it's preparing to win games of footy. You obviously don't think much of the coaching group.
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Nothing to do with what I think of the coaching group - or if they are capable of doing more than one thing
I just said I don’t think it is a major issue in January who is going to be Captain. I haven’t spent the last 4 weeks wetting the bed like some on here that they may stay with Sloane. I haven’t analysed every media spot and criticised his teammates for “towing the party line”. The leaders in the group will still be the leaders in the group regardless
The club said last year they would look at it in February - which I believe is when they usually do the leadership group in the past.
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the people that care seem to be matched by a similar amount of people that don't care but do seem to care a lot that others care.
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You’re awesome
apparently discussing the captaincy pre the February decision is weird whereas it's perfectly normal to be discussing the 2023 draft when we don't even know what picks we'll have.
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The issue is team selection. The assigned captain is almost undroppable regardless of form, with lots of angst if it does happen.
If Sloane’s form drops down to late career Thommo or VB level then we’re basically playing a man short.
I think the writing was on the wall when Nicks and Dawson were main ones greeting new draftees … together
Dawson should be named captain soon , there just seems too much momentum for it not to happen
Couldn’t rule out a year of sloane / Dawson co captains but I’m probably saying it doesn’t happen
Dawson should be named captain soon , there just seems too much momentum for it not to happen
Couldn’t rule out a year of sloane / Dawson co captains but I’m probably saying it doesn’t happen
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The later it happens the more likely a change surely?
Maybe trying to make it seem more respectful by appearing that it was a long arduous process and difficult decision
Maybe trying to make it seem more respectful by appearing that it was a long arduous process and difficult decision
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I was thinking the opposite when Walsh made Tex captain, he ripped the Band-Aid off
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But that was decisive, bold Walsh
It's cautious Dawson down back Nicks and I think he'd do it the opposite way
* if he makes the right call I don't care if it's done early or late
I hate saying this, but in most other clubs, Sloane has already stood down with fan fair and plaudits.
At the Crows it's always difficult
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We looked all across Australia to find that the best candidate was already in the playing group...
Forgot about Walker. Hopefully he's had a chat with Sloane.
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He also could have been a failure ....there's no evidence either way
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Analysis: Pointers from the past reveal how Fremantle Dockers can save Nat Fyfe from himself
It’s time for some forward thinking at Fremantle.Or in the case of Nat Fyfe, a trip to the past.
For three years now, the skipper has been an enigma in an otherwise defined Dockers outfit.
Justin Longmuir has made no secret of his desire to send Fyfe forward, paving the way for a young and dynamic engine room.
But the Dockers haven’t had the luxury of testing that hypothesis.
Fyfe infamously declared the forward ‘experiment’ over in a pre-season interview last year, only to manage seven games for the season.
A myriad of injuries, including back surgery and a season-ending hamstring injury which stripped the Dockers of their skipper ahead of the club’s return to finals, means Fyfe’s body isn’t what it used to be.
The dynamic, contested midfielder is no more.
He knows it too, admitting late in 2022 that his sole purpose for the remainder of his glittering career is to play finals and chase the premiership that has eluded him so far.
It’s time to save Fyfe, who remains the only current player to have won two Brownlow Medals, from himself.
And the past has given Fremantle the perfect blueprint.
Simon Goodwin, Mark Ricciuto and Michael Voss.
The latter pair are both Brownlow Medallists. All found success up forward in the closing stages of incredible careers.
Simon Goodwin and Mark Ricciuto both enjoyed stints further forward for the Crows.
Ricciuto was widely considered one of the best midfielders of the early 2000s, earning All-Australian selection for four straight years between 2002 and 2005.
Like Fyfe, he commanded respect from his teammates and opposition. His trademark skip in approach surged Adelaide into attack when the Crows needed a lift.
Also like Fyfe, Ricciuto is covered with reminders of a bruising campaign, including the remnants of surgeries designed to prolong his career.
When sent forward in the final two years of his career, Ricciuto’s ruthless efficiency went to another level.
He kicked a career-high 44 goals in 2006, his second-last season, to lead Adelaide’s goal kicking. It included a bag of six and four hauls of five, while Ricciuto also averaged just over 14 disposals a game.
Ricciuto flourished up front for the Crows.
A couple years later, Goodwin took over as captain of the Crows.
It coincided with a move forward, allowing Adelaide’s next generation of midfielders to gain experience whilst bolstering an in-need attack.
It was an instant success. Goodwin kicked a career-high seven goals in round two against West Coast, finishing with a career-best 33 for the 2008 season.
Goodwin spent the second-half of the season rotating between attack and defence but he brought his teammates into the game, finishing the season with 16 goal assists.
Then there’s Voss.
Arguably the best in a talented pride of triple-premiership Lions, Voss too was sent forward in the final years of his career.
In 2004, Voss kicked seven goals against Adelaide a fortnight into the season.
A heavy injury toll saw Voss injected back into the midfield. Still, he kicked 31 goals for the year, his second-best output across a storied career
If it's good enough for these guys .....it's good enough for Sloane
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Think we have to and will, we all love and respect Rory but this young developing team is not needing an older statesman now, it needs the youthful dynamic champion in the making who’s body allows him to lead by example and is quite frankly our best player. With the new sub rule Rory may be an ideal option .
If the writing was on the wall at draft time it should have at least been in the coaches notebook when in Rankine’s first interview he made special mention of Dawson being the one who was in constant contact with him before he arrived at the club to help him settle and deal with the media re moving , I made mention at the time this was captain type behaviour.
