Preview R11: Changes vs Eagles

[thebirdman 24]

Strachan is a far better kick!

If he can kick more than 30 metres, he should be in.

Make a contest in the ruck, stay out of the way when the ball hits the deck and take the odd mark around the ground. That is all we ask for.

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[Geoffa32]

I'm sorry, he hardly trains?

He can GTFO if true.

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Only main sessions.

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[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Really think we should rest Tex this week and the next couple, need to see Fog be the Number 1 man see what he can produce

We'll go harder to win this game than any other in our history

 

[BRL121]

Nicks will be last to realise the season is over

That's exactly how it should be.

 

[BRL121]

Really think we should rest Tex this week and the next couple, need to see Fog be the Number 1 man see what he can produce

Tex seems to be carrying an injury. I saw him clutch at his buttock during the match.

 

[thebirdman 24]

Only main sessions.

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I'm so glad he is in the leadership group.

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[MRB37]

Only main sessions.

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But the players love Nicks... cause he lets them skip trainings and meetings to study or pick their kids up from school.

 

[MRB37]

Tex seems to be carrying an injury. I saw him clutch at his buttock during the match.

Definitely looked proppy a few times when he first took off from a stationary position. I dare say the fact he didn't even consider trying to ping that shot at goal from 50-55m out and gave it to Hinge instead would be a sign too.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Has Rankine done his hamstring? Or did he cramp up at the end?

Smith and Walker both played but didn't seem 100% right. Doing them a disservice by playing them, even though I'm sure Nicks would go into conniptions at the prospect of not having them out there.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Tex seems to be carrying an injury. I saw him clutch at his buttock during the match.

Rest him then.

Bring in Gollant.

 

[FR0GGY]

Has Rankine done his hamstring? Or did he cramp up at the end?

Smith and Walker both played but didn't seem 100% right. Doing them a disservice by playing them, even though I'm sure Nicks would go into conniptions at the prospect of not having them out there.

Nicks said they suspect hammy in the presser.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Has Rankine done his hamstring? Or did he cramp up at the end?

Smith and Walker both played but didn't seem 100% right. Doing them a disservice by playing them, even though I'm sure Nicks would go into conniptions at the prospect of not having them out there.

Club has said he has done a hamstring.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Club has said he has done a hamstring.

Well poop

 

[Magma]

if we were ever going to drop rob (we won't) i'd rather we went with burgess and himmelberg rucking. no interest in seeing strachan again. ideally i'd like to see a few guys out but because it was a close loss it's a real chance to super duper back the boys in and replace rankine with mchenry and make berry the sub. we only lost cos they werent backed in enough

 

[rabidcrow]

Should be

Rankine out inj. - dowling in

Laird out cause he’s a fxxkn hack who’s barely sanfl standard - shoey in

ROB out cause he’s a fxxkn hack who’s barely sanfl standard - give strawnie a run

Smith out cooked - Ryan in

What it will be…

Rankine out inj.. hopefully dowling in..

It will be Harry before Dowling - he is a long way in front


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[rabidcrow]

Tex seems to be carrying an injury. I saw him clutch at his buttock during the match.

He copped a knee in the hip/glut when he was in that gang tackle where Crisp jumped up and grabbed him around the head. You can see he struggled to get up and was noticeably sore after


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[jenny61_99]

Strachan is just ROB with less hitouts and looks less unco but is equally useless

Can take a mark and kick a goal though.

 

[jenny61_99]

Tex seems to be carrying an injury. I saw him clutch at his buttock during the match.

Got a corky in the hip in a marking contest.

 

[Shaunbkk]

The club will continue to go nowhere while the following players are routinely playing:

Smith
Laird
McHenry
Jones

Finding a better ruckman would be nice too, but the fact is that rucks don’t influence results anymore as much as most other players do.

Smith at half back is just not getting it done. Shanks his kicks, and even when he doesn’t, he routinely kicks to 1 on 2s. Also can’t defend. Replace with Ryan or Curtin depending on matchups.

Laird - where do i start. Slow. Can’t kick. Makes horrendous decisions by hand and foot. Trails his man to the ball. Racks up absolutely useless touches. Cannot co-exist with Crouch. Crouch has cleaner hands and makes far better decisions. Bye. Replace with Berry or Taylor.

McHenry is just awful at football. Nobody could possibly counter that argument so I won’t bother expanding. Replace with Taylor or Pedlar (once Pedlar fit).

Jones - fk me dead. Horrible decision maker. Great tackler. Just doesn’t have any other points of difference. Playing him on a wing is mind boggling. Has zero traits that you’d want in a wingman. Creates virtually no scores. Back pocket or out of the team. Replace with Dowling.



Make those changes and blind Freddy can see we’d be better off now, in the near future and in the long run. But they won’t. And that’s why we lose close games.

perfectly said sir

 

[George Kramer]

There needs to be a "man conversion " with RoB.

He barely trains at the moment with his study load, it is showing on game day.


His future is medicine. Time to make a decision.


He used to be a reliable mark of the ball, and albeit a bit "gumby", he was good in traffic as a link up player. Similar with field kicking.


Now struggles around the ground and his tapwork has dropped off in quality as well.




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What? You can’t be serious that he’s hardly training, is this intel?

 

[FR0GGY]

What? You can’t be serious that he’s hardly training, is this intel?

Reckon he’s said it a couple of times that his study has increased and training decreased.

 

[Cap]

Nicks will be last to realise the season is over

if he does it will be when he is being sacked

 

[kirky]

Yeah just ask Nicksy for time off and yeah go for it

Senior players have been doing it for a few years

WTF!

Where is the elite standards?

 

[WetCrow1991]

We'll go harder to win this game than any other in our history

Back slapping all round. Playing Crows football. Building momentum and other bullshit.

 

[GreyCrow]

Is the U18 game the curtain raiser for next Sunday