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[PeacefulWarrior]

Went over to the crows board & the majority of their posters are even more negative than some of our chicken littles.

A team featuring Ned McHenry, Sholl, Smith, Keane, Berry & an assortment of other spuds shouldn’t be feared, they should be pitied

Keane and Berry would get games with us

 

[Marmozet]

Also, can we please keep our mouths shut this time and focus on the task at hand this week?

All that “we hate them” crap last year was embarrassing and of course it backfired spectacularly on us, particularly Ryan Burton

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Ryan Burton

Age

27

Ht

191cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.5

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

277.3

4star

D

16.8

4star

K

12.3

5star

HB

4.5

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.0

2star

MG

277.3

4star

D

13.4

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

4.4

4star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.2

4star

.

 

[Handyandy]

Only way crows win is if we let Rob/ crouch dominate & if walker/ rankine get off the leash again.

 

[Handyandy]

Keane and Berry would get games with us

Bs

 

[Handyandy]

haha, left right out would be their best position

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

Bs

Yeah you got me there

 

[Handyandy]

Every team has a couple of fringe spuds getting a game. Crows seem to have more than their fair share.

 

[Handyandy]

Notice too the crows hate Nicks & want home gone almost as much as we hate Hinks. So we actually have something in common now

 

[Schulzenfest]

Keane and Berry would get games with us

Which of Aliir, Rat, BZT are you replacing with Keane? Which of Rozee, Butters, JHF, Wines, Drew are you replacing with Berry?

Ironically McHenry is probably the worst player on that list but he's also the one who'd be most likely to get a game with us because he'd be competing with McEntee.

 

[Festerz]

Most recent injury list has him out for 3-4 with a quad.

Got a 1 year extension late last year too. Sad for him.

We’re definitely going to be a major player in the mid season draft this year.

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

Which of Aliir, Rat, BZT are you replacing with Keane? Which of Rozee, Butters, JHF, Wines, Drew are you replacing with Berry?

Ironically McHenry is probably the worst player on that list but he's also the one who'd be most likely to get a game with us because he'd be competing with McEntee.

I’d play Berry as a small forward ahead of McEntee and Keanes form is better than Rat imo

 

[Handyandy]

Oops I meant pooper pants Keays
One of my crows supporting mates loses his s**t & starts chucking stuff at the telly whenever he touches the ball
Glass jaw Keane has looked ok a couple of times I’ve seen him play

 

[edgie]

One of the silliest ideas that gets floated here is the idea that we don't have depth and that this is meant to be some type of criticism. Pretty much every team in the AFL has half a dozen relative spuds in their best 23. No team has depth. The entire talent pool lacks depth because there are way too many teams. Any team that gets injuries will be somewhat exposed. It's just the reality of the competition we play in.

It's how you do it though. I don't think we have any mature journeyman types on the list currently? Back in the early Hinkley era we had a guy like Paul Stewart as depth, a mature bodied experienced player in all areas of the oval. We had sandover medalist Kane Mitchell with fitness and pace to burn. We had Campbell Heath and Andrew Moore, etc.

Who's our Billy Frampton?

 

[Handyandy]

X factor for game is
1) the crows definitely lift for this game
2) possibly fitter than us
3) umpires love em

 

[Powertron]

Got a 1 year extension late last year too. Sad for him.

We’re definitely going to be a major player in the mid season draft this year.

Awesome, can’t wait for the next McEntee or Teakle to come in, be s**t and continue to get selected…

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

X factor for game is
1) the crows definitely lift for this game
2) possibly fitter than us
3) umpires love em

4/ our game plan has shown to not stand up to big games/finals/showdowns

 

[Festerz]

What was baffling, was the decision to send Rozee back on the ground when it was obvious he blew a hammy.

Obvious to who? Dr Sewer watching from TV or the sidelines?

C'mon.

 

[JUSTWORK]

Obvious to who? Dr Sewer watching from TV or the sidelines?

C'mon.

It was obvious watching him try run that he wasn't fit. He should have immediately been put on ice.
He's far too important a player to have risked making it any worse.

 

[Handyandy]

Love to see Anasta get a game
A genuinely fast nippy small forward could have a field day
I often watch Collingwoods Hill & he is really sh$t but his speed opens up so many opportunities
So many times when the ball goes over the back of the zone & a really speedy small can just run into an open goal
Don’t understand why we persist with mid paced small forwards
Rioli, dbj, spp, mcentee are all slow

 

[PowerLil]

Love to see Anasta get a game
A genuinely fast nippy small forward could have a field day
I often watch Collingwoods Hill & he is really sh$t but his speed opens up so many opportunities
So many times when the ball goes over the back of the zone & a really speedy small can just run into an open goal
Don’t understand why we persist with mid paced small forwards
Rioli, dbj, spp, mcentee are all slow

This. Charleson is damn quick too.

 

[Brian McGee]

Love to see Anasta get a game
A genuinely fast nippy small forward could have a field day
I often watch Collingwoods Hill & he is really sh$t but his speed opens up so many opportunities
So many times when the ball goes over the back of the zone & a really speedy small can just run into an open goal
Don’t understand why we persist with mid paced small forwards
Rioli, dbj, spp, mcentee are all slow

Did you just say bobby hill is s**t?

 

[WillemDaDrew]

This is going to be a long week, and if we lose.
The next week will be even longer.

 

[PowerBaz]

Interesting if we drop this then we

This is going to be a long week, and if we lose.
The next week will be even longer.

Hard to see us winning at Kardinia

 

[Bump Bailey]

The crows are a counterpunching team.
Flood back, force a turnover, then rebound forward into open space.
Ok defence, good forward line if tex fires. But they have killed us in ruck & clearances with Rob tapping it straight down crouch & co throats. Effectively giving them first use of the ball at almost every stoppage. nullifying our big advantage, which is a quality midfield.
Ruck & clearance will be critical
Close crouch/ Dawson down & they have nothing. Except some very favourable umpiring & couple of flashy tosser fwds
We really should smash them if we play half decent. Don’t get the negativity on here.

The negativity on here stems from this club’s entrenched pattern of underperformance and structural failings in big games when the lights are brightest and the heat is hottest. It wears you down after a while and makes you cynical.

The Crows haven’t made finals in six years, and we still only have a 5-5 record against them over that period.

 

[Port 2004]

The negativity on here stems from this club’s entrenched pattern of underperformance and structural failings in big games when the lights are brightest and the heat is hottest. It wears you down after a while and makes you cynical.

The Crows haven’t made finals in six years, and we still only have a 5-5 record against them over that period.

You can certainly understand the negativity with old donuts in charge for all the reasons you outlined.