Opinion Changes R9 v Norf Melbourne

[Golumless]

Wow and after all of that, a debut.

I might actually watch with some interest and not looking on in abject horror.

 

[Danger_zone]

Such a good punt to get Strachan in. If he fails who cares, BUT, if that kid could adjust and build a game, it’s a total game changer going forward

Hopefully he plays better then Himmelberg!

 

[CrowBloke]

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The word I have is that Strachan is playing today .....someone failed a fitness test

That's one well-informed chicken, right there ...

 

[johnnycjay]

$2.50 to beat Norf without Polec and Brown. That's overs.

 

[dogs105]

$2.50 to beat Norf without Polec and Brown. That's overs.

You should have watched some of our games this year...

Actually, you really shouldn't have

 

[johnnycjay]

You should have watched some of our games this year...

Actually, you really shouldn't have

Last month has been okish.

North have been pretty shite also.

See what happens I guess.

 

[1970crow]

Surely Fog if fit.

Strachan appears an odd choice. Lose a lead up forward and ignore Fog who was an emergency. Also ignore McCasey who surely could have moved his management forward 1 week. Instead, we go with another ruckman, so we're playing 2 rucks and a KPF/2nd ruck. And in some games we've played only 1 ruck. I really don't think Nicks has the faintest clue. If you looked only ar our forward half, you'd think he had ADHD. But then you look at how glued to positions the defensive half is and you'd think he had the opposite affliction.

Edit - keen to get a look at Strachan though, so that's a positive.

 

[Golumless]

Strachan appears an odd choice. Lose a lead up forward and ignore Fog who was an emergency. Also ignore McCasey who surely could have moved his management forward 1 week. Instead, we go with another ruckman, so we're playing 2 rucks and a KPF/2nd ruck. And in some games we've played only 1 ruck. I really don't think Nicks has the faintest clue. If you looked only ar our forward half, you'd think he had ADHD. But then you look at how glued to positions the defensive half is and you'd think he had the opposite affliction.

Edit - keen to get a look at Strachan though, so that's a positive.

I think the only way to describe it is throw as many darts at a dart board and hope something works. It seems to be our midfield and forward line at the moment.

 

[ad victoriam]

Such a good punt to get Strachan in. If he fails who cares, BUT, if that kid could adjust and build a game, it’s a total game changer going forward

Strachan a better tap ruck than ROB, while Rob is better at this time with the Ground ball in the middle,
However, Strachan is a better Forward than ROB. And I would say Strachan could turn out to be a Better Forward than EH as well.
First-year on the Crows List that Strachan has had a full injury-free Preseason was looking forward to see how he was going to go in the SANFL, unfortunately, current events put a stop to that.

End of the day he a 204cm tall who can Jump and take a pack Mark good size mitts, Decent burst of speed, reasonable Kick as well. Last year his Fitness was the problem

 

[Pilchard_Adams]

Brisbane just smashed Essendon (the team we just lost to) with 7 players with less than 50 games experience and 1872 games total experience

We are set to face North Melbourne with 9 players below 50 games (just two more than Brisbane) and with total experience of 2001 games

Its a glaring problem. But Rich, Zorko, Birchall, Neale, Robinson, Cameron and Lyons are not only better than our experienced players in Gibbs, Talia, Smith, Brown, Laird, Lynch, Couch, but Brisbanes most experienced players can just about all play centre and can all win clearances. Ours are mostly defenders. These are just players who played this week.

The other glaring fact is the players Brisbane have at around 50 to 100 games experience compared to ours. Ah Chee, Witherden, Raynor, Andrews, Berry, McCluggage, Hipwood, McStay, Gardiner, Cameron. Theres some absolute stars (already or in the making) in there. We have Knight, Kelly, Brouch, Atkins, Hartigan, Seedsman, Mrouch and Milera. We want our players who should be breaking out traded, dropped or delisted while Brisbane are watching theirs flourish. Only Milera has star potential in that bunch, and even he comes across as a Petrenko mach 2 at times. Brouch likely to leave, Mrouch up for crucifixion most weeks, Knight isnt an AFL players jock strap and Kelly, Atkins and Hartigan are just solid average players who round out a list, not to be relied upon.