Bit of a turnover fest from both teams imo, maybe it was the intermittent weather but not a lot of clean forward work and we wasted opportunities as usual and got nothing out of our key forwards and either did the Crows. Probably went the way most expected but we didnt collapse into a real mess at least, stoppages/clearances/ruckwork was fairly even, their classier players in Dawson, Rankine and Rachele hurt us and provided a bit more polish when needed and Ben Keays had his usual cameo moments, not sure what we ever did to him but he loves playing us. Looking ahead Id give us some chance vs Collingwood who I dont view as a top 8 team and are struggling with injuries and sore key players.
Coaching at Adelaide isn't brilliant and the conditions not perfect so maybe if we surprise them we have a chance if they have an off night and take us easy due to the scribes writing us off. They have more talent but we need more endeavour and grit so maybe Cripps and Walsh can grind out a win by a goal or two if a few more players than usual can play 4 quarters.
Watching the ASX, yep, it looks like no one really trusts whats going on. Also Trump is about as reliable as a broken clock. He gets a couple of things right, and then swings around wildly. The markets are hard to read, as he tends to put information out there that is provocative on purpose, and manipulates things to suit his buddies most likely as well, so keep that in the back of your mind. Economic indicators are absolutely worth following here, as they tend to show whats going on, and right now, the markets have not decided whether or not this ceasefire will hold.
Israel are a factor apart from Trump and won't stop bombing Lebanon so more straight closures so Oil should go back up again.
Wet night in Adelaide... so... We replace a suspended quickish half forward with an out of form tall... leaving out a smart, in-form, half forward. How can anyone not see the logic in that We replace a concussed Weiters with an aging, struggling for form intercept backman. We replace Hewett with Williams, I guess, which makes some sense.
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Hewett was dropped for his last quarter efforts on LDU I believe.
If we somehow get a win out of it maybe he gets some credit?
Stay of execution maybe, as I said previously a 4 quarter effort would probably suffice to appease the masses. Collingwood game could be the pivotal game given ladder position, form etc doesn't mean anything and both teams usually put on a good show.
I reckon MacRae might wear some heat before the year is out as well, the filth aren't travelling well and their list is skinny.
Reckon the List management team might get pruned first. Maynard threw a grenade when he questioned the failing to re-contract Mihocek. Ginnivan is another blunder haunting them as well which has been enhanced by the Bobby Hill scenario..
Adelaide copping it in the SA media on the rebound too makes it harder, a competitive 4 quarter effort might be the best we can hope for. That three prong tall forward line looks menacing for the Crows without Weitering, if our midfield are not firing its going to be difficult for Derksen, Haynes and L.Young.
They crashed out of finals in straight sets after wining the minor premiership and have won 1 game like us. Their coach with that list should be under way more pressure than our bloke yet.... Where are the calls to sack Nicks?
There in the mail, will be his last season if they don't play at least prelims...same with Longmuir.
Adelaide copping it in the SA media on the rebound too makes it harder, a competitive 4 quarter effort might be the best we can hope for. That three prong tall forward line looks menacing for the Crows without Weitering, if our midfield are not firing its going to be difficult for Derksen, Haynes and L.Young.
I must confess that I really don't see any useful point in, "If only we had Charlie, JSOS and TDK." We don't have them any longer. Right, wrong, good, bad... they aint at PP.
Seems to me the club had the long game in mind, bringing in draft picks and stopgap players when trading/letting go those 3... that's their strategy it seems and it'll be some time before they can be judged on that.
We have to work with what we have and so far this, in every game, we've been in winning positions... so, talent wise, we can do it, but then we blow it. Not easy to create cohesion between so many new blokes in 4 games!
Talk of sacking the coach is silly. Who is going to take his place? Ash Hansen **cough, splutter**? Patience Grasshopper.
Didnt think we were in a winning position vs the Swans, I remember the great David Parkin Carlton sides used to play the premiership quarter(usually the third) and blow teams away much like the Swans did to us. The other teams have all been of the poorer variety bottom end and the football of a substandard nature which to me is the more worrying part.
We dont need a dial mover. North brought in Luke Parker. Hes not a gun anymore but he commands respect is a fine player, and was once one of the games best players and knows what it takes to climb the mountain.
Thats the one place we have stuffed it across the journey. The only player of that ilk we've recruited is nick haynes. Whilst he's a fine player he was never one of the games best.
Others import leadership when they need some, we are still relying on the understudies of chris Judd and losing dochertys leadership likely hurt us more than any of the talent that walked out.
Parker is a leader but he isnt a dial mover as a player imho, we dont have any real top consistent A grade talent and either do Nth and thats why that game was an error ridden mess like most of the other games we have played this season. The cupboard is bare as far as leaders go and Cripps should abdicate the role...
