Crows 2016

[Jim05]

Either way over 20000 more than port got last week

[emoji1]
Friday night, playing a top side in perfect weather
V
Mother's Day Sunday, playing a crap side pissing down with rain

At 4.10 on a Sunday evening.

Aren't they the same excuses we got at footy park ???

Not an excuse, fact.
If that game was at Footy Park they would of struggled to get 20,000 there

[Booney]

Little guy only comes on here to comment about Port crowds. Sad. Funny but sad.

[UK Fan]

[emoji1]
Friday night, playing a top side in perfect weather
V
Mother's Day Sunday, playing a crap side pissing down with rain

At 4.10 on a Sunday evening.

Aren't they the same excuses we got at footy park ???

Not an excuse, fact.
If that game was at Footy Park they would of struggled to get 20,000 there

sounded like an old piss poor excuse to me.

20000 u say is that a fact or something you've made up

Either way not good signs with winter around the corner wouldn't you say Jim.

[mighty hounds]

Either way over 20000 more than port got last week

[emoji1]
Friday night, playing a top side in perfect weather
V
Mother's Day Sunday, playing a crap side pissing down with rain

I went to the Port game last week. Not at one stage did it piss down with rain. It drizzled a little during the first quarter.

[Jim05]

Either way over 20000 more than port got last week

[emoji1]
Friday night, playing a top side in perfect weather
V
Mother's Day Sunday, playing a crap side pissing down with rain

I went to the Port game last week. Not at one stage did it piss down with rain. It drizzled a little during the first quarter.

Poured in the morning and during the day which does keep numbers down. The weather reports were predicting more rain aswell, I have no doubt plenty would of had that on their mind and decided to stay home

[Jim05]

[quote="Jim05"]
[emoji1]
Friday night, playing a top side in perfect weather
V
Mother's Day Sunday, playing a crap side pissing down with rain

At 4.10 on a Sunday evening.

Aren't they the same excuses we got at footy park ???

Not an excuse, fact.
If that game was at Footy Park they would of struggled to get 20,000 there

sounded like an old piss poor excuse to me.

20000 u say is that a fact or something you've made up

Either way not good signs with winter around the corner wouldn't you say Jim.[/quote]
I don't normally stick up for Port but reckon a similar timeslot for Port on Mother's Day did attract under 20k at FP.
Crowds in Melbourne have proven that 4:10 on Sunday's don't work let alone Mothers Day

[mighty hounds]

Either way over 20000 more than port got last week

[emoji1]
Friday night, playing a top side in perfect weather
V
Mother's Day Sunday, playing a crap side pissing down with rain

I went to the Port game last week. Not at one stage did it piss down with rain. It drizzled a little during the first quarter.

Poured in the morning and during the day which does keep numbers down. The weather reports were predicting more rain aswell, I have no doubt plenty would of had that on their mind and decided to stay home

If they looked at radar they would have seen it was moving around Adelaide and not going through. Piss poor excuse. Crows would have attracted 48k still

[Jim05]

[quote="UK Fan"]Either way over 20000 more than port got last week

[emoji1]
Friday night, playing a top side in perfect weather
V
Mother's Day Sunday, playing a crap side pissing down with rain

I went to the Port game last week. Not at one stage did it piss down with rain. It drizzled a little during the first quarter.

Poured in the morning and during the day which does keep numbers down. The weather reports were predicting more rain aswell, I have no doubt plenty would of had that on their mind and decided to stay home

If they looked at radar they would have seen it was moving around Adelaide and not going through. Piss poor excuse. Crows would have attracted 48k still[/quote]
Crows only got 47k to Freo on a Saturday. Reckon they would of got low 40's to Brisbane at 4:10 on Mothers Day.
Sunday 4:10 is the worst timeslot in the comp but I'd still think last weeks crowd was about 7-8k short of what Port would of been expecting. Starting to see some poor crowds all around the comp ATM

[mighty hounds]

If they looked at radar they would have seen it was moving around Adelaide and not going through. Piss poor excuse. Crows would have attracted 48k still

Crows only got 47k to Freo on a Saturday. Reckon they would of got low 40's to Brisbane at 4:10 on Mothers Day.
Sunday 4:10 is the worst timeslot in the comp but I'd still think last weeks crowd was about 7-8k short of what Port would of been expecting. Starting to see some poor crowds all around the comp ATM

Imo Saturday is a worse time slot. So many people tied up around the state with sport. I feel 47k was a good result for a Saturday arvo match. Speaking of crap remember we played the bottom side

[MW]

Who gives a shit what Port get to a game ffs people.

[Bum Crack]

Little guy only comes on here to comment about Port crowds. Sad. Funny but sad.

Lol. Can't believe there's arguments about crowds. Classic.

[cracka]

Little guy only comes on here to comment about Port crowds. Sad. Funny but sad.

Lol. Can't believe there's arguments about crowds. Classic.

It only takes 1 troll to start them

[Ruben Carter]

Don't you just love UK fan. Always trying to find a way to discredit Port and our supporters never has a nice word about any other club. Must have been neglected as a child, poor love. Keep posting on here by all means, but nobody values any of your opinions - they are irrelevant, ill-informed and bitter and say a lot more about you than Port. But once a troll....

[bennymacca]

can you guys piss off to some other thread. this thread is for complaining about umpires

[hawks21]

Last nights game went as expected IMO. I find it funny how so many Crows supporters start to turn on the team after the last few weeks. Two months back before the season started if you said we would be 4-4 I would have taken it. I honestly thought we could have been 7 or even 8 losses based on a pretty tough early draw. Losses to North, Geelong, Bulldogs and Hawthorn is nothing to lose that much sleep over. The form of Freo and Richmond had surprised me and I think we got to play Port at the right time. Really played out of our skins (and need to) to beat the Swans here.

A heap of improvement is needed but still a pretty young side trying to cover the loss of probably the comps best player. I think people were seduced by early form and started talking top 4 way too prematurely! the better sides have worked out how to beat our game plan so we need to adapt now. Walker has been down but no coach in the AFL would drop him from that side on current form, tend to agree with Wayne Carey a bit on Jenkins - he will never demand an oppositions best 1 or even 2 defenders especially while Walker is in that side. The Cats didnt seem to have 1 or 2 best defenders, they are pretty much covered across the whole back 6. Our back 6 have been OK but really miss Laird this last two weeks and have to say I struggle to see how Cheney is currently in our best 22, maybe only saved by Laird being out at the minute. Scoreboard flattered us really last night, Cats should have put us away early. If we start losing the real winnable games like GC, Ess, Bris Id be concerned. Earlier in the year would have inked in wins against the Saints, Melb and Carlton but they are no longer a given either. Would need to target a key mid in next years trade to assist Sloane once Thompson pulls the pin - B Crouch has potential to be special but needs a heap of time to find his feet, his brother while he is OK sometimes I think we got him to keep Brad here.

BTW - I really hate us playing Friday night footy! Cant remember the last one we won and leaves me depressed all weekend!

Hard not to agree with all that Tex!

Was hard not to get excited (and still get excited) over the first few games with the way we were playing and the brand of football we were delivering. We have seen that still over the last couple of weeks in patches but not consistently for 4 quarters which is required against the top 4 sides.

While disappointing Friday night, still plenty of positives and improvement which is exciting. Geelong were really quite impressive and can finish top 4 if they stay healthy.

Sloane was unreal Friday night, I thought Cameron had another great game along with the backline who were under the pump the whole game!

We need to find that right midfield mix, currently isn’t working. The more footy Brad Crouch can play the better he and the midfield will get but blokes like Lyons and Ellis-Yoleman must be a chance to get a game and see what they can offer.

Rory Laird back this week which helps, has become a really important player, wouldn’t surprise me to see him come back in for Richard Douglas who has struggled to catch the ball the last 2-3 weeks!

[Brodlach]

Lairdy wont be back this week unfortunately

[bennymacca]

Agree regarding crouch. At top form he is the one to take pressure off of Sloane but it will take a fair bit of time.

I'm loving our competitiveness and the fact that we have been in games we probably shouldn't have been in the past 2 weeks.

Time to make a statement against Gold Coast this week.

[MW]

IMO the only reason we are "competitive" is the conversion from I50's which is masking a big issue in the midfield and defence.
Geelong scoreline flattered us, we should have been down 40pts at half time.

[bennymacca]

IMO the only reason we are "competitive" is the conversion from I50's which is masking a big issue in the midfield and defence.
Geelong scoreline flattered us, we should have been down 40pts at half time.

Yeah agree with that. Particularly midfield, I think our defence has been ok, though laird and to a lesser extent Mackay has hurt our ball movement significantly in the last 2 weeks.

[MW]

We need improvements from our lockdown small defenders. The likes of Rioli, Motlop, Puopolo, etc have exposed this weakness.
We have the high possession winning backmen (well not of late though) but not sure they are defensive enough when the ball hits the ground.