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Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:54 pm
by Booney
Brodlach wrote:So who genuinely thought we’d be 3-1 after four weeks?


I didn't give it that much consideration to be honest but it wasn't outside the realms as Gold Coast and North were at worst 50/50 and nobody saw Sydney coming like they have so 3-1 with the loss being Geelong wouldn't have been completely absurd to have suggested.

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:56 pm
by Jim05
Brodlach wrote:Both Gold Coast and North smacked us last year
Both were early on weren’t they.
Think the Crows showed enough in the last few rounds to suggest they wouldn’t win the spoon this year

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 3:10 pm
by Booney
Jim05 wrote:
Brodlach wrote:Both Gold Coast and North smacked us last year
Both were early on weren’t they.
Think the Crows showed enough in the last few rounds to suggest they wouldn’t win the spoon this year


Gold Coast round 3 and North in round 9 when Adelaide hit rock bottom.

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 9:07 pm
by Brodlach
Can’t believe after the weekend this hasn’t been bought up, bit disappointed in you BC

Bum Crack wrote:How terrible are North? Can't believe the die hards were tryimg to say they had more upside than the Crows. Ack!!!

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:33 am
by Bum Crack
Brodlach wrote:Can’t believe after the weekend this hasn’t been bought up, bit disappointed in you BC

Bum Crack wrote:How terrible are North? Can't believe the die hards were tryimg to say they had more upside than the Crows. Ack!!!

I'm zipping it. We have em this week lol.

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 10:25 am
by Eagles2014
Seems the Crows have learnt nothing in regards to telling the truth to their fans and the media. The way they have handled the medical sub fiasco is an absolute joke. Both Adam Kelly and Matthew Nicks have had the chance to own it but have let down the club yet again!

How can you even justify what happen, even say you may do it the same way this week. Please!! They are a total embarrassment, and the supporters deserve better than to be treated like fools. Hope the media keep going at them till they admit it was a massive f/up which I think did cause them to lose the match in the end.

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 10:28 am
by Lightning McQueen
Eagles2014 wrote:Seems the Crows have learnt nothing in regards to telling the truth to their fans and the media. The way they have handled the medical sub fiasco is an absolute joke. Both Adam Kelly and Matthew Nicks have had the chance to own it but have let down the club yet again!

How can you even justify what happen, even say you may do it the same way this week. Please!! They are a total embarrassment, and the supporters deserve better than to be treated like fools. Hope the media keep going at them till they admit it was a massive f/up which I think did cause them to lose the match in the end.

I don't know why you'd have Lynch as the 12th man anyway, unless they didn't have confidence in Tex getting through, or they had a plan to rest him if they felt they had a decent stronghold on the game.

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 10:50 am
by tigerpie
I would've thought the sub would be fully kitted up, do the warm etc, just as a normal player would.
Jogging on the boundary every so often, so if there's an injury he's good to go as soon as its established that someone has a game ending injury.
Pretty unprofessional to have a bloke rushing to get ready.
Nicks said that Lynch isn't injured, then went on to say he's taking pain killers?

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 11:21 am
by whufc
Eagles2014 wrote:Seems the Crows have learnt nothing in regards to telling the truth to their fans and the media. The way they have handled the medical sub fiasco is an absolute joke. Both Adam Kelly and Matthew Nicks have had the chance to own it but have let down the club yet again!

How can you even justify what happen, even say you may do it the same way this week. Please!! They are a total embarrassment, and the supporters deserve better than to be treated like fools. Hope the media keep going at them till they admit it was a massive f/up which I think did cause them to lose the match in the end.


I hate the Crows as much as the next guy but personally I think the biggest issue was who the sub was rather than how the sub came onto the field.

End of day Lynch shouldn't of been the sub, they had fitter options available but...………

Ultimately the sub doesn't know if they are going to go on or not...….yes he should have been strapped as if he was going to go on but you think of a player who was starting and they would have had massage, rub down, certain stretches, certain ball skill warm ups within 15 minutes of going out onto the oval. Keeping in mind he didn't come on until the fourth quarter he has literally sat on the bench for almost 2 hours from doing an initial warm up. A jog on the boundary isn't going to cut the mustard given how strenuous warm up the starters would do 15 minutes before a game. Same as pain killers, you don't want to take them 2 hours before even getting on.

I can understand why a team would trial given a player an extended period to get ready to go on, to try and replicate the normal gameday experience never mind the fact he needs to mentally get his head in the game. I'm sure if we were on the bench for that long at times our mental playing focus would drift off.

I think this year we will see clubs trial different ways of introducing the sub to try and maximise their performance once out there. Keep in mind this is different from the last time we had subs in the AFL which were strategical and you could pre plan when a players was going to be introduced etc.

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 11:23 am
by Booney
Eagles2014 wrote:Seems the Crows have learnt nothing in regards to telling the truth to their fans and the media. The way they have handled the medical sub fiasco is an absolute joke. Both Adam Kelly and Matthew Nicks have had the chance to own it but have let down the club yet again!

How can you even justify what happen, even say you may do it the same way this week. Please!! They are a total embarrassment, and the supporters deserve better than to be treated like fools. Hope the media keep going at them till they admit it was a massive f/up which I think did cause them to lose the match in the end.


Given the transformation under Olsen in recent months has been the opposite, clear, open, honest, the initial statement was bullshit. Nicks comments late yesterday were better, took ownership and acknowledged they got it wrong.

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 11:46 am
by Kahuna
Booney wrote:Given the transformation under Olsen in recent months has been the opposite, clear, open, honest,


Never thought I'd ever see a sentence like that.

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 12:18 pm
by gadj1976
Eagles2014 wrote:Seems the Crows have learnt nothing in regards to telling the truth to their fans and the media. The way they have handled the medical sub fiasco is an absolute joke. Both Adam Kelly and Matthew Nicks have had the chance to own it but have let down the club yet again!

How can you even justify what happen, even say you may do it the same way this week. Please!! They are a total embarrassment, and the supporters deserve better than to be treated like fools. Hope the media keep going at them till they admit it was a massive f/up which I think did cause them to lose the match in the end.


Side question - are warm ups overrated/not required?

We see the sub come on to the ground and just start playing. Makes me think the warm ups don't need to be performed any more.

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 12:20 pm
by cracka
whufc wrote:
Eagles2014 wrote:Seems the Crows have learnt nothing in regards to telling the truth to their fans and the media. The way they have handled the medical sub fiasco is an absolute joke. Both Adam Kelly and Matthew Nicks have had the chance to own it but have let down the club yet again!

How can you even justify what happen, even say you may do it the same way this week. Please!! They are a total embarrassment, and the supporters deserve better than to be treated like fools. Hope the media keep going at them till they admit it was a massive f/up which I think did cause them to lose the match in the end.


I hate the Crows as much as the next guy but personally I think the biggest issue was who the sub was rather than how the sub came onto the field.

End of day Lynch shouldn't of been the sub, they had fitter options available but...………

Ultimately the sub doesn't know if they are going to go on or not...….yes he should have been strapped as if he was going to go on but you think of a player who was starting and they would have had massage, rub down, certain stretches, certain ball skill warm ups within 15 minutes of going out onto the oval. Keeping in mind he didn't come on until the fourth quarter he has literally sat on the bench for almost 2 quarters from doing an initial warm up. A jog on the boundary isn't going to cut the mustard given how strenuous warm up the starters would do 15 minutes before a game. Same as pain killers, you don't want to take them 2 hours before even getting on.

I can understand why a team would trial given a player an extended period to get ready to go on, to try and replicate the normal gameday experience never mind the fact he needs to mentally get his head in the game. I'm sure if we were on the bench for that long at times our mental playing focus would drift off.

I think this year we will see clubs trial different ways of introducing the sub to try and maximise their performance once out there. Keep in mind this is different from the last time we had subs in the AFL which were strategical and you could pre plan when a players was going to be introduced etc.

Tex said on radio this morning that the Hawthorn sub actually took longer to get ready. Not sure if correct

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 12:27 pm
by Lightning McQueen
cracka wrote:Tex said on radio this morning that the Hawthorn sub actually took longer to get ready. Not sure if correct

Yeah, it was during the half time break.

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 12:34 pm
by MW
Who gives a shit about the sub, we shat the bed having a decent lead at half time that should be the focal point. Lynch sub was not the difference. We were f..king it up all through the 3rd qu also before Hamill got injured.

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 7:58 pm
by daysofourlives
Most crows supporters on social media blamed the SANFL for not allowing the medical sub to play in two games on the same weekend :o

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 9:58 am
by someguy1
Holy shit Roo was right for once, McAsey signs on

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:57 am
by stan
someguy1 wrote:Holy shit Roo was right for once, McAsey signs on
Well done Adelaide. Everyone was saying he was gone etc etc.
But the crows signed him, that's a good effort from them.

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 1:22 pm
by MW
Tex being rested this week... *looking for popcorn*

Re: Adelaide 2021

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 1:34 pm
by Booney
MW wrote:Tex being rested again this week... *looking for popcorn*


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