LaughingKookaburra wrote:Big game this week for the short term vision of the Crows this week. A win and then you have Richmond in Melbourne and then Sydney back in Adelaide. They look a bit more better if you're going at 50%.
Long term I'm liking what I'm seeing out of there. Some good young kids and a clear vision going forward with what looks to be a level headed coach. Some dumb frees and 50's that directly resulted in numerous goals in the 2nd and 3rd quarter is where I think we lost the game on the weekend and that's from playing a seasoned and smarter overall team. Our time will come but I was happy with the efforts in what was a great game of footy.
Just on a side note I am a real fan of the new interchange cap. Already on the weekend you could see the the return of the smarter footballer being more important rather than having battering rams sprinting up and down the ground the entire match and the big kpp down the spine were more important than they have been in recent times too.
Agreed. Our effort was there for 4 quarters, we weren’t far off IMO, as you said some silly free kicks etc which cost us. We clean up some poor skill errors as well and we will win more than we lose IMO. Gee if McGovern kicked 1 or 2 of his chances in the last quarter we probably win! He showed some good signs that’s for sure.
It always takes time with a new coach and tinkered game plan as well, especially now it’s the 3rd in 3 years. I didn’t expect us to win the first 10 games that’s for sure. (Id’ be happy with 5 -5)
Brad Crouch, Milera and McGovern will be better for the run last week as well.
Yeah, in all the games we saw teams moving the ball longer and more direct to KPP players in the forward 50, more KPP contests than previous years.
Everyone knows Showdowns are always 50/50 games regardless of form and being only round 2 it’s hard to say ‘1 team has been playing better than the other and deserves favouritism’.