Prelim, Adel v Eagles

[sydney-dog]

Initial Thoughts

Most observers will point to the Eagles record against the crows, personally I am not sure if that is worth goals on the scoreboard.

Tonight I sat down and watched the eagles performance pretty closely, I'm not convinced what conclusions you can draw from tonights game, the Bullies looked like a u/17 side going up aganist a senior side, players like Cooney, Ray and griffen all got stage fright and the skinny bodies of the Bullies were pushed aside, the result was 50+ clangers, so many when little or no pressure was applied, this dried up their inside 50 enteries and only 28 inside 50's for the game.

Eagles, obviously their strength lies in the midfield, Cox, Judd, Cousins, Kerr, Stenglien, Embly and Fletcher, but the link play between midfield and forwards would concern me if I was an Eagle supporter, most importantly if Lynch and Hansen do not kick goals the Eagles may dry up.....

Rutten is the ideal match up for Lynch, while Stevens, Bock or Kenny (if selected) are obvious selections for Hansen, in regards to Hunter, I am not sure if the Eagles can aford this week to push him forward as the crows forward line with Perrie, Welsh, Bock and maybe Roo is a lot bigger and stronger then the WB

Wirrapunda will be a big loss as he has a history of slaughtering the crows across HB

X Factor, how benefical was the Crows week off and selection, my mail Burton is a certainty and Mcleod is about 80 / 20 to play, Roo 50 / 50 if he trains this week