Gather Round 2025

[amber_fluid]

Anyone else going to the blockbuster wooden spoon game tomorrow at AO?
Should be a rippa!

[Brodlach]

Crows fans, thoughts on Hinge?

Surely you have someone better to park on a back flank...

Very good player that wasn’t at his best last night.

I’d be aiming at Milera and Scholl before him.

[MW]

Everything I've said all year so far about our defence was shown last night but in saying that, our mids shat the bed in the last quarter. Went back to the old gameplan of kick it without looking instead of breaking the lines in that last q and it was easily cleared by Geelong defenders. Was it the heat of last week and a 5 day break? might have something to do with it but that's footy and the schedule so prepare during the week accordingly.

Another one that got away.

[Brodlach]

Everything I've said all year so far about our defence was shown last night but in saying that, our mids shat the bed in the last quarter. Went back to the old gameplan of kick it without looking instead of breaking the lines in that last q and it was easily cleared by Geelong defenders. Was it the heat of last week and a 5 day break? might have something to do with it but that's footy and the schedule so prepare during the week accordingly.

Another one that got away.

Mids were awful from the get go

Dawson is getting the ball but so out of form

[PatowalongaPirate]

Crows fans, thoughts on Hinge?

Surely you have someone better to park on a back flank...

Very good player that wasn’t at his best last night.

I’d be aiming at Milera and Scholl before him.

I thought Hinge had been playing well this season, but he got found out under the bright lights. However, he was not the only 1 that couldn't handle the big stage.

[MW]

When you have Mark Keane taking Jeremy Cameron, you don't need to have perfect delivery to take advantage of that. Danger at 35 showed up Worrell badly and their small forwards were not made accountable by our small defenders playing our attacking gameplan. Basically confirmed what everyone thought, we will be mid table performing well against the lower sides, and needing a bit of luck against the better sides.

[Booney]

I love it when Keane gets it, anything could happen when he's got it. Half a chance he does a place kick one day.

[Lightning McQueen]

Crows fans, thoughts on Hinge?

Surely you have someone better to park on a back flank...

Could open the door for someone else.

They’ll still need Keays then …

If he can handle it

[wenchbarwer]

I was tempted to start a drinking game, a shot for every time Worrell stuck out his hands at an umpiring decision.

Thought better of it when I realised it was a Thursday night game and I have work in the morning...

[tigerpie]

I was tempted to start a drinking game, a shot for every time Worrell stuck out his hands at an umpiring decision.

Thought better of it when I realised it was a Thursday night game and I have work in the morning...

Don't blame him once again the umpiring was baffling!
The mark on the boundary which was imo the man in fronts kick. The umps got a great view and he gives it to the man behind.
It was either play on or a crows mark. No excuses for that shite decision.

[wenchbarwer]

I was tempted to start a drinking game, a shot for every time Worrell stuck out his hands at an umpiring decision.

Thought better of it when I realised it was a Thursday night game and I have work in the morning...

Don't blame him once again the umpiring was baffling!
The mark on the boundary which was imo the man in fronts kick. The umps got a great view and he gives it to the man behind.
It was either play on or a crows mark. No excuses for that shite decision.

Nah, he does it at every bloody whistle, does my head in.

Agree though, it was man in front or ball up.

[The Dark Knight]

I was tempted to start a drinking game, a shot for every time Worrell stuck out his hands at an umpiring decision.

Thought better of it when I realised it was a Thursday night game and I have work in the morning...

Don't blame him once again the umpiring was baffling!
The mark on the boundary which was imo the man in fronts kick. The umps got a great view and he gives it to the man behind.
It was either play on or a crows mark. No excuses for that shite decision.

Nah, he does it at every bloody whistle, does my head in.

Agree though, it was man in front or ball up.

There was a passage of play last night where Worrell was awarded a free kick then immediately tried to play on but wasn't behind the mark. The umpire blew their whistle and stopped him and asked him to go back behind his mark. When he was told to do that he stuck his arms out in reaction to it. Watching it I thought does Worrell not know the rules or is it a habit of his to react like that when an umpire blows the whistle/makes a decision.

[wenchbarwer]

The latter

[Booney]

Given the media and public discussion around the Crows and their umpiring woes over the last 12 months or so it's not a stretch to think the playing group has got some work to do looking past the errors on field as there was some real histrionics last night.

The man in front mark, while an appalling decision, how was it not 50 for remonstrating? 4 players threw the toys out, rightly so I might add but is that another rule like the protected zone that is gone?

[wenchbarwer]

Given the media and public discussion around the Crows and their umpiring woes over the last 12 months or so it's not a stretch to think the playing group has got some work to do looking past the errors on field as there was some real histrionics last night.

The man in front mark, while an appalling decision, how was it not 50 for remonstrating? 4 players threw the toys out, rightly so I might add but is that another rule like the protected zone that is gone?

That was rule of the month some time back in 2024, "Not 15, play on!" is clearly in vogue now. Can't wait to see what the focus is come finals time!

[amber_fluid]

Given the media and public discussion around the Crows and their umpiring woes over the last 12 months or so it's not a stretch to think the playing group has got some work to do looking past the errors on field as there was some real histrionics last night.

The man in front mark, while an appalling decision, how was it not 50 for remonstrating? 4 players threw the toys out, rightly so I might add but is that another rule like the protected zone that is gone?

That was rule of the month some time back in 2024, "Not 15, play on!" is clearly in vogue now. Can't wait to see what the focus is come finals time!

The not 15 m rule is ridiculous
Some kicks go 8m and they call a mark and some go 20m and it’s play on

Was never an issue previously why make it one now

[woodublieve12]

Imagine only complaining about umpires just costing you a minor round game...

[Booney]

When did they ever cost you anything.

[woodublieve12]

When did they ever cost you anything.

Excuse me

[wenchbarwer]

When did they ever cost you anything.

I was thinking the same bloody thing!!

Gary Rohan, Dane Rampe...