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The Adelaide Crows have just completed a 2023 season which surprised and exceeded most expectations. In an article posted around this time last year…
In a side boasting hard-hitting talent from top to lower order, Steve Smith appears to be an anomaly in Australia’s T20I batting order and…
In the past five years no AFL club has endured the calamity and chaos visited upon the Adelaide Crows. After the goodwill extended the…
We need something that’s for sure – Port won’t be easy but they look about as vulnerable as they’re likely to be this year.
AFL News: 'Given it my all' - Crows great announces retirement, big-money Blue 'not hard enough'
A bit sad that a couple of Vics bickering about the merits of a lightweight half backer has pushed the first tribute to a great player in the comments so far down. I think maybe Rory deserved his own article but I guess this place isn’t exactly Adelaide-centric.
AFL News: 'Given it my all' - Crows great announces retirement, big-money Blue 'not hard enough'
Sad news for Rory but it had the feeling of being a bridge too far after similar injuries in the recent past and advancing years slowing him down. A true heart and soul player, he and Dangerfield were a great combo in their prime and I can’t help but feel 2017 would have gone differently had Danger stayed on with him a couple of years longer. All the best Batman – a club legend.
AFL News: 'Given it my all' - Crows great announces retirement, big-money Blue 'not hard enough'
That’s your version – a team is a team and needs 11 players so everyone’s important but the amount of times and the consistency with which S Waugh turned things around with bat and ball when things weren’t going well for the Aussies was remarkable. Taylor might have been captain but Steve was the man.
What’s in a name? The all-time great Steve XI
Are my nostrils getting bigger?
AFL News: 'Shame for our game' - legend unloads on Greene ban, 'world's gone mad' as skinfold tests punted
He’s stocky.
Fat. Is that what you’re saying, that he’s fat?
Powerful. He is so powerful, he can lift a hundred pounds right up over his head.
AFL News: 'Shame for our game' - legend unloads on Greene ban, 'world's gone mad' as skinfold tests punted
It all becomes a bit murky for me because even though Taylor was captain, outside of Warne and McGrath Steve Waugh was the most important player (batting and bowling and, aside from Taylor, tactically) and personally responsible for much of the success Taylor experienced as captain. As captain he began to decline as a player (slight as a batsman, almost total as a bowler) but the attitude and aggression he instilled in the team took it to even greater levels of success.
What’s in a name? The all-time great Steve XI
I thought someone had slipped some LSD in his drink bottle
Footy Fix: Ferocious, fast and fantastically coached - stuff the controversy, let's give the Dons the respect they deserve
Tongue firmly in cheek RoS – amateur hour again from the Crows
Footy Fix: Ferocious, fast and fantastically coached - stuff the controversy, let's give the Dons the respect they deserve
Yeah nah – this competition is rigged
Footy Fix: Ferocious, fast and fantastically coached - stuff the controversy, let's give the Dons the respect they deserve
Nah – not a mistake. Hats are one of the big symbolic elements of the film. Constantly being lost, knocked of heads, mucked around with generally. Along with Tom’s dream about losing his hat. Agreed though – top shelf – one of my favourite movies by my favourite directors – I’ll chew your ears off for hours if you let me. Make sure to check it out Rowdy!
Finlayson's wife blasts 'incredibly embarrassing' reporting on husband's response to homophobic slur ban
Love that film Cindy but I think you’ll find it’s the “high hat”. As in “He’s giving me the high hat again!”
Finlayson's wife blasts 'incredibly embarrassing' reporting on husband's response to homophobic slur ban
Eddie’s lack of self awareness is truly baffling – I think he genuinely believes he’s never said anything wrong and is simply misunderstood. It’s difficult to reconcile how such a thoughtless fool has risen to such prominence in the media but I guess that’s a segment of the AFL community defined right there along with his great mate the risible Sam Newman.
Finlayson's wife blasts 'incredibly embarrassing' reporting on husband's response to homophobic slur ban
I was thinking a different kind of house entirely
'Suffering from paralysis-by-analysis': Adelaide Crows have gone from box office sensation to under-performing turkeys
Agreed – Thilthorpe’s loss for half the year is compounding the problem. Although he’s been more potential than reliable thus far in his career this was the year everyone was hoping he’d come on – the Crows medium term future will be determined by how he and Fogarty combine as Tex inevitably fades.
'Suffering from paralysis-by-analysis': Adelaide Crows have gone from box office sensation to under-performing turkeys
Astute observation Steele – our poor run coincides with his return to favour and it can’t all be coincidence. Crouch is a fine player but I don’t think he offers anything we can’t get from Dawson or Laird and takes up a spot a youngster (Pedlar?) could be developing in. Also, he has no flexibility – midfield or out, not penetrative enough to work forward or back.
'Suffering from paralysis-by-analysis': Adelaide Crows have gone from box office sensation to under-performing turkeys
Most rational observers would probably surmise that this relates to their being the highest scoring team in the competition last year and the potential this fact indicates – but I will admit this must be a difficult concept for a Fremantle supporter to grasp.
'Suffering from paralysis-by-analysis': Adelaide Crows have gone from box office sensation to under-performing turkeys
I think they performed around expectations last year and are performing below this year. I’ll take your ‘nothing list’ comment with a grain of salt given who you support and your track record – the list is perhaps a little over-rated but there’s plenty of talent, present and emerging. They’re just not putting it together the way they did last year.
'Suffering from paralysis-by-analysis': Adelaide Crows have gone from box office sensation to under-performing turkeys
What an interesting life you must lead posting at 4:30am to talk trash about a sport you profess is of no interest to anyone. I’m not sure why the moderators let you post on the AFL forums – you offer nothing, not even a skerrick of humour to be found in your dull attempts to get a rise out of followers of the most popular winter sport in the country.
The mathematical conundrum: How to keep Gather Round in the future when 19 teams doesn't fit evenly into 10 games
Respectfully disagree Rowdy – Nicks deserves a chance to overcome this situation. Dropping him now (for who?) risks destablilising the good work that has been done and turning the club into a basket case long term.
'Suffering from paralysis-by-analysis': Adelaide Crows have gone from box office sensation to under-performing turkeys
Agreeing with pretty much everything here Cam. Something has gone terribly wrong at the start of this season – as an outsider I can’t be certain but I think there was a lot of hubris at the end of last season and I remember some reports of Jordan Dawson and others around the club speaking of finals 2024 as if it was almost inevitable. When the captain’s drinking the bathwater like that you’ve got problems. The Crows did well last year and I always maintained it would be a struggle to keep around the edges of the eight let alone finally break through for September. It is for this reason I don’t feel like sacking Nicks is the answer. He has done very well to bring the team back from where it was and has improved the side’s performance and position each year until this one. One step back to continue forward? I’m prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt for 2024 but signs need to be there at the back end of this season and definitely finals or bust for him next season.
'Suffering from paralysis-by-analysis': Adelaide Crows have gone from box office sensation to under-performing turkeys
Yeah – Zombie of all songs – I can’t think of anything more annoying than that when she starts in on that oh-oh-oh-oh thing in it. And Sweet Caroline – if you want everyone to know you’ve got the $h!ttiest of $h!tty taste just start singing along.
Six Points: Clutch kings do it again, footy's dirtiest player, and debunking 'Vic-centric' fixture myth
…we have 9 teams in one city… There’s your problem right there – get rid of at least 3 of them and we might start to see some semblance of balance.
Six Points: Clutch kings do it again, footy's dirtiest player, and debunking 'Vic-centric' fixture myth
I don’t find it odd that Victorians are complaining about this or anything in particular – it’s a regional characteristic.
Six Points: Clutch kings do it again, footy's dirtiest player, and debunking 'Vic-centric' fixture myth
As much as it hurt the side I never had any ill-will towards Danger for leaving. As you say always gave his all and left for the right reasons on good terms with everyone. And yeah, Lever – the less said the better.
AFL News: 'Given it my all' - Crows great announces retirement, big-money Blue 'not hard enough'