Team v Crows

[kosifantutti]

IN: Wanganeen-Milera
OUT: Higgins (concussion), Steele (injured)

Last week's medical sub: Windhager (replaced Higgins)

Emergencies
Ryan Byrnes Jarrod Lienert Mitch Owens

Tom Highmore

[kosifantutti]

To clarify: Windhager is in the 22.

[Sebastian Tombs]

Did they announce who the Captain will be?

[meher baba]

Windhager and NWM have both been excellent this year, so it’s good to see the club sticking with them, particularly for this special round.

The team has been working well together so it’s good to see a minimum of new faces.

It’s also a big opportunity for Sharman to show he belongs at this level.

Adelaide at home are tough. But this lineup will give their all.

[CQ SAINT]

Good selections.
We are going to harass, run and gun. Ross and Crouch are both in career best form and while the Captain is irreplaceable, we can employ stoppers to work on their best mids and give Windy a role he is well equipped to play, with the assistance of Jones and possibly Paton.

[WellardSaint]

In the past, we woulda missed Man Of, but currently, Ross, Crouch and Gresh are playing career best footy.

I'm confident we're covered.

[DJ Higgins]

as expected but I am not sure what Byrnes needs to do to get back in the team.

Hoping that Sharman can kick a bag to cement his place in the team

[chook23]

In the past, we woulda missed Man Of, but currently, Ross, Crouch and Gresh are playing career best footy.

I'm confident we're covered.

Opposition have put a lot into keeping a check on Steele....may have helped others

We will miss Steele big-time for reason I stated plus his output even with a check

Steele is a very good player

[Rubyjo]

Sharman to have a day out ..

[shanegrambeau]

Who is the stand-in captain? Gresh?

[SunnyErnie]

The selectors have lost the plot IMHFO. Too many inexperienced players in the team FFS!!!

[bigcarl]

In the past, we woulda missed Man Of, but currently, Ross, Crouch and Gresh are playing career best footy.

I'm confident we're covered.

Opposition have put a lot into keeping a check on Steele....may have helped others

We will miss Steele big-time for reason I stated plus his output even with a check

Steele is a very good player

He sure is, but on the plus side we are not as dependent on him as Carlton is on Cripps, for example, or Richmond is on Dusty. We'll get Clark back next week hopefully and that will help. In the meantime, it's a chance for Windhager to show he has a big future.

[Devilhead]

Betting that one poster ... who shall go unnamed... will come on here complaining that the selectors have lost the plot and that the side is too inexperienced or some other bullshite to that degree

[Vortex]

This is the guts of the Crows selected side and number of games, some inexperience and in some key areas and a few 200 gamers. We should be able to get on top of their midfield:

Sam Berry - 22 games
Ben Keays - 77 games
Kiearn Strachan 4 games
Jake Soligo - 3 games
Rory Laird - 189 games
Jordan Dawson - 79 games
James Rowe - 26 games
Joshua Rachele - 9 games
Lochlan Murphy - 65 games
Shane McAdam - 33 games
Chayce Jones - 47 games
Luke Brown - 187 games
Brodie Smith - 212 games

We've also got some inexperience in our team but on the whole our selected side has now played a fair chunk of footy together:

Windy - 6 games
NWM - 8 games
Sharman - 7 games

An interesting game this one.

[skeptic]

What’s the deal with Ben Keays? 77 games and looks a star in the making. Is this the guy we should go after?

[WellardSaint]

Who is the stand-in captain? Gresh?

I think Membrey is joint vice-captain, not sure who the other vice is.
Dougal?
Not Ross, cos Ross aint in leadership group?

[Vortex]

What’s the deal with Ben Keays? 77 games and looks a star in the making. Is this the guy we should go after?

He'd be a handy get for us for sure, being from an Adelaide club he certainly would be considered a target species with our recruiters.

[Banger9798]

I think we will miss Steele alot.

He does thee hardest grunt work every week and goes head to head with the best midfielder.

Now we'll see Ross and Crouch have to take that mantle.

Bytel must have been in the window for that reason, but they have gone with the silk of NWM.

Ratten rates good ball users above all other metrics.

[bigcarl]

I think we will miss Steele alot.

He does thee hardest grunt work every week and goes head to head with the best midfielder.

Now we'll see Ross and Crouch have to take that mantle.

Bytel must have been in the window for that reason, but they have gone with the silk of NWM.

Ratten rates good ball users above all other metrics.

I reckon he will start with Windhager in the middle. He's not Jack Steele, but he's showing promising signs. He has Jones, Gresham and Sinclair. If he really wants a wrecking ball in there he could even look at McKenzie or Long.

[WellardSaint]

Who is the stand-in captain? Gresh?

A google search shows
Captain- Steele
Vice captains- Membrey and Dougal Howard

Wilkie and Geary are the other 2 in the leadership group

[mightysainters]

I like it... Byrne's for run and gun as sub or Leinert for flexibility

[Ghost Like]

It's Indigenous Round so I'd be surprised if Lienert is not given the honour to pull on the guernsey as the medi-sub.

[ace]

In the past, we woulda missed Man Of, but currently, Ross, Crouch and Gresh are playing career best footy.

I'm confident we're covered.

Opposition have put a lot into keeping a check on Steele....may have helped others

We will miss Steele big-time for reason I stated plus his output even with a check

Steele is a very good player

He sure is, but on the plus side we are not as dependent on him as Carlton is on Cripps, for example, or Richmond is on Dusty. We'll get Clark back next week hopefully and that will help. In the meantime, it's a chance for Windhager to show he has a big future.

Windy needs to improve his "metres gained".
Possessions are not much use if the ball goes nowhere.
W-Milera needs to lay a few tackles.

[Jacks Back]

In the past, we woulda missed Man Of, but currently, Ross, Crouch and Gresh are playing career best footy.

I'm confident we're covered.

Opposition have put a lot into keeping a check on Steele....may have helped others

We will miss Steele big-time for reason I stated plus his output even with a check

Steele is a very good player

He sure is, but on the plus side we are not as dependent on him as Carlton is on Cripps, for example, or Richmond is on Dusty. We'll get Clark back next week hopefully and that will help. In the meantime, it's a chance for Windhager to show he has a big future.

Windy needs to improve his "metres gained".
Possessions are not much use if the ball goes nowhere.
W-Milera needs to lay a few tackles.

He's the link in the chain - not the pendant. That's for Hill, Sinclair and others.

[saynta]

I think we will miss Steele alot.

He does thee hardest grunt work every week and goes head to head with the best midfielder.

Now we'll see Ross and Crouch have to take that mantle.

Bytel must have been in the window for that reason, but they have gone with the silk of NWM.

Ratten rates good ball users above all other metrics.

No, they have gone with Windhager. NWM is the replacement for Higgins.