Rnd 4 Match Day Thread Adelaide Crows V Sydney Swans. 19.10pm (ACST) Adelaide Oval.

[Beerman]

Spot on.

To clarify. when I said I wasn't convinced about Papley I meant I wasn't certain about him in the way I am about Mills, not that there's anything fundamentally wrong with his game.

[Primmy]

Mills knocker back off. We have an 18yo kid playing way beyond his age in the back line where any error is amplified. He is sheer class, looks like a classy mature player already and I'll give you a stat from Saturday night, five intercept marks! Yes, that is five!

We are very fortunate to have picked up Heeney and Mills when we finished as high as we did because these guys are both elite talents.

Amen. I got 90, thats right 90, points for Dreamteam time, so he must have done a whole lot right. Love it when he plays with a smile on his face. Nothing phases him. We've got a keeper.

I have a theory. The kids have Kirky as a mentor and they are doing all right. Freo have lost him and ....... well.

[AnnieH]

I'd get Garry Jack in to teach them how to stick when trying to tackle.

[barry]

Watching the replay last night, I saw Rampe and Laidler rip into Mills when he made a clanger kicking out. Seemed a bit harsh on a new young player.

[baskin]

I have a theory. The kids have Kirky as a mentor and they are doing all right. Freo have lost him and ....... well.

I think your theory has merit Primmy.

[Plugger46]

Watching the replay last night, I saw Rampe and Laidler rip into Mills when he made a clanger kicking out. Seemed a bit harsh on a new young player.

Didn't see that. Both of those are notorious for turning the footy over out of the backline.

[Beerman]

Watching the replay last night, I saw Rampe and Laidler rip into Mills when he made a clanger kicking out. Seemed a bit harsh on a new young player.

I thought exactly the same. My theory is that Mills was under definite instructions and failed to follow them. Nothing to back that up though except that I haven't seen a reaction to a clanger like that from our backlands before (and they've had plenty of chances).

[Triple B]

Watching the replay last night, I saw Rampe and Laidler rip into Mills when he made a clanger kicking out. Seemed a bit harsh on a new young player.

I see that as a huge compliment to Mills' character and mental toughness. I doubt that both Rampe and Laidler would be ripping into a 4th gamer if they didn't see him as capable of not dropping his bundle with a bit of 'tough love' in the heat of battle. I really believe it also shows how highly they rate him.

I'm not sure who I'm more excited about, but the thought of Eddie's head almost exploding at the very mention of Heeney and Mills over the next 10 years fills me with great joy.

[Meg]

I also saw McVeigh (and another Swan, forget whom) run to Mills to reassure him after Mills' clanger, when he tried to thread the needle between two Crows, which led to an intercept and a Crows' goal. So wasn't always a 'blame game' being heaped on Mills.

[CureTheSane]

Didn't see that. Both of those are notorious for turning the footy over out of the backline.

They were probably saying "the team can't afford another one like us"

j/k - I actually think Grundy had improved dramatically and I've never had a problem with Rampe - although he used to make a few big mistakes at the start of his career.

[AnnieH]

Watching the replay last night, I saw Rampe and Laidler rip into Mills when he made a clanger kicking out. Seemed a bit harsh on a new young player.

They who live in glass houses.....