Rumour 2022 Rumour Discussion Thread

[Scorpus]

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[Rabish Binney]

Channel 9 reporting that Matt Crouch

5

Matt Crouch

Age

29

Ht

183cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

28.4

5star

K

12.0

4star

HB

16.4

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.9

5star

CL

4.8

5star

D

24.9

5star

K

9.7

4star

HB

15.1

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.4

3star

CL

4.4

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

10.8

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

CL

2.0

4star

will not be offered a new contract for 2023

 

[Sanders]

Channel 9 reporting that Matt Crouch will not be offered a new contract for 2023

Given he’s already contracted for 2023…

 

[Danger in Texas]

Channel 9 reporting that Matt Crouch will not be offered a new contract for 2023

Must be paying their fact checkers pennies

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

Channel 9 reporting that Matt Crouch will not be offered a new contract for 2023

Lucky for him he’s already contracted then…

 

[rabidcrow]

Nick Stevens only wanted to go to Collingwood... Hello Carlton.

Fair call - there’s 1. I think players learnt after that to not engage with other approaches (Luke Ball, Jack Martin)


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[rabidcrow]

Given he’s already contracted for 2023…

That’s embarrassing. A couple of minutes of sports news a night and they come up with that


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[Scorpus]

Must be paying their fact checkers pennies

They have fact checkers?

 

[1970crow]

Channel 9 reporting that Matt Crouch will not be offered a new contract for 2023

They’re obviously on the ball.

 

[George Kramer]

It was such a stupid story. Channel 9 news can reveal Nicks met with Crouch and told him he won’t be offered a new contract. Crouch was understandably not happy with the news.

Then goes on to say he’s contacted for next year. Could have played his last game because of quad injury. That quad injury sounds bogus and a made up excuse after the meeting not to have to play SANFL.

 

[Danger in Texas]

It was such a stupid story. Channel 9 news can reveal Nicks met with Crouch and told him he won’t be offered a new contract. Crouch was understandably not happy with the news.

Then goes on to say he’s contacted for next year. Could have played his last game because of quad injury. That quad injury sounds bogus and a made up excuse after the meeting not to have to play SANFL.

Either way, it sounds painfully obvious that we’re Jenkins-ing Crouch

Edit: if any club wants him

 

[Bearded Clam]

channel 9 news and sport is barely even worth watching these days.. complete joke of an organisation..

 

[Crowked]

They said he won’t be offered a further contract after 2023. It was already plainly obvious he will be moved on at seasons end, Nicks was just making sure we get nothing for him. We may end up giving a 3rd round pick with him for a 7th rounder to get him out of here.

 

[Crow till I die]

They said he won’t be offered a further contract after 2023. It was already plainly obvious he will be moved on at seasons end, Nicks was just making sure we get nothing for him. We may end up giving a 3rd round pick with him for a 7th rounder to get him out of here.

Its a shame that our player management seems to be aired in the open at very in opportune times. I mean if there was a chance of being able to trade him for a reasonable pick that might have gone west now

 

[Danger in Texas]

They said he won’t be offered a further contract after 2023. It was already plainly obvious he will be moved on at seasons end, Nicks was just making sure we get nothing for him. We may end up giving a 3rd round pick with him for a 7th rounder to get him out of here.

I know there’s a bit of sarcasm in there, but the AFL won’t allow that to go through

It’ll be Crouch and a future 3rd for a 3rd this year (one that will be around the same mark), with us paying his full salary

 

[Bearded Clam]

It was such a stupid story. Channel 9 news can reveal Nicks met with Crouch and told him he won’t be offered a new contract. Crouch was understandably not happy with the news.

Then goes on to say he’s contacted for next year. Could have played his last game because of quad injury. That quad injury sounds bogus and a made up excuse after the meeting not to have to play SANFL.

this club is stupid… that much is painfully clear.. but there is absolutely no way in hell Nicksy would approach Matt and say whats being claimed by 9..

there is absolutely nothing to be achieved by doing that at this point in time.

the best option if the club wants to get rid of crouch would be to not select him for another AFL game for the rest of the year and give him the complete silent treatment.. crouch already knows the writings on the wall.. he and his manager would already be looking elsewhere. this would just cement it in crouch and his managers mind without making a big fuss in the media about it.

Nickys doing what 9 in claiming would just be stupid.

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

channel 9 reporting that I won’t be posting in this thread

 

[Crow till I die]

this club is stupid… that much is painfully clear.. but there is absolutely no way in hell Nicksy would approach Matt and say whats being claimed by 9..

there is absolutely nothing to be achieved by doing that at this point in time.

the best option if the club wants to get rid of crouch would be to not select him for another AFL game for the rest of the year and give him the complete silent treatment.. crouch already knows the writings on the wall.. he and his manager would already be looking elsewhere. this would just cement it in crouch and his managers mind without making a big fuss in the media about it.

Nickys doing what 9 in claiming would just be stupid.

Its a bit of damned if we do and damned if we don't with him. If we don't play him and just let him sit in the SANFL side then his value is rock bottom and we will be lucky to get anyone wanting to take him on. If we played him for the last block of games with an eye to having him get a swag of stats it might boost his value but it takes valuable game time away from one of the younger mids and we all saw how Berry thrived on the weekend - particularly in the 2nd quarter. Play the kids and they will show you what they can do

No doubt the better option for the club moving forward is to not deny the kids their chance for game time even if it means we get almost nothing for Matt and we just wear it. A tick for list management if that is the case.

And I would put on record that I think Matt has been a very good player for us for a number of years and its just that we need a different style of player in the guts rather than a pure accumulator. So I wish him well wherever he ends up playing in the future.

 

[Mutineer]

Either way, it sounds painfully obvious that we’re Jenkins-ing Crouch

Edit: if any club wants him

Dumb dumb dumb given Crouch has been a great clubman the very opposite of Jenkins. Whatever trade value he had is now virtually nought.

 

[Bearded Clam]

Its a bit of damned if we do and damned if we don't with him. If we don't play him and just let him sit in the SANFL side then his value is rock bottom and we will be lucky to get anyone wanting to take him on. If we played him for the last block of games with an eye to having him get a swag of stats it might boost his value but it takes valuable game time away from one of the younger mids and we all saw how Berry thrived on the weekend - particularly in the 2nd quarter. Play the kids and they will show you what they can do

No doubt the better option for the club moving forward is to not deny the kids their chance for game time even if it means we get almost nothing for Matt and we just wear it. A tick for list management if that is the case.

And I would put on record that I think Matt has been a very good player for us for a number of years and its just that we need a different style of player in the guts rather than a pure accumulator. So I wish him well wherever he ends up playing in the future.

if no other club wants him I’d rather he plays the entire 2023 season in the sanfl..

he’ll absolutely dominate that level, help the sanfl side win games, provide a solid on field leader.. which will all help with the development of our youth…

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

Dumb dumb dumb given Crouch has been a great clubman the very opposite of Jenkins. Whatever trade value he had is now virtually nought.

He was a free agent last year and no one offered him a deal but us. His trade value was already nil.

 

[Mutineer]

He was a free agent last year and no one offered him a deal but us. His trade value was already nil.

You know this how?

 

[1990crow]

Not really fair to call them misses. The JHF offer happened. And we 100% spoke to both JC and sounded out Ross.

I did asterisk the note as potential.
There's no way to verify the JC or Ross Lyon rumours.
The JHF note you made was that after the Roos had declined the three firsts deal. There's no way of verifying if we offered more because there's nothing in print to say we did (more than three firsts).

Not a crack, or a suggestion they weren't true, just there's no evidence.

1. After the 11.10 post this link is the only suggestion. Not verified.

Revealed: The mouth-watering deals Roos rejected for No.1 AFL draft pick

Revealed: The mouth-watering deals Roos rejected for No.1 AFL draft pick

www.google.com

2. Dawson trade was last minute. This one didn't work out.



3. Can't find any evidence of a 2020 Jeremy Cameron crows offer. Found one in 2015 which is interesting.

4. Ross Lyon

No evidence to suggest Ross was favourite and even being considered at the time of your post. Ross's comments suggest he wasn't involved.

Ross Lyon reveals chat with Crows director

“I think he’ll coach again."

www.sen.com.au

5. Clarko to be crows coach
Well that one just flat out wasn't true nor close to being true.

 

[jackster83]

Dumb dumb dumb given Crouch has been a great clubman the very opposite of Jenkins. Whatever trade value he had is now virtually nought.

Another player we will be paying to not play for us.

It's almost as though the club is run by a pack of morons.

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

You know this how?

Can’t remember where I heard it but I consider it fact.

 

[Pugsley]

Do you REALLY want ROB resting forward?…

I do. Forward of wherever is nowhere near where we are playing.