2nds 2023 Adelaide Crows SANFL thread

Who is the unlikely player who will spend most of the year in the reserves

  • Sloane

    Votes: 4 4.7%

  • Crouch

    Votes: 53 62.4%

  • O"Brien

    Votes: 2 2.4%

  • Keays

    Votes: 2 2.4%

  • Walker

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • Himmelberg

    Votes: 36 42.4%

  • Doedee

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Schoenberg

    Votes: 23 27.1%

  • Milera

    Votes: 6 7.1%
  • Total voters
    85

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Mutineer said:
Sounds like Darren Burgess had plenty of input into this decision and surely our AFL team should always take priority over SANFL. On the end I doubt Matt had a whole lot of input into the decision being reached reading the article on the club website
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I will be clear in case of any misunderstanding; my post was not a criticism of Matt, I agree, I believe this was a club decision, thus my criticism is squarely on the club.


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Bearded Clam said:
Not sure a good hip and shoulder bump that doesnt even contact the head should be given the same grading as a deliberate swinging leg though.. the Sturt player knew he’d really fxxked it up from the second he did it.

Reckon he should’ve got minimum 3 weeks.. swinging a leg out like that can have catastrophic consequences for both the player doing it and the bloke he trips..

He was lucky the impact wasnt that bad..
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It’s hilarious that has got the same outcome


If wright had done the deliberate trip and the Sturt fella the bump I reckon it would have been 3 weeks for Wright and no case to answer for the bump

Really hope we win the flag but it will be a miracle with the N/A we have
 

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Scorpus said:
The club can't have it both ways. They can't claim we are one club with three teams united then rest a gun player for the SANFL finals because the SANFL doesn't matter.
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The signal the Club has sent is, we don't care about the SANFL .....the SANFL Crows, know this too, and only those searching for a new Contract will bust their boiler

I don't care how the Club wants to spin this .....they're WRONG !
 
I'm not too sure of being correct, but judging by the release by the club, they don't want to run the risk of Matt being injured and not being able to start the new season in time. It sounds like he may have got hurt late last year and he wasn't ready at the beginning of this season.
But maybe I'm wrong.
 
crowsup said:
I'm not too sure of being correct, but judging by the release by the club, they don't want to run the risk of Matt being injured and not being able to start the new season in time. It sounds like he may have got hurt late last year and he wasn't ready at the beginning of this season.
But maybe I'm wrong.
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He broke his leg in late Feb or early March this year. Didn't require surgery, but not an ideal start to the season
 
crowsup said:
I'm not too sure of being correct, but judging by the release by the club, they don't want to run the risk of Matt being injured and not being able to start the new season in time. It sounds like he may have got hurt late last year and he wasn't ready at the beginning of this season.
But maybe I'm wrong.
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He is a contracted AFC player and qualified to play in the SANFL finals. It’s 6 months to the start of the 2024 season so plenty of time for any player to be available. The AFC did not risk Matt Crouch playing in the SANFL for most of this season so I can not see why they fear risking him for next season! 🤔
 
Scorpus said:
The club can't have it both ways. They can't claim we are one club with three teams united then rest a gun player for the SANFL finals because the SANFL doesn't matter.
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But everyone knows the SANFL team doesn't matter. It goes without saying

It's a development arm. Results are immaterial, beyond it's nice seeing our kids play okay and hopefully not get injured.
 
WaynesWorld19 said:
The signal the Club has sent is, we don't care about the SANFL .....the SANFL Crows, know this too, and only those searching for a new Contract will bust their boiler

I don't care how the Club wants to spin this .....they're WRONG !
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What message did they send by winning last week?
 
Mattrox said:
That was accidental. The Umprining changed after we hit the front. We should have lost.


I have a feeling that his omission may be to appease the SANFL. If it is, it's weak.

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He hasn't been omitted
 

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1990crow said:
If there's an AFL reserves competition it would make sense that there isn't a final series but rather the AFL final series teams seconds play off?
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That would be a much better concept than having a B Grade flag
 
1990crow said:
Same sanfl issues would exist otherwise where the main team players go on leave and the seconds leftovers have zero insensitive to try.
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Agree 100%

Our top ups will be passionate. They're trying to earn an AFL contract

Our younger and fringe guys are trying to prove themselves worthy of a Best 22 spot

Those groups will be busting their boilers.

Crouch...? Nothing in it for him. No benefit for playing well. Only downside if he gets injured.

Matty Wright...? Heck, let's not even bother challenging his suspension. His career is done and he'll be a development coach next year no matter what happens.
 
Mattrox said:
That was accidental. The Umprining changed after we hit the front. We should have lost.


I have a feeling that his omission may be to appease the SANFL. If it is, it's weak.

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To be counted as an omission surely you'd have to at least play in that side sometime in the last 6 or 7 weeks?

When was his last SANFL game?

For us the SANFL is a development comp, should be under 23s and seniors returning from injury.

SANFL treat us with contempt we should do likewise.
 
Drugs Are Bad Mackay? said:
But everyone knows the SANFL team doesn't matter. It goes without saying

It's a development arm. Results are immaterial, beyond it's nice seeing our kids play okay and hopefully not get injured.
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That's not the message coming from the club. Otherwise we'd rest all our AFL listed players, or forfeit the match.
 
Scorpus said:
That's not the message coming from the club. Otherwise we'd rest all our AFL listed players, or forfeit the match.
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We'd rest as many as we can get away with while keeping up the pretense of trying our hardest
 
1990crow said:
If there's an AFL reserves competition it would make sense that there isn't a final series but rather the AFL final series teams seconds play off?
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That might work. There was some reserves trial's this weekend to give players a hit out for those teams who didn't make it.

Maybe it is just 1v 2 grand Final in the pre finals bye? Then just trials game after that.
 
rocket18 said:
To be counted as an omission surely you'd have to at least play in that side sometime in the last 6 or 7 weeks?

When was his last SANFL game?

For us the SANFL is a development comp, should be under 23s and seniors returning from injury.

SANFL treat us with contempt we should do likewise.
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Exactly.

They don’t want us to win it. The rules are designed so we don’t win it. Every week I read how we’ve been shafted by umpires.
 
rocket18 said:
To be counted as an omission surely you'd have to at least play in that side sometime in the last 6 or 7 weeks?

When was his last SANFL game?

For us the SANFL is a development comp, should be under 23s and seniors returning from injury.

SANFL treat us with contempt we should do likewise.
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The best way to treat them with contempt is to stop funding them
 

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