News Brad Crouch decision (ADL chickenshit, decline to match, receive 23)

[BACCS]

and generally poorly managed by our blokes.

You can’t say that at the same time highlighting he is now durable, Burton and Haas weren’t here in his early few seasons

 

[chrisso crow]

So we didn't match our best midfielder Brouch for less money than he currently on & much less than what we offered prior to COVID because the coach clearly doesn't want him... & we are sh*t a poker so happy to let him go for unders.

**** this club really knows how to deflate it's supporters.

I'm backing Nicks to make the right calls on a player's character. He's ticked all the boxes on that up to this point, Atkins for example didn't get a look in this year and has been moved on. If Pyke was still here he'd be a walk up start in our best 22.

I know, Mackay is still a possibility next year, but I did say up until now.

 

[fuic08]

Thanks for being so passionate but you don't know sh*t because you're not involved in the process. Essentially.

Rough

 

[Mutineer]

Wasn't 2018 his foot injury? How did we mismanage him? Genuine question as I'm not all over it.

I just recall every time Brad got injured saying "FFS not again!", and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Groins...that required surgical intervention that our eggspurts Burton and Haas kept telling him were manageable without surgery, hence why he was so pissed off at the time that they wasted 12 months of his football life.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Lately they've taken 3 days to do things.

Certainly worried the Saints hierarchy ...

 

[King Elvis]

They aren’t overstated, it’s not that common to be a best 22 player with 95 games in 8 seasons. Given his soft tissue injury history, he is significantly more likely to keep getting these issues and if he ever plays a full season for the Saints I’ll buy you a slab of any beer you want mate. It would have been irresponsible list management to sign someone like Brad to a 5 year deal and I’ve got no doubt as supporters we would be criticising the decision in less than 2 years time.

Why look at last 8 years?

Why not last 2?

Last 3?

Last 4?

Last 5?

It is deliberately misleading to present the information the way we have.

He played 22 games last year.

 

[rabidcrow]

Sounds like a Mr Dangerfield

You may love the club and want to stay but if someone guarantees you $3m and the club guarantees you $1.8m what would you do?


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[chrisso crow]

Groins...that required surgical intervention that our eggspurts Burton and Haas kept telling him were manageable without surgery, hence why he was so pissed off at the time that they wasted 12 months of his football life.

Gotcha, thanks.

I'm still not convinced about his body holding up though.

 

[BACCS]

You obviously have more faith in the decision makers at the AFC than I do after this last shambles...

Binuk is elite at pick swaps, should get him involved in player negotiations...

 

[King Elvis]

Wasn't 2018 his foot injury? How did we mismanage him? Genuine question as I'm not all over it.

I just recall every time Brad got injured saying "FFS not again!", and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Groin, mismanaged, as Mutineer/Bicks has said.

I believe he was so disillusioned that he sought outside assistance for it.

 

[Mutineer]

Have to disagree. I think we have damaged our club culture badly over the way players have departed in the last few years - topped off by Roo’s comments re not worth the money earlier this year.

No reason not to treat Brad with respect. He hasn’t done anything wrong by the club - we told him to shop himself can’t be grumpy when he leaves


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Adelaide FC has strange way of showing their love that's for sure.
Bang on!

 

[Murray2503]

Gotcha, thanks.

I'm still not convinced about his body holding up though.

Luckily that's not our problem anymore. It's St Kilda's.

 

[Stan16]

Am not here to gloat but just need to point out that you never dealt with us directly.

Saints dealt with Crouch and gave him what he wanted ...... Adelaide then chose NOT to deal with St Kilda and accept the AFL's compensation pick

There would NOT be one club in the league that would go out of there way to help out another club at the detriment of their own situation re: Salary Cap

We played by the rules as you guys would have if you were in our position.

As for hoping Brad breaks down ........ that's kind of sad

Good luck with pick 23 ...... I wouldn't write it off yet as being a dud pick and you have a good draft hand

Likely though you will have to pay GWS a 2nd rounder for Hately as we did for Steele

Good luck with the 5 games a year you'll get from Brad.

 

[robboaustralia]

At least he's got a nice shirt

Needs more Ben Hart

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'homeless man" look.

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

I’m still struggling to reconcile how the hell they arrived at the decision not to match. Me on AFC’s decision making ability:

 

[BACCS]

We only smashed Carlton in hindsight because McGovern has failed

Well no shit, but even at the time we extracted very good compo for someone who was a far lesser player than Crouch and who we knew was lazy

 

[CutAboveTheRest]

You can’t say that at the same time highlighting he is now durable, Burton and Haas weren’t here in his early few seasons

Oh he's def not durable BACCS just saying that we didn't manage him properly that year he was out for the whole year.

 

[mickfaxis]

We just saved $600K a year on Crouch ......go to the market & use it

Imagine the Crows supporters reaction if Crouch was out, and Caldwell in ......the negative feelings suddenly turn to positive feelings towards the club

It should have been one of the contingencies planned for in the Crouch scenario

The AFC doesn't have contingencies. We'll do a blockbuster pick swap trade and spin it as only the AFC can.

 

[robboaustralia]

so.. before we get ourselves in this fu**in absolute mess again next year with Brad’s brother Matt becoming a free agent can someone, any-fu**in-one, that has any fu**in connections with the absolute d1ckw@ds running the club please tell them to try and get the suns to give us their first rounder for Matt this year..

you just fuvkin know that that purple cu in the nt and his snivelling ******* media mates will talk down Matt Crouch

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’s value next year and claim he’s not worth a top 4 pick blah, blah, blah when we finish bottom three and Matt explores Free agency.

best to fu**in get it over with now while the morons at our club still might have some sort of hand (Matt being contracted) to help them “bluff” with.. fu**in idiots.

Victorian clubs will come hard for Matt now they know they’ll be able to simply do the same thing the saints have done and the cheese eating surrender monkeys that make up the crows admin team will meekly roll over.

get it done.

Saints will prob ask for Matt in a trade for pick 17.

 

[SaltPeter]

Binuk is elite at pick swaps, should get him involved in player negotiations...

I think we should be trying get that 'Frank' bloke from 'Amercian Pickers' onboard too. He loves to bundle up deals .. seems like an expert

 

[BACCS]

yep.. fu**in C_nts.

hopefully there will still be some sort of break between the 1st round and the start of the remaining rounds that will still give clubs time to sweat on thinking about a player they really want that has slid and get on the phone to the crows..

we really need to just try and flip every pick we have from 22 onwards into 1st rounders for either this year or, preferably, next year..

We also need points for Newchurch, Borlase and potentially Edwards, but absolutely should be targeting that Bulldogs pick 14 as a start.

 

[SaltPeter]

We also need points for Newchurch, Borlase and potentially Edwards, but absolutely should be targeting that Bulldogs pick 14 as a start.

lol .. Edwards isn't coming here

 

[Stan16]

I would rather match and risk him walking out for nothing, better than a pick in the late 20s in a compromised draft..

 

[Mutineer]

Saints will prob ask for Matt in a trade for pick 17.

Nah they'll wait until next year and call our bluff again

 

[Stan16]

Just when you thought we couldn't get any lower and guess what we find ways of reaching new lows.