Welcome Welcome to Adelaide: Alex Neal-Bullen - Traded for Pick 28

[Kane McGoodwin]

This guy just seems like a winner.

Was hoping we’d get a little something back for 28 but I’m super happy we’ve landed him.

We clearly lack good leaders at the club, so this will be the biggest benefit of getting him to AFC.

 

[TBM]

We clearly lack good leaders at the club, so this will be the biggest benefit of getting him to AFC.

I have similar hopes for Cumming’s leadership skills too.

As for ANB, I’d easily get him straight into a 5-6 man leadership group next year

 

[FR0GGY]

He’s salty at Melbourne, he thinks that they have given him away for well unders


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People need to stop letting him live in their heads, the alternative view was he said adelaide paid overs and we all know how many people would be whining about that.

 

[crow2crow]

this guy gonna be a coach

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

this guy gonna be a coach

He can coach the forwards next year instead of Burns...

 

[adelaidecrows]

He’s salty at Melbourne, he thinks that they have given him away for well unders


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The risk when you give away a future pick is that you have a down year and the club you traded with gets a huge benefit of getting massive overs for a sub par player. Melbourne finished 4th in 2023. So when they traded a future 2nd, they must have thought it would likely be a pick in the late 30s. So in the end the the Crows effictively were able to butcher Melbourne at the trade table through Melbournes own on field results. Now Cornes is right to criticize Melbourne but he is also wrong. His criticism should be at paying a f2 for McAdam. Cornes is wrong to argue the AnB trade though because that was fair market value.

 

[1970crow]

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McAdam will never...ever finish third in a club bnf.

44 players at Melbourne. ANB according to this season was better than almost all of them.

He might even flourish here without having as many superstars to compete against. Better positioning and opportunities sort of thing.

I'm sure we'll be very happy with the trade, even at pick 28.

Melbourne had very few quality options to direct forward entries to, lot different at our club. It's more likely he'll go backwards than get better. Especially considering 2024 was effectively a contract year for him. Like Gibbs' last 2 seasons at Carlton.

 

[Slime Roy]

Kane Cornes is salty about most things.

Hardly a volcano, more a salt lamp

 

[Danger in Texas]

Melbourne had very few quality options to direct forward entries to, lot different at our club. It's more likely he'll go backwards than get better. Especially considering 2024 was effectively a contract year for him. Like Gibbs' last 2 seasons at Carlton.

Are you talking about ANB or McAdam? Because your ‘effectively a contract year’ statement makes ZERO sense for either of them

 

[FR0GGY]

Are you talking about ANB or McAdam? Because your ‘effectively a contract year’ statement makes ZERO sense for either of them

I assume he means ANB auditioning for a contract from us

 

[119others]

What an absolute gun bloke and teammate he will be. Will set an amazing example for our many youngsters AND is a good player also.

Wouldn’t be upset if into the leadership group early on.