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10:00 AM Tue 02 Oct, 2012

Kurt Tippett has played his last game for Adelaide
Mon, Oct 01, 12
Kurt Tippett and his management have advised the Adelaide Football Club that Tippett will seek a trade to another AFL club (still to be advised) in this month’s trade period.

The Club is obviously disappointed with this decision and will now try to engineer a positive outcome for the Crows.

Adelaide head of List Management and Recruiting David Noble said: “I can assure members and supporters that the Club (including players and coaches) could not have done any more to try to convince Kurt to stay with our Club.

“In addition, we believe that our Club has provided Kurt with an outstanding learning environment after drafting him as an extremely inexperienced 18-year old in 2006.

“On top of this we have always put Kurt’s best interests at the forefront as well as remunerating him at the top end of our player payments scale.

“The Club has now reassessed the current list and will continue its strategy to make sure the team’s needs are met so the improved performances of 2012 continue.”

Tippett, 25, played 104 AFL games for Adelaide and kicked 188 goals, including 39 this season.

Drafted from Queensland with pick 32 at the 2006 national draft, he made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2008 season.
afc.com.au

At least this frees up ****loads of cash! Lets go shopping for a straight shooter!

Oh **** off and take your surfboard with you Kurt!

Well that sucks... When did collingwood get in on the act? There's no way they can afford him!

Well He can partake in some sex and travel. If it is not to a Quensland based team he should be vilified by fans every time he plays in Adelaide. What a crock!!

Weak as piss Tipstick.

We are likely to lose Wellingham, and probably another player (potentially a Dawes). Plus we will have 3 players on the Vets list. Apparently we have a bit of room to move. Maybe it's not just about the money for Tippett?

meh, great potential, weak head (in more ways than one) our team would be better of with him, but ultimately he isn't irreplaceable.

Very weak. Not at all surprising tho.

Sam Day please

At 5.48 am tommorrow.



Life goes on....

who will knock him out next year?

So now we've got Jack Cunston and Knut Tippett

Thank christ that's over. Glad he's leaving the AFC.

Tex Walker leading Crows Supporters Group to Tippett's house...

I'm gutted - really lost for words. What has caused this to happen ? He clearly wants out to anywhere else. Is there something toxic at the AFC ?

Hopefully we'll be able to force the Suns hand into offering Pick 2. Then on-trade it to Melbourne (with maybe a player like Otten) to get Pick 3 + 13. Take hopefully Grundy at 3 (Or Toumpas as 1 will be at that pick), Macrae at 13 and Tanner Smith at 19. Thoughts?

Prickett

Has to be ALL about the money if he considered going to your mob! Hope the Pies enjoy the salary cap review coming its way if they pick Kurt up.

What else is there to attract him to the club that treated Mick so poorly and is willing to place premiership players on the scrap heap in order to get him.

Hate the fact that he lied to the AFC all the way through this process. Homesick my arse!

Not worth risking the money or contract length we'd have needed to keep him (assuming it's not the go-home factor)
what do we need? Can we cover him in the ruck or do we need a short term Jolly type as an aside to whatever deal is done with Kurt's team
Do we have a potential replacement for Rutten or do we need to look for one with this trade? Should we focus on a midfielder or punt on a KPP?

Tippet was photographed leaving the airport with his luggage.

Well it's disappointing, but the writing has been on the wall for a long time now.

I'm glad it's over though. It got far too much attention, and went on for far too long.

At least it frees up our salary cap - Danger, Tex and Sloane deserve the money more.

I don't necessarily want to vilify Tippo for this, as long as he goes back home. However, if he's off to Vic or NSW, well then, goodbye to a bad egg.

Yeah, 39 goals a season. I'm not sure where we'll find them.

I think trade period last year showed us we can be bold and ruthless at the table and really are not afraid to take a punt. I have every bit of faith in the club we can secure some great value out of a trade for Tippett. In Sando et al we trust