Malcolm Blight declares this is the ‘weakest’ he’s ever seen the Adelaide Crows

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Dual Adelaide premiership coach Malcolm Blight has launched an extraordinary, scathing attack on the Crows, claiming “this is the weakest” state he’s ever seen the club in.

Blight’s comments come in the wake of Adelaide’s announcement an external review of the club had commenced and would take several weeks to complete.
The Crows finished 2019 with seven losses from their final nine games, including a dispirited 34-point loss to the Western Bulldogs in Ballarat on Sunday.
After starting the season as one of the top flag fancies, the Crows finished the season in 11th spot with a 10-12 record.
Blight said it was “disturbing” that Adelaide had only produced two “spikes” in the past decade, finishing third in 2012 and runners-up in 2017 amid a string of 14th to 11th-place finishes.
In a lengthy rant on Sportsday SA, Blight, who coached Adelaide to its only two AFL premierships in 1997 and 1998, said the Crows’ current predicament was sad.
“This is a mediocre football club and until someone actually grabs it by the throat and changes it, it’s going to continue,” Blight told Sportsday SA.

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Thoughts? This is a fairly reasonable comment from Malcolm and the Adelaide Football Club has some major issues with it at present. It seems that there is a dlear issue with either performance or coaching. Adelaide has struggled for most seasons except 2012 and 2017. Along with Port's inconsistency it is clear there are some significant issues with football in Adelaide currently.

 

[The 747]

Nice edit m8

 

[Bald]

Oh well.

 

[darcytiger]

Warms the cockles to know that Richmond broke them

 

[La Dispute]

If this is the weakest they’ve ever been they’ve had a decent run over their time in the competition.

Need to cycle out a good portion of the list, and I’m not sure Pyke has the dexterity to ever win a premiership with them, but they’re not completely off the boil.

Fogarty and Jones look like very good long-term players and they’ll get the opportunity to bring in another talented player in the elite end of the draft, which they haven’t had access to due to never bottoming out.

Plenty of upside provided they make some hard calls over the next few years. Maybe they need to trade out of the Crouch brothers out?

 

[CharacterFirst]

Not really a very big call is it?

Crows are struggling that's for sure.

 

[werdna78]

Melbourne say: "Hold my beer"

 

[Shane Heard]

Warms the cockles to know that Richmond broke them

Shattered and pulverised the souls of everyone connected with the joint.

Poor buggers.

 

[Gavin Excell]

The non voting rights of members means board becomes lazy and unanswerable and then defensive to any criticism.

Appointments often look inwards as any real outsider represents a threat to current cosy arrangement.

 

[LoungeLizard]

Has anyone thought to play the Adelaide song over and over and over and over again, the poor buggers have the Richmond song stuck in their heads.

 

[Rotayjay]

Crows board >>

 

[Kaatman]

Blight picked them to roll through to the Grand Final about 6 weeks ago. Little bit erratic is Malcolm

 

[Loken]

Oh well.

You were supposed to delete your account.

Remember...

 

[Toump Ass]

The non voting rights of members means board becomes lazy and unanswerable and then defensive to any criticism.

The members can just find some other team to support though.

 

[Dixie Normous]

Good to see he's giving the rat's toss bag

 

[King Elvis]

Shattered and pulverised the souls of everyone connected with the joint.

Poor buggers.

It wasn't the loss that did that - it was the response to the loss.

Management/Executive/Admin of the AFC is an absolute cluster*.

 

[Its not the coach]

Warms the cockles to know that Richmond broke them

You never broke s**t, They broke their selfs. Lowest the club's been but still a chance for finals with 2 rounds to go. Richmond were the comps laughing stock for years on end.

 

[darcytiger]

You never broke s**t, They broke their selfs. Lowest the club's been but still a chance for finals with 2 rounds to go. Richmond were the comps laughing stock for years on end.

Strong melt

 

[Captain_Bender]

You never broke s**t, They broke their selfs. Lowest the club's been but still a chance for finals with 2 rounds to go. Richmond were the comps laughing stock for years on end.

Adelaide supporters still crying over Richmond how sad, what a loser club

 

[Knox Harrington]

Port fan sinks the boots into Adelaide when they're battling a bit.
Suggest you worry about your own backyard you'll be back to the tarps in no time.

 

[Its not the coach]

Adelaide supporters still crying over Richmond how sad, what a loser club

You are sad you moron. I made a valid point.

 

[StillAtLarge]

Blight picked them to roll through to the Grand Final about 6 weeks ago. Little bit erratic is Malcolm

You beat me to it. The guy is a complete lunatic

 

[Captain_Bender]

You are sad you moron. I made a valid point.

Not as sad as you or your club

 

[Its not the coach]

Not as sad as you or your club

Is this going to be the year your all mighty club finally win an away final for the 1st time in history?

 

[Captain_Bender]

Is this going to be the year your all mighty club finally win an away final for the 1st time in history?

Lol Adelaide supporters trying to talk about finals, it will be a long time before Adelaide play finals again