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Should brought him to the meeting to have half a chance.
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Anyone cluey can work this out.
We should be using Davis or Balme to sell the message.
They have to meet Nicks sometime though!
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After they have signed a contract.They have to meet Nicks sometime though!
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My initial guess is if Nicks was spruiking the Crows his biggest selling point on the club would be how it's family oriented environment, team first etc etc and maybe what Petracca wanted to hear and what Hardwick told him was all about winning a premiership and where Petracca fit into that first and then worry about the off-field stuff after.
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“Christian we think you’d make a really good impact sub, we watched Brisbane do it and think you could be our Neale”
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So Nicks didn’t run enough players through the midfield and we were “fatigued”.
Gees if only we had some mids who were stuck on flanks…..or SANFL…….
Boy genius our coach……..
Gees if only we had some mids who were stuck on flanks…..or SANFL…….
Boy genius our coach……..
I don’t understand why you’d publicly use that excuse, it’s fully within your control and is clearly the responsibility of the coaches.
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Because they think our supporters are dumb, just look at some on here buying it
Send Boyle to hb. Edwards back into the midfield
It was absolutely one of the factors, and it was predicted a long way out that we’d cook the group and limp into September. Combine that with reverting to the stiff-scared defensive forward ball movement method and there’s our finals series blown right there. And it was all fully predicted because this is what we’ve been doing for a decade.
Less costly, but the icing on the cake was Smith coming back into the 22 and Laird’s return to the midfield. Joyous.
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Trade Period: Justin Reid on Trade Radio five key takeaways
Reid spoke on Trade Radio on Friday
Crows keen to back in organic growth
Adelaide enjoyed a rapid rise in their 2025 campaign, going from 15th to minor premiers, but fell short during the finals series.
Reid said the Crows were always looking to better their list, particularly with midfield depth, but he was confident the organic growth of the playing list had the side ready to compete.
“We are certainly not a finished product,” Reid said.
“Guys like Sid Draper after another pre-season under his belt, Dan Curtin who went up to the wing, and who’s a big body and we’ve seen him play midfield as a junior.
“With the likes of Zac Taylor, Luke Pedlar - just a few more guys going through there (the midfield) to give us depth as we get to the pointy end of the year.
“We went from eight wins (in 2024) to 18 wins, which was great, but we need to keep exposing the list and finding some opportunities for guys as well.”
List exposure key for improvement
When speaking on day five, Reid said list exposure would be just as important in improving the Crows side.
“It’s not a finished product and we are actually pretty excited about exposing the list even more, and we still think there’s a lot of growth there.
well who is going to break this news to Nix?Trade Period: Justin Reid on Trade Radio five key takeaways
Reid spoke on Trade Radio on Fridaywww.afc.com.au
Crows keen to back in organic growth
Adelaide enjoyed a rapid rise in their 2025 campaign, going from 15th to minor premiers, but fell short during the finals series.
Reid said the Crows were always looking to better their list, particularly with midfield depth, but he was confident the organic growth of the playing list had the side ready to compete.
“We are certainly not a finished product,” Reid said.
“Guys like Sid Draper after another pre-season under his belt, Dan Curtin who went up to the wing, and who’s a big body and we’ve seen him play midfield as a junior.
“With the likes of Zac Taylor, Luke Pedlar - just a few more guys going through there (the midfield) to give us depth as we get to the pointy end of the year.
“We went from eight wins (in 2024) to 18 wins, which was great, but we need to keep exposing the list and finding some opportunities for guys as well.”
List exposure key for improvement
When speaking on day five, Reid said list exposure would be just as important in improving the Crows side.
“It’s not a finished product and we are actually pretty excited about exposing the list even more, and we still think there’s a lot of growth there.
Then the development coaches
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Can Reid become chair of selection...Trade Period: Justin Reid on Trade Radio five key takeaways
Reid spoke on Trade Radio on Friday
Crows keen to back in organic growth
Adelaide enjoyed a rapid rise in their 2025 campaign, going from 15th to minor premiers, but fell short during the finals series.
Reid said the Crows were always looking to better their list, particularly with midfield depth, but he was confident the organic growth of the playing list had the side ready to compete.
“We are certainly not a finished product,” Reid said.
“Guys like Sid Draper after another pre-season under his belt, Dan Curtin who went up to the wing, and who’s a big body and we’ve seen him play midfield as a junior.
“With the likes of Zac Taylor, Luke Pedlar - just a few more guys going through there (the midfield) to give us depth as we get to the pointy end of the year.
“We went from eight wins (in 2024) to 18 wins, which was great, but we need to keep exposing the list and finding some opportunities for guys as well.”
List exposure key for improvement
When speaking on day five, Reid said list exposure would be just as important in improving the Crows side.
“It’s not a finished product and we are actually pretty excited about exposing the list even more, and we still think there’s a lot of growth there.
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Trade Period: Justin Reid on Trade Radio five key takeaways
Reid spoke on Trade Radio on Friday
Crows keen to back in organic growth
Adelaide enjoyed a rapid rise in their 2025 campaign, going from 15th to minor premiers, but fell short during the finals series.
Reid said the Crows were always looking to better their list, particularly with midfield depth, but he was confident the organic growth of the playing list had the side ready to compete.
“We are certainly not a finished product,” Reid said.
“Guys like Sid Draper after another pre-season under his belt, Dan Curtin who went up to the wing, and who’s a big body and we’ve seen him play midfield as a junior.
“With the likes of Zac Taylor, Luke Pedlar - just a few more guys going through there (the midfield) to give us depth as we get to the pointy end of the year.
“We went from eight wins (in 2024) to 18 wins, which was great, but we need to keep exposing the list and finding some opportunities for guys as well.”
List exposure key for improvement
When speaking on day five, Reid said list exposure would be just as important in improving the Crows side.
“It’s not a finished product and we are actually pretty excited about exposing the list even more, and we still think there’s a lot of growth there.
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Well, he's not wrong. We were ALL calling for list exposure...Trade Period: Justin Reid on Trade Radio five key takeaways
Reid spoke on Trade Radio on Friday
Crows keen to back in organic growth
Adelaide enjoyed a rapid rise in their 2025 campaign, going from 15th to minor premiers, but fell short during the finals series.
Reid said the Crows were always looking to better their list, particularly with midfield depth, but he was confident the organic growth of the playing list had the side ready to compete.
“We are certainly not a finished product,” Reid said.
“Guys like Sid Draper after another pre-season under his belt, Dan Curtin who went up to the wing, and who’s a big body and we’ve seen him play midfield as a junior.
“With the likes of Zac Taylor, Luke Pedlar - just a few more guys going through there (the midfield) to give us depth as we get to the pointy end of the year.
“We went from eight wins (in 2024) to 18 wins, which was great, but we need to keep exposing the list and finding some opportunities for guys as well.”
List exposure key for improvement
When speaking on day five, Reid said list exposure would be just as important in improving the Crows side.
“It’s not a finished product and we are actually pretty excited about exposing the list even more, and we still think there’s a lot of growth there.
Another instance of Nicks and list management being on seperate pages. Saying we need to expose our list when we have (another) coach whose stated mission is to do the exact opposite.Trade Period: Justin Reid on Trade Radio five key takeaways
Reid spoke on Trade Radio on Friday
Crows keen to back in organic growth
Adelaide enjoyed a rapid rise in their 2025 campaign, going from 15th to minor premiers, but fell short during the finals series.
Reid said the Crows were always looking to better their list, particularly with midfield depth, but he was confident the organic growth of the playing list had the side ready to compete.
“We are certainly not a finished product,” Reid said.
“Guys like Sid Draper after another pre-season under his belt, Dan Curtin who went up to the wing, and who’s a big body and we’ve seen him play midfield as a junior.
“With the likes of Zac Taylor, Luke Pedlar - just a few more guys going through there (the midfield) to give us depth as we get to the pointy end of the year.
“We went from eight wins (in 2024) to 18 wins, which was great, but we need to keep exposing the list and finding some opportunities for guys as well.”
List exposure key for improvement
When speaking on day five, Reid said list exposure would be just as important in improving the Crows side.
“It’s not a finished product and we are actually pretty excited about exposing the list even more, and we still think there’s a lot of growth there.
Not all.
Nicks went back to Laird and Keays in the finals.
Can understand this in finals but if he had experimented a bit more during the season he may have identified alternatives we could have used in the finals.
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As well as having fresher players for the finals.
Further proof Nicks isn't very smart.
