2nds 2026 Adelaide Crows SANFL thread

[Mutineer]

Strachan ain't a defender!!!

 

[WeeBlake]

Draper is going backwards, surely it’s a worry at this point

 

[Bearded Clam]

Literally rather see no ruckman than continue seeing ROB tap straight to ports advantage over and over again the useless hack

 

[cleanhands]

Draper is going backwards, surely it’s a worry at this point

Waiting for him to convince me

 

[BigLefty]

Murray certainly hits the contest hard up forward.

It's be terrifying standing in the hole with him leading out

 

[Crowman32]

I really dont understand WTF they are doing with draper.

 

[Crow_68]

We just can’t go with fast, hard-running teams at either level.

 

[Crow_68]

I really dont understand WTF they are doing with draper.

They are taking away his natural game and focussing on improving his weaknesses rather than using his strengths.

We are enamoured with trying to create the perfect player.

 

[cleanhands]

They are taking away his natural game and focussing on improving his weaknesses rather than using his strengths.

We are enamoured with trying to create the perfect player.

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[Mutineer]

Port are simply outworking the Crows players

 

[WeeBlake]

They are taking away his natural game and focussing on improving his weaknesses rather than using his strengths.

We are enamoured with trying to create the perfect player.

Maybe true.

I also think we don’t create a game plan that plays to our players’ strengths.

Why do we have a bomb it long and wide game plan when that creates stoppages, when we don’t have good midfielders?

 

[Bearded Clam]

They are taking away his natural game and focussing on improving his weaknesses rather than using his strengths.

We are enamoured with trying to create the perfect player.

We are Jonesing him.. they have probably told him to work on his tagging game.

 

[Crow till I die]

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Did Neil Balme worry about that with you guys back in the day...rhetorical question

 

[Crowman32]

Draper was a better player before we drafted him. Just let him do his own thing in the midfield.

 

[jackster83]

Draper was a better player before we drafted him. Just let him do his own thing in the midfield.

Can we loan him back out to South Adelaide?

He might do better in another system away from Godden, VB, etc.

 

[Cromulant]

Not the result I was expecting.

They look mighty flat

 

[Mutineer]

Maley not even competitive against a Port top up ruck, think he'll have a short stay on our list unless he shows a fair bit more

 

[TheLeftFist8]

We are flat and extremely one-dimensional. Utterly incomprehensible game plan. Go super slow then bomb a shallow entry to contest at the 50 line.

 

[1990crow]

I think the players have given up.
Dowling and Sholl should be delisted for that last effort.

 

[Scorpus]

When a player like Soligo who was in atrocious form can step into this side and get 40 touches, it shows you how far off our depth players are

 

[Mutineer]

The lack of effort by the Crows players is a big worry..

 

[1990crow]

The lack of effort by the Crows players is a big worry..

Coaches have lost the players. Time for change i think.

 

[TheLeftFist8]

Playing with no heart.

Lazy, no interest in defensive running, previously attacking players like Nankervis, Draper, Edwards look like a shell of who they could be.

Welsh the only positive.

 

[Cromulant]

When a player like Soligo who was in atrocious form can step into this side and get 40 touches, it shows you how far off our depth players are

To be fair our depth regularly get high 20s and 30s

The rot is setting in

 

[Scorpus]

The lack of effort by the Crows players is a big worry..

Nicks might need to host a BBQ otherwise he's headed for the full support of the board