It is clear we have a best 20 that know they dont need to work hard to keep their spot in the side while a group of the same players will get scapegoated every week.
Combined with Nicks having ZERO interest in bringing in youth, we simply have developed a culture of extreme laziness.
We have...
Was incredibly disappointed to read that Rankine almost walked away from the game by the industry willing to basically smash a player for virtue signalling purposes. The AFL need to hear what Rankine said from a players perspective about how being railroaded as part of a PR exercise really does...
I was a tad disappointed. As a massive Ricky Gervais fan I have watched all his stand up and im talking where he has owned the stage and been pure brutal. I dont know whether by the time he filmed it he was already fatigued by the gruelling tour as it was a tour that just went for about 18...
Obviously we have strong candidates like our first ever finals win and some countless games where we have come from behind to snatch victory. No so much in recent years.
My candidate for our best ever win is hands down '1997 Preliminary Final' Come back win against the Western Bulldogs.
I...
So friends, give it your best. Predict Murphies input for the game.
So competition rules, Its free reign. Predict any event, amount of disposals, goals 🤣, tackles etc.
Winner take all. The prize is a hardy handshake from George!
Av. Stats to consider per game to help you with your prediction...
In 2023, Nicks was famous for playing the same players week in and week our regardless of form. Eventually blowing the side up and only reinvigorating the team when forced to make changes which pushed us back towards finals contention.
He is effictively doing the same thing again.
Remove the...
There is a big debate running around online at the moment that Cummins and Australia being the current holders of every trophy in Test, ODI and T20 makes him the best Australian captain of all time.
My Take - Unfortunately not only wouldnt Cummins be captain in any other era of Australian...
As far as World Series go this looks set to rank amongst the all time great series and hosts the two biggest clubs in Baseball. Both clubs look even on paper and it could go down to the wire, I do think this will go down to game 7.
Lets have a great series.
My gut feel is the Dodgers win it...
Top 5 picks dont come along regularly and they seldom come along with a draft of this quality. Our need is a midfield general who can lead a next generation midfield and can control a game and stand up and go clutch. This is the draft to do it. I can not over estimate the need to not screw this...
One thing that has been over looked this season is where exactly it rates compared to other seasons. No doubt lost amongst the wooden spoon finish.
lets check out our worst season finishes where we finished bottom 5.
15 team competition
11th
1994: 9-12-1 Cornes sacked *injury plagues...
Off field staff at the Crows
Chairman - Olsen
Board - Riccuito, Ellis, Fennell, Lynch, Fellows, Goodings, Roche, Berrgren
CEO
Silvers
Coaches
Nicks, Burns, Van Berlo, Godden, Wright, Bello
Fitness: Darren Burgess
List Management
Justin Reid, Hamish Ogilvie
The changes I would make is we...
The loss to Sydney has genuinely killed what ever miniscule chance of finals we had. With that comes the need to plan for next season.
With just 9 games left for the season, big decisions need to occur now which means the coaching staff have to put their big boy pants on and start having the...
Hello fellow writers.
Be it for leisure, poetry, music, travel or writing your novel. I am looking to hit up others to establish a network where we can share our work, get feedback and discuss ideas that can better our writing. If anyone is also interested, im keen to participate in writing...
Is anyone else feeling underwhelmed.
He is not delivering anything.
He re-signed Nicks - despite overwhelming evidence to suggest otherwise
It feels like he just hides behind Silvers, delivers him talking points for PR and disappears.
The board has some serious questions to answer and I'm...
Does it exist?
My opinion yes and I do think its detrimental to young player development and the form of experienced players if you continually ignore extended periods of poor form and keep selecting them.
Some excuses are they are young, we need to keep them in the side, they are in our next...
All is not lost in our rebuild, I believe it can be resurrected with some short term pain. Nicks shat the bed as he became intent on coaching for his job over building a list that can challenge for the Premiership.
I think the club has to draw a line in the sand and put a line through a group...
I have longed given Roo the benefit of the doubt as he stood for improving the club. But at what stage is the complete unwarranted extension of Nicks part of this plan. Not once has ever ever showed any improvement other than natural progression in player development. As soon as a squad gifted...
How do we think this off season has fared for us?
Out:
James Borlase (del)*
Tyler Brown (del)
Tom Doedee (FA)
Will Hamill (del)*
Jackson Hately (del)
Shane McAdam (trd)
Fischer McAsey (ret)
Andrew McPherson (del)
Tariek Newchurch (del)
Paul Seedsman (ret)
In:
Curtin
Edwards
Ryan
We didn't...
Continues from: Opinion - Matthew Nicks: Adelaide's Coach
Have a question around this, precarious? WTF kind of wording is that. There is nothing precarious about the AFC and therefor I presume it means dealing with Thebby. Be careful about believing what people say when they are in a mood...
The current structure served the competition well during the startup to gauge interest and keep the competition from being too much too soon. But the women deserve to have their competition align with the mens. Should run at the same time. I dont think having them separate achieves the goals...
Its hard for us on the outer to understand what goes on internally in clubland and the exact issues as to why some players simply dont get selected week after week and often the same excuses get trotted out by the club.
'they have things to work on'
'they aren't doing enough in the sanfl to...
I don't know what the hell happened in skill training over the summer but can we keep doing it please?
Who ever is the skills coach, give them a raise!
The precision surgical passing through dangerous territory that is opening up teams like never before has caught the eye of the competition...
Introduction
Looking for ideas on what to watch and well....not to watch and downright avoid like the plague, look no further.
Feel free to comment.
First cab of the rank:
Money Heist
The plot revolves around career criminals steered by an highly intelligent individual who goes by the...
Amazingly good series. It completely boggles the mind that some of the main players in the scandals, still find excuses or claim innocence. Well worth the watch, one of the best documentaries out.
Hi,
I am exploring my creative side and started writing both childrens books and adult fiction. My childrens book is ready to go and I am keen to explore getting this published. Two things; firstly I can't draw, am I supposed to create concept illustrations or will this just be part of...
The school i work at in metropolitan Adelaide is about to employ its 2nd family member who is straight out of uni for 2021 of a leadership person, who already used her influence as a senior teacher to get her future husband a job at the school.
But that's not all. He is going to be mentored by...
Talia will go down as one of the great Backman of the club. 19th player to reach the 200 milestone. I'm curious to see how he ranks amongst the legends of the club.
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