Interesting Butts seemed to be noticeably hobbling at the GC airport arrivals as per my “exclusive scoop” on Friday when he boys arrived. Wonder if he has been carrying something
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-trade-2024-max-holmes-future-at-geelong-wa-clubs-continue-to-watch-liam-baker/news-story/5300e40ef8da060a40fff25d39f06548
South Australian midfielder Jack Graham is also a free agent this year and could attract interest from Adelaide. Graham toured...
Quite possibly but does seem like a big number. Not sure Petty is really a huge need now - certainly compared to a tall elite mid - with Curtin drafted and I would only look at as a FA as not that good a player (at this stage) to give up a first rounder this year when he likely comes free next...
Perhaps you are right. Saints would be mighty pi$$ed to lose him and will argue that a likely monster contract (5/6 years @ 800k+) is us valuing his future value very highly and they want to be compensated for that. Also our firsts are hopefully mid first round this year (say 10-12) and likely...
Yes saw that - see below. Seems like a pretty underwhelming pick 3 in a KPP draft. What were the Kangas thinking? Not sure he adds much from what I have seen. T Thomas on the other hand purely on footy ability would be an absolute gun and we did bid on him before picking Jones in 2018...
This is 100% us pressuring him with massive overs, I wonder if we are offering more than 800k even…
Will cost 2 x first rounders but along with a freebie Hayward and using 2/3rd rounders points for Welsh ournrevuild would be pretty close.
A really crap take to be peddling this line. We clearly, unambiguously play our talented youngsters early.
Our history leading up to the 6 years before Curtin:
Fog 10 games
Jones 8 games
Mc Asey 10 games of 17), Shoey 8 games
TT 14 games
Rachele 13 games, Soligo 16 games
Max 22 games
What...
About to board a flight to ADL and the Crows boys were on the arriving flight led off by upbeat Keays and ROB. A few words to fire the boys up.
McHenry was there. Butts looked a little ginger. Rachele seemed to be the joker of the pack. Defenders all walking as a group playing around.
Now I...
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-2024-every-clubs-best-23-for-season-opener/news-story/8a5b5b6b4896ad4bbd058ec23311976d
AFL 2024: Every club’s best 23 for season opener
ADELAIDE
Best 23 for Round 1
B: J. Worrell, J. Butts, M. Michalanney
HB: B. Smith, M. Keane, W. Milera
C: C...
clearly Roo overall but if you were choosing one player for a GF you would probably take Jars. Jars was 24 ish when starting in the AFL and 29 yo when he joined the crows in 1996. Roo was seen as a 16 yo by King Kerley playing in Waikerie (IIRC) kicking 10 in their Granny and soon committed to...
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/afl-2024-adelaide-crows-circle-as-dees-wait-for-tom-sparrow-to-resign/news-story/d570d9edeb7b3923190da336c605488f
according to this we did ask about Sparrow last year with McAdam trade
The Crows haven’t given up hope of luring a rising Demon back to...
All good, we are on the same page re Weagles this year and can check again in a couple of years re 2025 and 2026.
Why less than Craig? We don’t yet have the proven quantity of A Grader elites (fab 4 midfield etc) that Craigy had? Not making the GF in both 2005 and 2006 made up for our luck in...
Wow, that’s so disappointing as from all accounts was going to be his breakout year. Rounds 7-12 much harder than 1-6 also if he only returns then.
Not sure he is as easy to replace as Fog or Walker who are similar. Structurally we need a bomb it long tall and secondary chop out ruck. H/berg...
Serious question, If you were a Crows Exec / Footy Ops would you have disclosed your FULL intents (ie aggressive rebuild = years of pain) before embarking on our biggest ever reset? A crows fan base already sick of PR camp crap and underperforming since the last Saturday of September 2017...
Ok this should be good. What are your predictions for the Weagles in 2024 and 2025.
Me:
2024 - almost certain bottom 2. Wins overs/unders the lowest of ANY team at 4.5 (Kangas 5.5 and then Hawks 8.5) AND still playing a large bunch of golden oldies 3 (or more) years into rebuild.
2025 - VERY...
Agreed and didnt suggest trading Mc Govern.
Its the other 3-4 of Darling, Yeo, Cripps etc that should have gone (similar to us getting rid of Greenwood and Keath) where 1-2 of them may have got a mid-late second rounder. Yeo for pick 32-38 for a contending team for example. Or even third...
true BUT with the one true gap of Tex declining (which is big admittedly and needs Fog/TT to step up to fill much of the gap), we were good enough to make the finals last year. And that not just Keays-gate but 5 close losses to finals sides including 4 losses (3 away) to top 4 teams by a goal or...
good one to bookmark :)
I wouldnt be surprised to see us win the whole thing, let alone get very close, in 2025/2026 (and I dare to dream even with the upcoming year..)
Weagles are in for years of pain. Mc Govern 32 next mth, Darling and Cripps 32 mid year, Yeo 31 this year, Kelly 30 this year. Barrass 29 this year. Its actually embarrassing watching almost 32 yo Gaff still trying to run.
now THEY are the team that delayed the rebuild for far too long and...
agree with all this - especially going from 3rd oldest to 3rd youngest. How in the hell can that not be interpreted as going the hard rebuild? - except complete rebuilds can never be done in 3 years. Assuming we continue moving up (5-7 this year) we are basically on track for the perfectly...
pretty close IMO but Rankine will be a starting mid and Laird>Crouch starting at this stage. The wingers of Jones and Soligo make most sense to me keeping Soli around the ball. Jones played some terrific footy off the wing 2nd half of last year, and Hinge and Milera were both excellent as HBF's...
Mate living around Hawthorn area in MLB told me a few weeks ago that Betts and family were at the local oval late one weekend afternoon. Betts was still super fit and running laps / doing sprints with his wife. Betts also very friendly and chatted for 20-30 mins
Why mention? Betts was wearing...
That’s the main part
Is Rory Laird’s future up forward as the next generation of Crows rise?
The younger brigade will be featured heavily in the Crows’ midfield in 2024, so what does that mean for the veterans, and in particular their most consistent midfield star?
Simeon Thomas-Wilson...
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.