Things change mate. His GF dad just passed away.If the rumour of B.Crouch contacting GC last season for more money is true then....
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Things change mate. His GF dad just passed away.If the rumour of B.Crouch contacting GC last season for more money is true then....
So he didn't really "love" the club until this happened. Nothing wrong with players chasing money.Things change mate. His GF dad just passed away.
Thanks heaps for sharing. I was wanting to listen and you saved me the task of having to look!Here's the interview if anyone wants to take a listen - https://play.acast.com/s/roweybicks/3cd07181-d933-45ca-8818-ac38007ff203
If the rumour of B.Crouch contacting GC last season for more money is true then....
I think the thing that makes it a tough call either way is Brad Crouch hasn't really got to that elite, game winning level as a midfielder. Don't get me wrong, he's played some very good games in the midfield but he hasn't reached the level where we can rely on him week in/week out to go out and carry us over the line. He hasn't got to the level where the opposition need to focus on stopping him ever week, if he was at that level then we'd have signed him up.Sometimes the Crows fans amaze me, we have a guy that won our best and fairest at the club and loves this club.
We b*tch and moan when a good player leaves and we have a great player that wants to stay but people want a speculative pick for him. Yes pick 2 might be a good player but it might also be a complete bust.
If we show these young players that we will honour players that love and want to stay at the club then they will hopefully do the same. I think we will get him at unders of what he is actually worth because he wants to be here!
I think keeping him will do more for our club and all our current young players than pick 2. Just my opinion
I thought from GC's respond, they made a backhand comment that this did happened.Nobody actually knows if that happened so it could be 100% Tom Browne made up bullshit
I haven’t listened to his recent interview but it looks like the comments in here seem to think he (out of his own mouth) lives the club and wants to stay
I think he does love the club, but was prioritising securing his future.So he didn't really "love" the club until this happened. Nothing wrong with players chasing money.
That's an interesting point. I'm a fan of Jones - he's got everything needed to make it IMO - but he's almost looked slow this year (I was at the GWS game and paid particular attention at the time, and it was really noticeable). I haven't been able to work out why, but you're theory would make sense (as he's noticeably filled out this year).In relation to Jones, he's added a lot of strength to his body after his first year ......I've heard it takes a while for a player to become adjusted to carrying the extra weight
It maybe that he's doubting his pace with the weight, and it's impacting his game, which relies on pace ...... again something I'm told takes another PS to become accustomed to
...and yet still doesn't want to go to port.Maybe that's why the tone of his interview was how it was, he knows that's his best chance at the whole package
Sometimes the Crows fans amaze me, we have a guy that won our best and fairest at the club and loves this club.
We b*tch and moan when a good player leaves and we have a great player that wants to stay but people want a speculative pick for him. Yes pick 2 might be a good player but it might also be a complete bust.
If we show these young players that we will honour players that love and want to stay at the club then they will hopefully do the same. I think we will get him at unders of what he is actually worth because he wants to be here!
I think keeping him will do more for our club and all our current young players than pick 2. Just my opinion
Few interesting tibits. List sizes possibly only 38 with NO rookies.
Gallucci hasnt been offered a contract yet.
Neither has others including Harto and Mackay.
None of them were where B Crouch is now. They netted the Hawks stuff all.
It would be like us trading Walker now.
Think Hawks trading Trent Croad to Fremantle
Port's age demographic suggests they only have one round left in the chamber. Crouch was pretty clear about only going to a club with sustained chances at success. Doubt that Port figure in that mix although it would keep him with his girl and his brother. He would vomit a lot though.
McLeod had won a premiership, and Chris Groom was probably the equivalent of Himmelburg MAYBE. Certainly not Brad Crouch.McLeod was also a premiership magpie at 18.
It means that if the deal is right and he nets us band 1 compo the club are certain to let him go. You only have to listen to any of his interviews in the last month to understand that.
He knows it, and listening to him tonight solidified that.
Keeping in Sloane's case, no. Til 2023 on top dollar, yes, which is what I meant by overpayingAbsolutely nothing wrong with keeping those 2 guys
It's popular to relegate Groom to punchline status because the deal looks even sweeter for us. Reality is two ACLs swung the balance even further in our favour.McLeod had won a premiership, and Chris Groom was probably the equivalent of Himmelburg MAYBE. Certainly not Brad Crouch.
This in a nutshell. Keeping Brad does nothing to bring us closer to our next premiership. Getting pick 2 could.Actually, keeping Brad is riskier for our next flag tilt than taking an unproven kid at pick 2.
Don't get me wrong, if we don't get pick 2, I think we have to keep Brad. But pick 2 in 4 years time (on average) will do more for us than Brad.
This in a nutshell. Keeping Brad does nothing to bring us closer to our next premiership. Getting pick 2 could.
I’d rather take the risk and hopefully (with a fair likelihood of it happening) land an elite player who will take us one step closer.
As to players staying or going, I don’t think letting Brad go changes anything. The new world order has player movements increasing every year. They will almost always do what’s best for them. Let’s do what’s best for our club (and Brad’s career - he will be wasted staying with us).
And this is the reason we have a sh*t culture at this footy club..... we can try and blame it on the big wigs etc but it’s actually our fans
Don’t pretend we are doing something for Brad, he knows what he is doing and he wants to stay (probably for a little under what he is actually worth)
If players don’t trust the club to do the right thing by them when they are doing the right thing for the club then why stay here! Then at the drop of a hat the fans say yeah get rid of him, the way supporters talk about Atkins and Mackay is ridiculous, these guys play for the club we support and do the right thing by the club and the fans treat them like garbage. I get why players leave thus club