2nds 2026 Adelaide Crows SANFL thread

[Bearded Clam]

Haha.. getting thrashed by a team that hasnt even won a game yet this season!..

Port get the ball and race forward.. we get the ball we instantly look sideways aand then often take the sideways option.

This absolutely ludicrous strategy has been coached into the entire squad by Nicks and his team of coaching hacks.

 

[Crowman32]

Are they scared to put draper in the midfield. Let him go back to south where they can develop him better for us. The kid can play.

 

[TheLeftFist8]

Finnbar is poo.

Game plan...slow kick to the unmanned player laterally (gee I wonder why the oppo allows that kick), middle clogged, no handball chain...kick up the line to a contest.

 

[Scorpus]

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

The rot is setting in

Who does it regularly?

 

[conVINCEd]

You can see why Tom Bell never got drafted, kicking needs a ton of work.

Isn’t kicking supposed to be his strength?

 

[jackster83]

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

I can't wait for the Pyke/Burton Nicks/Kelly press conference.

 

[Cromulant]

If Matty Wright wants to coach any further he probably needs to get put before his reputation is damaged.

 

[TheLeftFist8]

They may hate the coach and may be flat but geez show some heart for Dawson and the supporters at least.

 

[1990crow]

They may hate the coach and may be flat but geez show some heart for Dawson and the supporters at least.

The players are voicing they're frustration. It's only human.

 

[Cromulant]

Who does it regularly?

Dowling, Edwards, Jones mid 20s, Draper was well into the 20s last year.

Something is very off

 

[Mutineer]

Are they scared to put draper in the midfield. Let him go back to south where they can develop him better for us. The kid can play.

He is in the midfield mostly and can't get near it.

 

[1990crow]

This is insipid.

 

[TheLeftFist8]

Surely we aren't waiting until the end of the season for change. We need prospective recruits to know there's a positive future here or this rebuild is over before it got going.

 

[Mutineer]

Isn’t kicking supposed to be his strength?

Nope, it was the big question right back to his draft, intercept marking was his best assett

 

[TheLeftFist8]

Draper needs a complete overhaul as he's looking bust (for his high pick) territory right now.

 

[Cromulant]

Draper needs a complete overhaul as he's looking bust (for his high pick) territory right now.

Gone from BOG in the SANFL to bust in 2 weeks ??

 

[Scorpus]

Dowling, Edwards, Jones mid 20s, Draper was well into the 20s last year.

Something is very off

Dowling averaged 22 disposals a game last year. Edwards was averaging about 20 last year and hasn't cracked 30 this year.

How can we expect to develop an AFL midfield if we can't even develop them to dominate at this level?

 

[1990crow]

Surely we aren't waiting until the end of the season for change. We need prospective recruits to know there's a positive future here or this rebuild is over before it got going.

I think we are already there.

 

[TheLeftFist8]

Gone from BOG in the SANFL to bust in 2 weeks ??

His body of work has been very uninspiring.

 

[Cromulant]

Dowling averaged 22 disposals a game last year. Edwards was averaging about 20 last year and hasn't cracked 30 this year.

How can we expect to develop an AFL midfielder if we can't even develop them to dominate at this level?

Dowling has dominated almost every game hes played this year, so too Edwards.

But as someone said, if you keep players in the SANFL, you get SANFL players.

 

[Scorpus]

Dowling has dominated almost every game hes played this year, so too Edwards.

But as someone said, if you keep players in the SANFL, you get SANFL players.

Dowling has had a couple of good games. He is far off dominating this level as evident by this very match

 

[Daniel6]

It’s time to go Matthew Nicks Wright

 

[conVINCEd]

Feels like playing both Turray and Maley last week, as well as McAndrew, Thilthorpe and Walker, instead of Dowling as our most in-form running player in the SANFL has broken Billy’s spirit.

 

[Cromulant]

Dowling has had a couple of good games. He is far off dominating this level as evident by this very match

Weve played 3 games before tonight, a couple would be most of the season

 

[Scorpus]

Weve played 3 games before tonight, a couple would be most of the season

Yeah so if you look further back into last year you can clearly see he is not a dominant player at this level

His couple of good games are an outlier