Read a copy of the paper today whilst having lunch in a cafe (so didn't pay for it)
Rucci up to his old tricks. One article is about players leaving and that we should all be mature enough to have discussions about them meeting with clubs etc. Mentioned Lever (surprise, surprise)
Then has another article about Port's free agents and slips the line in about a "The club that is able to hold onto their free agents" and reference Trengove and Pittard
Here's a hot tip Rucci: NO ONE WANTS SPUD PLAYERS WHICH PORT HAVE IN DROVES. ADELAIDE DRAFTS BETTER PLAYERS, WE DEVELOP THEM INTO BETTER PLAYERS SO THEY ARE MORE IN DEMAND THAN YOUR PACK OF SPUDS WHO CAN'T BEAT A TOP 8 TEAM IF THEIR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT
That's why our players get poached and Port's don't!
This is such a typical Rucci move, as always he just has to slip in some slight against the Crows in pretty much everything we writes and it's always used to try and create a perception that Port are superior to Adelaide.
He is also guilty of blatantly focussing on whatever issue Adelaide is confronting and massively overstating it, but will then totally disregard the same circumstances when it affects Port.
So at the moment it suits his narrative to bang on about players leaving because it's something that he can use to subtlety try and suggest that Port are better.
I am still yet to hear him make a big song and dance about the Port supporters who left early against St Kilda, ironically though I remember him bagging Crows supporters for weeks on the radio about leaving during the Melbourne game when we were 18 points down claiming that he was going to continue to bring it up because "he'll never forgive the Adelaide supporters for doing that", yet Port supporters stream out and miss Port winning and he doesn't mention it or make any sort of big deal about it.
But hey it's just all our "perception" right ?
Classic Rucci