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Do you honestly think we'll get him free?
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News Brad Crouch decision (ADL chickenshit, decline to match, receive 23)
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That was seriously weak.
We may not have wanted Brad to stay but our negotiation is terrible. (With that being said, I would have taken Brad at 4 x$700k. It's not like we have any stars coming but for big pay days, plus Sloane, Tex and Tals will be gone in coming years)
I'd much rather risk losing him through the PSD for nothing than to cop #23.
Pick 23 won't make or break our list, but if we continue to have NO SPINE in situations like this, we might as roll over for years to come.
We may not have wanted Brad to stay but our negotiation is terrible. (With that being said, I would have taken Brad at 4 x$700k. It's not like we have any stars coming but for big pay days, plus Sloane, Tex and Tals will be gone in coming years)
I'd much rather risk losing him through the PSD for nothing than to cop #23.
Pick 23 won't make or break our list, but if we continue to have NO SPINE in situations like this, we might as roll over for years to come.
What sort of a gutless and weak explanation is that. Its even worse that I thought they'd do with an explanation. Get ****ed
Tried to bluff and failed - lol.
Sack him. Sack Reid. Shut the club down. It’s a gross little SANFL bastard child.
Sack him. Sack Reid. Shut the club down. It’s a gross little SANFL bastard child.
Taking out the logistics of that even happening, it shows that Crouch has been lying all season
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Adelaide Crows List Management Highlights
- Traded first round Bock compensation for Richard Tambling
- Traded Gunston for 24, 46 and 64, becomes 3 time Premiership player
- Let Phil Davis leave for pick 20
- Received draft sanctions for Kurt Tippett deal
- Traded future Brownlow medalist Patrick Dangerfield for pick 9 and 28
- Traded Jarryd Lyons for pick 43
- Traded Bryce Gibbs for two first round picks, who goes on to play less than 40 games
- Trade Hugh Greenwood for a future 3rd round pick
- Trade Alex Keath for effectively a pick in the 40s
- Let Brad Crouch leave for pick 23
- Traded first round Bock compensation for Richard Tambling
- Traded Gunston for 24, 46 and 64, becomes 3 time Premiership player
- Let Phil Davis leave for pick 20
- Received draft sanctions for Kurt Tippett deal
- Traded future Brownlow medalist Patrick Dangerfield for pick 9 and 28
- Traded Jarryd Lyons for pick 43
- Traded Bryce Gibbs for two first round picks, who goes on to play less than 40 games
- Trade Hugh Greenwood for a future 3rd round pick
- Trade Alex Keath for effectively a pick in the 40s
- Let Brad Crouch leave for pick 23
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I got ripped a new one a month or so ago for accusing this club for still being a gigantic boys club.. I wonder what those same people are thinking now? Continue to hire yes men and amateurs and the results will continue to be mediocre.
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I'm assuming we will trade this pick for Hately
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@D175 said a number of players thought he was a joke as a list manager, case in point today
Sent to 5AA, see if they have the guts to ask him:
Can you ask Adam Kelly to apologise for fans for losing our best midfielder for a pick that will end up at around pick 30? And when is he tendering his resignation for the mismanagement of this? This situation has been a disaster, and heads must roll. The club will lose respect, fans, members, sponsors and games of football as a result of this and someone must be held accountable. All the goodwill of the changes that have been made has been washed away, and the AFL industry views us as a complete joke.
Can you ask Adam Kelly to apologise for fans for losing our best midfielder for a pick that will end up at around pick 30? And when is he tendering his resignation for the mismanagement of this? This situation has been a disaster, and heads must roll. The club will lose respect, fans, members, sponsors and games of football as a result of this and someone must be held accountable. All the goodwill of the changes that have been made has been washed away, and the AFL industry views us as a complete joke.
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"We tried to bluff St Kilda but it didn't work"
What a great strategy. It will certainly work next time now
What a great strategy. It will certainly work next time now
Nooooooo!! They really have to show some negotiating grunt on this lad now.
If Kelly said either "we didn't have a good hand" or "we tried to bluff them" - as in, those were his words - he should just hand in his letter tomorrow. That's pathetic.
Yeah not much of a melter here.
But I'm astounded that Kelly admitted to bluffing, that is just amateur and now has no credibility ever!. Kelly has blown it.
No they will be saying we replaced B.Crouch with Hately and to compare the trade in 5 years time.
jackster83
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I can't even be bothered getting angry or upset over this anymore. It's just another stuff up to add to the list from the last decade. No amount of spin can convince me otherwise.
It's time to stop supporting them financially - I had already cancelled one membership renewal last week.
It's time to stop supporting them financially - I had already cancelled one membership renewal last week.
I know! That’s why I said ignore the logistics as no way he would last to the Saints at pick 14, even if we passed
WTF! Clubland equivalent of Rohypnol.Admits we tried to bluff the Saints but it didn't work....
Ohhh ok... So the next club now in any negotiation.....
Also you can't say it didn't work when they're bluffing you back that they won't trade.
Not only is he inept enough to * up this deal, he is doubles down to * up all future negotiations.
Rank amateurs!
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just when you think the AFC has reached peak ineptitude....
Hold my beer.
Hold my beer.
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No way! That would be a worse decision than the current one: chew on that.
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Hundreds of our posters have been so bullish on pick 2 and if we somehow didn't get pick 2 we were so up yer nose to others saying we'd match and force the Saints to trade for him - now this!
The club says it's pick 2 or we match and we end up with this decision.
The club has got this wrong from the very start, should have taken the 2020 first rounder last year, would be pick 5. We've done an Essendon, who turned two high first rounders into just one by denying Daniher a trade.
We then badly misread the market thinking Brad would get Band 1 offers from other clubs, was never happening. I had already consoled myself to just take 23 and move on but it hurts when the club actually folds. Amateurs with no balls, that's us, thank god we're not having to negotiate with someone like Dodoro!
THIS IS YET ANOTHER MASSIVE F UP BY THIS CLUB. Only need to pick the wrong players (like Jones and McHenry) for it to end in disaster. GUTTED
Watch guys like McAsey head for the exit door next year!
The club says it's pick 2 or we match and we end up with this decision.
The club has got this wrong from the very start, should have taken the 2020 first rounder last year, would be pick 5. We've done an Essendon, who turned two high first rounders into just one by denying Daniher a trade.
We then badly misread the market thinking Brad would get Band 1 offers from other clubs, was never happening. I had already consoled myself to just take 23 and move on but it hurts when the club actually folds. Amateurs with no balls, that's us, thank god we're not having to negotiate with someone like Dodoro!
THIS IS YET ANOTHER MASSIVE F UP BY THIS CLUB. Only need to pick the wrong players (like Jones and McHenry) for it to end in disaster. GUTTED
Watch guys like McAsey head for the exit door next year!
