Free Agency Brad Crouch [joins St Kilda as a RFA for pick 23]

[Taylor]

A heap of stars and Dom Sheed?

I asked if your boyfriend had been to one of the great universities; Oxford, Cambridge, Hull. You failed to note that only two of those are great universities.

Yes, Oxford's a complete dump!

 

[bird_man]

Foxfooty.com.au understands Crouch’s average salary of $600,000 per season across four years with a trigger for a fifth has seen the Crows land a later selection from league HQ.

Trade recap: AFL rejects Pick 2 compensation after Saints submit offer for Crows star

Trade recap: AFL rejects Crows’ bold wish after Saints submit offer for star midfielder

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Shadow89]

Relax. The salary was always going to be a bridge to far. Look for no match and on Wednesday a neat little deal that gets the Crows the Saints first pick with the compo coming back to the Saints somehow.

What do you think they have been working on for 3 days. Lines up perfectly for the 1st day of trading.

These two clubs are all over it.

Doubtful that an 8 pick upgrade would be commensurate to the Pick 2 they were chasing.

That's like asking for an elephant and ending up with a millipede

 

[citizen-erased]

screwed you out of an extra top 10 pick

good work dodoro

He would have wasted that pick anyway

So if crows match, assuming saints need a 1st for this to happen.

 

[Saints43]

Adelaide will match, and St Kilda have said they're not trading (already tried to work something out but nothing doing)

99.9% chance he stays now, on 50K less than he was already apparently on, lol - the real hilarity in all this. Will get his long term contract though, so at least Crouch will be happy

He can still walk to the draft, uncontracted, having nominated a club.

 

[FrankDrebin]

Why does everyone automatically assuming Adelaide matching means he stays?

Thats what I'm wondering too. The fact he signed a reasonably modest deal at StK indicates to me he wants out despite what he's gone on record saying.

 

[PrinceCharles]

Well that's unfortunate

 

[Taylor]

He can still walk to the draft, uncontracted, having nominated a club.

He can, with six Melbourne clubs before St Kilda that could find $600,000 a year for him.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

you have spent months telling us that brad is a mercenary chasing money.

if this news is true don’t pretend it’s anything other than clear proof the thing you’ve shoved down our throats for months was pure fantasy bullshit.

1 million a year! Amiright?

Just waiting for Marty to quote me in a few posts where I said they would get band 2.

Now for the Crows to accept their fate and take it.

#lolmarty

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[StCicatriz]

Thats what I'm wondering too. The fact he signed a reasonably modest deal at StK indicates to me he wants out despite what he's gone on record saying.

Spot on.

Hes been on record stating he needs to get out of Adelaide the city.

 

[PrinceCharles]

No, he stopped Papley to Blues last year.

Solid list strategy

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Why does everyone automatically assuming Adelaide matching means he stays?

Why do you assume Adelaide will risk matching for a length of contract they don't want to give?



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[StCicatriz]

He can, with six Melbourne clubs before St Kilda that could find $600,000 a year for him.

Very unlikely. They would have offered him that money before though right?

Your post reeks of hoping this happens.

But reality is if that was gonna happen it already would have when he was a free agent.

Reality is we have the highest offer on the table with the environment he wants to move too. Otherwise he would have nominated another club.

 

[Shadow89]

He can still walk to the draft, uncontracted, having nominated a club.

He won't. I genuinely do believe he wants to stay - given his GF does not want to leave. This whole exercise has been one of seeing if Pick 2 was possible, and then if it wasn't, giving him the terms he wants.

Crouch wants to stay, Crouch's GF wants to stay, Crouch's brother is there, Crows aren't getting anywhere near what they want and both St Kilda and Adelaide have respectively said they aren't trading/will match.

It's over, lol. This won't go on any longer, and you might even throw your hat in the ring again for Caldwell or chase Treloar.

You guys were late to the party, but I was here when Geelong was the most likely months ago, and that was always the line of thinking from all parties. Would be shocked if he lines up in anything but a Crows jumper next year

 

[TylerDurden]

Saints have dropped the trigger for a 5th. 5 years guaranteed $825 000

It's band 3. One of the great trolls.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

In all honesty they are not getting Band 1 because it is pick 2. If Adelaide finished 8th and it was pick 9 they would have gotten Band 1.

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[King Hansen]

So Essendon can't trade for pick 2 and draft Logan McDonald now I guess...

 

[Mr Alldayeveryday]

Spot on.

Hes been on record stating he needs to get out of Adelaide the city.

Its a bit sad your club don't rate him that highly.

 

[Roosurgence]

Is he staying at Adelaide

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All good.

Just making sure you were ok bro?

It’s just footy at the end of the day.

 

[Northernsoul74]

Spot on.

Hes been on record stating he needs to get out of Adelaide the city.

Not the first person to have said that.

 

[hilly]

He will stay on his current wage

Can't really complain

It would be great for saints to overpay but they probably did the right thing long term for them

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Thought pick 2 was a certainty?

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[Saints43]

He can, with six Melbourne clubs before St Kilda that could find $600,000 a year for him.

Do you think a club is going to draft a player to a five year contract knowing he wanted to be somewhere else. Does that sound like good risk management to you?

 

[Northernsoul74]

In all honesty they are not getting Band 1 because it is pick 2. If Adelaide finished 8th and it was pick 9 they would have gotten Band 1.

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Not at $600k they wouldn’t. There’s no afl conspiracy he’s just not worth a band 1 contract and his taxi trip tanked his value further.

 

[PrinceCharles]

In all honesty they are not getting Band 1 because it is pick 2. If Adelaide finished 8th and it was pick 9 they would have gotten Band 1.

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Maybe Saints can trade them Mihocek for Crouch?

 

[HereComesJuddy]

So both teams lose. This thread just got interesting