Player Watch Daniel Curtin

[adelaidecrows]

If I was the list manager, Id be clearing a chunk of room for his next extension. The dudes a gun and looks like he has infinit potential at this stage. Another preseason in the gym he will almost certainly be able to roam the field and do what he wants when he wants without a care in the world, an opposition nightmare. The more I think about it, the more I think he is going to be better than Reid.

 

[maxlilly]

What great news,
Another exciting recruit that's smashing the lights out.
He looks like he is going to be a beast
Is he getting a $1 million a year with this contract ?

 

[adelaidecrows]

Plenty of salary cap space, but for a club in our position, attracting free agents or trade targets is the issue.

Will be a fair chunk earmarked for Harley.

We need a solid ruck and key defender. Reading your changes thread, would happily take Butts if we could get him, he’d be great

The problem with a rebuild is salary cap can catch up on you fast, especially since the club has to pay a minimum of 95%. Its one thing to offer a mega deal to one player but two players is going to be almost impossible. Especially since you would think the Crows have a massive head start in building our list contracts around his next extension which is almost certainly going to be huge.

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

Dan is in his 2nd year & should have played more than 2 games as sub last season.

Bwah. That would require you to prioritise his development over guys like Murphy (17 games in 2024). Crazy talk

 

[Cleric]

Shows why you don't believe everything on the internet

To be fair, Cal broke him re-signing before anyone else knew about it.

 

[Cleric]

Really interested to see what position and type of player he turns into.
He could be a Brendon Goddard, he could be a Tex, he could be a Hird, or he could be that hybrid forward mid that every club wants like DeGoey.
Fascinating watch

 

[cleanhands]

Really interested to see what position and type of player he turns into.
He could be a Brendon Goddard, he could be a Tex, he could be a Hird, or he could be that hybrid forward mid that every club wants like DeGoey.
Fascinating watch

I’m going Hird

 

[jbanger]

To be fair, Cal broke him re-signing before anyone else knew about it.

Nah, it was in/on the news after his rising star nom interview

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Really interested to see what position and type of player he turns into.
He could be a Brendon Goddard, he could be a Tex, he could be a Hird, or he could be that hybrid forward mid that every club wants like DeGoey.
Fascinating watch

Paul Roos?

 

[Soggy2112]

Huge for the club. Had every reason to hold off till the end of the year. Including seeing where his brother lands. Both WA teams have been in his and his families ear.
The club is doing something very positive in this space and I have a feeling Rory Sloane has something to do with it.
He speaks very highly of the importance of getting people here to Adelaide rather than sending players home to see family and friends. I love watching him in the media because he still refers to Adelaide as “we”. Makes me think he still has a role at Adelaide and I think it’s working.

I think he’s just a guy that loves his club and he’s okay with admitting that bias.

Which is nice, because for years we’ve had Roo who seems so obsessed with not being biased on comms that he actively disparages us.

 

[twiggy4PM]

Really interested to see what position and type of player he turns into.
He could be a Brendon Goddard, he could be a Tex, he could be a Hird, or he could be that hybrid forward mid that every club wants like DeGoey.
Fascinating watch

How about a Matthew Richardson? Spent some very good years as a forward and then reinvented himself as a dominant wingman / half forward.

 

[Cleric]

Nah, it was in/on the news after his rising star nom interview

There's a difference between him saying he was happy at Adelaide vs someone saying he has agreed to a new contract, and the a day or two later its announced. Nobody else had the news that he had agreed to new terms. Hell, even Nicks didn't know.

 

[Cleric]

Paul Roos?

Chad Cornes? There's so many different possibilities with him.

 

[Cleric]

How about a Matthew Richardson? Spent some very good years as a forward and then reinvented himself as a dominant wingman / half forward.

Yeah, could be an option.

 

[MrBarry]

I think he’s just a guy that loves his club and he’s okay with admitting that bias.

Which is nice, because for years we’ve had Roo who seems so obsessed with not being biased on comms that he actively disparages us.

Yeah agreed, it's been quite nice to have someone actively batting for us in the media whereas Roo seemed more focused on not pissing off his new Victorian mates.

 

[Gtowncrow]

Really interested to see what position and type of player he turns into.
He could be a Brendon Goddard, he could be a Tex, he could be a Hird, or he could be that hybrid forward mid that every club wants like DeGoey.
Fascinating watch

I was happy to hear nicks mention him as a potential mid fielder.

A quality big body mid would release Dawson to a largely full time forward once Tex retires. Truth be known, if Dawson replaced Tex right now, our forward line gets a substantial upgrade because of better marking capability, better defensive running and better ground ball gets.

We can't afford Dawson out of the mid field yet though.

 

[Cleric]

I was happy to hear nicks mention him as a potential mid fielder.

A quality big body mid would release Dawson to a largely full time forward once Tex retires. Truth be known, if Dawson replaced Tex right now, our forward line gets a substantial upgrade because of better marking capability, better defensive running and better ground ball gets.

We can't afford Dawson out of the mid field yet though.

My questions over Curtin in the midfield is that he doesnt get alot of the ball. What ball he does get, he shows great skill. He has excellent marking abilities, which is suited more on the outside as a receiver of kicks, and he has nice disposal, which sets him up for being good at goal kicking and finding a player.

Obviously his size would be unique in the midfield, but its his tank and ball accumulation that I would question. As always, happy to be proven wrong if it does work out and we are a better team from it.

 

[GreyCrow]

My questions over Curtin in the midfield is that he doesnt get alot of the ball. What ball he does get, he shows great skill. He has excellent marking abilities, which is suited more on the outside as a receiver of kicks, and he has nice disposal, which sets him up for being good at goal kicking and finding a player.

Obviously his size would be unique in the midfield, but its his tank and ball accumulation that I would question. As always, happy to be proven wrong if it does work out and we are a better team from it.

I think the last 10 minutes of a blown out game would be ideal develo... oh hmm

Forget I mentioned anything

 

[Syd Crow]

Bwah. That would require you to prioritise his development over guys like Murphy (17 games in 2024). Crazy talk

We just need to give Murphy a few more games to run him into his best non-statistical statistics form!

 

[Gtowncrow]

My questions over Curtin in the midfield is that he doesnt get alot of the ball. What ball he does get, he shows great skill. He has excellent marking abilities, which is suited more on the outside as a receiver of kicks, and he has nice disposal, which sets him up for being good at goal kicking and finding a player.

Obviously his size would be unique in the midfield, but its his tank and ball accumulation that I would question. As always, happy to be proven wrong if it does work out and we are a better team from it.

I agree that his midfield traits are not obvious ATM. But I only comment because the senior coach said directly he could end up a mid.

But of course there are several thousands of posts here about the quality of that guys ability...

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Curtin's stoppage craft is an unknown

Probably not worth exploring it at this stage, even in dead Q4s. Just don't want young players shuffling through too many different roles while they're finding their feet

Preseason though, definitely have a look

 

[Redleg Crow]

Just glad they moved him to the wing. Playing the nothing role up forward was not doing him any favours. Since they put him on the wing the improvement the increase confidence has been for all to see

 

[Golumless]

My questions over Curtin in the midfield is that he doesnt get alot of the ball. What ball he does get, he shows great skill. He has excellent marking abilities, which is suited more on the outside as a receiver of kicks, and he has nice disposal, which sets him up for being good at goal kicking and finding a player.

Obviously his size would be unique in the midfield, but its his tank and ball accumulation that I would question. As always, happy to be proven wrong if it does work out and we are a better team from it.

I'd be hesitant to put too much weight on disposal counts for someone on the wing right now at Adelaide, as it's kind of clear we're all in on our half forward flankers doing the lion-share of work on the flanks.

When Lachie Sholl (who is a really good accumulator) struggles to get 20+, it's a sign that we're not too worried about our wings offensive output.

 

[walterhobbs]

Gun

 

[hugecannon]

There’s not too many players in the comp Id be trading for Curtin