He is clearly going.
I don't know about him, but if it was me I would want to sort my shit out and know what I'm doing.
"Waiting on the CBA"
"Managers away"
"Managers back haven't organised a time to meet him"
Bullshit, if you want to stay and resolve it, you would tell your manager to get off his arse and have it sorted.
And if that's the case he can **** off. You don't turn your back on the club 3 years after stating you want to be a ten year player.
And the club needs to get smart about this, stop drafting young Victorians who have girlfriends. It's highly likely the girl will want to go home before the player, they don't have the daily ties or bond the players do.
We need to reconsider the drafting of players with serious girlfriends already in Victoria.
Before some jump up and down about blaming the girlfriend, it's a big added pressure to help them decide to go home.
It's not blaming them. It's not saying they grab them by the plums and say we're going home and that's all there is to it.
The partners don't have the AFL club environment to keep them a whole lot more distracted, it would be no surprise if they would want to go home a lot more than the player. Then you have the players family would be different to the partner's family. The player's family might like them home but they're invested in their son's AFL career and club he is at too. The partner's family, not so much. And then when they want to start a family, more issues again are introduced.
The other thing, if they get an Adelaide girlfriend, a whole lot more chance they're staying here.