Conor Nash is 198cm, 94kg and plays midfield for Hawthorn
We recruited Dan Curtin who is 197cm, 94kg, and has played midfield most of his junior career
So why are we playing him at full back in the SANFL?
@FOXFOOTY
So even with gather round this year Carlton and Collingwood both play 17 games in Melbourne
Adelaide have 14 home games and travel to Darwin, Ballarat, Geelong and Tasmania
There is no fairness in the draw for any club outside of Victoria, so stop your bleating
@FOXFOOTY
They are happy for players to deliberately kick another player, but not happy when someone speaks out about it
The AFL have their priorities all wrong in regard to their messaging to young players
Interesting to see how many underage kids start kicking out at opponents this week
Ricciuto’s tenure ends in Feb 25. Should his successor be fast tracked and Roo hand over early to allow the incoming director to head up the end of season review and determine where we are heading next?
Fresh eyes, fresh start
It is a sad indictment on our club when we play an obviously hobbled, out of form veteran over developing a youngster
Yes, we would have been young and inexperienced down back, but that was just sheer embarrassing for the club and the player
Wake up coaches, you need to do better
Pedlar, a midfielder, dropped to SANFL, to play, you guessed it, on the half forward flank
Name him in the guts and give him a farken go at his natural game
@Adelaide_FC
Deja vu
Total shite
Time for the coaching group to take a good hard look at themselves
Smithers came out and apologised after the GC game
Time for Nicks & Co to do the same
In one preseason they’ve managed to transform this team from a free flowing high scoring team into a rabble
Tough five weeks coming up, a true test of where we are at in relation to some of the expected top 8 teams
Pies AO
Geel GMHBA
Saints AO
Dogs Mars
Bris AO
Think we might be in for a rollercoaster ride
So Brisbane are prepared to move Dayne Zorko, AA, 5x B&F winner to a half back flank to open up space in the midfield to give opportunity to others
Why won’t our selectors try this with Laird & mix it up in the middle?
I realise Zorko is a far better distributor than Laird, but ?
Heading down to the Bay this afternoon to watch our youngsters in action in the SANFL
Appears it’s the only way to see them in action cos Nicksy won’t pick them
@Adelaide_FC
Just know mate, that we supporters are super proud of the player that you have become
Terrible news injury wise, but super confident you’ll get through this with the support of your team mates
#weflyasone
Watching the Carlton vs GWS game and Sam Walsh absolutely tearing the game apart
Just goes to show what ELITE midfielders can do
Please Adelaide don’t waste our first rounder this year on a tall defender via trade or draft
Quality mids galore in this draft
@AFL
Over to you Michael Christian
Are we going to see your piss weak inconsistency yet again?
You gave a bloke three weeks for “potential to cause injury”
Parnell knocked out cold and out of the game
Four weeks at least if you are serious
But hey it’s a Vic team so probably a fine
Tom Powell taken two picks after Luke Pedlar in the 2020 draft having a break out season after being given 100% midfield minutes
Would be great to see our coaches put the same faith in Luke who is a natural midfielder
@cleary_mitch
@7NewsMelbourne
@7NewsAdelaide
Surely not. Our elite AFL journalists are wrong AGAIN.
Reported as 5 years at $800-900K
Would be great if journos could actually report facts rather than making things up (anticipating 😂😂)for your own agendas
If the Petty deal can’t get done, should we offer GWS P14,P20 and Easy for P7 and a future second?
Points pretty much balance out and gets us an extra pick next year to match F/S bids
P7 & P10 gets us two pretty good kids
@JADelaideX
Mindboggling that he was drafted as a midfielder with a first round pick and has taken until the fourth year on the list to play him as a full time midfielder in the RESERVES
Not surprising that supporters have doubts around the development of our youth
Hopefully the AFL follow their own guidelines and don’t just punish him for the sake of it
Wasn‘t a smart move, but hardly aggressive or intimidating like Toby’s effort
Poor take again Ch7
Trial by media
Interesting interview with Hamish where he indicated we might offer a SANFL spot to Jack Callinan if he doesn’t get an opportunity with another club in the SSP
Hoping that once RT and Woz are both fit the team looks something like this moving forward for the rest of the season
No room for underperforming “experienced” players
Add in an elite mid via the draft and hopefully a quality free agent and things look a bit better
@Adelaide_FC
And the catch phrase from the Crows propaganda machine this week is “frustrated”
How frustrated do you think your supporters are from dishing up the same team every week
Actually do something different and take a chance on untried youth
Should seriously be considering this young guy with one of our picks in the MSD
Patrick Weckert (19yo) Woodville West Torrens
194cm, 90kg
Overlooked in last seasons draft, but steadily on the improve
Keays negates Salem. Jones runs with Langdon. Dowling to Windsor. Keane takes Brown. Woz and Max take Fritsch and van Rooyen. Laird to Pickett.
When Crouch rests Laird or Berry moves to midfield
Rotate Izak, Rash, Soligo through midfield
Thoughts
Billy has had a full season in the magoos, and Nank a couple
Surely these stats justify giving them a crack in our AFL side
Curtin stood tall with 10 marks and Pew Pew 20 kicks at 100% DE
Can‘t keep regurgitating the same 23 every week
@VardyMagic
@Adelaide_FC
Quirky analogy I know but bear with me
If you’re trying to build a structure & it constantly fails do you keep trying with the same material or change pieces until it finally succeeds?
We are a few pieces away from success yet we keep trying the same options
Time to experiment?
@Adelaide_FC
We knew we were in for a roller coaster season.
After last weeks high, today was a very disappointing low.
Not going to turn on you and overreact like a lot of Adelaide “supporters” will
Need to regroup and reset for next week
Tackling practice might help this week
@superfooty
McAdam got three for a front on bump “with the potential to cause injury” with player uninjured and completed the game
In this instance the player is concussed and out of the game
If the tribunal is consistent it should be at least three, but could be 4+
@Adelaide_FC
In light of recent events some of the comments on here are extremely disappointing
All everyone should be hoping for is that Fischer and his family are all okay, and that they get through whatever they are dealing with
@JADelaideX
Berry out (inj) Crouch in
Smith out (inj) Ryan or Curtin in
Ned out Taylor in
Sholl out Billy D in
Not being disrespectful to NM but this is the perfect opportunity to blood some youngsters against a young developing side and see what they offer
But we’ll get “back the boys in”
@CalTwomey
@traderadio
@AFLcomau
Freo blitzing this trade period.
Pick 22 to the Cats for Clark
Picks 6,8 & 19 in the draft (Erasmus, Amiss, van Rooyen?)
Motlop, Benning as NGA’s🤞🤞
Things looking up😀😀
So how long before GC announce that they have traded P4 to NM for P14 (from Poort) and an end of first round pick from this year and next?
Wouldn’t be premeditated by certain parties would it?🤔🤔
45 players turned over in four years via retirement, trades and delistings
Makes you wonder why the AFL is bailing them out for crappy list management and recruiting
@Adelaide_FC
For all those doubters, get on board and enjoy the ride.
Stop trying to outthink the coaches and selectors and back the boys 100%
Pretty sure the boys that are in the magoos are fully supportive of the process.
Time for everyone to get on board
Weflyasone
You watch the bitching if we happen to scrape into the eight on percentage
“It’s unfair that they played the bottom placed WC twice”
They seem to forget we played Collingwood (1st), Brisbane (2nd) and Port (3rd) all twice as well
Would much prefer a coach admit that he was at least partially to blame for a failed plan than laying it all on his players
Interesting to see who cops it this week if we lose
I hear there‘s a former Port Power & Hawthorn premiership player, assistant coach at Swans in 2012 premiership, with recent senior experience, who might be looking for a job
Should we look at Stewie Dew as a possible addition to our coaching panel?
@VardyMagic
@Adelaide_FC
Makes our forward line extremely dangerous.
Fog, Rash, Izak and Tex.
Gives us four players now who could kick 40+ goals per season, and gives us some variety to rotate through the midfield
If we have to give up pick 5, so be it.
He will improve us immediately
@NiallHarbison
I can only imagine what joy these dogs bring you every day, but also the utter devastation you must feel when losing one
What you and your group do is amazing and an inspiration to others to help animals in need
Keep up the fantastic work and know that we are all behind you
@JADelaideX
It’s now time to pick a team to grow together for the next few years, select players in the correct positions to learn their roles, and stick with them regardless of results. Can’t be wasting any more games on sub standard players like Murphy, Ned & co
@Adelaide_FC
@cryptocom_AU
The unsung hero of The Three Amigos - Soligoat, Rash and Nank
That household contains a very large part of this clubs future success
@JADelaideX
OUT IN
Crouch inj Dowling (debut)
Tex managed Murray (debut)
Smith dropped Curtin
Butts or Borlase Hamill
(match ups)
Murphy/Keays Pedlar
Question mark over Dawson- do we manage him or not?
@CrowsDraftHand
Offer Dons 14 & 20 for 9 & 35, with a future pick swap as a sweetener
Take 9,10 & 35 to the draft
If still on the board take O’Sullivan with 9, Wilson with 10, then one of Goad, Moir, Delean or McAuliffe with 35
If O’Sullivan gone take Wilson at 9, and Windsor at 10
@Adelaide_FC
It’s great to see a young bloke playing for the team he grew up supporting alongside players he idolised
You can tell by the way Max plays, his love for the club is immense
Fantastic having you on board for a journey of a lifetime
May you have a long, successful, rewarding career
@bazz_27
Why Smith, he’s been out of form for weeks?
Surely time to try Curtin and give Smithers a few games in the magoos to try and regain form and confidence
@Crowject
Absolute no-brainer. Apart from being our best forward by a country mile Tex provides much needed on-field leadership and experience.
Will guide and instruct the young guys throughout the game.
Our boys will walk taller with Tex out there.
@JADelaideX
Three very good INS, but disappointed at the continual selection of Murphy and Keays when they are performing so poorly. Zero tackles between both “pressure” forwards last week and minimal impact
Great to see Kane McAuliffe from North Adelaide make his debut for Richmond this weekend
Very promising young midfielder who spent time training with us last year
@PeterJCrows
@AFL
And wouldn’t be surprised if this was all premeditated to get NM access to Sanders via P4, and GC benefit with a future first in the process
A mixed bag out of last nights game
Positives - Soli outstanding four quarter effort, Nank hard at the ball all game, Keane continues to improve
Negatives - Poor ball use, Crouch 30 possessions for 107 m gained, Laird shirking a contest in last quarter
Trust the kids Nicksy
Key forward Chris Burgess has informed Gold Coast that he wants a trade to Adelaide this off-season
@JoshGabelich
Expect that Burgess will likely be trialled in key defence next season by the Crows (my opinion)
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