AFL: The On the Crouch crew analyse why the Adelaide Crows recent mediocre results with first round draft picks.
Adelaide’s season is on life support following another disenchanting loss , with pressure piling on the club’s decision-makers amid growing concerns over its list management .
“The risk for Adelaide is that the town would be burning if they lost against Richmond, and that’s pretty well what has happened, as Adelaide is closing in around the Crows,” he said on Fox Footy on Monday night. AFL legend Jason Dunstall added: “There’s not enough class and A-graders on their list to combat the good sides. He’s probably got to come out and back his players in and say they have a good list, but they’re four or five pieces of the puzzle still missing.”Nicks penned a two-year contract extension in late March — with some since questioning the prematurity of that decision — but blame has largely fallen in the laps of Adelaide’s long-serving officials.
Robinson continued: “The list management, you look at — everyone has assessed the Crows’ list at some stage this year.” Gallucci played 27 AFL games for the Crows over three seasons before being delisted, while McAsey decided football wasn’t for him when he called it quits early last year — aged just 21 — after 10 senior games.
“We know where Rachele is, Michalanney had a very good year, had a good start to his career,” Brown said. The Glenelg product is also one of the AFL’s most accurate kicks of the footy — with his accuracy up to 75 per cent at one stage this year — posing as Tex Walker’s most likely long-term successor.
Considering the aggressive trade-up conducted for the 19-year-old last November by Reid and Crows national recruiting manager Hamish Ogilvie, they’ll be praying their most recent gamble pays long-term dividends.
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