#44 - Matt Crouch

[Crow-eater]

Stoked with this selection. His deficiences are definitely something that can be worked on, but you can't teach a footy brain.

The brothers are gonna be here forever

 

[Allefgib]

Great stuff. No issue finding the footy in our mid group now.

 

[Southerntakeover]

Picks can only be assessed years down the track, but I'm still stoked.

Justifies the decision to trade out Bernie. We should be more aggressive in trading out 25+y.o. non elites.

 

[fabs33]

The brothers are gonna be here forever

Can't see us losing either of them now.

 

[Skippy231]

Now to give him locker no #1, i'm stoked very happy with that pick

 

[Skippy231]

Now to give him locker no #1, i'm stoked very happy with that pick

 

[OrdinaryJoel]

WELCOME CROUCHIE!

 

[DJ75]

Very very happy with this pick. Within about 2-3 years we will have the best midfield in the competition. Absolute elite.
So so happy.

 

[class78]

Holy shit, Crouch #1 and #2. So cooooooool.

 

[BACCS]

When a player like Crouch gets to pick 23, you pick him regardless of needs. There is no point picking up a ruck if you can just get them in the rookie draft (Lobb was the only other ruck taken anyway). Sando has hinted that we will definitely take one in the RD. And besides guys like Freeman and Kelly, there weren't many standouts for that outside mid type.

You can also never have enough guys on the list who can just rack up the ball like he does. Kicking and endurance are things that usually rapidly improve once a player is in the system. And if he ends up a Priddis type player, we have still done extremely well.

Imagine if we had not have taken Talia 3 or 4 years ago, when he probably wasn't a priority need with Bock and Davis still on the list? With your first pick, you take best available everyday of the week.

 

[Vooligan]

So happy with our selection. Justification to the Vince loss. Bring on 2014!

 

[RePete]

Bloody LOVE that we got Matty Crouch. Perfect replacement for Thompson when he retires in a year or two. Was surprised he went so low and that the filth didn't pick him up. Great to see we are finally having some luck

 

[Go the Guts]

Brilliant result, well done AFC and footy gods.

Midfields looking scary in the next few years.

 

[conVINCEd]

Initial reaction is that I'm gutted we didn't take Lewis Taylor, Hartung or Cutler given they were available.

Still, Crouch is a Crow now so I'll back him all the way.

 

[Tex200]

Sorry I think we have over paid here. Hopefully his well documented deficiencies can be ironed out and he can be a decent player for us .

Interesting to see how far he would have slid if we didn't have the bro thing going on

 

[Tex200]

Initial reaction is that I'm gutted we didn't take Lewis Taylor, Hartung or Cutler given they were available.

Still, Crouch is a Crow now so I'll back him all the way.

There were a number of very good players available

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

So stoked

Vince who

 

[Footypie32]

Why do I get the feeling we just unearthed another Sloane...

 

[StonesThrow]

Crash brothers! Meant to be a very good tackler and hard at it. Good to have 4 mids who are crazy at the ball in Danger, Sloane, Crouch and Crouch. No soft *****.

It would be good if he could develop into the Sewell type.

 

[Schulzycrow]

Hopefully we have found an inside beast to replace Thommo. If all goes to plan then Danger can become a more outside player that gets the Crouch handball and explodes away. Family moving to Adelaide will cement them as one club players. Stoked.

 

[azza77]

Sorry I think we have over paid here. Hopefully his well documented deficiencies can be ironed out and he can be a decent player for us .

Interesting to see how far he would have slid if we didn't have the bro thing going on

How can you say we have overpaid on a kid who 2 months out from the draft was predicted to go top 10-15?

Wish people would ignore the trash talk going around about him and let his footy do the talking.

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

Interesting to read that due to cricket committments that Matt Crouch has never done a full footy pre-season

This suggest to me that his endurance will improve rapidly once he gets a couple of pre-seasons under his belt

 

[pjcrows]

Fantastic pickup.

 

[StonesThrow]

Also good to know that if Matt becomes a decent player, then we basically have them locked here barring some crazy free agency offer.

 

[Elite Crow]

Well having Brad at the club is going to be a huge bonus for Matt. He will know what to expect and what will be required.