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@hasumpstuffedup @gpfc78 @pjfoot1859 Wait... So Racheles push was free kick worthy but Milera's wasn't? He clearly gets a shove in the back but he just didn't flop for it. Both shouldn't be free kicks but if we're making soft calls let's be consistent....

@gpfc78 @pjfoot1859 @Archie__87 It wasn't a downfield free (or even close) but the original point is right, it can't be downfield if you kick it over the goalline

You are allowed to block on the goalline, but not push or hold. Ump paid a push There's not much contact here, I wouldn't pay it myself but there is a pushing action, so I don't think anyone can say it's wrong I am relieved it didn't decide the game #AFLCrowsPower #showdown59

@TonyShaw22 If we're gonna be super technical - Milera was pushed in the back after kicking it so it should have been a down the field free from the goal square... But that would be equally ridiculous...

Very dramatic but the goal line free kick Port v Adelaide is a free kick every day of the week. No eyes on ball stopping opp from contesting the ball either marking or spoiling(touching). Anywhere on ground a free kick every time.

@onepercentas Nicks has been good for rebuilding the club but he's had seven years with this list and he still refuses to get with the times in relation how the good teams move the ball. It's time to move him on. Very few coaches with his poor winning % have kept their jobs for as long.

The Crows are currently much worse than they were for almost all of 2025. There are reasons. But there are no excuses. What does their early-season regression tell us about Matthew Nicks, and how should clubs act on data about their coaches? onepercenters.net.au/p/the-limits-o…

@FOXFOOTY Port are just salty that they'll have to pay fairer value for their draft rort.

TEACH ME HOW TO (AFFORD) DOUGIE 🤔 Port Adelaide was granted special access to top prospect Dougie Cochrane, thanks to the Next Generation Academy rules. He might even be the No.1 pick in the 2026 Draft. But that confirmation came well after they traded away their 2025 first-round pick - and they've only now learned for certain that Cochrane's price has gone up. With two gun 2027 draft prospects linked to the Power as well, are the AFL's rule changes about to ruin their plans? DETAILS >> bit.ly/4mWLvMt

@1395FIVEAA @FIVEAABreakfast Port furious that they'll have to pay a slightly fairer price for their draft rort....

“We're furious” WATCH | Kochie reacts to new AFL draft rules on @FIVEAABreakfast

@7NewsAdelaide @RhettBiglands This is because Nicks routinely chickens out when Adelaide get a good lead in Q4 and he'll park the bus with 15 minutes to go... The guy is a fraud.

25% of Adelaide's games since 2021 have been decided by a goal or less 🤯 "They don't put teams away, do they?" Former ruck @RhettBiglands weighs in: tinyurl.com/35tx3rcd

@TheTiserSport The audacity of Port to complain when they were lucky to get last minute draft access to Cochrane anyway. He wouldn't even be eligible for them under the new rules.

Port Adelaide CEO Matthew Richardson says the ‘horse has bolted’ on clamping down on academies, with the club set to be at a ‘massive disadvantage’ if it has to stump up two high picks for Dougie Cochrane. READ 👉 bit.ly/4ty1TVK

@Crickettrag1965 Yeah I like Roughie but that's not true. Most high draft pick midfielders across draft history have played plenty of football in their first two years and don't need to be "managed". Sid still has time to make it but he'll have to buck the trend to do so.

GOOD MORNING ALL, AFC CROWS 🟦🟥🟨 ROUGHY IS THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB … ‼️♥️ New list boss Jarryd Roughead on being patient with young talent, and what the Crows need to contend for a premiership. READ HERE 👉 bit.ly/4mfs5lR

@chrisrom23 @d244en @CalTwomey He literally played in this game and had no involvement with Port at the time: sanfl.com.au/league/news/20…

@Archie__87 @d244en @CalTwomey He’s never played as a trial game as an. Crow NGA. He hates the Crows, he always supported port and has been with Port for 12/24mths. He played a trial game for Centrals which are aligned with Adelaide.

Exclusive – Next year's potential No.1 pick Dougie Cochrane has been APPROVED to be in Port Adelaide's NGA. His application was today ticked off after a thorough process which saw Cochrane's family provide a confirmation of Aboriginal descent certificate.afl.com.au/news/1452438/p…

@chrisrom23 @d244en @CalTwomey Incorrect. He's only been involved at Port this year. Well after being identified as one of the best talents in the country for his age group. Just last year he even played a trial game as an Adelaide NGA.

@d244en @Archie__87 @CalTwomey If memory serves me right over 12 to 24 months.

@traderadio Port getting discount access to the best bottom ager in the country after having SFA to do with him until he's already 17 is comfortably one of the biggest AFL draft rorts of all time.

"There is a lot of commentary around this one, because of how talented Dougie is. We are happy with how things are progressing." - Jason Cripps on how things are progressing with Dougie Cochrane joining their academy

@Adelaide_FC Just get a ruck that is capable of kicking the ball more than 5 metres without falling over... Apparently that's a lot to ask...

Justin Reid on trading for Ah Chee, interest in Petracca, our ruck stocks and more from the start of this year’s Continental Tyres AFL Trade Period.

@7AFL So the umpires vote mere minutes after the game yet they somehow couldn't give three votes to the lad that they saw dominate the game and kicked the winning goal RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM 😂😂😂

WHAT??!!?!??!?? #Brownlow

@FootyonNine Adelaide were playing like that for the last few weeks of the minor round. Nicks choked and decided to turn one of the most aggressive teams in the comp into that slow rubbish.

"I do believe they choked." Matthew Lloyd unpacks Adelaide's straight sets finals exit disaster, as the Crows 'played not to lose, rather than attacking to win'. #9AFLSFS | Watch on Nine & 9Now 🖥️

@Adelaide_FC The feedback is that Nicks' "slow and steady" finals game plan sucked the life out of one of the most attacking sides in the competition.

"Finals footy gives you feedback, doesn't it? So we've got probably the best feedback we've had for a number of years. We've still got a fair bit of work to do." Nicksy spoke post-game about our desire to improve, his message to the team and starting Rash as the sub.

@7AFL Yet Nicks re-signed the muppet for three more years...

Matthew Nicks' reaction to the ROB ball drop 🙈 #AFLFinals

@Adelaide_FC ROB is literally stealing a pay cheque. A dude who can't do basic skills like kick a ball shouldn't be on an AFL list...

Full-time.

@Adelaide_FC Nicks has taken one of the most offensive sides in the comp and turned it into this slow, scared defensive rubbish.

Half-time at Adelaide Oval.