In the wake of Adelaide's embarrassing loss to arch-rivals Port Adelaide in the Showdown, dual Brownlow Medallist Chris Judd believes the Crows should look to trade one of its star midfielders.
Speaking on Channel 9's Footy Classified, Judd said the Crows' on-ballers lack leg speed and would be well served by finding a new home for either Brad Crouch or his brother Matthew.
"The Crouchs are both really consistent ball hunters and both have had a great year," Judd said.
"I think you can only have one genuine ball hunter in your midfield and I think, perhaps, even though both the Crouch brothers are brilliant players, one of them should look elsewhere to open up and get some leg speed into that team.
"They're great and I rate them both highly, but I don’t know if their mix is working for them, because they're both a very similar type of midfielder."
Brad, 25, is out of contract at the end of next season, while Matthew, 24, is locked down until the end of 2021.
Judd emphasised his point by highlighting some of this season's statistics for the Crouchs, along with Rory Sloane, Cam Ellis-Yolmen and Hugh Greenwood.
The 35-year-old believes the quintet is too similar.
All five average between 11-13.5 contested possessions per game at a kicking efficiency of between 50-59 per cent.
"They looked a bit slow (against Port), particularly through their midfield and ideally you want (a) midfield where the sum of the parts is greater than the individuals in it," Judd explained.
"Each one of these players I rate really highly… but it's too much of the same, there's not enough leg speed in that group."
Judd said Essendon speedster Orazio Fantasia is the "type of player" the Crows should target.
Last week it was reported that Adelaide-born Fantasia is keen to return to his home state at some stage, but the Bombers star poured cold water on any speculation.
"We talk about Fantasia being linked to Adelaide; I know that got knocked on the head by him, but that's the type of player, that sort of leg speed… if they could introduce that into their group I think they'd be a lot more dangerous," Judd added.