Despite everything going on with the Adelaide Football Club, Bryce Gibbs still cannot break into their side.
The 31-year-old was once again named an emergency for their clash with Brisbane on Sunday, despite the Crows being dominated through the midfield by Gold Coast last week and Matt Crouch finding himself omitted.
Prominent AFL player agent Liam Pickering is stunned by the side’s refusal to pick the former Carlton star.
“That’s the most staggering thing in football. They went out and went to all that work and gave up all that stuff and then are just refusing to play him,” Pickering told AFL Nation.
“I don’t know what his form has been like because they have these internal (practice matches). What can you get out of them?
“To me they look like a hit and giggle muck around circle-work setup.”
Pickering added that if we’re not seeing Gibbs now, it’s hard to see him getting a game at any stage this year.
“This happened last year with Gibbs. He fell out of the team last year,” he said.
“Matthew Nicks didn’t bring him to the club. He might’ve been looking from afar going ‘why’d they do that?’
“If he’s made his own mind up that this guy isn’t in our best team, he might not play him all year. That’s the reality.”
Gibbs had a career-best year in 2017 before the Crows gave up two first-round picks for him in the trade period.
He played 22 decent games in 2018 before managing only 12 in a tumultuous 2019, where he was dropped multiple times.
SEN Chief Reporter Sammy Edmund said the trade itself was a sign of Adelaide’s perplexing decision making.
“It was a deal they said was irresponsible and then 12 months later they went out and did that exact deal,” Edmund said.