Crows not abandoning Walker despite racist slur
Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks says the club will continue to support Taylor Walker despite his racism suspension.
Adelaide manager Matthew Nicks says the nine has not distanced itself from erstwhile skipper Taylor Walker aft helium was suspended for directing a radical slur astatine an opponent.
Walker was deed with a six-match AFL ban for his words directed astatine North Adelaide's Robbie Young during a SANFL clash backmost successful July and has since taken clip distant from the club.
With doubts surrounding whether the 31-year-old volition stay connected the Crows' database successful 2022 aft receiving a one-year extension, Nicks said helium hoped Walker would beryllium a portion of making a alteration astatine the club.
"We're moving done that astatine the infinitesimal with Taylor," Nicks said erstwhile asked of Walker's status. "I'll marque it truly clear: we haven't distanced ourselves from Taylor Walker whatsoever."Walker was flanked by Robbie Young arsenic helium apologised for his racist remark earlier successful the week (Nine)
"We've got a batch of enactment astir Taylor and his family. He's going done a pugnacious clip astatine the infinitesimal and we'll proceed to enactment him, arsenic we person supported each of our players.
"It has been a pugnacious week, but astatine the aforesaid clip we've sat down arsenic a radical and I cognize we're going to beryllium stronger moving forward. We're going to beryllium a truly important organisation going guardant and I cognize we're going to large successful this space.
"We're going to bash immoderate we tin to marque a alteration successful this abstraction and I anticipation Taylor is simply a portion of that. We'll proceed to enactment done it with Taylor and proceed to enactment done it arsenic a footy club.
"I'm definite you recognize that it's a analyzable concern that we're dealing with here. It's a truly pugnacious 1 for america to beryllium successful and we'll proceed to enactment done and enactment everyone we can."Matthew Nicks says helium wants Walker to beryllium a portion of alteration successful the radical consciousness abstraction astatine Adelaide (Getty)
Nicks' Crows were gallant successful decision erstwhile again, going down to ladder-leaders Melbourne, and helium was enthused by the signs his young charges showed.
"Definitely successful the past 2 weeks we've recovered the crippled that we enactment retired determination earlier successful the season," helium said.
"In fact, I deliberation we've been adjacent amended successful these past mates of weeks, the mode we've connected up.
"Some of our younger players astir that 20 to 21-year-old property person truly stepped up their games and gone to different level."
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