Taylor Walker admits he was one of several Adelaide players to not fire in Grand Final loss

ADELAIDE captain Taylor Walker admits he was one of several Crows who was far from his best on the biggest stage but remains proud of his club and teammates.

Taylor Walker and Trent Cotchin shake hands after the match. Picture: Sarah Reed

CAPTAIN Taylor Walker says Adelaide left its killer club in the bag as a rabid Richmond exposed the Crows at the MCG.

Walker didn’t shy away from his own performance, admitting he was one of several players who was far from his best.

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He said he felt shocking when the final siren went as Richmond triumphed by 48 points.

“Shattered, devastated, disappointed,” Walker said of his feelings after the siren.

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“We just didn’t have 22 contributors, plain and simple.

“It’s been our one wood all year, we have 22 blokes play their role.

Taylor Walker and Trent Cotchin shake hands after the match. Picture: Sarah Reed

“I was probably one of those 22 that didn’t play my role, I’m definitely disappointed.

“I would never ever question any of my boys’ effort, (it was) just the ability to execute fundamentals and the simple things that are able to win footy games.

“I imagine we’ll do a bit of reflecting as individuals and as a group over the next few months and have a fair dinkum look about exactly what went wrong.

“As a captain I’m super proud of how resilient this football club is, we’ve been through a lot but just weren’t able to get what we want today.”

Walker gave credit to the Tigers, whose trademark pressure made forward entries and goal scoring difficult for the Crows.

Jake Kelly, Daniel Talia and Josh Jenkins after the loss. Picture: Sarah Reed

“We weren’t able to finish off a good year, but Richmond was just too good,” Walker said.

“I’d say they would have beaten us in contested footy, the pressure, we weren’t able to get our attack going and I just thought their pressure all day was pretty solid.”

With defender Jake Lever linked to a move to Melbourne and exciting forward Charlie Cameron to Brisbane, Adelaide’s list could look a little different for season 2018.

But Adelaide chief executive Andrew Fagan wasn’t making any announcements in the rooms last night.

“They’re things that we’ll work out later, I’m certainly not going to comment on players on Grand Final day,” Fagan said.

“It doesn’t matter what I think, it matters what happens and they’re thins that we’ll deal with over the next little while.”