Adelaide Chairman and acting-CEO Rob Chapman says the Club is optimistic it will field its own reserves team in 2014, with a solution on the topical issue expected in the coming months.

Currently, Crows players not selected in the senior team are scattered across the nine SANFL teams.

The Club hasn’t been shy in expressing its desire to fall in line with the majority of AFL teams across the competition, and have one team for its players to develop in.

Chapman said he was confident the Crows would have a ‘seconds’ side in time for next year.

“The reserves team was another key item on our agenda this year .We’re quite optimistic we’ll have a solution that works for everybody by the middle of this year,” Chapman told afc.com.au.

“It’s too early to say how it will look but it will meet our requirements, which are having our players who miss out on AFL selection working as a unit in one team, for one Club, in the same jumper, with one set of resources looking at one game instead of multiple games.

“It has to work for the SANFL too. I’d like to think it will help them generate extra revenue.

“Phil Harper has resumed discussions with Chris Davies (Football General Manager) from the SANFL, and they are very fruitful. I’m very optimistic it will be set up to commence in season 2014.”

Read the rest of Part One of our Q&A with Rob Chapman