Adelaide co-captain Taylor Walker says he's not in peak form but doesn't deserve to be dropped from the AFL side.
Walker's position in the Crows team is under scrutiny from pundits as he battles to find peak form this season.
But Walker expects selectors to keep faith in him for Saturday's trip to the MCG to play Carlton.
"There is a certain point where you back people in and (if) they are not performing then you have to make changes," Walker told Triple M radio on Tuesday
"For me personally, I'm not in the best form.
"But I'm still doing things that I think warrant a spot. So I would like to think they will back me in again this week."
Walker has kicked 29 goals in 17 games this season and has been battling an elbow injury for the past month.
Crows assistant coach Ben Hart on Monday, when asked about Walker's form dip, said no player was an automatic selection.
But Walker doubted selectors would make wholesale changes to the eighth-placed Crows, who have lost three of their past four games.
"I don't think that is going to help," he said.
Australian Associated Press
