Crows v Collingwood 26/05/2012

[LaughingKookaburra]

My look @ the game Saturday is very well played on Collingwoods behalf and they deserved everything in a very tough affair.
To look a bit further in to things in my opinion;

*Structure wise would Collingwood have played a better executed game plan?? I know they have injuries, reported dis-harmony ect but they were super impressive with their discipline. I don't know if they could have played THAT game any better even if these blokes were available...... People will argue this point.
*If the Crows played better and changed a few structures around and Collingwood played with the same execution as Saturday night would the Crows beat Collingwood?? NO. But the Crows are capable of knocking them off if Collingwood drop that 5%. I think the Crows can improve more than Collingwood structure wise. Time will tell!!

I'm not suggesting the Crows are a better side than Collingwood, West Coast, Essendon, Carlton ect because consistantly we are not!! But I watched the game on Saturday night and everytime the Crows were challenged we continued to play the same way (This is credit to Collingwood). But other games (Port,Sydney, Bulldogs) we changed the way we played. Very interesting to see how we respond this week in Perth.....

[Mad Mat]

44,000?
What's the capacity for Footy Park these days?

51500

Must be scared of the rain or cold.

30,000 more than at Port's last home game

[The Sleeping Giant]

Contact between the Adelaide Crows’ Bernie Vince and Collingwood’s Jarryd Blair from the third quarter of Saturday’s match was assessed. Collingwood’s Simon Buckley handballs the ball towards his team mate Blair. Vince is coming towards Blair and makes contact with the ball, knocking it out of bounds. After making contact with the ball, Vince makes high contact with Blair, and a free kick is paid to the Collingwood player. It was the view of the panel that Vince was making a realistic attempt to spoil the ball from Blair’s possession and was not negligent or reckless. No further action was taken.

Was a good call in the end.

Looking at the MRP "highlights", Sam Mitchell is walking a thin line.