Adelaide Crows 2017

[Booney]

Hampton out for 12 weeks with his ankle injury

That sucks. He can't get a good run at it. May have been dropped anyway but still a good depth player.

Called him out as a passenger a few weeks ago and stand by my statement.

[Wedgie]

When was the last time Geelong were not favourites at Kardinia Park in the odds market?

14 days ago

[woodublieve12]

When and who did the cats have their last loss there?

[Booney]

When and who did the cats have their last loss there?

Pretty sure you know it was Sydney last year.

[Wedgie]

When and who did the cats have their last loss there?

Pretty sure you know it was Sydney last year.

Correct

[cracka]

Looks like the comment a couple of weeks ago of us being flat track bullies was correct.

Win this week and you lay that one to rest.

regards,

REB

Need to break a 14 year losing streak to do it

Gonna have to wait til next year by the looks of things. Geelong should be 6 goals up at 1/4 time.

[bennymacca]

Time for wigg to get a game. Brodie smith needs a spell, has been terrible this year

[MW]

Yes, yes and YES

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/adelaide/geelong-adds-more-evidence-to-the-theory-of-three-pressure-points-that-trouble-adelaide/news-story/c3d8784b590cd72fa2f839be16a27348

TREND, or event? Crows coach Don Pyke likes to deflect any searching questions of Adelaide’s performances by turning the blowtorch into a philosophical PhD paper. Trend or event?

Well, theory is now fact. And Pyke loves facts. He is a “show me” manager. He saw at Kardinia Park on Friday night yet again the trend of how Adelaide loses its imposing “unbeatable” stature as the AFL league leader.

And no-one needed a lip reader or a body language expert to know of Pyke’s agitated mood at half-time when Geelong had dominated this top-order clash with its hands - hands that were prepared to get the contested ball. And hands that cut apart opponents with quick, constant movement. There is a clear trend.

Adelaide is heavily reliant on lead ruckman Sam Jacobs. And his work - his hit-outs to advantage - are now commanding so much respect from his AFL rivals that “Sauce” is inspiring his rivals to work harder against him. So Jacobs needs to be smarter.
Adelaide's Rory Sloane gets a kick away before Patrick Dangerfield and Joel Selwood arrive.

Adelaide is so much about club champion Rory Sloane in the midfield. The Crouch brothers - Brad and Matt - have advanced their presence in the Crows’ engine room. But without Sloane setting the agenda, the Crows are again one-dimensional in the midfield. Even slow.

Adelaide is not the same team when its launch pad at half-back is forced to defend rather than rebound. Rory Laird may be excused after he was left to count the stars from a crunching tackle from Nakia Cockatoo in the first term. But Brodie Smith?

These are the three pressure points that have been exposed in Adelaide’s three losses this season to North Melbourne, Melbourne and Geelong.

And the circuit breakers? No inspiring moment of bewildering football from Eddie Betts. No cheeky intervention from Rory Atkins. No surprise “blue patch” from the comeback man Andy Otten. And for the second week in a row, no defining statement from the captain Taylor Walker.

Pyke can well say it is a long-proven trend that any team that does not have the appetite for contested football and relies on too few to do too much will fail.

There is another trend that has emerged in Adelaide’s first half to this season. When it all works for the Crows, they score big. When the three pressure points are hit, the Crows attack - and attacking game - cannot be described as “imposing”. But there is no organic moment of spontaneous change to this trend when the pressure is on.

Such a trend is the most disturbing note from this failure in Adelaide’s first real test of being the “real deal”.

[Rik E Boy]

What waffle. No easy out the back goals no Crows. Blind Freddy can see it.

regards,

REB

[thegrowler]

Time for wigg to get a game. Brodie smith needs a spell, has been terrible this year

I reckon this is a pretty good call.

I saw Brodie Smith do some putrid things Friday (certainly wasn't alone) and watched Wigg today and thought he was their best.

[thegrowler]

What waffle. No easy out the back goals no Crows. Blind Freddy can see it.

regards,

REB

Can blind Freddie see Selwood drop to his knees like he's about to felatiate his boyfriend and roll his shoulders every time someone goes near him. It's akin to a soccer dive. Twitter feed lit up with #Selwoodsacheat Friday

[Wedgie]

What waffle. No easy out the back goals no Crows. Blind Freddy can see it.

regards,

REB

Can blind Freddie see Selwood drop to his knees like he's about to felatiate his boyfriend and roll his shoulders every time someone goes near him. It's akin to a soccer dive. Twitter feed lit up with #Selwoodsacheat Friday

#WeCryAsOne

[MW]

What waffle. No easy out the back goals no Crows. Blind Freddy can see it.

regards,

REB

And why couldn't they get those goals?

[thegrowler]

What waffle. No easy out the back goals no Crows. Blind Freddy can see it.

regards,

REB

Can blind Freddie see Selwood drop to his knees like he's about to felatiate his boyfriend and roll his shoulders every time someone goes near him. It's akin to a soccer dive. Twitter feed lit up with #Selwoodsacheat Friday

#WeCryAsOne

#Iseewhatyoudidthere

[mighty_tiger_79]

What waffle. No easy out the back goals no Crows. Blind Freddy can see it.

regards,

REB

And why couldn't they get those goals?

Your forwards played too deep and ball movement slow

[Lightning McQueen]

What waffle. No easy out the back goals no Crows. Blind Freddy can see it.

regards,

REB

Can blind Freddie see Selwood drop to his knees like he's about to felatiate his boyfriend and roll his shoulders every time someone goes near him. It's akin to a soccer dive. Twitter feed lit up with #Selwoodsacheat Friday

#WeCryAsOne

Stealer.

[woodublieve12]

What waffle. No easy out the back goals no Crows. Blind Freddy can see it.

regards,

REB

Can blind Freddie see Selwood drop to his knees like he's about to felatiate his boyfriend and roll his shoulders every time someone goes near him. It's akin to a soccer dive. Twitter feed lit up with #Selwoodsacheat Friday

Can you please tell me how Selwood is a cheat? Which rule is he breaking

[Rik E Boy]

What waffle. No easy out the back goals no Crows. Blind Freddy can see it.

regards,

REB

Can blind Freddie see Selwood drop to his knees like he's about to felatiate his boyfriend and roll his shoulders every time someone goes near him. It's akin to a soccer dive. Twitter feed lit up with #Selwoodsacheat Friday

You'd think a Blackbirds fan would know after the embarrassing flops by Crouch and Lynch during the game. But then again, your captain prances around with the turning circle of the queen mary while ours goes in and embarrasses your midfield with yet another best on ground performance. #fourteenyearsandcounting.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

What waffle. No easy out the back goals no Crows. Blind Freddy can see it.

regards,

REB

And why couldn't they get those goals?

High press no space. So many words for something that isn't that revolutionary. I mean this is Chris Scott FFS. All that bollocks about Jacobs being so respected. Typical blowjob Adelaide media. He can't get off the ground anymore. Sauce would be as respected as any other regular ruckman...the tiser is making him sound like Polly Farmer.

regards,

REB

[Lightning McQueen]

What waffle. No easy out the back goals no Crows. Blind Freddy can see it.

regards,

REB

Can blind Freddie see Selwood drop to his knees like he's about to felatiate his boyfriend and roll his shoulders every time someone goes near him. It's akin to a soccer dive. Twitter feed lit up with #Selwoodsacheat Friday

Selwood will leave the game as one of the greatest ever captains.