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At least we got it done. No biggie, just did what we should've.

We're relieved!

I hate the fact that the negative press wish us the worst..

dermie the sniffer , king is poo, & eddie eat [censored]

 
2 minutes ago, wizardinoz said:

No way. Goldstein will tear us apart on a game we have to win

 

Nah we can just shark goldies hit outs like teams do to us with max. 

20 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

A strong finish made it a convincing win.

Some of the worst umpiring I have ever seen.

A real coming of age game from Jackson and a gutsy effort from a clearly unfit Max. Let's take the 4 points and see where can go from here.

PS the fox commentary was equally as bad as the umpiring 

PPS Clayton Oliver FMD !!!!

One of your best posts BBO. Now back to the cask.

 
19 minutes ago, GCDee said:

Brayshaw really lifted in the second half and boy do we look better when he is on. 

I agree he helps us move the ball so well. 

2 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Preuss v his old club

Is Preuss fit and training???


Clarry was brilliant tonight.

They have to stick with Weed and Jacko up forward as they will just get better and better as they get bigger and stronger.

I was very impressed with Jacko.

37 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Crows need to get away for a weekend together to relax and bond. A camp would do the trick. 

With the Richmond theme song on repeat as the background music 

24 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Oh well if nothing else we clawed back the entire percentage we lost last week.

Jackson our first rising  star nominee since O Mac?

surely not?

 

We left it to the last quarter against a bottom side but it was a knockout punch. However you see it  in the end it is a win with  a  good percentage and some good solid performances from our engine room.

Young  L Jackson he is our future and has star quality written all over him. S May is starting to repay us with some dominant football.

A win is a win and we move on to the next game with confidence. 

6 minutes ago, Tracca said:

Tomlinson back was fantastic. Clearly he hadn't played there much but hes a big body and can kick. His run was great as well. I'd love to see Goody persevere with him there. So much better than Oscar. And could play on tall or smalls 

 

2 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

 

Should have rested him for this game.

Now he's playing injured on a 4 day break against Goldstein in a harder to win game.

This was one of those captain's calls that can backfire.

Nonsense. He sought good medical advice. It’s only his latissimus dorsi - the big muscle down your back that pulls your shoulder down. These injuries get better while you keep going and are nowhere near as debilitating as a rotator cuff injury or AC joint sprain or shoulder dislocation. 


Did what we had to do. Next.

Max needs a rest, but against who. Not Goldy

16 minutes ago, Yze_13 said:

VDB fractured eye socket apparently.

Are you basing this off what Max said in post game, or has this been said elsewhere? 

Surely Walker is done, for a bloke his size he is the biggest squib I have ever seen. 

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24 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Some of the worst umpiring I have ever seen.

I have to say it again

Lever, ball falls through his two hands, bounces up off his chest, and is grabbed by Himellberg...

Paid a mark....  WTcF is going on out there


Just now, My name is legion said:

Nonsense. He sought good medical advice. It’s only his latissimus dorsi - the big muscle down your back that pulls your shoulder down. These injuries get better while you keep going and are nowhere near as debilitating as a rotator cuff injury or AC joint sprain or shoulder dislocation. 

Clearly hampered him tonight. Now he faces the most in form ruck in the comp with it worse and off a short break. It's a tear too btw, not sure how that gets better by keeping going. Strange comment.

Medical advice was he should miss 2 games, Max made the call himself that he would play, otherwise known as a captain's call.

Let's hope it doesn't backfire.

Did what we needed to do. No point over analyzing as we didn't beat much. 

Team defence was very good in the way of preventing spread and cheap out the back goals. May and hibberd very good. Lever misses a lot of spoils and gifted them their last goal. 

26 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

I don't know what to make of this game.  We all said it had to be an 8 goal win, which is exactly what we did.  But by God, did we stink it up for three quarters before we turned it on big time at the end.  However, what we can't overlook is the fact that we beat up a very young side that hasn't won a game all season.  If this was a Richmond, then you would be fist pumping.  As it's Adelaide, it's more a sigh of relief.

Oliver, Viney and Trac all stood up for us when we needed it most.  In that last term when we would have been a bit nervous and the confidence still dodgy, they worked their backsides off to kill off the contest and get us over the line.  And a special mention to Gus for his second half - where has that been?  He was terrific and looked better than he has all season.

But if those mids won it, then it was our backline that kept us in it during the first three quarters.  May was fantastic and is showing exactly why we wanted to get him to the club.  He made Walker look like a joke, he spoiled and took contested marks and backed up all the boys with some real aggression.  Keeping them to five goals, and 1 in the second half, is a great effort even though it was against the bottom side.  You still have to do it.

We still have problems.  Skills and decision making is a worry, as always, and we still have a few passengers.  ANB and AVB gave us little, while outside of a class goal, Bennell couldn't get near it.  We got smashed around the clearances in the first half and we are lucky we had our backline to save us.

Umpiring was the worst I've ever seen, too.  Just atrocious.

But you know what?  We are 4-5, which is almost hard to believe.  Win this weekend and we are 5-5 with a game in hand, which is almost incredible.

Enjoy the win and lets smash the Kangas on Sunday!

P.S - Plus we need to persist with Weid and Jackson.  Five goals, plenty of contests and some class from Jacko as well.  They make a good combo!

An 8 goal win is par. Not unhappy but not doing cartwheels. This game was enjoyable to watch especially the last quarter and especially seeing some key players stand up. But it doesn't mean anything much other than a regulation 4 points. Bank another regulation 4 points on Sunday with another 8 goal win and then I want to see how they go in the month after that. That will show where this team is at.

2nd half was good. 1st half was woeful.

Happy to see some reward for effort but we aren't going far of we play like the first half.

25 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

I feel like I've just eaten McDonalds.. My stomach is full but I feel like carp

Look what happens when [censored] out two macdonalds!!! Good times


Been around too long see the rubbish we displayed tonite. We were dreadful. Kicking skills not there at all. Too many bog ordinary players like Tomlinson, Jones, AVB etc.

 Adelaide had cooked themselves by 3/4 time so to get exited about a training run in the last is to put it mildly a false premise.

Play like that next week and we will get done by 5 goals or more.

Enjoyable last quarter but Adelaide are at their lowest ebb. A young side that completely ran out of gas, however was good to see guys like Brayshaw find a bit of form.

 

Well done, Clarry, great to see you hold on to the ball longer, accelerate out of packs and look forward and beyond with your disposal. Good signs from Gus who decided to pull his finger out. Viney and Trak continuing their excellent seasons. Max brave. Jacko and Weid exciting and mobile, let’s stick with two talls up forward. May and Lever playing better together. But all means nothing if we don’t beat North.

1 minute ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

An 8 goal win is par. Not unhappy but not doing cartwheels. This game was enjoyable to watch especially the last quarter and especially seeing some key players stand up. But it doesn't mean anything much other than a regulation 4 points. Bank another regulation 4 points on Sunday with another 8 goal win and then I want to see how they go in the month after that. That will show where this team is at.

Couldn't agree more.  Always great to watch us win a game of footy, and we don't often knock sides off by over 8 goals, but we knocked off one of the worst sides the comp has seen in some time, and that includes the early Gold Coast sides.

What this win will do is give us some confidence going forward.  Knock off the Roos and that might mean a little more.  As someone said earlier, the Pies after that will be the real test.


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