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I've busted my knees and popped my shoulder. One time it was so painful I was delirious and couldn't feel the pain. The other time it was painful and uncomfortable and slowly pushing me into madness...both times I was drugged up and the pain still found a way through...unlike what the movies show pain medication and treatment is different from person to person. In the case of Dean I suspect they popped the shoulder back in and the pain he felt was from bruising and what not...and the club may have refrained from pain meds until he was hydrated. Unless he shattered the bone I don't think they'd be rushing him to hospital.

40k at the G actually accounts for about a third of what we earn from a full house in Darwin, factoring in AFL funding, sponsoring deals for the match, etc etc

No they didn't. We competed extremely well in that area. Crows won in one place and one place only: rebound transition. I keep seeing people say they smashed us in the middle and contested ball. They didn't at all. Stats prove that and if you watched the game you'd have seen we won quite a lot of ball. Admirable considering Crows are no.1 for contested ball and we're missing 2 of our top contested ball winners. They won by moving the ball from defense to attack with ease. It was uncontested ball they smashed us in, not contested.

So one of that Crows-Port-GWS-Saints quad is down and we're 0-1. Need to finish that group 2-2 to play finals. Simple as that. We probably match up better against the latter 2. Port looms as another tough match up. Could be out of the 8 by the end of next round. The AFL has truly screwed us with fixturing this year.

Their talls have done okay.

We need to lower our eyes. Stop [censored] bombing it to their talls. Ffs.

Frost has been awful. I don't think there's been an Adelaide goal where he hasn't been absolutely pasted.

We needed the first goal.

Oh please.

Great goal Clarry.

Nothing has changed this quarter. They've had 4 entries, every time, no defender between the Crows player and the goal. MAN. ON. MAN.

How do they end up with so much space?

Fairly even across stoppages and clearances.

Close in clearances and stoppages. Winning contested ball against the league's best contested ball winners. More inside 50s. We are losing in delivery going forward, and utterly deplorable defense structure when they're rebounding. We have competed well but structurally we've been badly outplayed.

Controlled the game this quarter and still been outscored.

And that's where we're losing it. Their ability to transition out of defense is infuriating. Our defensive structure tonight has been pathetic.

Goals like that are infuriating. It's like we don't expect them to win the ball and go forward. Hibberd and Frost both look [censored].

I'd be filthy if I were Goodwin. We have controlled the play, go forward, understandable that they defend well but their rebounding and transition has made us look very poor. We are winning important battles and clearances but we work so hard. We are actually defending well in their 50 but all of their goals come off their defense.

We're just playing into their hand. We need to slow it down and lower our eyes.

Every time they rebound they end up with a shot on goal. It's simply not good enough.

Thanks Kent.

How is that not a free kick to Hogan?

Kent had a clear direct in front shot on goal and misses. Crows will not miss shots like that. He is a liability.

Lol....

Tackling has really let us down the past 3 weeks. They are stepping around and side stepping with ease.