Dr. Gonzo

16 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

 

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18 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Apologies if this has already been discussed, but Crows fans still booing Ricky is ridiculous. In the six years since leaving them they’ve not played finals, and he’s now a Premiership player for us. Why would they want to routinely remind themselves of that?!

Just remind them he chose success over money 😉

What I found bewildering is they were booing Petty early in the game. Like, aren't they trying to woo him? Or are they going for the whole treat them mean, keep them keen approach?

For those having a crack at Kozzie you're having a laugh. You're acting like he lined the guy up and ironed him out. We don't want him to lose his aggression, it's part of what makes him such a good player.

The 1 week suspension is garbage (just like Baker last week) but we'll cop it and move on.

Looks far worse in slowmo than real time. I'm expecting a week but I also think that is laughable, but this is the AFL.

5 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Missed tackles were infuriating.  

Billings wasn't alone in that but he was a repeat offender.

2 minutes ago, Lou C. Fur said:

Lock us in for consecutive Adelaide games next year! Go Dees!

Maxy was all for it post game! Don't know if his teammates would all agree 🤣

2 minutes ago, gs77 said:

He may be starting to hear the sound of steel sliding over a whetstone from the Crows boardroom.

Unlikely, they re-signed him preseason

20 minutes ago, Lou C. Fur said:

I thought Billings played well. If he kicked straight he could have had 3 goals.

I thought he was very poor and should've been subbed off for Taj during the 3rd quarter. I understand why they subbed Brown off but Billings was bad, he missed his chances but worse was his tackling, let multiple tackles slip which allowed the Crows to attack when they should've been held up or turned over.

21 minutes ago, Buzzy said:

That was a very 'Melbourne Season 2023' type game.  

Bit of an ugly mess, but effective D all over the ground.

 

We wanted it ugly, didn't want to get into a shootout with the Camry Crows. During the week the stat was bandied about when Adelaide score less than 100 they are 3-15 or something like that. We wanted a scrap, especially in the last quarter. Petty nails a couple of those set shots and Billings one or two of his chances and it wouldn't have been close.

Superb coaching yet again 👏👏👏

20 minutes ago, Red But Mostly Blue said:

The only real negative for tonight is  Kozzie’s likely suspension. We really need him next week. Not a lot in it, but enough in today’s game and completely avoidable and unnecessary. 

There was absolutely nothing in it at all. He will probably get a week but may get a fine with low impact considering Soligo got straight up and took his kick. I can't believe that is "suspendable" these days he basically brushed him after jumping up to deflect the ball. Didn't iron him out like Maynard on Brayshaw but the AFL will use that exact example to say, "see this year we've changed the rukes if you attempt to smother and bump someone high you will get suspended".

All class from Fritta

17 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Sparrow played 98% Midfield and 2% forward tonight. Rounds 0-3 he was 46% midfield.

A very solid game by Tommy tonight.

That smother that led to Trac's goal 👌

19 minutes ago, Dwight Schrute said:

I'm loving what Clarry is doing at the moment, he's clearly nowhere near his best, getting a lot of attention but he's battling his [censored] off and playing a team role when it's needed! what i absolutely love is i think previously Clarry would have gotten frustrated and given away stupid free kicks when he's not flying, but now he just seems to want to help the team win. 

he's had a very hard time clearly and not helped himself but geez it's good to see the redemption arc that's playing out in 2024 

His busted hand is forcing him to kick more too, which isn't a bad thing.

22 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

How good is Windsor? 
Blown away by his poise, footy IQ, and ability to win the contest. 10/10 drafting again. 

Can't wait to see Tholstrup in the 1s as well. I have a feeling he'll be another JT special.

17 minutes ago, layzie said:

Good win. No need to critique, save our best footy for later in the year.

It was a very professional win, so impressed with this side. Our senior players lead by example, our young players are exceptional. Max, May, Petracca all huge. Windsor, Howes, McVee, Sparrow, JVR, Koz so composed.

1 minute ago, leave it to deever said:

Yep he's in trouble.

He's letting the team down with that stuff. 

Needs to stop asap.

Seriously? Nothing in it

On what basis should they get assistance? They are in a rebuild phase, rebuilds take more than 2-3 years! So now every team that's [censored] for 2 years gets extra draft assistance? What a mockery, if they've been languishing outside of finals for more than 10 years then we can start talking. The fact this is even being considered beggars belief! Such a slap in the face to those long suffering fans of other clubs who have seen minimal success over DECADES.

Whatever happened to the "whoo-hoo-hoo" guy at Adelaide Oval? Wasn't he a cameraman or something?

9 hours ago, SPC said:

Was down with Covid last night and asleep at 8, so just finished the replay. A couple of things I noticed…

Oliver is back.. was finding his feet the first few rounds, but last night he got stronger as the game went on. Was swooping on loose balls and moving through traffic like AA Clayton.

Howes is a very good footballer. Class and poise, rarely beaten. 

Juddy is under the radar.. just does everything well

The Team look connected… tapping to advantage, blocking, selfless running. We had it in 2021, first time I’ve seen it since, and I’ve seen it 3 times already this year. 

Yes! The knock ons are back! Creates momentum and keeping the ball in motion, going your way, creates opportunities for crafty players to work in space.

He has poise which is rare for a rookie which allows his class to show. Pace of the game does not phase him at all, he is an absolute jet.

6 minutes ago, old55 said:

We hung in and stole that one. Impressive...

I don't know that we stole it. It was a tough game start to finish. They got off to a flier then we dominated from midway through the first to about midway through the 2nd. They wrested momentum back when Gawn and Oliver had a rest in the 2nd. We withheld some heavy attack from them in the 3rd then put the foot down at the start of the last. Esava going off for a period was key but Oliver started dominating around the contest in the last. They were missing Powell-Pepper and Horne-Francis but May was out for us. I think it was just a great 59/50 game and we came out on top as we had the grit for a bit longer. If it went another 5 minutes they may have got over us but thems the breaks.

2 minutes ago, Dee*ceiving said:

Playing differently this year. We won't lead the I50s as much as we have previously.  

So much better, our forward line is less congested which leads to less stagnation there and allows our crafty forwards and bustling players to get to work.