West Coast Or Port Next Week

[adelcrows]

BLOODY EAGLES

I had them in the tipping and if they won I would have won the tipping but now I can still go to 3rd. Thats 600 bucks less cash.

Well with the Weagles looking like they are going to lose now we are going to play either Port Adelaide if we win or Eagles at AAMI, which isnt so bad as wew get a home game. If essendon had of won then id be worried about playing them again. Things dont look so bad as we should beat them.

ANyway CARN THE CROWS TOMORROW.

Jason

[DaveW]

I tipped Freo :D (not over yet - 20 point lead with a quarter to go)

(I also tipped the Saints :()

[lozstar]

Go Freo! :cool: :)
I've got none wrong so far. yay.

Im thinking playing West Coast at home might be easier considering they got an absolute spanking here at the start of the year.. But then again, finals are pretty different!

[Stiffy_18]

I don't give a rats arse if Freo win as long as we beat Port tommorrow. It will take a miracle.:(

[RaDaR ReiLLy]

Originally posted by Stiffy_18
I don't give a rats arse if Freo win as long as we beat Port tommorrow. It will take a miracle.:(

I've given up hope of winning tommorow.

No Hart

No Basset

No Crows

But I am willing to take those words back if we pull off a very unlikely win :(

[dyertribe]

Hands up who else just shat themselves when the five minute warning blasted up! :mad:

[DaveW]

Originally posted by dyertribe
Hands up who else just shat themselves when the five minute warning blasted up! :mad: Hands up who doesn't have live coverage. :mad:

[AngelEyes]

Originally posted by dyertribe
Hands up who else just shat themselves when the five minute warning blasted up! :mad:
haha As if you would admit that!:D

[dyertribe]

Originally posted by AngelEyes
haha As if you would admit that!:D

It was a figure of speech... erm... yeah that's what it was :p

[RaDaR ReiLLy]

Originally posted by dyertribe
Hands up who else just shat themselves when the five minute warning blasted up! :mad:
lol....sounds like something that happens in hospital...

[AngelEyes]

Originally posted by dyertribe
It was a figure of speech... erm... yeah that's what it was :p
Yep sure.....Don't worry I trust ya ;):)

[dyertribe]

Originally posted by RaDaR ReiLLy
lol....sounds like something that happens in hospital...

Nurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrse :eek: :o :confused: :(

[Stiffy_18]

Originally posted by dyertribe
Hands up who else just shat themselves when the five minute warning blasted up! :mad: That 5 minute warning is the worst thing ever. It scares the crap out of me every time time it comes on. Especially if its a close game where the heart is going hundred miles an hour.:(

[MarksGirl-kbcrowgirl]

lol - that five minute warning is bit stupid. As for the stupid blast sound, sounds like some had an accident in the commentary box.

k
xx

[macca23]

If we lose we are ALMOST guaranteed to play West Coast at home next week.

We can take about a 10 to 11 goal defeat and still just squeak into 6th. Assuming the scores were

Port 19-12
Crows 9-6

our percentage would be 117.3572%

Eagles percentage is 117.3562%

so we would squeak in for the home game by a margin equal to the thickness of the pubic hair of a gnat.

Either way if we lose, Port get to play Sydney at home which would be a gimme for them IMO.

Of course if we win then it's another Showdown next week.

[dyertribe]

Originally posted by macca23
so we would squeak in for the home game by a margin equal to the thickness of the pubic hair of a gnat.

Mark Aiston with breaking news:

The gnat has had a Brazilian, George.


What say you macca23? ;)

[CrowBoi]

... and to add to that, if we scored less than 9-6, the winning margin wouldn't need to be as big to slot us into 7th :(

I still doubt it will happen though, and still rate us as a chance to nab victory tomorrow :)

[macca23]

Originally posted by dyertribe
Mark Aiston with breaking news:

The gnat has had a Brazilian, George.


What say you macca23? ;)

:D

[Stiffy_18]

Originally posted by CrowBoi
still rate us as a chance to nab victory tomorrow :) You're a better man than I am thats for sure. I just cannot see us winning especially with only one real tall defender.

[macca23]

Originally posted by Stiffy_18
You're a better man than I am thats for sure. I just cannot see us winning especially with only one real tall defender.

The rumour is that Chad Cornes won't play Stiffy. I hope to god that's right.

If Cornes doesn't play then that leaves either Thurstans or Lade as their other tall to play up forward. We can cover that with Smart, McGregor and maybe a bit from Biglands.

I'm starting to think we are half a chance.

[Stiffy_18]

Originally posted by macca23
The rumour is that Chad Cornes won't play Stiffy. I hope to god that's right.

If Cornes doesn't play then that leaves either Thurstans or Lade as their other tall to play up forward. We can cover that with Smart, McGregor and maybe a bit from Biglands.

I'm starting to think we are half a chance. I said on thursday or friday that I doubt VERY much that Chad will play. Even if thats the case I still think we are in a bit of a stife. I just hope it gets to be an extremely wet day so Port's talls aren't as effective as they would normally be!!!!!!:(

[CrowBoi]

Are people forgetting our forward line? Remember, even without Stevens up there, we have a stellar line-up that is hard to stop when firing. If Burns, Perrie, Johnco.ck, Carey, and Welsh all stand up tomorrow, we are ominous...

[Stiffy_18]

Originally posted by CrowBoi
Are people forgetting our forward line? Remember, even without Stevens up there, we have a stellar line-up that is hard to stop when firing. If Burns, Perrie, Johnco.ck, Carey, and Welsh all stand up tomorrow, we are ominous... Yes we are but not quite as dangerous as Tredrea, Cornes, Pickett, S. Burgoyne, Dew and P. Burgoyne. Some of those blokes pull goals out of their arse:(

[MarksGirl-kbcrowgirl]

Originally posted by CrowBoi
Are people forgetting our forward line? Remember, even without Stevens up there, we have a stellar line-up that is hard to stop when firing. If Burns, Perrie, Johnco.ck, Carey, and Welsh all stand up tomorrow, we are ominous...


Burns is due for a big one.
Welsh is due to improve.
Johncock is due for a big one.
Carey - he is the king. nothing more to say.

k
xx

[dyertribe]

Originally posted by MarksGirl-kbcrowgirl
Burns is due for a big one.
Welsh is due to improve.
Johncock is due for a big one.
Carey - he is the king. nothing more to say.

k
xx

Awww, as I was scrolling down I was expecting a limerick ;)

[macca23]

Originally posted by Stiffy_18
I said on thursday or friday that I doubt VERY much that Chad will play. Even if thats the case I still think we are in a bit of a stife. I just hope it gets to be an extremely wet day so Port's talls aren't as effective as they would normally be!!!!!!:(

I might be wrong young Stiffmeister, but I really think that our best chance of winning is if it's not wet weather football and we can get our running game going.

If our mid-field pulls it's weight I like the look of our forward line.

We're a chance.

[LionHeart20]

C'mon Crows! :D

[lozstar]

Originally posted by MarksGirl-kbcrowgirl
Carey - he is the king. nothing more to say.

k
xx
He's gonna take Wakelin to the cleaners this time!! (i hope) The King to kick 7! :):)

[Nige_Bix]

Originally posted by Stiffy_18
Yes we are but not quite as dangerous as Tredrea, Cornes, Pickett, S. Burgoyne, Dew and P. Burgoyne. Some of those blokes pull goals out of their arse:( - yeh - and especially against us!

[Macca19]

Originally posted by Stiffy_18
I don't give a rats arse if Freo win as long as we beat Port tommorrow. It will take a miracle.:(

It wont take a miracle.

Its not like Adelaide is 16th and we are 1st and havent lost a game for the year. Youve been pretty much in the top 4 or 5 the whole year. Your missing Bassett and Stevens. Big Deal. If you dont win it will still be a close game. Its not like Port will win by 9 goals or anything. Not to mention the fact that Adelaide will do everything possible to win this game.

Sure, we are favourites, but its not gonna be this ground breaking miracle if you get up that all crows fans think it will be.

[Stiffy_18]

Originally posted by macca23
I might be wrong young Stiffmeister, but I really think that our best chance of winning is if it's not wet weather football and we can get our running game going.

If our mid-field pulls it's weight I like the look of our forward line.

We're a chance. I hope you are right macca23. I just think given half decent weather tommorrow Tredrea will tear us a new one. I have been following this bloke pretty closely all year and he is unstoppable. There is only one player in the whole of AFL that I think is capable of breaking even with Tredrea and thats Leppitch.

He is too big and strong for McGregor and much smarter too. He is too quick for Biglands and lets face it Biglands is not the quickest thinking footballer around is he??????? Plus if we play Biglands on Tredrea as has been rumoured, we are running Clarke into ground.

If Biglands gets Tredrea and Smart gets another tall, where does that leave McGregor. A back up ruckman or a 3rd tall in attack where he will be ineffective as he usually is.

Too many questions and not enough answers IMO.:(

BUT I would be bloody stoked if the boys could prove me wrong.:)

[DaveW]

Cut off Port's midfield, cut off Tredrea.

Simple. :D

[Stiffy_18]

Originally posted by DaveW
Cut off Port's midfield, cut off Tredrea.

Simple. :D Easier said than done. And even if we do cut off Port's midfield, what Tredrea then does is lead further up the ground to provide a target and with his hands he holds most of the marks. he then kicks it into the forward line where the likes of Burgoyne brothers, Dew and Pickett go riot!!!!!!

[macca23]

Originally posted by DaveW
Cut off Port's midfield, cut off Tredrea.

Simple. :D

That's the real key. I think if we win the mid-field we are a really big chance.

If they do then we have no chance.

[Still Crowing]

Originally posted by DaveW
Cut off Port's midfield, cut off Tredrea.

Simple. :D

Unfortunately for us, the last 6 times we've tried that plan, we've ended up like a Seppo in Afghanistan....."Now where'd that bugger get to?" ;)

[Stiffy_18]

Originally posted by macca23
That's the real key. I think if we win the mid-field we are a really big chance.

If they do then we have no chance. And if they break even then they win as they are far more efficient with their forward 50 entries than we are.

Maybe Carey can play a blinder and kick a lazy 7.:eek: ;)

[lozstar]

I'm praying that the midfield realizes they are there to play football and not just stand around looking pretty :)

[Still Crowing]

I'd love to see Carey pull another "Smash Melbourne FC" routine like he did that night in 1996. Kicked 11.2, and the .2 was from hitting the post both times IIRC! But I only sacrificed a KFC chicken to the Football Gods (Oh yea, thou art powerful and glorious!) this afternoon.......couldn't find a damned live chook.

[AdelaideFC97]

Even a live chook might not be enough.

[topjars]

What will the mental attitude be today?

1. We played **** last week and lost second spot so now we have to redeem ourselves

2. We need to beat Port to get the monkey off our backs and give us confidence for next week

3. We need to put in a big team effort but if we lose, well we only play West Coast next week at home and we would be pencilled in to win that one

5. Lets just ride out this match; in front of a capacity Pork crowd cause the real stuff starts next week


Its gotta be 2.

GO ADELAIDE!!!

:D

[Malibu#27]

While I cant bring myself to wish you mob luck - lets all hope the game is as good a spectacle as the Western derby was last night, and that both sides escape injury and tribunal free.