Watching the grand final as a finals loser is a difficult experience.
It's like hearing that your ex-girlfriend who you once thought was the one is getting married. To some surf board riding douchebag who does Ace Ventura impressions in his spare time, in between winning Brownlows and...
A bit of Adelaide Board administrative news in what has been an otherwise uneventful week for Crows' fans:
CrowinNT is officially stepping down from the Moderator's chair this week.
Thank you for all your work over the last few years, directing traffic from the top end and especially providing...
I think that crept up on everyone.
Who knew? The Gold Coast Suns players hate us.
Was it Don's Laughing Party? Stealing Rankine off them? McHenry's leg breaking tackle? Offloading Atkins and Himmelberg on them? Not sure where it comes from but the hate is real.
And what's more, the Crows...
This thread is running a bit behind this season.
Most years we are well out of the finals race by now so potential draft picks, trades and off-field additions are all we have. The Henley Beach Cafe thread is usually pumping by now.
Most of our attention will be devoted to our push for finals...
Big game!
6th 7th vs 3rd
Finals indicator
No Rachele
Both teams 4-1 from last 5
Skaterboi vs Flyboy
I propose several hours of preliminary final reminiscing in the lead up to the game (the 97, 98 ones I mean.... not the other ones)
Win we go third.
Lose we could end up sixth.
We should win. The squad is fit and healthy, we're playing good football and Melbourne aren't.
We've got a pretty ordinary record against the Dees in recent times though various NT debacles impacts that ledger.
Unless Kozi has a day out I can't...
All the attention right now seems to be on solving our top three batting line up woes.
Is the bowling where the Poms will target us though?
The Poms' strength is their batting.
For a long time we've had a dominant bowling attack and will likely roll with the same combo this summer. We've...
An Adelaide Crows player has been reported to police after allegedly sending an unauthorised image of a woman to a former teammate.
The Adelaide Football Club has reprimanded the player, describing his conduct as “totally unacceptable”.
It is understood the player, in his 20s, shared an image...
Our wingmen aren't finding much of the ball. Our half back flankers aren't providing much drive. Our half forwards Keays and ANB aren't getting involved lately.
Why?
Have we become an inside mids + tall forwards team?
Since the "reset" we've seemingly taken fewer risks with the ball, worried...
Who should play on our other wing?
Isaac Cumming has been playing good, solid football and seems like a banker.
The other wing has been problematic.
Sholl started there but struggled after a decent 2024. I think he rushed back from a knee injury during preseason, not wanting to miss the...
This has been our preferred method for introducing our young midfielders to AFL level.
Pedlar, Draper, Taylor, Rachele.
Is it the way to go?
Some teams run their young mids off half back as an introduction to AFL level instead.
They need to be able to play somewhere else - even Nick Daicos...
Hi team,
Many thanks to Samcro24 for highlighting this issue. It seems that our cheersquad have completely run dry on banner ideas.
No doubt it's a tough, thankless task. They do an awesome job each week but it must be difficult coming up with new witty, topical, inspiring or pointed phrases...
We know Nicks loves made up footy jargon buzz words. Balme crapped all over his penchant for meaningless drivel. Learnings, work ons. So here's another one for him:
Actuals.
We've come to the conclusion that the problem in 2024 was that we were too focused on finals and took our eye off the...
C'mon AFC, you know it makes sense. I know you've got a team of paid experts in your marketing department but the fish has jumped right in the boat here. Let's not outsmart ourselves.
Adelaide vs Fremantle
Play for the Tony Modra Cup
Also forget a best players medal. That's been done a million...
An eventful start to his test career!
I don't know what to expect each ball he faces. Almost can't watch at times but also can't look away.
Needling the opposition, playing it up to the crowd. Always something going on.
Compulsory viewing.
What are your thoughts?
Has Australia found a...
Happy offseason everyone!
CrowinNT has decided to hang up her moderating boots.
Thank you so much for the time you have put into the role over the last few years!
We are now seeking a new moderator for the Adelaide board.
The role would suit someone who already spends quite a bit of time...
Should the AFL and AFLW programs come together, with all matches double headers featuring a men's game and a women's game?
Ignoring Tassie for a moment, the 17 rounds that AFL teams play against the other clubs could double as the AFLW program.
AFLW 17 round season, play everyone once. The...
We seem to have the defensive end of the field reasonably well filled.
KPDs - Butts, Murray, Borlase
Intercept - Worrell, Keane
Small/medium - Michalanney, Hinge, Nankervis, Hamill, Bond
HB sweepers - Milera, Smith, Curtin, Ryan Parnell
Moving back there maybe? Laird
Nice to have some depth...
Crunch time.
If the Crows are any chance of putting their 0-4 start behind them then this is a must win game.
With previous must win games under Nicks we've seemingly tensed up, started poorly and only eventually spluttered to life after half time in a futile comeback. Need to start strong and...
Should they be called draws or ties?
And, less importantly, what should happen afterwards?
Pop quiz #1
Who blazed out on the full late in our game against St Kilda at Waverley way back in the 90s for our first ever draw?
Pop quiz #2
Who kicked truly against Collingwood to tie the game at the...
The injury-plagued Lions venture to Adelaide Oval to take on the unchanged Crows.
Both teams are sitting 3-5 with their season on a knife's edge.
Expect a huge crowd for the Crows' traditional Mother's Day afternoon fixture. Unless fans are disappointed we've gone away from the usual 12:15...
Are we back?
3-5
Have banked two wins against decent teams... plus one against Port.
The 0-3 start and eye-gougingly bad football thankfully seems to be behind us.
The competition doesn't seem super-strong this year.
Is this little good patch just a big tease? Is our 0-3 start plus ongoing...
Let's see if I can go two from two.
Ned is currently on 7 games.
Stynes holds the record with 244 games though Jack Crisp is closing in.
I think Ned can do it. Would need to play every game for the next 10 seasons.
Is durable, rarely injured, plays his role. Tireless worker on the track...
Nothing seven rounds in but still two thirds of the season to go.
Mathematically we could be out of the finals race soon which could see us move towards a development focus.
Still have Schoenberg, Murphy, Murray, Smith, Sloane, Butts, Berry and hopefully eventually Thilthorpe to come back in...
It seems like there's a lot of negative threads at the moment, all potting the club.
And here's another one.
Daniel Curtin, elite talent.
When did Jack Gunston make up his mind that he didn't want to play for Adelaide? During which trek out to Elizabeth was it where the penny dropped? Sure...