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It was ugly, but it was a win.
Crows were today one of only two teams in ten attempts to win the game following a long road trip, either to the Gabba or to Perth.
So from that point of view it was pleasing.
Had Crows lost, they would have slid down to 12th. Having won, Crows are 6th. While we do have that to be grateful for I suppose, it does highlight very well how vulnerable Crows position is due to their poor percentage.
Crows need a really decent win from somewhere. A whopping margin.
Its very hard to see us getting that when every team plays a flood against us, basically it works because of our lack of dominant forwards, although the opposition isn't winning the games, so its a bit hard to see why they persist with it.
Perhaps Crows can wring a good win out of the Saints game or the WCE game to come. It won't get us into the top four given the high percentage of those four teams, but it may protect our spot in the eight a little should we lose a game.
Solutions: Marsh to FF? Bring back Richo for another go at it? Burton on the forward flank (or even CHF) all the time? Anything has got to be better than Vardy & Welsh are doing right now.
Crows were today one of only two teams in ten attempts to win the game following a long road trip, either to the Gabba or to Perth.
So from that point of view it was pleasing.
Had Crows lost, they would have slid down to 12th. Having won, Crows are 6th. While we do have that to be grateful for I suppose, it does highlight very well how vulnerable Crows position is due to their poor percentage.
Crows need a really decent win from somewhere. A whopping margin.
Its very hard to see us getting that when every team plays a flood against us, basically it works because of our lack of dominant forwards, although the opposition isn't winning the games, so its a bit hard to see why they persist with it.
Perhaps Crows can wring a good win out of the Saints game or the WCE game to come. It won't get us into the top four given the high percentage of those four teams, but it may protect our spot in the eight a little should we lose a game.
Solutions: Marsh to FF? Bring back Richo for another go at it? Burton on the forward flank (or even CHF) all the time? Anything has got to be better than Vardy & Welsh are doing right now.