Autopsy AFL 2026 Round 4 - Crows v Freo Fri April 3rd 7:15pm AEDT/6:45pm (AO)

[Red Bull]

Only thing they cant do is run a camp.

 

[Sentinel]

Did Fremantle receive a 6-6-6 warning at any stage during the game? Immediately after Treacy's goal (6.34 left on the clock) they had no player on the wing but somehow the umpires missed it. The player not being there had no effect on the game since there was a repeat throw up, but potentially a missed Adelaide centre free if they'd been warned earlier

 

[FreoRicci]

Nicks needs to address the psychological damage the players incurred from being minor premiers to going out in straight sets, last year. He's probably brushed it under the rug, but it's clearly humiliated the group to the point they're back to losing close games again.

Losing their first two home games didn’t help.
Now 4 in a row at Adelaide Oval

 

[quotemokc]

Did Fremantle receive a 6-6-6 warning at any stage during the game? Immediately after Treacy's goal (6.34 left on the clock) they had no player on the wing but somehow the umpires missed it. The player not being there had no effect on the game since there was a repeat throw up, but potentially a missed Adelaide centre free if they'd been warned earlier

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Does the player have to be on the wing?

 

[SC_Power]

Only thing they cant do is run a camp.

Or a DEI policy.

 

[SC_Power]

I don't want to be mean and single anyone out...
But....

...Chayce Jones bad name is the least of his problems.. He's absolutely terrible at football.

How is he on a list still?

Crows aren't top 6 list if this guy is getting a game.

Getting 100 games….. hopefully his personal life nets the crows a few good f/s picks down the track

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

Ah well at least we aren't Carlton or Port

 

[Slime Roy]

Did what we had to do

Hopefully can play some decent opposition soon

Why change now? You seem to have had quite a good time playing with yourselves "Since 1994"

 

[cactuscall]

Did Fremantle receive a 6-6-6 warning at any stage during the game? Immediately after Treacy's goal (6.34 left on the clock) they had no player on the wing but somehow the umpires missed it. The player not being there had no effect on the game since there was a repeat throw up, but potentially a missed Adelaide centre free if they'd been warned earlier

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I have no idea if that is true, but in a convoluted labyrinth of missed frees and incorrect frees given throughout the game across various passages of play and moments of pressure, this is definitely one that should be highlighted and looked into.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Ah well at least we aren't Carlton or Port

Being better than two bottom 5 sides isn't any consolation. We're still in no man's land.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

Ah well at least we aren't Carlton or Port

After something like 5 years of rebuilding, should be climbing up the ladder again not going backwards to losing close matches again, third match in a row that's happened, alarm bells, now.

 

[Slime Roy]

Only thing they cant do is run a camp.

Haha, so true!
Though, only things freo can't do is win a premiership. Or be anything other than the yappy little brother.

 

[hutchy31]

When in essence the outcomes were the same with similar play patterns. Freo and Geelong both should have buried Adelaide but poor goal kicking kept them in it. So while some can argue unlucky to be 1-3 it could be argued they we lucky not to be well beaten in the last two games.

Yeah maybe so. I would argue if Nicks takes the shackles off earlier in every game they could or should have won at least one of the bulldogs, cats or Freo games.

If they lose one or two more games against contenders then they might end up like my team last year - too good for the bottom teams but don’t contend because they lose the eight pointers.

 

[Freomaniac]

I have a feeling Freo. Just look way more dangerous up forward, and their mids are on fire. Ergo defence. Crows just haven't looked threatening at all, a bit sick of their low Ross Lyon style defensive slog. Hope Nicks is shown the door sooner rather than later.

Good prediction.

History when it comes to dockers vs crows games in Adelaide , especially in Adelaide oval era from 2014 onwards, here's 3 outcomes.

1. Dockers win narrowly like 2021 and 2022

2. Crows won narrowly like 2012 semi final and in 2019

3. Crows won heavily like the infamous 2009 game at footy Park where Freo kicked 1 goal or in 2017 when crows won 143-43.



I knew tonight was gonna be close

 

[Freomaniac]

Season slipping away a bit if the crows lose this. imo they put up a good effort but freo run away with the game in the last qtr.

Sort of correct. I knew it was gonna be a close game. I will take the win. Crows were very unlucky Tonight

 

[Sentinel]

I have no idea if that is true, but in a convoluted labyrinth of missed frees and incorrect frees given throughout the game across various passages of play and moments of pressure, this is definitely one that should be highlighted and looked into.

Not saying thats the case. Purely mentioning it because it was a weird one and a howler from the umpires. It had no effect on the game whatsoever but just another example of them dropping the ball.

 

[Freomaniac]

Losing the close ones at home is never a good sign for a contender. 1-3 puts you on the back foot early. Geelong, Fremantle and the Bulldogs all smashed them in general play for long periods.

The Crows have now lost 4 home games in a row I.e every time a decent team came to town.

They might make the top 6 but it's naive to call it likely right now.

Not trying to rub salt on the crows wounds. I dislike any close losses, especially late in he season.

2024 still haunts me.

Dockers were in the top 4 with 4 games to go.

Dockers lost I Essendon by a point. Then lost to your cats in Perth by 2 goals.

Then GWS beat us narrowly in Canberra or NSW. Then Port ended our season, With a 20 point loss.

Dockers ended up 10th that year

 

[Freomaniac]

First round pick in 2018. You know... a couple picks ahead of some kid named Zak Butters.

Second game in a row at Adelaide Oval that Alex Pearce has made a massive play in the dying seconds to get Freo the win.

It was weird tonight. I felt the dockers were dead and buried midway in the 4th quarter. Then dockers found a way to win.

Go back to round 1 in 2022. Dockers looked dead and buried as well. Dockers held on to win with a Heath Chapman fist on the line and held on to a one point win.

 

[Freomaniac]

Jobe Shanahan would have marked it for sure

Maybe.... I would be more confident with a prime Jeremy McGovern or Ashley McIntosh or Darren Glass in a marking contest. But that's my personal opinion

 

[Boundryump]

Another great Friday night game unlike some of the crap dished up in the past.

 

[voorhees]

jeez, crows fans would be waking up with another bitter feeling on there mind.
at 1/3 things could have seriously been sitting at a impressive 4/0.

 

[Mr Cheese]

Finbar Saunders

All he had to do was slot it in the middle... ****ed it harder than Mr Gimlet.

 

[PerthBoy86]

Good prediction.

History when it comes to dockers vs crows games in Adelaide , especially in Adelaide oval era from 2014 onwards, here's 3 outcomes.

1. Dockers win narrowly like 2021 and 2022

2. Crows won narrowly like 2012 semi final and in 2019

3. Crows won heavily like the infamous 2009 game at footy Park where Freo kicked 1 goal or in 2017 when crows won 143-43.



I knew tonight was gonna be close

Also Crows have regressed since last year and Dockers improved. I predicted Adelaide to finish 6-8, and Dockers 3-5.

A combination of a quick, agile smaller midfield and so many marking talls up forward and down back is a scary proposition. When they move the ball quickly they're as good as anyone.

 

[Osho]

What a game! Thank goodness for footy like this.

Lots of terrif 1%s at the end by many players. And a smother wins the day, don't ya love that

Freo are fair dinkum. Fair bloody dinkum!

 

[Sentinel]

Did Fremantle receive a 6-6-6 warning at any stage during the game? Immediately after Treacy's goal (6.34 left on the clock) they had no player on the wing but somehow the umpires missed it. The player not being there had no effect on the game since there was a repeat throw up, but potentially a missed Adelaide centre free if they'd been warned earlier

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