Preview Crows v Sainters 12th v 2nd Sat 4pm Docklands

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Do we not do Face offs any more? Apologies and pls merge if we do.

This game is make or break. Time to stake our claim.

St Kilda have carried all before them so far with the addition of Ratten to the coaches' box, but I'm not convinced just yet.

Conversely the crows had their confidence dented in Rnd 1 by perennial bogey club Hawthorn and have been slow to recover, including an insipid surrender to cellar dwellers Hobart, I mean still North Melbourne, at the same venue as this weekend's clash.

I feel on paper we are better than our current 12th place, but we finished 12th last year so I could be delusional.

The media scribes were already piling on before last week's game... all quiet on the eastern front for the time being though.

All noise aside, one thing is certain. Win this and we are back on an even keel with some winnable games to come.

St Kilda have found form playing fast footy. In contrast, the crows have been stuttering. Until last week that is.

With our backs against the wall against an in form gold coast we went back to our roots. We played on. We played fast. We played direct. We won.

My main concern is that I hope we don't look at the Saint's fast game and decide to try to slow the game down. For mine that is our unnatural game and gives us time to panic and make back decisions. Our Achilles' heel.

Come on Pykey. Give the boys free licence to play our fast trademark game. Let's have a shoot out. Get down on the bench again and let's ride the wave.

Milera out is not ideal after Seedsman too, but Geary is a big loss for the oppo.

Come at them with win-at-all-costs pressure and keep our scores from turnover back up at the level like last week. Put some scoreboard pressure on their young list and we will have every opportunity to forge a season building win.

Above all, don't fluff it at selection. The Jenkinless forward line was an unqualified success.

Give em hell Adelaide!
 

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All week I’ve thought St.Kilda....
But the longer the week has gone on the confident I feel
Looking at their form abit deeper

Rnd1. 1 point win over the team we belted by 12 goals

Rnd2. Small win over an out of form bombers at the time

Rnd3. Loss

Rnd4. Snuck home against Hawks who were 2 rotations down

Rnd5. Beat Melbourne who’ve been garbage


If we’re serious and bring our A game, their free running style suits us as we can play our way too

Crows by 16
 
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Make or break

Not because these 4 points matter more than any other

But because if we are any good then we should squash the Saints no problem

This game will be a great indicator of whether we are a competitive team this year, or not.
 

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All week I’ve thought St.Kilda....
But the longer the week has gone on the confident I feel
Looking at their form abit deeper

Rnd1. 1 point win over the team we belted by 12 goals

Rnd2. Small win over an out of form bombers at the time

Rnd3. Loss

Rnd4. Snuck home against Hawks who were 2 rotations down

Rnd5. Beat Melbourne who’ve been garbage


If we’re serious and bring our A game, their free running style suits us as we can play our way too

Crows by 16
Exactly. I'm a big believer in the saying you make your own luck. But I do feel the saints have been riding their luck a bit as well. I don't think the ladder is anywhere near settled yet.

Let's have a good old fashioned shoot out. That's our game. We're better and more experienced at it. If we're going to do anything this year we should be able to roll over them.
 
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Do we not do Face offs any more? Apologies and pls merge if we do.

This game is make or break. Time to stake our claim.

St Kilda have carried all before them so far with the addition of Ratten to the coaches' box, but I'm not convinced just yet.

Conversely the crows had their confidence dented in Rnd 1 by perennial bogey club Hawthorn and have been slow to recover, including an insipid surrender to cellar dwellers Hobart, I mean still North Melbourne, at the same venue as this weekend's clash.

I feel on paper we are better than our current 12th place, but we finished 12th last year so I could be delusional.

The media scribes were already piling on before last week's game... all quiet on the eastern front for the time being though.

All noise aside, one thing is certain. Win this and we are back on an even keel with some winnable games to come.

St Kilda have found form playing fast footy. In contrast, the crows have been stuttering. Until last week that is.

With our backs against the wall against an in form gold coast we went back to our roots. We played on. We played fast. We played direct. We won.

My main concern is that I hope we don't look at the Saint's fast game and decide to try to slow the game down. For mine that is our unnatural game and gives us time to panic and make back decisions. Our Achilles' heel.

Come on Pykey. Give the boys free licence to play our fast trademark game. Let's have a shoot out. Get down on the bench again and let's ride the wave.

Milera out is not ideal after Seedsman too, but Geary is a big loss for the oppo.

Come at them with win-at-all-costs pressure and keep our scores from turnover back up at the level like last week. Put some scoreboard pressure on their young list and we will have every opportunity to forge a season building win.

Above all, don't fluff it at selection. The Jenkinless forward line was an unqualified success.

Give em hell Adelaide!
Good post, mate. I have us down for a win, we have won last 8 with 7 of them scoring 100 or more points. Let’s keep them our bitch!


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Don't let our win against a deplorable gold coast fool you. We are so far from it at the moment. That first quarter last week was maybe the worst I've seen us play, ever. Saints by 32.
I thought that first quarter wasn't pretty but at least it showed intent against a side with belief. We played at least 4 worse quarters against north.
 
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