Game Day QF1 Crows vs Pies 2025-09-04 - This time it's personal!

[SugarShane]

How many free kicks for Cox tonight? The umps will be begging to pay frees against us after last time and I guarantee the big shit stirrer will be into Keane, Hinge and Worrell to get them to retaliate.

In fact I'd assume they'll be going even harder on the words all over the ground considering they know it worked on one of us last time.

 

[crows dude]

No more losses to Collingwood in finals

2002
2008
2009

Fourth times a charm.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

No more losses to Collinwood in finals

2002
2009

Third times a charm.

2008...

 

[crows dude]

2008...

I knew there was a third. Must have wiped it from my brain

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I knew there was a third. Must have wiped it from my brain

Little known fact:

Adelaide swingman Scott Stevens was thrust forward during the second quarter of this game and finished with six goals.

 

[Moonwatcher]

This is my time ever attending a Crows final and definitely the most nervous I've been for a game, despite being fairly confident . Hopefully this rain stops, I don't think I'll be able to handle a low scoring slug it out kind of game.

It's perfectly cromulent to be nervous, this is a final after all. A close low scoring slog would only embiggen the squads belief.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Keane's 50th game for us tonight

He asked Tex who'll be chairing him off haha

 

[Scorpus]

Easy to forget it's also Alex Neal-Bullen

28

Alex Neal-bullen

Age

29

Ht

182cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.3

4star

K

8.7

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

4.1

5star

CL

1.4

4star

D

10.5

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

4.5

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

1.5

2star

CL

0.5

3star

D

10.0

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.4

2star

T

2.0

4star

CL

0.2

2star

's 200th

 

[Moonwatcher]

Keane's 50th game for us tonight

He asked Tex who'll be chairing him off haha

Hope Tex gave him an Irish goodbye

 

[pjcrows]

Little known fact:

Adelaide swingman Scott Stevens was thrust forward during the second quarter of this game and finished with six goals.

Neil Craig mentioned this at every press conference after that, often unprompted.

 

[Betts are off]

Evening up clearances would be good, but we don't need to win them. We are the best at forcing teams into a quick turnover post clearance through our pressure and then setup from there.

I think us winning or even just drawing level in clearances is big for momentum. When we start overwhelming sides its usually off the back of repeated center clearances. And vice versa when teams get runs on us its almost always off the back of repeated center clearances.

Our backs have staved off quite a few runs of clearances against. But it would be nice to not be so reliant on that

 

[MarcusP2]

Keane's 50th game for us tonight

He asked Tex who'll be chairing him off haha

No doubt Tex smiled and nodded as he has no idea what he said.

 

[Betts are off]

No more losses to Collingwood in finals

2002
2008
2009

Fourth times a charm.

You know 12 Crows players were not born when we lost in 2002 right?

Probably ok to let the trauma of that one go.

 

[Betts are off]

Easy to forget it's also Alex Neal-Bullen's 200th

10 of which have been finals, which is probably the experience that will be most valuable tonight.

 

[Stephen2]

let the trauma of that one go.

You know what we need for that to happen.

 

[ams4crows]

Can we just Win, I don't care how just please have more points than them when the final siren goes.


Would be really nice if they were enough In front with 10 minutes to go that I won't feel like I'm having a heart attack

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Beautiful day already! Will be prime conditions for our talls to dominate in the air.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I'm glad McStay is out. Yeah, he doesn't do enough overall but he can actually clunk a grab sometimes and kick straight. Mason Cox

46

Mason Cox

Age

34

Ht

211cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.7

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

3.5

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.2

4star

D

6.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.3

2star

T

0.3

1star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.0

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.8

5star

is a non-factor.

 

[ams4crows]

Starting the prayers early

 

[jenny61_99]

are you the younger brother of Cromulant

Oh lord, I'm so confused!

 

[Scorpus]

I'm glad McStay is out. Yeah, he doesn't do enough overall but he can actually clunk a grab sometimes and kick straight. Mason Cox is a non-factor.

Really weird selection call from them. It would be like if we still had Jake Kelly on the list and we decided to play him instead of Michalanney

 

[Geoffa32]

Waited 8 years for this.

Hope Tex has a big one.


Let's get some......

 

[Pilchard_Adams]

I always feel like seeing this ambulance is a good omen, no matter who we are playing

 

[1990crow]