Game Day Showdown 58 : Adelaide V Port Adelaide : 29-28

[GreyCrow]

This is it! The greatest sporting rivalry hits Adelaide Oval tonight

With a wet day expected the usual worry-warts are all doom and gloom about '' its always close dont jinx it '' this looks to be a fizzer early with Port struggling to keep in touch with a rampaging Crows and the almighty Matthew Nicks

Matthew Nicks

Age

50

Ht

187cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

9.4

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.4

3star

leading from the front with precise plans and counter-plans

This should be a wet one though with the 4 day rain event not even yet 2 days in. The ground drainage will be a source of debate but it should still be a solid surface



This was round 9

Brayden Cook has returned for Isaac Cumming

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Isaac Cumming

Age

27

Ht

188cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.2

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.3

4star

CL

1.0

3star

D

9.5

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.5

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

2.5

3star

CL

0.0

1star

D

10.6

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

1.2

4star

who will have to wait for next week for his 100th game

Mark Keane game 50
Jordan Dawson

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Jordan Dawson

Age

28

Ht

190cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

5.7

4star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.8

4star

CL

0.6

3star

D

15.7

4star

K

10.9

4star

HB

4.9

3star

M

2.9

3star

T

2.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

D

11.8

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.0

5star

CL

0.6

3star

game 150

For Port its Rozee , McEntee and Berry back in

Rozee with a sore hand will come under attention

Eyes down 7:40 tonight

Crows x 30+

 

[CrowToon]

Ez win

 

[1990crow]

Greetings from Cologne. Sadly fly back tomorrow to watch us win a flag.

 

[CrowBloke]

What kinda footy nerd starts a thread at 0546?? (damn your Ninja fingers)

This is it! The greatest sporting rivalry hits Adelaide Oval tonight
With a wet day expected the usual worry-warts are all doom and gloom about '' its always close dont jinx it '' this looks to be a fizzer early with Port struggling to keep in touch with a rampaging Crows and the almighty Matthew Nicks leading from the front with precise plans and counter-plans

Wtf is this, too --- "rampaging Crows and the almighty Matthew Nicks"?
I see your conversion to the Nicks Side is complete:

Take your medication.
Please.

This should be a wet one though with the 4 day rain event not even yet 2 days in. The ground drainage will be a source of debate but it should still be a solid surface

Yeah, but slippery which will bring us back to them a fair bit.

Crows x 30+

I agree, 4+ goals, even in the wet with a top-heavy forward line.
I'll be watching in my Outback Motel (no AFL on Ch7, but Showdown is on 7MATE).
GO Crows!!

 

[chazwazza]

What kinda footy nerd starts a thread at 0546?? (damn your Ninja fingers)

Wtf is this, too "rampaging Crows and the almighty Matthew Nicks"?
I see your conversion to the Nicks Side is complete:
View attachment 2377228
Take your medication.
Please.

Yeah, but slippery which will bring us back to them a fair bit.

I agree, 4+ goals, even in the wet with a top-heavy forward line.
I'll be watching in my Outback Motel (no AFL on Ch7, but Showdown is on 7MATE).
GO Crows!!

GC is slipping…..if he was on his game and his meds he would’ve posted it at 01.19am.
One job GC! One job.

This should be a shellacking but Showdowns are never a certainty.
Happy for Cook to get another go at it.
SANFL Showdown on 7 at 4pm
Adelaide 54
Adelaide SANFL 119

 

[CrowBloke]

GC is slipping…..if he was on his game and his meds he would’ve posted it at 01.19am.
One job GC! One job.

Gold .

Oldness. (I should know )

 

[dogs105]

Crows by Eleventy Nine points

 

[BunjiMC]

With all the rain I wouldn't mind giving Tex a rest.

Crows by 28 with Tex
Crows by 44 without Tex

 

[FullyBigKPro]

Pedlar to have a sneaky good night in the predicted weather...

Rankine to dominate and win the medal

 

[1990crow]

Crows by Eleventy Nine points

Up by 125 with 30 seconds to go at half back Dan Curtin turns around and laces out Jed McEntee at full back on the goal line to allow Port the honours of bringing the margin back by 6 points.

 

[baldandbroke]

I’m still super wary of showdowns - lots of examples of crazy upsets compared to ladder positions.

Have we been reading the papers? Have individuals noticed how highly ranked they are becoming?

They are undermanned, nothing to lose and sending off Hinkley.

 

[Crow till I die]

Crows by Eleventy Nine points

And thilthorpe will kick



Goals

 

[FR0GGY]

Butters worries me in these conditions.
Lucky there’s only 1 player that worries me though.

 

[Carn The Texan]

If we are professional and can trust our results this year (and I am starting to believe we might be able to) we have the result stitched up by half time. Git er done

 

[Peter Doherty]

The SANFL game is at Adelaide Oval today.

The weather may not be too bad by 7:40, but a game being played on the ground during the day may impact things a bit.

 

[FR0GGY]

The SANFL game is at Adelaide Oval today.

The weather may not be too bad by 7:40, but a game being played on the ground during the day may impact things a bit.

Would they shift it?

 

[Peter Doherty]

Would they shift it?

Wouldn't think so, considering there was a chance of this all week and it wasn't moved earlier.

 

[footy4ever]

If we get a bit of dry, Crows by plenty.

If conditions stay shit, Crows by 2-3 goals.

The win is not negotiable if we are serious about September. The margin is only negotiable because of the equaliser weather.

 

[GreyCrow]

Pedlar to have a sneaky good night in the predicted weather...

Rankine to dominate and win the medal

Keays 4 goals
Curtin Showdown Medal

 

[Bovo]

There is wet weather footy and then there is wet weather footy. Rain doesn’t remove a players ability to play footy unless it’s so wet the ground is full of puddles and mud. It will be a spectacle and we can still play our style of footy. I think our forward line is going to present a lot of difficulties for them.

 

[Crow till I die]

Butters worries me in these conditions.
Lucky there’s only 1 player that worries me though.

Great time for us to run with max as a 'defensive' forward on Rozee and put a hard tag on butters.shut those 2 out and then it may well be a free for all

 

[Crow-eater]

Just win. Weather is a great leveller and they will be up for it. Match their intensity early and just win.

 

[Moonwatcher]

The SANFL game is at Adelaide Oval today.

The weather may not be too bad by 7:40, but a game being played on the ground during the day may impact things a bit.

Does a ticket to the showdown get you in to the SANFL game?

 

[pjcrows]

We've seen a fair bit over the last month in a variety of circumstances and conditions to know that we're on a positive trajectory. In this weather you just take 4 points with no injuries, any margin. Got the lurgy going round so probably won't get there.

 

[SugarShane]

Taking the boy along tonight for his first Showdown, don't think our seats are quite undercover so could be a miserable experience comfort wise.

Game wise, just win. It's going to be sloppy and dire so I don't care if it's a point or 119, just win. And hope that the filth don't try and put any of us in hospital again.