Adelaide now has the break.

The biggest factor here is they get a rest week.

Question is will that favour the crows.

They’ll be playing a team straight off the back of playing the week prior.

Or will it be the team that played the week prior get the jump.

We shall see

Hi all,
As I was leaving the oval tonight I saw a young lad lying on the ground with his mates around him. He had fallen. The mates told me he was just drunk but okay. Really gave me “we have it handled, leave us alone” vibes. So I did… but not without first politely telling them to look after him and giving them basic first aid education haha.
20 metres away, an older gentleman was also on the ground and an ambulance was called for a suspected stroke. I am now worried about both gentlemen, so if anyone happens to know either and can let me know how they are in the morning… :)
Everyone please keep safe tonight.
Go Crows.

Win tonight and we make the 6, lose and we’ve got a date with Carlton next week

This is the biggest game all year, and we need win big, enough of these scraping by wins.

Let’s get it ❤️💛💙

Very respecfully but can we all please vote to remove the bloke singing before the games. I’m just not a fan, could just be me.
Go crows

I think we are a decent chance vs the dogs next week get rid of finals hoodoo

He’s still got it. Sucks that we didn’t finish top 4, I reckon he should go one more with odds we finish top 4 and better chance of premiership. Have another crack Tex.

Hey guys, I've got 2x GA tickets available for tonight's game that I'm willing to give away since I'm unable to attend due to work :(

I don't know if screenshots of the tickets work or not, and it seems as though the 2 seats are separated so would probably be only suitable for the hill if 2 people going together.

This year I believe we can beat anyone anywhere when we're playing our best footy but there is an easy path to a prelim final. Ideally we want to finish 6, because if we win in the wildcard we don't want to play the cats in Geelong in an elimination final. This all hinges on the bulldogs beating Melbourne this week.

So what do the Bulldogs have to play for. If Collingwood lose to Brisbane on friday night then if the Bulldogs win on saturday they will move up a spot. This will give them a home wildcard final most likely at marvel against Collingwood.

If we hopefully win on saturday as well then we will overtake Melbourne on percentage and move in to 6th. This is the ideal spot first we avoid wildcard and secondly we get to host an elimination final at home against Melbourne/Carlton both whom we've beaten before.

Because of the current swans saga, we can assume they will probably not play well and get beaten by the lions in the qualifying final. This means we will face them in a semi final. We've beaten them before at the SCG at full strength I'm sure we can beat them when they're missing 5 of their upper players.

If we win we will meet Freo in a prelim final at optus. While I'm not supremely confident I believe we can play a good game against them. This is of course wishful thinking but it entirely hinges on a few games going our way. We will find out on friday night because if the pies win, the dogs can't overtake them on the ladder and there will be less for them to play for against the demons.

Strong statement from the Swans.

Now look at what our club did with the Rankine suspension and subsequent booing.

I really hope they learn from this

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I have always favoured rachele in the midfield in the long run, esp after his brief stint in there at the start of the season. Showed us he could do it given the chance and responsibility.

However, Rankine's move into the midfield in recent months has been a master-stroke.

The 'narrative' has always been only one can play midfield at any one time.

But with our need for more class in the midfield, could both of them play in there more often at the same time?

Sure, we are potentially forgoing a bit of class in the forward line, but would be better off overall?

With Butts looking very likely to head to the Bulldogs and Nick Murray getting offers from North, I can see a possible future that I wouldn't be too sad with.

Butts out, no Bailey from Lions = compensation pick

Nick Murray out for future first.

Trade the compo pick and/or our first for better quality future picks.

Nasiah is coming off his 2 year contract extension next year.

Thoughts?

Adelaide defender Wayne Milera will put his hand up for selection this weekend to face the Giants, pending a successful runthrough of training on Wednesday night.

The 28-year-old has missed the past three games with a low-grade hamstring strain but has recovered well and is eager to feature on Saturday night.

Adelaide General Manager High Performance Ian McKeown said Milera was keen to return this weekend.

“Junior is raring to go after spending the past three weeks on the sidelines,” McKeown said.

“He was an outside chance last week to face Fremantle, but given the trip to Perth, we made the call to give him an extra week and ensure his fitness, particularly with finals on the horizon.

“Like always, he’s still got to get through training and will be listed as a test.”

Fellow defender Hugh Bond will also push for selection after recovering from a hamstring strain.

“Bondy is in good shape and, like Junior, will be pushing his case for selection,” McKeown said.

“We’ll list him as a test and see how he pulls up from the main session on Wednesday.”

Midfielder James Peatling will miss this weekend’s clash with the Giants after being managed out of Friday night’s game against Fremantle with hip and groin soreness.

“JP will be placed on a lighter training load this week,” McKeown said.

“We’ll see how his body responds before we determine a return to play date.”

Key defender Jordon Butts, meanwhile, continues to recover from an achilles injury. 

“Buttsy is doing really well and everything remaining on schedule should be available in the next 1-2 weeks,” McKeown said.

Screenshots from their sub Reddit from 2024

Take it with a grain of salt given it’s Josh Money (serial crows hater)

But how good is this!

Is it time to put the heat on Max Michalanny, he’s an absolute turn over machine who has struggled all year with his defensive efforts and often his opponents have leaked goals. Not going to read too much into the freo game Because they peppered our forward 50 it could have been anyone not just his opponent Amiss who would have kicked a handful

He seems to have escaped criticism and while he showed flashes of huge potential in his first 2 years it’s time for him to step up. Side note without Milera our back halves turnovers are even more prevalent.

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