Adelaide

Crouch an emergency???
We don't have THAT much midfield depth!

Yes we do.

I'm dead keen to see what the kid can do, but I can understand the move.

The first game of round 1 is a very hot kitchen, I can understand why their holding him off for a week or two more.

Midfield got their pants pulled down tonight. Defence worked hard, attack did okay, but the midfield was terrible.

Long season though, not such a bad thing to start the year with a loss. Make a few of the young fellas realise that it's not just gonna happen, the need to work hard for it.

Essendon always start the season pumped up! ...ahem.

Yes I saw some good and some bad too.

Only one way to go and that's up.

The saddest thing - my news thread on Facebook being filled up with Essendon supporters

But to be fair - if the tables were turned....

Rory Sloane - what a player !!

That is all

Mr Dangerfield goes alright too. Sloane kept us in it and Dangerfield dragged us over the line.

Rory Laird, the little West Adelaide champion, upgraded to the main list today

Gun.

Does that mean someone is on the long term injury list?

Chambo Off To Work We Go wrote:Does that mean someone is on the long term injury list?

Sam Shaw I think.

howthewestwaswon wrote:

Chambo Off To Work We Go wrote:Does that mean someone is on the long term injury list?

Sam Shaw I think.

Correct.

I'm going to exercise my 'there's no such thing as a dumb question card'   

Do the Crows have any (mathematical or otherwise) chance of making the 8?

Thank you in advance.

Yes, but their claim is more distant than Carlton, Brisbane and North Melbourne.

Adelaide would have to smash the WCE in Perth.
And Hope Port smash Carlton.
And hope Nth Melbourne and Brisbane lose.

Easy!  

Cool !!  

lol

That's exactly how I needed it to be written - thanks COTWWG

Read somewhere the combined win for Adelaide and loss for Carlton needs to be 63 points or more (ie Adelaide win by 33 and Carlton lose by 30)

Yea I've seen that too brodlach, but to be honest we don't deserve to be there with the season we've had. To get in in those circumstances would be no more than a consolation, and we would be bundled out in the first round you would think.

Hey Shussh  ....lol.

We have the 'fight' - we just need to produce it / put it all together at the right times !  

Gingernuts wrote:Yea I've seen that too brodlach, but to be honest we don't deserve to be there with the season we've had. To get in in those circumstances would be no more than a consolation, and we would be bundled out in the first round you would think.

Apparently Andrew Demetriou could say the same for Essendon

Gingernuts wrote:Yea I've seen that too brodlach, but to be honest we don't deserve to be there with the season we've had. To get in in those circumstances would be no more than a consolation, and we would be bundled out in the first round you would think.

Agree but none of those 4 or 5 battling it out really deserve that 8th spot. If Carlton had beaten Essendon last week, this would all mean zilch as they would already have 8th locked up. They've lost so many games they should have won. Brisbane have copped some floggings this year, just look at their % for proof of that. North Probably deserve it more than anyone else but hell, if we are in that 8th position by the end of Saturday, I have no problem being a Collingwood fan for a day on Sunday  

We won't be in the box seat by the end of Saturday night though. Even if Carlton lose, Brisbane lose and we win, it won't be enough. Can't see Port flogging Carlton or us flogging West Coast. Doubt we'll even win, we haven't won 2 in a row since May.

And part of that 2 in a row was wins over GWS and St Kilda

Aren't we a sorry lot?  

2013 Club Champion Leaderboard

Rory Sloane - 71
Richard Douglas – 68
Patrick Dangerfield – 60
Daniel Talia – 60
Andy Otten – 51
Luke Brown – 47
Scott Thompson – 45
Ben Rutten – 41
Tom Lynch – 40
Brad Crouch – 39

Sam Jacobs – 36
Brodie Smith – 35
Bernie Vince – 35
Rory Laird – 34
Sam Kerridge – 26
Ricky Henderson – 25
Nathan van Berlo – 25
Matthew Wright – 22
Josh Jenkins – 21
David Mackay – 20
Brent Reilly – 18
Jason Porplyzia – 13
Mitch Grigg – 12
Jared Petrenko – 12
Jarryd Lyons – 11
Matthew Jaensch – 9
Taylor Walker – 8
Kyle Hartigan – 7
Shaun McKernan – 7
Lewis Johnston – 6
Ian Callinan – 6
Richard Tambling – 6
Aidan Riley – 1
Sam Shaw – 1

The captain finished 17th  

Rory Sloane - what a superstar!
Well deserved.

So the story is that Betts wants to come to Adelaide, who will Adelaide be trading to Carlton to make the deal happen?