They have got a lot of young guys playing this year and the use of the zone is only new to them - this could be exploited, some media here have found their use of it suspect. They've mainly got the new kids near the goals - Taylor Walker & crew. Media in Adelaide have just talked non stop about Walker like he's the second coming of Jesus so if we shut this guy out of the game it'll go a long way to shutting the crowd up.
Their rucks are a little suspect - Maric is now their no 1 so Gardy and King could have a good day out but it's been pretty hot here over the last few days so the boys will have to work hard. We'll need plenty of runners - thank god it's at night, I can see both teams getting plenty of numbers to the ball and running their zone up and down the ground. There will be truck loads of hand ball work. I hope lenny's ready to do a sh*t load of kilometres, perhaps this may not be a good time to bring both him and X back into the team. We're going to need our structure to hold up because if there are some unfit players they'll be found out.
Most people in Adelaide think the crows have got it in the bag, I'm really hoping to take this lot by surprise. After beating Collingwood they've gotten a little cocky about where they're at. If the hard assed saints that played last week rock up we're in good shape. We need Bakes and Dal as hard at it as they've started - this is where Adelaides kids could be found out.
Crows this year are well drilled and disciplined but not overly talented, it's going to be one of those effort for 4 quarter games. If we start like last week we could get behind and have to deal with breaking Rutten & Co down to score.
p.s. someone will need to tag Porplesia hard or he'll kick a bag. Perhaps mini!!
