Where and When: Adelaide Oval, Sunday 23 August at 1:05pm (AEST)
Last time they met: Geelong 14.12 (96) def Adelaide 10.9 (69) at GMHBA
What it means to Adelaide: Do they have any pride? If they do, they will want to chalk up a win at some stage this season. For now, the fans of the Crows will accept some signs of improvement against the Cats.
What it means to Geelong: This is one of those annoying games where the Cats should win easily so they will receive no credit if they win but they will suffer condemnation if they lose. Geelong just need to chalk up a comfortable win, and avoid injuries.
Supercoach Watch: Laird, Crouch and Brodie Smith are the more popular Crows while for Geelong, Dangerfield, Duncan, Stewart, Menegola and Tom Hawkins are in plenty of sides (or soon will be).
Thommo Watch: I will be glued to Rory Laird, whose mid-season resurgence has helped my SC squad.
Thommo’s Tip: Do I need to tell you?
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Hey coaches,
Thoughts on Duncan as captain ? Can’t decide between him as a Smokey or just rolling with Neale.
TU – Slam Dunks
TD – Neale
No Late Changes to either team. #AFLCrowsCats
Who to field?
TU: Close
TD: Bytel
Who to field?
THU : Close
TD: D Cameron
Thinking Close as no guarantee that Cameron is in the final for tomorrow yet?
Play Close Bytel Schoenberg or take Aarts 57
Tu danger as cpt
Td he plays fwd
HALF TIME – Cats lead the Crows by 7 points – 4.5.29 to 3.4.22
CROWS
Matt Crouch 66
Rory Laird 60
Reilly O’Brien 51
Rory Sloane 46
Chayce Jones 45
Harry Schoenberg 43
David Mackay 36
E. Himmelberg 35
Lachlan Murphy 34
Ben Keays 33
Myles Poholke 31
Brodie Smith 31
Taylor Walker 31
Luke Brown 30
Darcy Fogarty 29
Tyson Stengle* 27
Kyle Hartigan 27
Shane McAdam 23
Jordon Butts 19
Lachlan Sholl 15
Ben Crocker 15
Jake Kelly 13
CATS
Rhys Stanley 78
Jack Steven 72
Mark Blicavs 69
Brandan Parfitt 66
Cameron Guthrie 63
Mitch Duncan 55
Tom Stewart 52
P. Dangerfield 46
Jordan Clark 42
Gryan Miers 39
Tom Hawkins 38
Sam Menegola 36
Jake Kolodjashnij 35
Jack Henry 35
Esava Ratugolea 33
Bradley Close 32
Mark O’Connor 30
Tom Atkins 30
Jed Bews 29
Lachie Henderson 26
Luke Dahlhaus 24
Gary Rohan 18
Thanks Lisa
Alot closer than i would have thought
THanks for doing the scores Lisa
Is umpiring that hard? FFS
You take on a tackler, you get caught and don’t dispose of it properly – FREE
It’s getting beyond a joke. What happened to the days where you didn’t notice them? They are deciding games more than ever before.
Especially last night,although staging played a big part in umpiring decisions
3/4 Time – could we be in for the upset of the season – Cats by 9 points
CROWS
Matt Crouch 109
Rory Laird 92
Reilly O’Brien 69
Lachlan Murphy 69
Rory Sloane 68
Kyle Hartigan 65
David Mackay 59
Ben Keays 56
Chayce Jones 52
Harry Schoenberg 51
Darcy Fogarty 50
Brodie Smith 48
Myles Poholke 48
E. Himmelberg 48
Shane McAdam 40
Taylor Walker 36
Tyson Stengle* 36
Luke Brown 31
Jordon Butts 30
Ben Crocker 27
Lachlan Sholl 27
Jake Kelly 20
CATS
Rhys Stanley 95
Mark Blicavs 93
Jack Steven 91
Brandan Parfitt 89
Cameron Guthrie 88
Mitch Duncan 88
Tom Stewart 85
Sam Menegola 77
Tom Hawkins 76
P. Dangerfield 66
Gryan Miers 61
Lachie Henderson 58
Jake Kolodjashnij 50
Esava Ratugolea 47
Tom Atkins 46
Jordan Clark 45
Bradley Close 45
Jack Henry 44
Luke Dahlhaus 40
Mark O’Connor 37
Jed Bews 36
Gary Rohan 32
Crows fans, what are thoughts on Keays over the next few years? Does he have much improvement to come?
Very robotical
Hard at it and gives his all but below average skills. Good run with player.
Thanks Stu! I haven’t seen many Crows games, but Keays interests me. Trying to gauge him as a starting mid-price for next year.
Do you think he’d be able to develop his disposals and decision-making in the off-season to get sort of mid-way between where he is and a J.Steele-type?
Resilient, defensive midfielder with good endurance, hit that 85+ per game (and occasional breakout)?
With a rebuild, you’d think one or two of the senior mids will move out to make way for the youth, but Keays could hold that mid spot while the draft picks or big trades come through. I think he’d compliment someone like Will Phillips from the draft.
Jack Steven looking very sore.