Where and When: Adelaide Oval, Wednesday 5 August at 8:10pm (AEST)
Last time they met: Rd 11, 2019: Adelaide 14.6 (90) def Melbourne 12.16 (88) in Darwin.
What it means for Adelaide: Do I need to repeat it? The Crows kind of need to win a game at some stage! Even though most fans have no expectations of Adelaide, their capitulation to the Roos was disgraceful last week and they are going to cop some heat if they fold like a cheap deck of cards again.
What it means for Melbourne: Unofficially this is their bye round. If they don’t win, the pressure that the Crows are feeling will be stacked on the Demons’ shoulders.
Supercoach Watch: Petracca is a Petrappa no longer, Viney is kind of doing ok and Oliver is returning to the top of the midfield tree. For Adelaide: Meh.
Thommo’s Watch: I still own Laird and I’m hoping he can get himself up to a 95 point average. Please…
Thommo’s Tip: Melbourne will suck less, Dees by 20 points.
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Laird starts in the middle
Free kick Victoria
Goal
I have Gawn Petra cca
Go Boyz
Sling tackle
Concusses
No 5o?
Go Victoria
He got the free kick after he dropped the ball. No 50 needed.
Dermie has stuck to the game but could the rest of these twits actually commentate on the footy? Adelaide just kicked a goal whilst Eddie was still banging on about “dinner dates”.
The good ol’ days we would turn the TV volume off and the radio on.
That was when there was radio protocol, when DJs didn’t talk over each other…….
Too many egos / celebrities in commentary (Brian Taylor). They think supporters turn on For them rather than to watch footy.
The stooges are stooges
Lol a throw is a throw …….
Go Victoria
Vandenburger you dimwit
Lol free kick Victoria
free kicks 8 Adelaide only 2 Melbourne
Fake news
Victorians are all real smart
And have made smart decisions to control the virus threat..
Victoria is just the 1 st state
Its just because people in society are selfish , stupid & pretty much a waste if skin
2400 diagnosed to stay home
& 800 were out & about infecting others
Sydney ppl not wearing masks are a ticking timebomb
Then of course they’ll blame someone else
Every state will have to deal with the virus at different stages
It’ll go on for years
Half Time – After 9 straight losses as Adelaide coach, and 9 team changes, is Matthew Nicks going to break the drought? Melbourne with a slim lead of 5 points. Hamill from the Crows out for the night with concussion after a sling tackle by Demon Neal-Bullen.
ADEL
Rory Laird 74
Matt Crouch 72
Tom T. Lynch 70
Luke Brown 67
Ben Keays 56
Paul Seedsman 55
Daniel Talia 53
Lachlan Sholl 50
E. Himmelberg 43
Ned McHenry 36
Fischer McAsey 35
Lachlan Murphy 31
David Mackay 30
Darcy Fogarty 28
Jake Kelly 27
Chayce Jones 26
Tom Doedee 24
Taylor Walker 24
Ben Crocker 19
Harry Schoenberg 18
Reilly O’Brien 5
Will Hamill 5
MELB
Clayton Oliver 76
Jack Viney 62
Max Gawn 62
Ed Langdon 59
Christian Petracca 51
Luke Jackson* 51
Tom Sparrow 51
Sam Weideman 50
James Harmes 47
Steven May 44
Christian Salem 39
Bayley Fritsch 39
Jake Melksham 35
Jake Lever 35
Nathan Jones 30
Michael Hibberd 24
Jay Lockhart 21
Adam Tomlinson 19
Angus Brayshaw 17
Aaron Vandenberg 17
Harley Bennell 7
Alex Neal-Bullen 2
I feel for Melb supporters. Their team is painful. They need psychologists, not coaches.
Demons all seemed too worried to make a mistake so They don’t play with any confidence…. and then they make mistakes
Bennell does not look interested, hopefully he makes his breakeven
Anyone having trouble getting into SC?
What’s the go with ROB? 88% game time for 5 points!
Was B.Smith a late out?
Yes
Come on Petracca and Gawn get the triple figures!
Really enjoying this match.
Well can i reverse my VC to Oliver
Clarry pushing for the double ton here
Wait a minute why isn’t Gawn in the ruck
Playing injured
damn feel like he might be rested the next game
200 Oliver Bloody hell
202 pts
Stop hogging the pts clarry
*204
Very happy with that game:
Clarry
Tracca
Laird
Gawn
Doedee
Great game by Oliver, not just SC, but he dominated the game
Gawn finished up very sore at the end there. Is it worth spending one of my last 13 trades to bring in Draper as some cover?
This is a brutal game, had vc on neale, changed to dusty late. Tossing up take Oliver or stick to Max, stuck with Max! Any way they all scored pretty well!!
I know how you feel stuck the VC on Oliver cause they were Vsing Adelaide change it last minute to Gawn….
He has been interviewed post game and has come into the game with a tear in his shoulder (lat area) so might be in doubt for their next game as well.
FULL TIME – Very impressive 2nd half from the Demons who run out 51 point winners -Clarrie huge with a double ton, and Gawny spent a bit of time resting in the forward line.
CROWS
Luke Brown 120
Rory Laird 119
Matt Crouch 114
Tom T. Lynch 100
Ben Keays 92
Tom Doedee 89
E. Himmelberg 85
Paul Seedsman 76
Daniel Talia 76
Lachlan Murphy 67
Ben Crocker 66
David Mackay 61
Harry Schoenberg 59
Fischer McAsey 58
Jake Kelly 54
Darcy Fogarty 52
Lachlan Sholl 52
Reilly O’Brien 50
Ned McHenry 42
Chayce Jones 31
Taylor Walker 26
Will Hamill 4
DEMONS
Clayton Oliver 204
Christian Petracca 130
Max Gawn 109
Jack Viney 107
Jake Lever 104
Steven May 99
Sam Weideman 94
Angus Brayshaw 90
Christian Salem 86
Bayley Fritsch 86
Luke Jackson* 85
Jake Melksham 82
Tom Sparrow 78
Ed Langdon 77
James Harmes 65
Nathan Jones 64
Michael Hibberd 57
Jay Lockhart 48
Harley Bennell 42
Aaron Vandenberg 41
Adam Tomlinson 37
Alex Neal-Bullen 22
Thanks for the scores all night Lisa!
Yep
3 cheers for Lisa
A warm welcome to recruit Petracca……complimenting Clarrie nicely with no byes to come. Zerrett is looking forward to joining you on Friday.
Wow! Absolutely love this honesty!
Gawn on fox footy just admitted that he has a tear in his ‘Lat’ muscle in his upper back.
Very close to not playing, but decision was made that he could play without doing further damage to it, but needs to be careful with it.
Could be something he carries for the rest of the year. Won’t make me trade him out, but most definitely could impact C/VC decisions week to week….
PS…I love Max in the media, absolute champ and funny to boot
That’s why I liked Swanny too he had that difference about him definitely no robot.