Luke Hodge

So kudos to what Jordan Dawson has been able to do.

But yeah, what he's been through, it's numbing how painful he must be.

Yeah, I know when I got drafted, you had Shane Crawford there who is as good a lead as what I've seen as far as lead by your actions.

This is the next level.

This is someone who is totally committed to the course of what they needed to do.

So if you've got any young person coming to an AFL club, especially Adelaide, you sit there and go and just follow what this person does, how he acts, how he is, the kind of person he is on the field, off the field.

A great role model for any young footballer, whether it's Adelaide or not, coming through the system to someone.

If you want to watch closely, you'll learn a lot.

Yes, I think so.

I think with the teams that they've lost to and how they've lost, but it's also that competitive...

competitive side of things, it seems like they're getting back into it.

The midfield seems to be back a bit more hardened.

Defensively, they've been really sound of late.

They're offensive as much as they were really good on Thursday night.

Offensively, they need to be more consistent to really damage some higher-end teams.

But what I've seen of late, a nice win against Geelong, and then what they did to the Doggies, even though they were on demand.

I'd say a few Adelaide Crow supporters over there would have a decent smile on their face knowing what they were able to do on the back end of last year on that run home.

I was concerned earlier.

There was no combative effort against them.

You saw what they did.