Stuart Waitley

And they've got to get some forward half turnovers to restrict Geelong's corridor movement and get it out of their back half.

So...

So, yeah, as I said, typically the Cats will want to go out and around and exit wide.

That's fine.

You can't let Geelong's half forwards be the recipients of those outlet kicks, those exit kicks.

So, yeah, high alert for the Crows defenders.

They've got to limit the Geelong half forwards from having any impact on this game at all.

Let them go into density, but don't let them get that lateral kick mark release.

That's probably going to be the focus tonight for the Crows if they are going to beat Geelong.

Cats have won nine of the past 10 against the Crows and six in a row.

Does that imply that Matty Nix needs to do something different?

Yeah, I thought about this.

If you're Nixie tonight and the record's not good, nine of the last 10 they've lost.

Do you go overboard with changing how you play?

But then I looked at the margins.

I mean, it's eight points, 19 points, five points, 19 points, 18 points.

So there are two to three goal better side at the moment, Geelong, when they play Adelaide.

So I think that when you look at it, Geelong this year in offense are averaging 102 points per game.

The Crows are averaging 89.

So it's two goals.