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Chapter 1: What happened in the Round 13 match between the Crows and the Cats?
Get one's real pleasing. You know, great side. Geelong are such a great side, have been for so long.
I think it's 21 the last time we beat them. For me, it's more about the way we did it, the way we got it done. You know, deep down, I just know how good we are. And it's hard sometimes to sort of walk in here and talk to that. But I will today. The boys executed under immense pressure and, you know, incredibly proud of the way they went about it. And they deserved the result.
Matthew Nix, the Adelaide coach on Thursday night. Crunch time for the all-new Ford Ranger Wolf Track V6 and Azito brushless power tools built to work. Azito, do you. You didn't have to stretch to find the dramatic interpretation of season on the line.
And then when you were watching it, as soon as they ran out and stopped at the banner and they were there for a prolonged period of time for one more, you go, oh, I know exactly what this is. And they played like it. Yeah. Play with emotion, and that's what we want from all clubs. And they played like the season was on the line.
I think the conditions suited them, Kane, too, because I think they were pretty dour. Win the contest, bring in the pressure, bring the heat, and then hopefully a top-end talent can get it done. And that probably undersells them a little bit, but the conditions... But mind you, last time they played down at GMHBA Stadium, it was the same, but they were the hunters the other night.
Yeah, they were definitely on the front foot, and it didn't feel like that... at the Cattery. So well done. He was so happy. You could tell how so proud. You've been saying this. This is exactly how he feels. We are better than this. Come on, believe. You know, so, I mean, all you want as a coach is someone to believe in you. And he's got that in spades.
So for him to go, I don't want to talk about it, but I will. Because that was so good. And that was such a great feeling. And that's why you coach. You know, you're having a glass of red that night. You're coding the game. And you're so proud of your boys. And
you know it's led by the captain obviously and we can talk about that in detail and the way they went about it Kane was first class because they weren't always it was going both ways wasn't it?
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Chapter 2: How did the Crows execute under pressure against the Cats?
Absolutely in the balance you know line them up talent for talent you'd pick Geelong every day of the week particularly with no Phil Thorpe no Rankin but everything you said about their Best pressure team in the comp, best tackling team in the comp. Some of their tackling, they laid 88 of them, plus 26, I think it was, in tackles. And they were big, full-body tackles.
Their commitment, there was Taylor, the ground ball, inside 450 earlier. Taylor's attacking the ball like that. Wow. Hang on a second. Is that a compliment?
No, no.
It's Zach Taylor. Zach Taylor.
not not not the text version but he was pretty good too i'm happy to give him i'm happy to give him a compliment i thought he was excellent i thought he was clean and smart but players like the the lesser lights that were willing to sacrifice their body and then you had a couple of sort of finger sort of tackles from geelong you know okay there's a there's a difference here now they did ramp it up the cats i thought the longer the game went on and later in the third term when it was in the balance but
Yeah, that was one of those home-and-away ones where you've got one fit player on the bench at stage in the last quarter, and you go, if there's still 10 minutes to go, we've got one fit player. If they can pull this off when they were challenged, they'll remember it forever, and it gives them a great opportunity to set their season up, albeit it's not going to be easy.
Like, this injury list is building, and there's some players that are playing sore, I think, but Curtin coming back in really helps, and his form now starting to turn for them. And they found a couple of... a couple of players that now look like genuine AFL players and a couple that have got their touch back.
Like McElhaney didn't have a big night, but he did a good job on camera when he needed to. I thought he had zip and he had speed that I hadn't seen a lot of this year. So there's some good signs for them.
He had a good night in the box, Matthew Nix, Kane, and often against Geelong, that has been the critique, is he hasn't stacked up, but what he plotted, he got to work.
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Chapter 3: What strategies did the Crows use to secure their victory?
His physical status is a real question at the moment. And a little bit more on Jordan Dawson as well, because what he was able to do, quite heroic and deeply emotional. He's living a unique season. He is holding up to it in a football sense remarkably well. And hopefully the admiration is clear. I hope the plaudits are there at the end of the year for it as well.
So Adam Simpson and Cain Corns running their eye across the events of Thursday night on Crunch Time. And then we'll broaden out to the news topics of the week and the Saturday of footy ahead. A point to the Round 13 edition of Crunch Time. The first hour is there on the podcast to those who are just joining us for the first time.
The breakdown of the Bulldogs' six-point win over Hawthorne and all the angst that was involved in that game. Rory Lobb was our guest. We're chatting the events of Thursday night footy. Kane Corns and Adam Simpson in place. Gerard Whaley and Tom Morris as well. And the debate is on Jeremy Cameron at the moment, Kane.
Yeah, I mean, he's one of, if not the best forward in the game. I just feel like if the opposition coach, you're pretty happy when he's coming off the wing. Now, I know he plays everywhere. I know he calls it a little bit of himself. And when he's got a matchup that he likes, that he feels like their weakness, his opponent is more up the ground, he'll take him up the ground.
If he feels like he's got a weakness with him, he'll take him deep. And he has that full license to call that. This felt a fraction different because he wasn't necessarily starting as a forward. Now... I think it's because they have a number of forwards.
So if you're putting both the Henry boys there and Neil, who they need to get going, well, Cameron's the one with a bit of versatility that can sort of get out of the way a little bit. But I think that's the wrong way around. I'd be saying Cameron's your linchpin there. And then we'll structure the forward line around him.
I feel like it was a missed opportunity with Michael Ainey, who's a good player, but he's not going to be able to restrict Jeremy Cameron even in those conditions for a full game. So maybe on reflection, they got that one a fraction wrong. We had as quiet a game as I can remember when goal was for the first time in a long, long time. And
Maybe one of the Henry boys needs to get out to allow Jeremy Cameron to have a bit more space down there. That was one of the factors. Where you play homes, is it sustainable for Dangerfield to play as a full-time mid? Probably not, but that was a good move that worked for them. Hard to be critical of that one. They got a lot of pieces, the Cats. It's just getting them in the right spots.
They didn't really get anything wrong. off the wing from Dempsey for the majority of the game as well, which is unusual, and sometimes that happens on the wing. You just sort of get starved, and it felt like there wasn't necessarily anything Adelaide did. It just wasn't his night. So they had a few things go against them. I think if you play that game ten times, they win eight of them.
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Chapter 4: How did injuries impact the Crows' performance in the match?
I mean, you know, things come and go in life, but when you're dealing with it, you're living with it. So to deal with that, to lead from the front and to be bulletproof from a mental strength point of view, Cain, that's the quality I think we're all admiring. And then the football on top of it, And that's, I think it's just on show.
There's a big spotlight on him at the moment and he's just delivering in spades. So, yeah, I'm not sure where his best position is. It feels like, I think the next conversation in the press conference came was, give me the first five on ball and then I'll go forward because there's nothing worse than your best player sitting at full forward and that's not going in there.
So, you've got to get the ball there too, don't you, Cain?
It's a bit of the, like, completely different players, but Nassir at St Kilda, like, where do you use him? Like, yeah, yeah, great forward, but you're right, if it doesn't go down there for 10 minutes, what a waste. Is it half-back or is it through the midfield? Because he's just shown equally damaging traits in all three facets of the game. Chris Scott knew about it.
Like, his press conference during the week, he said he's their best forward, he's their best mid, and he's their best... He forecast this. So that's why I was... A fraction surprised Mullen started on the bench because Mullen did Bontempele and did him well. And I know he's a bigger type midfielder, but Mullen has shown that he can do that.
So it's another one on reflection whether they just go straight away, your magnet, go wherever he goes. So maybe they made an error there. But just on him, Gerard, you know, I was a Crow supporter growing up. Dad coached them. They've had some unbelievable recruits, the Adelaide Footy Club. Some recruits that have come to the club and been critical in their premiership winning years.
Dawson is now with, you know... He's not McLeod levels of recruit, but he's, you know, if not there, equal to Darren Jarman with what he's been able to do as a recruit to this footy club. But then you get the leadership aspect of it as well. He's a fine leader and one of the best leaders that club's ever had.
I was going through it with Hodgie the other day about which clubs has the most stars, former stars. We were talking about Geelong and Hawthorne because they had their Hall of Fame. Adelaide have got some unreal former players and some stars that have played for that club. Dawson is joining that category now. He's a clutch player.
He stands up in big moments and he's versatile and then you get the leadership piece as well. And then physically and emotionally what he's been going through, he was sore.
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