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Preliminary Final Index (PFI) - Adelaide Crows | The Means Test with Adam Simpson! (22.06.26)
22 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the significance of the Preliminary Final Index (PFI) for the Adelaide Crows?
Preliminary final integrity. PFI is our highest measure. This is Adelaide. So here's Matthew Nix around the work the Crows are doing.
We probably didn't feel like we were as far away as maybe some others did pre-bye. I think we were six and five when we went into the bye. And with the way the game's, with where the league's at at the moment, it's so tight, it's so even.
Chapter 2: How did the Adelaide Crows perform leading up to the bye week?
And we had a, in our opinion, we had a pretty tough draw. You know, we had a number of games. We played Brisbane in Brisbane, Geelong in Geelong. So we go back and look at it. We had Collingwood at the MCG. So we've come into that bye with some belief there, but definitely since the bye, you know, to find a way to get the outcome where we need it.
It just continues to grow, which is really pleasing.
So they're up to fifth, they're nine and five, and the wins have been Geelong, the Bulldogs and Melbourne.
Chapter 3: What challenges did the Crows face in their recent matches?
He's almost my favourite... press conference guy. He's not going to blow you away with some outlandish statements, but so honest. And it's exactly how he feels. Because no one would go, oh, I don't think I'd I keep talking about these press conferences too, Gerard. I wasn't very good at them, by the way.
I'm good at critiquing them, but let's not go thinking I was any genius when I was presenting. But his ability just to go, this is actually what I'm really thinking. So a lot of coaches wouldn't mention, oh, we had a tough draw, don't forget. And I think we're a bit underrated. But that's what the reality was.
And I didn't, I spoke about this a few weeks ago, I didn't think they were much chop really. They had a couple of honesty pieces. But now with the talent coming back, they look like the real deal to me. They look like a top four side and ā
Chapter 4: How has the team's belief changed after the bye week?
What they worked on in their break is probably a bit of confidence around the sell. It looks like the sell. Nixie sold guys. Look at our draw. Look what's coming up. Look what players we've got coming back. Let's just do this, this and this. And I think they're more aggressive with the ball, but their talent's coming back. Rankin coming back in the side.
They just look like they're going to win that game from the very beginning to me against Melbourne. So can you beat Adelaide at home is going to be one of the harder conversations for the rest of the year.
PFI for Osman Rooftop and Bar. Enjoy happy hour with the footy live and loud. It took them all day to beat Melbourne.
Chapter 5: What impact have key players returning had on the Crows' performance?
It did. But did it feel like to you they were going to? Definitely. But there were moments you go, are they actually going to get this done? And even their last quarter with 2-7. Yeah. So they win by 16. They could have won by a lot more, which I actually think there's, for the deficiencies that were there in Melbourne, it was a meritorious performance on a whole lot of fronts.
Yeah. Well, and there's going to be games where you, like the Fremantle game on Thursday, like they should have won that by more. And I felt like this game was- You know, 24 shots to 17, you know, when there's that discrepancy and it comes down to accuracy, you can sort of live with that a little bit.
Now, minus 12 at contested possessions, minus 11 at clearances, but it still felt to me that they were in control. Cozzy didn't have a great day, did he? It sort of shows you how important he is. to, to the makeup. And, um, yeah, it just felt like this is a, just tick a box game, which is a little bit insulting to Melbourne, but that's what it felt like.
So it didn't feel really feel like it was fifth versus six to me. It felt a bit more different. It was a harder, it was a harder sell for Melbourne to win over there. So a little bit disrespectful for Melbourne, but that's just the way I felt. Do you feel the Crows are destined for the top four now? Well, I'm, I'm not a big statement guy, but, um, absolutely. No, I, I,
Yeah, they're more than the conversation for me. I've got them. If I had to give you the top four now, I'd have them as fourth. So, you know, at the moment we've got Geelong, Adelaide and Melbourne rounding out the six after Fremantle, Sydney and Hawthorne. So it's a pretty good top six, isn't it? It is.
Grant texts through, I'll be watching with interest to see if Pete Ling's job in shutting down Cozzy will earn him any coaches votes. Yeah. I thought he was instrumental in the Crows win.
Yeah, well, we saw the non-tag against Essendon. That was, yeah. And then they didn't give him the ball either. I think it was Kingy that might have mentioned it at one of the shows that there's turning up and the coach saying, wherever he is, just give him the ball and let him work it out. That's a really good, you know, Brent Harvey, Daniel Wells back in my day. It gets you in a bit of trouble.
But they didn't really give him the ball as much as I'd seen them give him over the last four or five weeks. But tagging Cozzy is priority number one. Make him work for it.
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