Nine-year draft black hole as AFL world gets Crows wrong; unbeaten side’s big issue: Rd 4 Talking Pts
Pretty much everything went to plan in Gather Round, with the favourites getting the job done, but that doesn’t mean everything was normal.
Pretty much everything went to plan in Gather Round, with the favourites getting the job done, but that doesn’t mean everything was normal.
"We've got too many players at the moment that aren't at their best."
Matthew Nicks feels “incredible frustration” after his Adelaide side slumped to a fourth straight loss to start 2024. The Crows were decent in patches against Melbourne at Adelaide Oval but were ultimately not good enough in the eventual 15-point loss to open Gather Round. Many saw the Crows as a finals...
Adelaide’s season is on the brink after losing its fourth-straight game to start the 2024 season, with senior coach Matthew Nicks lamenting “too many” Crows have been below their best through the season’s opening month.
Adelaide fluff their lines on the city’s big opening night but the Demons show their strength in depthThe pressure that was on Adelaide heading into Thursday night’s Gather Round opener will only intensify now. That’s the reality of being winless in a two-team, one-newspaper, footy-mad town. After last...
For three and a half quarters on Thursday night, it was the same old Adelaide. Unambitious with ball in hand. Slow in movement. Horrendous by foot even with those former two traits. And a midfield which, despite a stunning first quarter, was getting slowly but surely dominated by a more battle-hardened,...
Melbourne have recorded their second win in South Australia in as many weeks.
Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions as the Demons and Crows face off at Adelaide Oval.
As we descend onto Gather Round, all eyes are firmly on the Adelaide Football Club.
We’ve named the players to keep an eye on this weekend.
Eddie Betts believes anything short of a Preliminary Final would be a failure for Carlton this year. The Blues great is confident that Michael Voss has the right balance and mix to again take the club deep into September after last year’s drought-breaking finals run. At one stage of the 2023 campaign,...
ADELAIDE CROWS v MELBOURNE Thursday April 4, 7:40pm at Adelaide Oval CROWS B: J. Worrell, J. Butts, B. Smith HB: P. Parnell, M. Keane, M. Michalanney C: M. Hinge, J. Dawson – C, C. Jones HF: J. Soligo, I. Rankine, J. Rachele F: B. Cook, D. Fogarty, T. Walker FOLL: R. O’Brien, R. Laird, B. Keays I/C:...
The teams are officially in for the Round 4 clash between Adelaide and Melbourne at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday night. The game kicks of the Gather Round and festival of footy in Adelaide with the Crows under the pump to pick up their first win of the season. Melbourne are hoping to go 4-1 after their...
Melbourne has regained superstar defender Steven May in time for the Gather Round opener as hosts Adelaide swing the axe in a desperate bid to save their ailing season.
Following their 10th-placed finish in 2023, Adelaide were expected to make the jump into finals this year with their emerging group. However, three games into 2024 and their season could not have started in a worse manner. The Crows now sit with an 0-3 record following losses to Fremantle, Geelong and...
Adelaide senior coach Matthew Nicks is struggling to explain his side’s early-season struggles.
Dual premiership Kangaroo David King has challenged Adelaide for playing “safe footy” that’s “easy to defeat” amid its 0-3 start to 2024.
Adelaide have dropped to 0-3 to start the AFL season after a loss against Fremantle.
A frustrated Matthew Nicks has cited the form of multiple Adelaide players and a lack of cohesion as factors behind a 0-3 start for his side in 2024. Nicks and the Crows entered the new year expected to contend for finals after making significant jumps in recent years, but after Friday night’s loss...
Adelaide Crows coach Matthew Nicks admits it’s frustrating to see his side “just not clicking” in their winless start to the season, with too many players out of form.
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