Autopsy AFL 2023 Round 5 Gather Round - Crows v Blues Thurs April 13th 7:40pm AEST (AO)

[CCurnow3votes]

If Mckay plays reckon Blues win. If not reckon we'll get ******.

****** = dinner?

 

[JackFlash]

Crows bt 36pts

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Please don’t forget global warming, 3rd world debt, right wing elitism, a looming nuclear war and a global recession!!!

Can they run through the middle?

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Can they run through the middle?

Global warming has everything we need to destroy crows.

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Global warming has everything we need to destroy crows.

I thought the jury was out on him? Do we have a new found belief?

 

[FakeTaxi]

Got a horrible feeling our mids will be exposed for pace and defensive running.

Tipping Crows by 5 goals+

 

[My Tilly]

They are not that quick of a team Adelaide but they have an abundance of in and under workhorses who break you down.
I reckon De Koning would like his chances of out running O'Brien. Blues can capitalise with he & Silvagni there.

 

[JyeDye]

Upset this is on a Thursday night. Not sure if it will be safe at my local park for when I do my usual post win prancing.

 

[PrinceCharles]

Upset this is on a Thursday night. Not sure if it will be safe at my local park for when I do my usual post win prancing.

Locked in for top 2, so you'll get plenty of chances.

 

[Jeremias]

50/50 game.

Carlton deserve to be favourites. But the Crows will be confident they can get us.

Doc is a big out but hasn’t been in great form. Keen to see who we bring in with Walsh, Acres and Kennedy reportedly ready to go.

Very happy Harry is now free to play. Keeps us as favourites IMO, albeit only slightly.

 

[Arr0w]

Think this will be our toughest contest to date and rated the Crows highly start of the season

Crows are putting up top 4 numbers, up and about with 2 convincing wins, first game for gather round, they will be primed

Genuine 50/50 game

 

[CCurnow3votes]

The Blues midfield will be much stronger this week with our ins - allowing our Bulls to focus on “bulling” & runners focus on distributing.

The last few weeks we’ve had Bulls trying to do it all - not great.

We’ve therefore lost centre clearances - our scores from clearance much lower than normal , scores from D50 much higher - new learnings!

Our defence ( team & back 6 )has been epic.

Adelaide are scoring well, but are letting the oppo score just as heavily. Their defence is their weakest link.
The combination of our newly expanded midfield, in form forwards & blanketing defence, will see The Blues home.

 

[secondary]

Got a horrible feeling our mids will be exposed for pace and defensive running.

Tipping Crows by 5 goals+

Blues mids should be able to handle ours easily, but maybe the crows forward line will be a problem.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

They are not that quick of a team Adelaide but they have an abundance of in and under workhorses who break you down.
I reckon De Koning would like his chances of out running O'Brien. Blues can capitalise with he & Silvagni there.

Thilthorpe may also have something to say about that...

 

[Xtreme]

Adelaide should win this being a home game and all.

A 30 point power stance victory!

 

[Crow till I die]

Got a horrible feeling our mids will be exposed for pace and defensive running.

Tipping Crows by 5 goals+

I want to see Dawson line up on Cripps..that will get Cripps thinking as if he plays loose, Dawson will really hurt Carlton the other way and Dawson won't get bullied as he is almost the same size - Cripps usually towels us up in the centre for clearances so it will pose a different problem imo..but if Cripps did get a hold of Dawson, we could be in real trouble

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

I want to see Dawson line up on Cripps..that will get Cripps thinking as if he plays loose, Dawson will really hurt Carlton the other way and Dawson won't get bullied as he is almost the same size - Cripps usually towels us up in the centre for clearances so it will pose a different problem imo..but if Cripps did get a hold of Dawson, we could be in real trouble

I don't think that's how it works...

 

[Crow till I die]

I don't think that's how it works...

I was meaning if cripps was intending to push forward, he will have to respect Dawson going the other way

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

I was meaning if cripps was intending to push forward, he will have to respect Dawson going the other way

Cripps doesn't play forward. He's just a big midfielder who takes the odd mark inside 50.

 

[Go the Guts]

Showers / Rain expected after 6pm will be the Crows equalizer!
Crows by 22 points!

Also, he bangs on about their ins....... Pedlar is a huge in for us, a young, goal kicking hard nut midfielder who kicked 3 in the showdown, and with MacAdam also available again........ am quite confident we'll win this. Our kicking will be the deciding factor. We should be 4-0 at present. Bad kicking at goal cost us 2 wins.

 

[Go the Guts]

Funny that, most comments on the Blues board think that Adelaide will win. I don't know a single Blues fan that's been convinced by our grinding start to the season. Keep living in this little made up world though, gl.

Not true, I've read that whole thread and I'd say it's 50-50 on your mob's thoughts on the outcome.

 

[PrinceCharles]

Not true, I've read that whole thread and I'd say it's 50-50 on your mob's thoughts on the outcome.

Happen to catch any prancing?

 

[Go the Guts]

Danger game for the Blues but i think we'll get them with our contested game, Blues by 30.

Contested Possessions in 2023:

Carlton - 140
Adelaide - 136

OK then.

 

[Go the Guts]

Happen to catch any prancing?

Yep, but just as much pessimism.

 

[Juddernaut08]

will be hard with so many injuries but we should still outclass this team of racists