Adelaide are counting the price of a disappointing loss to the Gold Coast, with Crows coach Matthew Nicks suggesting evaluation of their efficiency will discover some “quite glaring” holes.
Not solely did they throw away a 35-point result in the Suns’ 9 straight targets and lose by 25 factors in Darwin – 16.16 (112) to 13.9 (87) – however star defender Tom Doedee can be lacking time after a knee harm early within the contest.
Doedee went by means of a health take a look at after tweaking his knee however was rapidly subbed off, Nicks unable to supply any readability on the extent of the harm.
“He’ll obviously get some scans from here,” he stated.
“So we don’t know a lot at this point but we’ll just remain optimistic and want to stay positive with that and hopefully we get a good result from those scans.”
It’s only one detrimental from a poor night time for the Crows as, as an alternative of firming up their top-eight credentials, they seemed extra susceptible than ever.
Nicks lamented the large swing within the second and third quarters the place the Suns took full management on the contest and lifted their depth throughout the sphere to surge right into a match-winning place.
“That was probably the most disappointing thing sitting in the rooms post-game, that run they went on,” he stated.
“We got a lot of things wrong during that period … some of our contest wasn’t at the level and that put us under so much pressure.
“For us to then carry it again and nonetheless discover the entrance once more, is one thing we’ll take away from this sport, however we’re gonna have to actually have a look at this one and discover out the place we may have executed higher and I feel it is going to be fairly obvious.”
Adelaide sit ninth on the table and still have a 6-6 record, although their 1-4 record away from home is clearly setting off alarm bells throughout the club.
“We have to do higher, we all know that,” Nicks stated.
“It’s one thing that’s entrance of thoughts for us.
“We’ll go back and have another look at it but we understand we’ve just got to be better.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
