Adelaide ahead Shane McAdam’s horror season has continued, with a thigh harm to sideline him for as much as six weeks.
McAdam copped a three-match suspension for tough conduct within the opening spherical and has been out of AFL ranks since.
He picked up the harm within the state league every week in the past, with the Crows now saying he’ll miss between 4 and 6 weeks with a quadricep pressure.
Adelaide journey to play reigning premiers Geelong in Geelong on Saturday as they search to rebound from a one-point loss to Collingwood, described by ruckman Reilly O’Brien because the hardest defeat in his 84 AFL video games.
The Crows led for all however 21 seconds in opposition to the Magpies, who kicked the final three targets to grab victory.
“It sat in the guts pretty badly,” O’Brien instructed reporters on Tuesday.
“It’s probably the most disappointing loss I have ever been a part of in terms of how flat I felt after the game and how flat we all felt as a collective”
O’Brien stated Adelaide’s match overview of the loss triggered some “hard conversations”.
“We just went away from the way we want to play, in that last quarter in particular,” he stated.
“We didn’t get it done around the stoppage and in the contest but also were a little bit safe with the ball, and then we didn’t defend the way we would have liked.
“We simply fell away from what we wished to do. Our mindset in all probability went a bit too defensive.
“Losing like that is very deflating for everyone.
“In the previous we’d have (stated) ‘honourable loss’, however we’ve actually gone properly previous that stage now. We anticipate to win.”
O’Brien said the Crows would take that winning expectation into their trip to Geelong for an away fixture he rated as the hardest in the competition.
“The good factor is it is an awesome problem and we love a problem so I’m fairly excited for it,” he stated.
“They’re in all probability going to be anticipated to win down there at Kardinia Park.
“But we will go in with a mindset of taking it right up to them and getting it done, because we expect to win every week and this week is no different.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
