Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks has set his aspect the problem of stringing a number of wins collectively because the Crows try to comply with up their Showdown triumph with victory over Fremantle on Saturday.
The Crows have not gained greater than three video games in a row since 2019, after they had a four-match profitable run from rounds 5 to eight.
Adelaide began 2023 with losses to GWS and Richmond, however they bounced again final week with a gutsy 31-point win over arch-rivals Port Adelaide.
The Crows host Fremantle and Carlton over the following fortnight earlier than taking over Hawthorn in Tasmania.
Nicks would not need the victory over Port to be a flash-in-the-pan second.
“It’s one win. We’ve got to get another win now,” Nicks stated.
“That’s something we haven’t done in previous years, is string together two, three, four wins.
“That’s our problem, and we simply preserve our heads down.”
The Crows were tipped to be big improvers this year, but doubts started to grow after their 0-2 start to the season.
A five-goal haul to Riley Thilthorpe last week and four goals to prized recruit Izak Rankine ensured the Crows didn’t slip to 0-3.
Nicks said the victory over Port was important for belief.
“Everyone enjoys profitable,” Nicks stated.
“There’s an outdoor noise, and an inside noise.
“It was disappointing to be 0-2. The outcomes, they pile up and noise becomes deafening from outside.
“But internally we knew we had been doing numerous issues proper. The win is a reinforcement of perception. It’s supplying you with that (confidence that) we’re heading in the right direction.
“So as a coach, I do smile after those because I know from the group’s point of view we come out of it with more momentum.”
Fremantle beat the Crows by a degree in Adelaide in spherical one final 12 months courtesy of some goal-line heroics from Dockers defender Heath Chapman, who punched a goal-ward sure sit back into play within the dying seconds of the match.
Chapman will not be accessible for Saturday’s re-match after injuring his calf in final week’s 41-point western derby win over West Coast.
The Dockers had been dealt one other blow when speedster Michael Frederick was dominated out with an eye fixed damage.
Bailey Banfield and Brandon Walker come again into the aspect, with midfielder Will Brodie once more ignored.
Adelaide included small ahead Ned McHenry and final week’s substitute Chayce Jones of their 22 instead of ahead Luke Pedlar (suspended) and midfielder Sam Berry (rested).
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