Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks insists there shall be no strutting this week as his males try to again up their gutsy Showdown triumph with a win over Fremantle on Saturday.
The Crows bounced again from losses to GWS and Richmond with a 31-point victory over arch-rivals Port Adelaide final week.
Forward Riley Thilthorpe loved a breakout sport with 5 objectives, whereas recruit Izak Rankine was additionally influential with 4 majors.
But reasonably than basking within the afterglow of a splendid Showdown win, Adelaide have set their sights on toppling the Dockers at Adelaide Oval.
“We’re straight onto Freo … not a lot of strutting,” Nicks informed reporters on Wednesday.
“We come up against a side that last year were right up towards the top, they still are.
“They have some weapons. They’ve received some issues we’ll need to counter.
“But we also look at how we’re playing, and we’d like to think they’re going to have to adjust slightly for the way we play our footy.”
With Darcy Fogarty to overlook one other week with a knee harm, Thilthorpe once more looms as a key participant in assault for the Crows.
Nicks expects Fremantle to place additional focus into the 20-year-old.
“We’ve got no doubt,” Nicks mentioned.
“The better you go as an individual the more attention the opposition often have (in store for you) next week, and he deserves that attention.
“That then comes again to our ahead line – what does it do for somebody like Tex (Walker), what does it do for somebody like Lachlan Gollant?
“We hope the next player is then able to step up and play their role.”
Walker was held goalless within the Showdown, which means he has simply three objectives to his identify from three video games this season.
It’s a far cry from final 12 months when he banged by means of 47 objectives from 18 video games.
“Tex plays a really important role, it’s just not necessarily the dominance he had last year when he was hitting the scoreboard continuously,” Nicks mentioned.
“But he’s competing for us and he takes the best defender every week. And so he should because if you don’t do that he can expose you.
“Our ahead line is not reliant on one participant however Tex is vital to the combination down there.”
Defender Patrick Parnell will miss another game through concussion protocols, while forward Luke Pedlar is out through suspension.
Midfielder Harry Schoenberg is banging down the selection door after tallying 34 disposals and three goals in the SANFL last week, while Nicks has also been impressed with forward Ned McHenry’s form.
Fremantle will once more be with out Nat Fyfe (plantar fasciitis), whereas defender Heath Chapman is out with a calf harm.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
