Adelaide won by just 3 pts after leading by 5 goals at 3/4 time. Crows went scoreless in the last quarter. The cap on rotations hurt Adelaide as they were reaching the 20 interchange limit per quarter before time-on. They obviously were out of juice in the last qtr.
I don't see us making it as our % isn't high enough but, with Carlton losing, a thumping win tomorrow could keep our NAB Cup Grand Final chances alive (need Geelong to narrowly beat North as well). If we had beaten North we would've been now favourites to make the Preseason GF.
Yes, we absolutely should have beaten North. Some things were out of our control, like the AFL gifting them the precious rest between games, and the rub of the green with the umpiring YET AGAIN
. Seriously-what is it with this mob)? Case in point:
The crumbing goal that was allowed to stand after Petrie dropped the ball like a hot potato in a tackle.
Other things were in our control, like the baffling decision to have Cotchin, Martin, Deledio and Newman all sitting on the bench in those make or break last few frantic minutes when the game was up for grabs. A strange choice from a team that has spent a lot of its drills over summer practicing how to close out tight games.
