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CibbuanoMatch preview: Adelaide v Fremantle
September 9th 2006 00:41
ADELAIDE v FREMANTLE
WHERE & WHEN: AAMI Stadium, 2;30pm (ACST), Saturday, September 9
TV & RADIO: Channel 10 (Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth), 3AW, 5AA, Triple M (Melbourne, Adelaide), 6PR,
HEAD TO HEAD: Adelaide 11, Fremantle 7
LAST TIME: Fremantle 13.17 (95) bt Adelaide 10.20 (80), AAMI Stadium, Round 19, 2006. The Dockers trailed by three points at three-quarter time but despite kicking into the wind held the Crows goalless in the final term to secure their sixth win on the trot
FINALS HEAD TO HEAD: Never met in a final.
LAST TIME IN A FINAL: Never met in a final.
HEAD TO HEAD AT THIS VENUE: Adelaide 8, Fremantle 2
LAST TIME AT THIS VENUE: Fremantle 13.17 (95) bt Adelaide 10.20 (80)
TAB SPORTSBET: Adelaide $1.85, Fremantle $1.85
BETFAIR: Adelaide $2.02, Fremantle $1.92
Adelaide bounced back to some of their early season form last Saturday at AAMI Stadium with a thumping 58-point win over Melbourne.
After such a poor month and a half of form the win will give the Crows plenty of confidence going into today's clash with Fremantle.
The Crows have gone in with an unchanged line-up but have named underrated forward Ken McGregor as an emergency.
You would expect McGregor to take his place in the 22 as he gives coach Neil Craig another option up forward and is also capable of going back on Matthew Pavlich.
Adelaide had 13 individual goalkickers against the Dees last Saturday, and with four of their top five leading goalkickers out of the side due to injury a repeat performance will be needed today.
Ideally Craig would like to have skipper Mark Ricciuto, Brett Burton and Trent Hentschel in his forward line, but with 13 different goalkickers the Crows forward line takes on a new unpredictable dimension and can be hard to matchup on.
Ruckman Matthew Clarke had arguably his best game for the year last weekend with 12 possessions, 21 hitouts and one goal and his match-up with Aaron Sandilands shapes as being crucial to the outcome.
The Crows had the fresher legs against the Demons in the last quarter last Saturday and perhaps the rigorous training regime that Craig put his charges through in the middle of the season is starting to pay some dividends.
However, despite their impressive win last week, Adelaide is still minus its stars in Andrew McLeod, Ben Hart, Ricciutio, Burton and Hentschel.
Those aforementioned players can't be replaced and Craig will need all 22 up and firing if Adelaide are going to keep their premiership hopes alive.
Meanwhile, the Fremantle juggernaut continued to roll on last Saturday night against Port Adelaide as the club recorded its ninth straight win.
Like the Crows, the Dockers have named an unchanged side, but have named midfielder Paul Hasleby and impressive forward Ryan Murphy as emergencies.
You would expect only one of those two to come into the 22.
Coach Chris Connolly would be playing a dangerous game of Russian roulette if he went in with both given the amount of football they have played in the past month.
Murphy would be a key inclusion for the Dockers as straightens Fremantle up and allows Pavlich to push up into the midfield.
Unlike their opponents the Dockers have a plethora of options up forward, and with enigmatic forward Jeff Farmer in a rich vein of form his match-up with Crows defender Graham Johncock looms as another key.
Farmer has managed 17 goals in the past month, including three against the Crows when they last met back in round 19.
Johncock's run off half-back is integral to Adelaide's success, especially in the absence of star Andrew McLeod who continues to be sidelined with a foot injury.
Farmer doesn't need to kick six like he did last week against the Power, merely provide a contest and maintain his pressure skills in the forward 50 which have been a major factor in the Dockers revival.
The last time these two sides met back in round 19, Fremantle took the four points after getting over the line in a tight contest- their second win at AAMI Stadium this season, so the venue will hold no fears for them.
The key to beating the Crows is shutting down their run through the midfield and playing on at all costs- something Fremantle executed beautifully last time around.
However, this is easier said than done and Fremantle needs the personnel to sustain such run through four quarters of football.
With seven players collecting 20 possessions or more against the Power last weekend, this shouldn't be an issue for Connolly.
A lot of so-called experts are tipping a Crows win on the basis that this is only Fremantle's second final since its inception and the first final for a lot of the playing group.
However, confidence is more important than finals experience- something which the Dockers will take in spades after nine consecutive wins.
The key for Fremantle will be to start well, shut the capacity home crowd out of the game and with their potent forward line which appears to have the edge over the Crows the Dockers should record their first finals win in a classic. Fremantle by 9 points.
ADELAIDE
B: Johncock, Rutten, Bassett
HB: Doughty, Stevens, Torney
C: Mattner, Goodwin, van Berlo
HF: Thompson, Perrie, Reilly
F: Bode, Welsh, Bock
FOLL: Clarke, Shirley, Edwards
I/C: Massie, Douglas, Biglands, Porplyzia
EMG: Hudson, McGregor, Vince
IN: -
OUT: -
FREMANTLE
B: Parker, Grover, Hayden
HB: Mundy, McPharlin, Johnson
C: Black, Bell, McManus
HF: Headland, Pavlich, Schammer
F: Longmuir, Polak, Farmer
FOLL: Sandilands, Peake, J.Carr
I/C: Cook, Crowley, Dodd, M.Carr
EMG: Webster, Hasleby, Murphy
IN: -
OUT: -
Field umpires: Chamberlain, Ellis, McInerney
WHERE & WHEN: AAMI Stadium, 2;30pm (ACST), Saturday, September 9
TV & RADIO: Channel 10 (Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth), 3AW, 5AA, Triple M (Melbourne, Adelaide), 6PR,
HEAD TO HEAD: Adelaide 11, Fremantle 7
LAST TIME: Fremantle 13.17 (95) bt Adelaide 10.20 (80), AAMI Stadium, Round 19, 2006. The Dockers trailed by three points at three-quarter time but despite kicking into the wind held the Crows goalless in the final term to secure their sixth win on the trot
FINALS HEAD TO HEAD: Never met in a final.
HEAD TO HEAD AT THIS VENUE: Adelaide 8, Fremantle 2
LAST TIME AT THIS VENUE: Fremantle 13.17 (95) bt Adelaide 10.20 (80)
TAB SPORTSBET: Adelaide $1.85, Fremantle $1.85
BETFAIR: Adelaide $2.02, Fremantle $1.92
Adelaide bounced back to some of their early season form last Saturday at AAMI Stadium with a thumping 58-point win over Melbourne.
After such a poor month and a half of form the win will give the Crows plenty of confidence going into today's clash with Fremantle.
The Crows have gone in with an unchanged line-up but have named underrated forward Ken McGregor as an emergency.
You would expect McGregor to take his place in the 22 as he gives coach Neil Craig another option up forward and is also capable of going back on Matthew Pavlich.
Adelaide had 13 individual goalkickers against the Dees last Saturday, and with four of their top five leading goalkickers out of the side due to injury a repeat performance will be needed today.
Ideally Craig would like to have skipper Mark Ricciuto, Brett Burton and Trent Hentschel in his forward line, but with 13 different goalkickers the Crows forward line takes on a new unpredictable dimension and can be hard to matchup on.
Ruckman Matthew Clarke had arguably his best game for the year last weekend with 12 possessions, 21 hitouts and one goal and his match-up with Aaron Sandilands shapes as being crucial to the outcome.
The Crows had the fresher legs against the Demons in the last quarter last Saturday and perhaps the rigorous training regime that Craig put his charges through in the middle of the season is starting to pay some dividends.
However, despite their impressive win last week, Adelaide is still minus its stars in Andrew McLeod, Ben Hart, Ricciutio, Burton and Hentschel.
Those aforementioned players can't be replaced and Craig will need all 22 up and firing if Adelaide are going to keep their premiership hopes alive.
Meanwhile, the Fremantle juggernaut continued to roll on last Saturday night against Port Adelaide as the club recorded its ninth straight win.
Like the Crows, the Dockers have named an unchanged side, but have named midfielder Paul Hasleby and impressive forward Ryan Murphy as emergencies.
You would expect only one of those two to come into the 22.
Coach Chris Connolly would be playing a dangerous game of Russian roulette if he went in with both given the amount of football they have played in the past month.
Murphy would be a key inclusion for the Dockers as straightens Fremantle up and allows Pavlich to push up into the midfield.
Unlike their opponents the Dockers have a plethora of options up forward, and with enigmatic forward Jeff Farmer in a rich vein of form his match-up with Crows defender Graham Johncock looms as another key.
Farmer has managed 17 goals in the past month, including three against the Crows when they last met back in round 19.
Johncock's run off half-back is integral to Adelaide's success, especially in the absence of star Andrew McLeod who continues to be sidelined with a foot injury.
Farmer doesn't need to kick six like he did last week against the Power, merely provide a contest and maintain his pressure skills in the forward 50 which have been a major factor in the Dockers revival.
The last time these two sides met back in round 19, Fremantle took the four points after getting over the line in a tight contest- their second win at AAMI Stadium this season, so the venue will hold no fears for them.
The key to beating the Crows is shutting down their run through the midfield and playing on at all costs- something Fremantle executed beautifully last time around.
However, this is easier said than done and Fremantle needs the personnel to sustain such run through four quarters of football.
With seven players collecting 20 possessions or more against the Power last weekend, this shouldn't be an issue for Connolly.
A lot of so-called experts are tipping a Crows win on the basis that this is only Fremantle's second final since its inception and the first final for a lot of the playing group.
However, confidence is more important than finals experience- something which the Dockers will take in spades after nine consecutive wins.
The key for Fremantle will be to start well, shut the capacity home crowd out of the game and with their potent forward line which appears to have the edge over the Crows the Dockers should record their first finals win in a classic. Fremantle by 9 points.
ADELAIDE
B: Johncock, Rutten, Bassett
HB: Doughty, Stevens, Torney
C: Mattner, Goodwin, van Berlo
HF: Thompson, Perrie, Reilly
F: Bode, Welsh, Bock
FOLL: Clarke, Shirley, Edwards
I/C: Massie, Douglas, Biglands, Porplyzia
EMG: Hudson, McGregor, Vince
IN: -
OUT: -
FREMANTLE
B: Parker, Grover, Hayden
HB: Mundy, McPharlin, Johnson
C: Black, Bell, McManus
HF: Headland, Pavlich, Schammer
F: Longmuir, Polak, Farmer
FOLL: Sandilands, Peake, J.Carr
I/C: Cook, Crowley, Dodd, M.Carr
EMG: Webster, Hasleby, Murphy
IN: -
OUT: -
Field umpires: Chamberlain, Ellis, McInerney
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