Adelaide Crows must eliminate the West Coast Eagles in order to avoid stinging criticism, as it seeks to avoid a sixth straight loss.
The Crows (3-8, 78%) have won three of their first six games, but have since slowed down, with a margin of four of their last five losses at least six goals.
West Coast (1-10, 49.7%) has lost its last seven games, with the lowest margin in this stretch of 52 points.
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Jeremy McGovern retired late from the Eagles due to a back problem. He was replaced on the side selected by Luke Foley, with Patrick Naish as the medical substitute, while Harry Schoenberg was the Adelaide.
Wet conditions made the matter more messy, but both sides were still reasonable with the ball in hand.
Taylor Walker missed an early shot, but found space just minutes later and threw a hand to Shane McAdam, who shot the first goal of the game.
The West Coast continued to delay the transition and left plenty of room within the Crows’ 50s forward, with Darcy Fogarty bouncing home a long-range goal with no Eagles players in sight.
Jake Soligo scored three goals for the Crows against the Eagles yet to score. when the alarms sounded again for the coaches on the latter side.
Taylor Walker was allowed to take it quickly by the referee, much to the dismay of the goalkeeper who wasn’t prepared.
West Coast’s lack of confidence showed up at the end of the first season when Josh Kennedy and Jack Darling missed golden opportunities to score.
Adelaide led by 31 points in the quarter.
Walker hit the left post with a seven-pointer to start and West Coast capitalized at the other end, with Darling really shooting for the first goal of the day.
The match started at 13:45 EST from Adelaide Oval.
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