Barking Dockers 2004

Freo to Cane Crappy Crows

 

 Match preview by Andrew Lacy

The Dockers, licking their wounds from a second round defeat at the hands of the Sydney Swans will look forward to the relatively easy mission of defeating a flagging Adelaide Football Club in the confines of the house of pain on Sunday.

The Crows have been defeated convincingly in both rounds to start the season by the Kangaroos at the MCG and the Brisbane Lions at Football Park and look vulnerable, despite having a full strength line up which looks dangerous on paper. The usual stars are all there for the Crows who inexplicably are playing really crappy football. Age must be a factor for the wrinkly Crows who have avoided the youth policy in the hope of pinching another premiership before the likes of Smart, Ricciuto, McLeod and Hart all retire.

The Freo boys will be looking forward to making Adelaide eat crow after Ricciuto's famous laughter after saying he was taking the game against the Dockers really seriously. Well, this time the shoe is on the other foot and likes of Medhurst, Moose, Haselby and Pavlich won't be reluctant to sink it right between their cheeks on Sunday.

Antoni "Cookie Monster" Grover, has been included in the line up as Ryley Dunn has a rest. Polak has also been named but his knee is still yet to decide...

For the cows, only Ladhams is missing from their squad, so there will be no excuses for their impending belting...

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