And that’s why he’s not worried about the Crows’ inaccurate goalkicking become a recurring theme at the AFL club.

Adelaide had 40 shots at goal in its 33-point win against North Melbourne last Thursday night, but kicked 12.28.

“The way we play our footy, if we can defend it in our forward half, it puts a lot of pressure on opposition and we can continually have shots at goal,” Walker said.

“Obviously we were a bit inaccurate but I’m more of a glass half-full – if you weren’t having those shots, you’d be questioning and having a different conversation.

“But it’s an area we can fix and we have spoken about it and we’re doing a lot of work on it already.”

The sixth-placed Crows travel to play Melbourne at the MCG on Sunday, when Walker will cross paths with his former teammate and housemate, Demon onballer Bernie Vince.

“He’s like a nice bottle of red, isn’t he – getting better with age,” Walker said of Vince.

“He’s playing some good footy, Bern. He was over on the break (bye weekend) and I caught up with him.

“It’s always good to come up against good mates so I’m looking forward to it, hopefully we can get one over him again.”

Walker himself has hit close to top form after a foot injury curtailed him earlier in the season.

“I’m getting a bit more continuity in my training which is allowing me to play some more consistent footy over four quarters and from week to week,” he said.

“I know my role and where it sits in the team, I have been really happy with the way I have been playing it.”

He said each Adelaide player would honour the anniversary of slain coach Phil Walsh in different ways, with the Crows taking on the Demons exactly one year after Walsh was allegedly murdered by his son during his first season at the helm.

“A lot of water has gone under the bridge, obviously it’s 12 months since he passed away,” Walker said.

“He left a massive footprint on the footy club and individuals lives so I’m sure individuals will treat it differently by themselves.

“But as a footy club we’re really happy with where we are at and have got a lot of memories out of it and look forward to, as he said, getting the job done. We’ll do it on Sunday.”

The Crows captain said Walsh was often in his thoughts.

“I had a great relationship with him so it’s probably fair to say I do think about him quite often,” he said.

“He was a great man, Phil.”

But Walker was reluctant to publicly expand.

“They are conversations that myself and Phil have had and, to be honest, I don’t really feel comfortable putting it out there so that is something I will hold to myself,” he said.

Walker said he would always be grateful to Walsh for appointing him as Adelaide’s captain.

“It’s something that I will cherish for the rest of my life, that he announced that I was captain,” he said.

And he said the death of Walsh had further galvanised Adelaide’s players.

“We are a pretty united group as it is, we have got a great culture here,” Walker said.

“And I think anything that is dramatic within footy clubs can unite and bring the group together and we have been able to do that.”

Walsh’s son Cy, 27, pleaded not guilty to murdering his father in the South Australian Supreme Court last February.

In an early appearance in the Adelaide Magistrates Court, the possibility was raised of Cy Walsh experiencing a drug-induced psychosis at the time of the alleged murder.

Phil Walsh died from multiple stab wounds and his wife Meredith was taken to hospital and treated for a leg injury after the alleged murder at their western beachside home.

Cy Walsh is due to reappear in the Supreme Court on July 29.

-AAP