Touch of the Fumbles
Sure, the Crows look a shadow of their former selves and played so poorly we can’t even really revel much in Port’s shock loss or Carlton’s last-gasp bid to give us pick one in the draft… but our Fumbles correspondent is still scratching for positives.
Football
Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley says looking at the AFL ladder is futile ahead of his finals-bound team’s danger game against lowly North Melbourne.
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Ruckman Todd Goldstein has welcomed the prospect of North Melbourne luring Richmond star Dustin Martin to Arden Street on a massive AFL contract.
Normal service was resumed on the weekend, as the Crows reverted to type by failing spectacularly to live up to the hype. Fortunately, so did almost every other contender – including Port. And despite the crushing disappointment, our Fumbles correspondent is, perversely, looking on the bright side.
Brad Scott admits he should have kept North Melbourne’s decision to axe four AFL veterans in-house until the end of the season.
The Adelaide Crows have learnt one lesson already from the AFL finals – there’s no such thing as favourites.
