Essendon put woes behind them by winning season opener.
Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson will have a serious review of the Crows' tactics after their shocker against the Bombers at AAMI Stadium. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: Sunday Mail (SA)
ADELAIDE will have a long and searching review of its 35-point loss to Essendon on Friday night and there are several key areas that need attention.
Coach Brenton Sanderson was pragmatic as he assessed the match, but he also gave off signs that a stern assessment awaited most of his playing list.
The bottom line was this: after a cracking start, when the Crows kicked the first three goals and looked like millionaires, Essendon was dominant in most corners of the ground.
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Time and again Adelaide challenged, but where the Crows had to work hard for their goals, Essendon poured in easy and quick ones through turnovers, pace and the brilliance of Jobe Watson, who was the man of the match and kicked the sealer. Sanderson identified four areas of concern:
THE backline and the midfield were closed down.
It was difficult to pick out an outstanding midfielder from the regular topliners. Patrick Dangerfield and Scott Thompson, both of whom placed in the top 10 in the Brownlow Medal count last season, struggled to have an impact.
"They held us up really well,'' Sanderson said.
"We couldn't get any run going. They (the Bombers) really slowed us up. We normally attack through the middle of the ground and they forced us wide.''
TACKLES not sticking. The Essendon players looked stronger than the Crows, who were praised widely for their physicality last year.
The Bombers nailed their own tackles and fended off the Crows, which had an enormous bearing on the match.
The Crows also gave away free kicks with sloppy tackling.
"The glaring stat for us, I guess, is the tackles,'' Sanderson said. ``I think we ended up being minus 26 or minus 27.
"We couldn't stick tackles they brushed us away and then they got some easy goals.''
CENTRE clearances, which is generally a strength for Adelaide, was its biggest achilles heel against Essendon.
After each Bombers goal, the odds were they would take it away from the centre square.
"It probably started at the centre bounce,'' Sanderson said. ``They just killed us in centre-bounce clearances.
"We had our A-grade boys in there and unfortunately they got beat in there. We'll have a look at that this week.''
NOT taking the game on. Essendon had planned well for Adelaide's strategies to move the ball out of defence, and kept cutting off the obvious avenues.
But the Crows also had a hesitant look, not the usual enterprise and self-assurance to set up plays from the backline.
"Maybe it's about a bit more daring at times,'' Sanderson said. ``Risk versus reward. We'll certainly have a look at it during the review.
"I mentioned to the players at each break that it look like we were quite stagnant at times. Held the ball, didn't want to take risks, we didn't want to take the game on.
"When things got really desperate, after half time, we did look much better when we took the game on but we couldn't get back within less than three goals.
"A 35-point loss is not what you want in round 1 and it's very disappointing for the footy club because we've been waiting for six months to make amends.''
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