No more excuses for Crows

Brent Reilly (right) stretches at Adelaide training. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: The Advertiser

SENIOR Adelaide player Brent Reilly has hinted the race for spots for Round 1 has contributed to the Crows' poor pre-season form.

The competition, already highlighted by coach Brenton Sanderson, is on with Adelaide having just one more game to impress the selection committee: tomorrow night's match against Carlton.

Reilly said the club needed to use the match to settle down ahead of the premiership season and use Carlton, which has been impressive under new coach Mick Malthouse, as a barometer.

"I think a lot of the boys are just trying to get a game for Round 1 and they're showing there's a bit of pressure on them,'' Reilly said.

"This week we need to play as a team and play good team defence and that will help on the scoreboard.

"We're not unsettled ... I just think we need to get our team defence together."

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But there are still holes to fill. Reilly pointed to the loss of Mick Doughty, a rugged defender who retired after last season, as one of the most difficult players to replace.

"He is going to be a massive loss for us, he took the key small forward ... I don't think we are going to replace him,'' Reilly said.

"Sando's given the younger guys a go but this week we've got our full-strength team in. 'Tarls' (Daniel Talia) is back tomorrow night and 'Shawry' (Sam Shaw) is back too, so there's no excuses now.

"We've been out of form a little bit this year already, but we're looking forward to tomorrow night and Carlton are a good team and we need to have a win.

"We haven't had our full team in until tomorrow night.  We've got one more game to go until Round 1 so it's going to be a good show tomorrow night.''
 

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