The pressure is on Adelaide Crows selectors to pick Brad Crouch for the match against Brisbane Lions. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: The Advertiser
CROWS coach Brenton Sanderson will today break his cycle of "more work, less talk" to reveal his faith in the Adelaide squad - and how much scope his club's selectors have to challenge it.
The Crows' long post-mortem from the season-opening loss to Essendon on March 22 turns to finding answers today, particularly at selection.
Here the case for teenager Brad Crouch to finally make his AFL debut - against pre-season champion Brisbane at the Gabba on Saturday - is made.
But who pays the price in the underperforming Adelaide midfield for Crouch to be 192nd player to represent the Adelaide Football Club?
There may be a domino run at selection. Crouch could replace half-forward Graham Johncock, who would become the substitute, replacing Brodie Martin.
A refit of the Adelaide attack also makes for a debating point at Adelaide's match committee.
The heavy reliance on key forward Taylor Walker forces the Crows selectors to perhaps think of the potency offered by genuine go-to forwards Tom Lynch and Lewis Johnston, rather than tapping into an opportunist such as small forward Ian Callinan.
The other big call - which will become clearer after practice at West Lakes this morning - is on midfielder-defender Brodie Smith.
Sidelined by a broken collarbone suffered in the NAB Cup 20/20 opener against Port Adelaide in mid-February, Smith is back in training. He says he is more likely to resume against the Power in the April 14 Showdown.
"I'm still aiming for round three," said Smith in a club-based interview.
"My rehab is going very well," added Smith who hopes to have a medical clearance to return to competitive training this week.
Sanderson will today give his first measured reflections on why the Crows failed to live up to their own standards against the Bombers.
And how he has dealt with the glaring problems in the midfield and with inept tackling.
But there is unlikely to be an overreaction from Sanderson, whose faith in his players in based on them not losing consecutive games since his arrival as coach last year.
Adelaide returns to the Gabba - where they lost to the Lions in round 21 last year - to find Brisbane making its own roar about finding redemption after the embarrassing loss to the Western Bulldogs on Saturday.
Coach Michael Voss also faces a test of his faith in his players.
"Whether everyone gets the chance to get that redemption, I can't say right now," said Voss.
"We'll look at the game at match committee and look at what we did and didn't have against the Bulldogs. Everyone has to be accountable for a performance like that.
"Our players may have earned (faith) because they have been so good up until Saturday. We can focus on one day but it was one day in a very long campaign."
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