Adelaide Crows
Adelaide Crows coach Neil Craig is a man of unique vision. We know this because he has told the public as much on several occasions. Where Crows’ fans see a rabble who currently sit 14th on the AFL ladder with three wins from 12 games, Craig sees great things ahead.

“It’s the most exciting group I think this club has ever had. I can just see this group of players doing great things,” Craig said in April, after his side’s loss to the Blues. Even this weekend, after yet another loss, he was largely upbeat. “It’s an inexperienced team that I think is showing some really good signs,” he babbled.
Visionaries are great. Without them, the oceans would never have been sailed, the heavens conquered, nor the Snowy dammed for hydro power and water. But true visionaries are rare. It’s one thing to claim to be able to see over the horizon. Another entirely to fail to see the bleeding obvious two feet in front of your face. Which brings us to Julia Gillard…
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Can a football team change a town? Can sport become a symbol of renewal, and give a community a sense of optimism and purpose?
Elitists who regard sport as a mindless pursuit would scoff at the suggestion. They would probably hold that the only change a football team can make to a town is to pollute people’s brains with useless trivia, distract them from pressing social realities, and eat into valuable self-improvement and family time.
The 20-year history of the Adelaide Crows – sorry, the mighty Adelaide Crows – provides a compelling counterpoint to those who would dismiss sport as frivolous or meaningless.
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Shane says:
Oh boo hoo, Tony. The reason Adelaide doesn’t have a draw like Collingwood’s is because ... now, run off and get a pen to write this down, dear ... they are a MELBOURNE team and the majority of teams are in MELBOURNE. I suspect you’re just (Adelaide?) bitter because the… Read more »
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steve parker says:
I still remember my young daughter running out onto Brighton Road and the madness scenes with car hornes going and scarves everywhere. People were dancing and screaming. A great team in the best city in the World!!! Go you CROWS!! Good article David! Read more »
This is my first column for The Adelaide Advertiser since last month’s South Australian election and as such I feel duty bound to reflect on the wash-up from the result. But not for the first time, I’d rather write about footy.

Just to keep the political tragics happy, the shorthand version of the SA poll is that almost one in every 10 voters abandoned their support for Mike Rann because they find him kind of annoying, but he got back anyway because Labor had such a strong majority.
Which brings us to the Adelaide Crows. History shows that when a successful footy club goes bad it can shed around 10 per cent of its membership. Like Labor under Rann, the Adelaide Crows enjoy a comfortable buffer in terms of their support.
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benno says:
Penbo, I thought you were a Swannie. Come on, you don’t have to pretend you’re loyal to Adelaide just cause they’re losing. We know you’ve been having torrid weekend motel meetings with the Swans for a while now. Read more »
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The Pride of says:
It just got worse; our crows are 0-3. Half the Melbourne team can’t handball to save themselves, yet we found a way to lose to them. But Sturt did beat Glenelg by 39 points yesterday, so I’m happy with that. And Port lost too, which is never a bad thing. Read more »
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