Crows shake-up unlikely: Sanderson

Crows forward Josh Jenkins, left, doing laps with Tom Lynch and skipper Nathan van Berlo. Jenkins is expected to be available for the match against Brisbane Lions, while Lynch is pushing for selection. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: The Advertiser

ADELAIDE coach Brenton Sanderson has become the biggest critic of the Crows' season-opening loss to Essendon - and he does not like watching the video.

"Sometimes you go home after a game and watch it again and think it is not that bad - but this one was actually worse than what I thought seeing it live," said Sanderson yesterday of Adelaide's 35-point loss at home.

"There's a lot (not to like from the match), but you can also over-analyse every contest that was in the game. I try not to do that. We try to focus on a couple of key points we were poor on.

"We have to get back to playing our style very quickly.

"We have had a big week of coaching, a big week and a half of training - now we have to go to Brisbane and get a win away from home."

But one poor performance is not enough for Sanderson to lose faith in his players, who have not lost two games in a row under his watch.

He is not forecasting a shake-up for Saturday's clash with NAB Cup champions Brisbane at the Gabba.

"Our boys are keen to make amends for what was a disappointing result," he said.

"A lot (will get second chances). You can't go through a whole career without playing a poor game. But you also can't be consistently bad and keep getting games.

"We had guys who really played well in the SANFL at the weekend.

"They have left us with the dilemma to make some tough calls at match committee this week.

There's positives and negatives when it comes to (playing) three talls

"And if you get a game this week after coming off a bad one (against Essendon), you can't afford to have another bad one.

"If you don't have depth, guys will continually get games when they are out of form.

"But if you have depth, you have to reward form.

"I'm not afraid to throw the team around."

For selection today, Sanderson expects key forward Josh Jenkins (wrist) and young defender Luke Brown (left foot) to be available.

Sanderson is anticipating the robust debate at match committee time to deliver no more than two changes. The most obvious is the selection of teenager Brad Crouch for his first AFL game.

The second change may be forced by a need to restructure an Adelaide attack that appeared too reliant on key forward Taylor Walker against the Bombers - challenging the Crows to consider recalling specialist small forward Ian Callinan, decide if Ricky Henderson and Graham Johncock play in attack rather than defence and whether Tom Lynch finally gets a call-up.

"It's all about what gives us the best result," Sanderson said.

"Is that three talls, two talls or maybe one tall and five quick smalls? We're constantly debating that.

"Last year when we went to the Gabba (in round 21) we took three talls, we kicked 6.7 in the first quarter and then lost the game because we could not defend them running the ball out of our forward 50.

"There's positives and negatives when it comes to (playing) three talls."

Of Lynch who was impressive in the SANFL at the weekend, Sanderson said: "He is going to play a lot of footy for us ... but it is where he fits?

"He is that 190cm running half-forward like Henderson and Lewis Johnston.

"But Lynch went into the midfield for Glenelg at the weekend and played really well. Maybe we can look at hime as a taller wingman or a guy who an play across half-back.

"He is a utility for us. And he is an important player for us."

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