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SANFL Round 4

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SANFL Round 4, Tips and Previews

North Adelaide vs. Sturt @ Adelaide Oval

This much should be an absolute cracker, both teams finished last season right next to each other and I’m sure there is no love loss from North with Sturt knocking them out the finals last season. North have started the season beautifully and are looking to have there complete structure up and ready, they have only played against lower ladder teams but definitely looked impressive doing it. Sturt had a great win over Port but fell over against the Eagles and will certainly be looking to make up for the disappointing loss. A win in this match will do a lot for either teams confidence and will really get them set for a great season, North Adelaide have a very hard 4 Rounds as ahead they have Sturt, Centrals, Port and the Eagles. Any game, which North can win, they would be happy with, but im sure they would at least like to win fifty percent of these four games.

The Double Blues will be looking to get there structure through the midfield working again like it did against Port two week prior and the big ground will certainly suit there run. This match will definitely be a battle of the midfield as North’s is in great form and getting the job done for them week after week. Coming off the by is a big thing for North and it will be very interesting to see whether or not they are able to continue to play well and keep form. The Roosters can generally bounce back after the bye but history does show that teams still struggle.

This match will be a real fight out and it will be important to stay strong down back, with Chambers and Hargraves at either end it will be a real shootout. Whichever team can hold the forwards the best will go a long way to winning this match, Hargraves is in great form aswell. North Adelaide will be on a mission to get back some respect from the Double Blues, and Sturt will not want to give it to them… expect this match to get heated. Sturt have got a very good record under lights and Adelaide Oval and if they get a lead, it will be very hard for the Roosters to peg it back and this is certainly something they should avoid happening.

Will be a very tight tussle of a fight, I expect the final margin to be within a couple of goals.


Norwood vs. South Adelaide @ Noarlunga Oval

Norwood have been very disappointing with the performances over the past year, and have continued that last week against West giving up a strong lead. Norwood’s performance in the forward line has gone a long way to stuffing up there matches and need a real target to give it to. If Norwood can use a tall which is good at overhead marking that could work, but its going to be hard to keep scoring enough goals continuously and consistently across the whole season. South Adelaide just coming off a home ground win against the four time premiers Central Districts would have done there confidence a world of good and they’ll believe in themselves now. The only thing in which the Panther need to watch out for is generally after a great win against a topside, they come out the next week and play atrociously.

One thing in which the Panthers done well against the Dogs is the way in which they used the wind, this is something in which they should certainly focus on doing as it seemed to do the job against such a strong team. If they target there main forwards by bombing it in there they should do good, if it can work against such a strong team like the Dogs then why not continue doing it. If Norwood can play the wind then that may or may not work to there advantage depending on whether or not they stick a tall overhead marker in the forward lines. The main thing in which Norwood need to worry about is getting there structure working fluently early in the season and not having such result as what cost them getting the spoon in 04.

South Adelaide should run down the Redlegs if the play like they can, but the Panthers are so inconsistent that they could do such things as losing these matches.

The Panthers to win, by 5 goals


Woodville West Torrens vs. West Adelaide @ Woodville Oval

The Eagles have been very impressive still and are starting this season as they did the last, It's important that the Eagles can beat the strong teams early and regain the confidence that they can challenge the Dogs... or the same thing will happen again. West Adelaide havent totally up to scratch but won an important match against Norwood at Adelaide Oval, They were great coming back from the deficet but it's whether or not they can produce good enough footy against a quality side like the Eagles. The Eagles completly controlled there match against Sturt using there shots on goal with success, they were very acurate and got the hard ones. It's most likely Stevens will still be in for the Eagles and this week they'll be looking for a bit more of an effort from him, it's important that he can kick these goals as a forward and help out.

West Adelaide are certainly capable of good football it's just they do not do it on a consistant basis, it seems as if when someone gets injured that it effects the whole sides performance and they do not play well. They really need to stop putting the game down to just a few players in there team and all give it a red hot go, otherwise they will continue to struggle. The Eagles are a much more fast paced running team and West Adelaide are going to need to slow the game down and expose the Eagles weakness of direct kicking football.

The Eagles are just too strong for West Adelaide, West can produce the footy to beat them... it just depends which team turns up. The Eagles by 7 goals.


Port Adelaide vs. Central Districts @ Alberton Oval

Port Adelaide are in quite good form at the moment, just going down to the Double Blues woudl still give them confidence that they can beat top sides and be one themselves. The Dogs would be very disapointed with there loss to the Panthers and will certainly be looking to make up for what happened, they'll go into the match very hyped and wanting to win which will make it a very heated game. Port Adelaide generally play there best footy against the Dogs and previous results show this, they'll be looking to snatch away a win and get the early mental advantage over them. If the Dogs cannot manage to win this match it will hurt there confidence alot, i think this is a must win match for them... long way to go in the season but it would certainly help to back up a loss against the Panther with a win over the Magpies.

The Magpies will have firm in there minds the fact that they beat the Panthers at home in Round 1, and take it in as a mental advantage thinking if they can beat the Panthers... then they can beat the Dogs. The Gowans boys were roughing up players last week and they will need to continue showing some muscle this week aswell, it's important to take the early physical advantage in the match aswell. It should be a great clash and if Centrals can find form, even better.

Will be a very tight match, The dogs by a couple of goals.

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Match Review - Sturt vs. North Adelaide @ Adelaide Oval

A very fierce clash was expected and that's what was to happen on a cold Adelaide evening, the temperature was extremly cold and a different type of playing conditions than both teams had expereinced as of late. The first quarter was very loose tagging from both teams and it was basically goal for goal, When Bamford put the first one through for North there was a huge roar from the North crowd and alot of atmosphere was building. Once Richardson hit back for the Double Blues it was a great and quick answer which the Blues needed and was important they drew back level. North Adelaide were looking very promising and troubling the Blues throughout the midfeild forcing the errors and returning them with goals. The Blues midfield was beggining to work and they were producing there dominant run once again, poor shooting on goals was the only thing which forced them to go into the quarter time break down by three points.

Sturt hitback early in the second and retreived the lead off the Rooster with a fantastic mark from Bowen, after a poor kick out by the Roosters from a Mcleay soccer attempt which went astray. The Blues began to take the advantage in the ruck and defence but there skill errors in the midfield were still costing them some valuable shots into the fifty. With Bowen providing a healthy tall target in the forwardline for Sturt it was clear they had to leave him up there once he stuck his second goal through giving the Blues the lead once again, was neck and neck the whole quarter with the Rooster taking the lead twice but Chambers put one through at the 28th minute mark to give the Blues a 3 point lead into the half time break.

Key forward for the Rooster began to take his mark on the match booting 4 goals in the quarter, he easily could have had alot more but missed a few easy ones from right in front. Bowen once again had a great quarter and provided some height with a goal to bring back the lead, with Mcleay missing a goal about one metre out which was certainly a costly miss for the Blues. The Blues were giving away far too many stupid free kicks and needed to tighten up and play a bit more smart football, because when things are this tight giving away a bad free kick can mean the difference in the end. North went into the three quarter time break with a 2 point lead.

Daniel Wicks opened up the scoring for the Blues in the final term with a beautiful running goal from forty metres out. Wasn't alot of scoring with just two kicked in the entire quarter, once Daniel Hargraves put through his 6th goal to tie the match it was certainly game on. The new boy Jarjoura again was an important factor in a close match for the Double Blues slotting through two points too win the match for Sturt, the complete squad of the Blues were enlighted and as expected Jars was very disappointed in his boys.

Sturt: 10.13 (73)
North: 11.5 (71)

Crowd: 5,650

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