Relentless Crows stun mild Magpies

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COLLINGWOOD missed a golden opportunity to grab hold of the race for fourth spot by falling to the Crows by 21 points at Adelaide Oval on Thursday night.

The Magpies had reasonable control of the game in the first half but kicked just one goal after the main break as several of their major weaknesses were exposed.

"It was a really good win tonight. The boys were absolutely fantastic. We were really embarrassed with how we played last week, so we were rapped to come back tonight and win,'' Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson.

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"Our forwards were fantastic and applied tremendous defensive pressure. Our defence gave great rebound and our mids put in a real four-quarter effort.

"The crowd was awesome tonight. The 19th man really turned up tonight and they can certainly go home with a big smile on their face.''

Patrick Dangerfield again led the way for Adelaide with 32 disposals and eight tackles despite copping plenty of close attanetion from in-form Magpie tagger Brent Macaffer.

"To win tonight was pretty special,'' Dangerfield said.

Jamie Elliott only had 10 possessions. Picture: Simon Cross Source: News Corp Australia

"It was a hard 10-day break because we were disappointed with how we played (against Melbourne). We spoke about an even contribution from everyone.

"We applied relentless pressure tonight. We started well and maintained that pressure for the majority of the game.

The crowd was amazing tonight. When Tex came out on the ground to that noise, I couldn't help but smile and even cheer myself a little.

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"We had no idea what was going on. They're an amazing crowd. They city's done a great job. We are so lucky to play here.

Nick Maxwell and Sam Kerridge get accustomed to each other. Picture: Simon Cross Source: News Corp Australia

An inability to win clearances - which has been a troublespot for Nathan Buckley's side if not to this degree - was perhaps the most decisive factor.

It left a backline which has performed admirably for the past month overwhelmed and a forward line which had few winners starved of supply.

Scott Pendlebury, Dayne Beams and Tom Langdon won plenty of the ball and Heritier Lumumba got his side out of jail on several occasions.

Charlie Cameron gets Gatorade the treatment after his first win. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: News Corp Australia

But there were too many other players down for the Magpies to steal a road win against an Adelaide side which came out firing after a poor loss to Melbourne.

Lachlan Keeffe had his colours lowered by Crows key forward Josh Jenkins, raising the possibility of a recall for Nathan Brown ahead of next week's clash with West Coast at the MCG.

Jenkins kicked four goals in the first three quarters, forcing Buckley to reshuffle his backline and move Tyson Goldsack to defence.

A disappointed Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley. Picture: Simon Cross Source: News Corp Australia

Despite a midweek educational session with umpires boss Hayden Kennedy the Pies still finished on the wrong side of the free kick count.

Buckley's side is still reasonably well positioned to fulfil bold preseason predictions of a top four finish.

The Magpies don't travel outside of Melbourne again until round 16 and only have six games remaining on their schedule against sides currently inside the top eight.

With the Eagles, St Kilda, Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs to come in the next month, a record that currently sits at 5-3 could jump to 9-3.

Matthew Jaensch tries to avoide Jamie Elliott. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: News Corp Australia

It's a reasonable outlook for a club which was widely discounted after a horror opening round loss to Fremantle.

But given the Magpies' record away from home against the Crows - which now stands at 9-7 - this was a game they would have banked on winning.

The positive steps taken in a four game winning streak can't be forgotten but there are suddenly several areas needing attention.

The first is to refind the manic pressure which can hide many of the other problems.

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