Adelaide Crows star forward Eddie Betts says playing on instinct is a first in turning form around

EDDIE Betts says the Crows deserved the Don Pyke stare in Alice Springs but is confident of a turnaround in form as he prepares to step up and ‘bring the joy back’ and Adelaide prepares to welcome back Paul Seedsman.

Eddie Betts of the Crows is seen with Iella Warrior after handing out indigenous guernseys with indigenous school children at the Adelaide Football Club headquarters at West Lakes. Picture: AAP Image/David Mariuz 'My guys ran around topless'

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ADELAIDE forward Eddie Betts has implored his teammates to play on instinct and for the joy of the game as the Crows seek to turn its form around in the Sir Doug Nicholls Round against GWS at Adelaide Oval.

The Crows were on Tuesday preparing for a searching review of its 91-point capitulation to Melbourne in Alice Springs but Betts said the only thing to do was to learn from it and move on.

Eddie Betts speaks with indigenous school children at the Adelaide Football Club headquarters at West Lakes. Picture: David Mariuz/AAP

The Crows are hoping to regain in-form Paul Seedsman, who was a late withdrawal in Alice Springs with adductor soreness, after scans came back clear. Luke Brown, who suffered a concussion during the game, will be tested ahead of this weekend.

Betts was the first to admit the loss to the Demons was sub par but also warned against overreacting.

“We kind of respond well when our backs are against the wall,” Betts said. “And it’s not like it’s the end of the world.

“We sit sixth, I think, on the ladder and we’re two or three games off top and it’s not even halfway (through the season).

“We know we need to improve and we’ll work on that in training.”

Betts, who kicked goal of the year during the Indigenous Round in 2015, hoped the occasion would give his teammates an added lift.

“You always want to do something exciting in Indigenous Round.

“You’ve just got to play on instinct; that’s the main thing.

“Play on instinct and bring the joy back.

Eddie Betts of the Crows flies over Jake Lever in Alice Springs on Sunday. Picture: Michael Willson/AFL Media/Getty Images

Betts sits on Lever’s back. Picture: Michael Willson/AFL Media/Getty Images

“I think it’s about reviewing it, learning from it and then going out and training it.

“It’s all about that attitude and intent.

“We have to go out there and train well, train hard, train the way we play and implement that on game day.

“Being on Adelaide Oval as well with 55,000 Crows members will help a lot as well.”

Betts also defended coach Don Pyke’s staring down the players at three-quarter time and giving them the silent treatment.

He had — and with good reason — just wanted to make sure the players were psychologically present.

“We kind of deserved that,” Betts said. “We were playing shockingly.

“I guess he was just trying to see if we were engaged, if we were still here, still present.”

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