Crows co-captain Chelsea Randall has called for sharper skills as Adelaide seeks its first AFLW win

SKILLS are the focus for the Crows as they seek their first AFLW win for the season.

Chelsea Randall takes a strong mark against the Lions on Saturday. Picture: Sarah Reed

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CROWS co-captain Chelsea Randall has implored her teammates to take responsibility for their direct opponent and settle down as they prepare for fellow premiership contender Melbourne on the road on Saturday.

Adelaide Crows co-captain Chelsea Randall celebrates her goal against the Lions on Saturday. Picture: Sarah Reed

Randall, who will continue to skipper on her own with Erin Phillips missing another week a quad strain, was loath to dwell on the club’s loss to Brisbane in last weekend’s season opener at Norwood on Saturday.

She said there were mitigating factors in the error-riddled loss but said skill execution had been a strong theme as the Crows seek to bounce back.

“Obviously it’s a disappointing start to our season but we can’t dwell on those type of things; we’ve got to move forward,” Randall said. “But definitely our skill execution (needs to improve), our intensity and just effort at the footy around the ground.

“Those are some of the things that we’ve been chatting about as a group.

“The excitement of Round 1 can bring different emotions into different players ... we had 11,500-odd people there and sometimes that can cause some panic.

“But we don’t want to dwell on it. We had a really good first half and we just need to do that for four quarters.”

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