AFL: GWS Giants torched after ‘embarrassing’ display against Adelaide

The fall from grace for one of last year’s Grand Finalists continued with an insipid outing against the bottom of the ladder team.

Leon Cameron and his team were slammed on Tuesday night.

Believe it or not, the Adelaide Crows are on a winning streak. After going 0-13, the Crows have now reeled off two straight wins.

Proving their win against Hawthorn was no fluke, the Crows took care of business against a lacklustre GWS Giants outfit at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday night.

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The Crows jumped out of the blocks and never looked back as they raced away with the 8.11 (59) to 7.5 (47) victory.

As Crows fans celebrated the win over a team still hoping to make the push for finals, fans watching on couldn’t help but apply the blowtorch onto the Giants.

Still sitting in eighth spot on the ladder, a win would have lifted the Giants into seventh place and only behind the sixth placed St Kilda on percentage. It also would have put them a game clear of the ninth placed Western Bulldogs.

From the opening bounce however it was clear the intensity being brought to the contest by the Giants was severely below that of the Crows.

Things didn’t get any better as the game went on for a team loaded with star talent that many believed would be high in the premiership race.

“This is embarrassing for the Giants. Genuinely embarrassing. Getting brained by the worst side we’ve seen in a while,” journalist Adam Curley wrote.

“If you can’t beat Adelaide you don’t deserve to play finals. It’s as simple as that. The Giants better turn it on over the next quarter and a half. With their talent they should do just that … *should*,” journalist Mark Gottlieb wrote.

“Whether they win or lose this match or not GWS have been woeful this season there is really no excuse for it with all the talent they have,” ABC’s Paul Johnson wrote.

Shane McAdam and the Crows soared.

Stepladder Whitfield provided a nice platform.

The Crows’ dominance was fuelled by their clearance work around the ground (34-24) with ruckman Reilly O’Brien providing silver service to his midfield brigade.

O’Brien out-tapped his opponent and former teammate Sam Jacobs 43-20 with midfield trio Rory Laird and Matt and Brad Crouch combining for 86 disposals.

Livewire Shane McAdam provided a spark up forward all game long for the Crows in arguably the best game of his young career.

Highlights were few and fair between for the Giants, but Bobby Hill produced some jaw-dropping moments with a boundary line goal in the opening quarter before a mark of the year contender in the third quarter.

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The Crows will look to make it three in a row when they go up against Carlton on Sunday afternoon.

GWS face a four-day turnaround before they lace up the boots again in a contest against another finals hopeful in Melbourne on Saturday night.