{"id":12238,"date":"2018-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/you-better-believe-both-crows-and-port-are-top-4-chances-says-blight\/"},"modified":"2018-04-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T00:00:00","slug":"you-better-believe-both-crows-and-port-are-top-4-chances-says-blight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/you-better-believe-both-crows-and-port-are-top-4-chances-says-blight\/","title":{"rendered":"You Better Believe Both Crows And Port Are Top 4 Chances: Blight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Malcolm Blight says both local teams are genuine premiership contenders after important wins at the weekend.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" width=\"700\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blight-showdown.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cAdelaide and the Power has created new enthusiasm for the SA-based AFL clubs to both rank in the top four for the first time since 2002,\u201d Blighty has written in The Advertiser.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cSome of us already believed&#8230; Now there should be greater belief &#8212; and credibility &#8212; to the Crows and Power being serious contenders for top-four finishes.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cPort Adelaide was not supposed to win &#8212; not against Sydney, not at the SCG, not without Ryder and certainly not after being completely outplayed at half-time. And there is one reason why this was all wrong &#8211; the boldness of the Power defenders.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, according to Blight:<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cAdelaide\u2019s six-goal win against Richmond in the grand final rematch at Adelaide Oval on Thursday night was more than just the perfect response to what happened at the MCG six months earlier. It dealt with more immediate concerns\u2026\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Including the fallout from the club\u2019s pre-season mind training camp and doubts about its ability to cope with injuries.<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cDon\u2019t make any mistake on where these two SA teams are tracking in the premiership chase.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only a supreme optimist would have tipped the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Adelaide_FC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Adelaide_FC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PAFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PAFC<\/a> to both win at the weekend. Now only a fool would ignore their top-four claims writes Malcolm Blight.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OA663GSqqr\">https:\/\/t.co\/OA663GSqqr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Advertiser Sport (@TheTiserSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTiserSport\/status\/980925629016109056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malcolm Blight says both local teams are genuine premiership contenders after important wins at the weekend. \u201cAdelaide and the Power has created new enthusiasm for the SA-based AFL clubs to both rank in the top four for the first time since 2002,\u201d Blighty has written in The Advertiser. \u201cSome of us already believed&#8230; Now there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-12238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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