CAN Mark Williams survive as Port Adelaide coach beyond this season?
But nothing is impossible for Hawthorn. Adelaide jumped from 14th to 10th this weekend, as it achieved – with an 84-point thumping of Essendon at AAMI Stadium on Saturday night – consecutive wins for the first time this season. With Sydney on edge – more so after failing to beat Richmond yesterday – the Crows are just two wins (and a fair bit of percentage) from eighth spot. “We are still a long, long way away from challenging for the finals, in reality,” says Adelaide coach Neil Craig, whose Crows have a demanding draw including AFL premier Geelong and finals contenders Western Bulldogs, Collingwood and St Kilda, in the last eight weeks of the home-and-away season. The Crows are now likely to close their frustrating season being tagged the best team outside the top eight – and the best-prepared, with a smarter pre-season program, for Season 2011. And now to the big-ticket item of the week and probably the next month: Mark Williams, who is speaking of believing in miracles to end the P
