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Adelaide’s bad nightmare streak will reach 363 days after the club fell extraordinarily short in a fourth-quarter mystery starring Essendon.
The Ravens, who played in a grand final in 2017, have now lost 11 consecutive games and have only one chance for a full year without a victory flavor.
Already on a record loss streak for the club since joining the AFL in 1991, coach Matthew Nicks’ team lost 9.8 (62) to 8.11 (59) after wasting a series of past opportunities.
Nicks has yet to claim victory at the club with the Ravens’ last victory on 3 August 2019, in the 20th circular opposite St Kilda.
The North Melbourne game on Saturday where they saw their winless nightmare grow bigger after 365 days.
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The Crows were just one kick away from celebrating the end of the drought, but only managed 1.6 in the last quarter when Essfinishon stood firm to hold on to a frantic end.
Crow Brodie Smith shot a goal shot with 20 seconds remaining to win his team’s game, his hasty shot drawn to the right.
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Previously, Lachlan Murphy brought him back to a one-kick game with less than five minutes to play when the ball bounced on his knees near point of purpose after Conor McKenna had a blow with his boot.
However, he is the only one who can locate the center of the sticks while Essendon had the Ravens pay with an exact kick at the other end.
On a painful day for the Crows, club legend Graham Cornes summed up the stirrups after some other close defeat.
#AFLCrowsBombers In football, you get what you deserve, but the Crows deserved more today greater