McLeod rates Eddie’s miracle goal a ‘one in 10’

Adelaide's Eddie Betts has kicked a goal worthy of goal of the year in the Crows' clash with North Melbourne.

IF ANDREW McLeod had to put a number on it, he'd guess the Eddie Betts goal was a one-in-10 shot.

"But give him another 10, I don't reckon he'd kick it," the dual Norm Smith Medallist and Hall of Famer grins.

"It was one of those ones you just put up there and hope for the best.

"I don't reckon he hit it quite right either - but he won't tell you that."

A week after Port Adelaide's Chad Wingard pulled down a mark of the year contender at Adelaide Oval, Betts nailed a goal of the year chance at the city venue with a curling checkside on the run from the best part of 50m midway through the opening quarter.

Replays showed the ball was perhaps beyond the boundary as Betts steadied to unload - but given it takes half-a-dozen TV angles to split goal-line decisions, we'll let this one slide.

It was Betts's first of three first-half goals that gave Adelaide the spark to set up a sixth victory and an even 6-6 win-loss record for the Crows.

But it was more than just the six points that Betts delivered. It was buzz. Hope. Belief.

That sense of confidence that convinces teammates they could pass wind and produce a rainbow.

Adelaide forward Eddie Betts celebrates with Matt Wright and Scott Thompson after his miracle goal from the boundary line. Picture: Sarah Reed.

Basically, everything that's been missing in Adelaide's misfiring 2014 season.

It was the same infectious joy that Betts shared with Taylor Walker when the spearhead - who frightened supporters when he limped off during the third quarter - booted his second goal early in the last.

Betts is the kind of bloke Supercoach scores can't track. AFL statisticians can record kicks, marks, tackles, score assists. But how do you measure the effect a stadium of 47,000 fans rising in anticipation everytime the fella in the bright orange boots gets near the ball?

You can't. So that goal, it might be a one-in-10 shot. Maybe more.

But just by going for it, by rolling the dice on that miracle goal, Betts will do his job every time.

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