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Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks has mixed feelings about his AFL club's 31-point win against West Coast.
After five-straight AFL losses, Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks knows he can't be too picky with a win.
But Nicks admits Adelaide's 13.10 (88) to 8.9 (57) victory against West Coast left a slightly sour taste.
"I'd be lying if I said it didn't," he said.
The Crows were up by 31 points at quarter-time after kicking five goals to none.
But the winning margin was the same against a West Coast outfit which had lost its previous games by 101, 52, 74, 75, 109, 84 and 63 points.
"We dropped away," Nicks said.
"We did enough early to set the game up so we come away with a win but we dropped away in the contest which is our one-wood, our DNA as we say.
"For whatever reason we went to a style of footy which is uncharacteristic for us ... so that was unusual and we will discuss that as a group, what triggered that."
Regardless, Nicks said his club deserved to celebrate its fourth victory this season.
"This is a win, of course we walk away positive," he said.
"If you're not enjoying wins then maybe you're in the wrong game.
"I am not sure this one is going into the archives but we will take the four points."