A good night to be black and white then. The Pies are on the charge with September looming, and the Crows have got some work to do.

We'll be back tomorrow night for a Friday night double-header, and I hope you'll join us again then. Goodnight!

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The Collingwood coach had a chat with Fox Footy. Here is a bit from that:

"Our forwards started getting up the ground a bit too high. Our contest balance was out of whack. The free kick count was horrendous at half-time. We just had to be a bit more patient, and then a few subtle tweaks which got us back into the game.

"We showed the footy world we play for each other against Gold Coast when [Maynard] was involved in that incident. Our spirit travels, we look after each other.

"Momentum is a big thing. Honestly I thought we were long odds to beat the Crows tonight, but we've got some young guys finding their way and we are playing like a team right now.

"[On the Quaynor booing] I'm just not sure how the world works when someone has been vilified [and is then booed]. I would love to protect our boys, but it's a really strange one for me. I'm just not sure how that how works in this world we live in."

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Sorry to do it to you, but I'm going to have to drop the Nick Daicos statline here.

• 39 disposals (game-high)
• 608 metres gained (game-high)
• Seven clearances (team-high)
• Ten score involvements (game-high)
• 18 contested possessions (game-high)
• 19 uncontested possessions (second game-high)
• One goal (it was very good)
• Three Brownlow votes (or something is wrong)

He'll be doing this for another decade too, at least. Might win seven Brownlows.

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I think you officially don't want to play Collingwood right now. This is now a run of form that is getting stronger with every week, and the way they are playing seems to be the kind of footy that wins finals (and wildcard games, I guess).

Tough, fast, creative, physical and brave, this was Collingwood at their best. Better yet, they had to wear a few early punches from the Crows before steadying and responding on the fly.

Adelaide, for their part, will be disappointed. That was a meek second half, the sort of roll-over job that they produced in finals last year. When things get tough, too much is left to too few and if the big forwards aren't being fed they struggle to hold ascendency. And without Mark Keane the backline seemed rudderless.

It's a big result for both clubs. Only one of these teams looked top-four calibre tonight.

Hilarious. Shocking turnover coming out of defence results in three free Magpies witih within 20 metres of the goal.

Membrey boots the easiest goal of the night and incredibly, it's out to 40 points.

Might be tempting to read too heavily into this second half from Collingwood... but sheesh, they have been seriously good here. They've looked quick and powerful, and have run all over the Crows here.

Forward pressure, turnover, handball, handball, snap, goal. So simple, impossible to stop tonight.

Ed Allan is having some sort of last quarter! The Pies are kicking away now and surely can't be caught.

It's just chaos and contest, but the Magpies have won in those areas all night. Allan sneaks a snap through congestion and it finds its way home.

The Crows fans are heading for the exits, some of them taking their absurd boos with them.

Just moments after hitting the post, Allan splits the middle witha  burst of speed and a wonderful snap. Forward pressure and quick hands creating the chance for the in-form Allan.

That Adelaide backline, without Mark Keane, has been poor tonight.

And boy did they need it. Neal-Bullen came out the front of the centre square and laid out a delightful pass for the leading Thilthorpe.

Meanwhile Brayden Maynard has left the field and has headed straight down the race. He's limping on his left leg.

A nothing kick from De Goey, rushed across the face of his own goal, falls in the perfect spot for Membrey to mark. It might just be Collingwood's night.

Membrey goes back and kicks his first of the night to give Collingwood a 19-point lead. It's getting tough for the Crows now.

Well, it's Nick Daicos, but it's also Dan Houston. The run-down tackle from Houston on Neal-Bullen was incredible, turning a potential counter-attack into a Daicos chance.

Daicos took the loose ball 65 from goal, weaved a path to 50 and the nailed his shot on the run. Just a simply phenomenal footballer.

We've knocked five minutes off the game clock and still the wait for a goal in the last term goes on. Collingwood owning field position and a seven-point lead, but it feels precarious.

First goal almost worth two.

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A mighty impressive term from the Pies, who have managed to wrestle the game onto their own terms after it looked like they might get blown away early in the second quarter.

It's an eight-point Collingwood lead on the back of another big Nick Daicos game. He's got 29 touches and six clearances to 3QT, and was particularly damaging in that third term.

The Crows are obviously still right there and only a kick and a bit back. Most of the stats of note are incredibly tight, and in truth the difference in the game right now is a handful of freak goals the Pies have kicked. And yet, this is not a game Adelaide can afford to drop, so something will have to give in this critical last term.

After a bit of volleyball back and forth, the ball spills to Keays at the tip of the goalsquare. He's able to squeeze his kick away and find a critical late goal.

There was some dispute as to whether the ball crossed the line, but it did not. Perhaps it should have, from a Collingwood perspective.

The Collingwood foot is being put down. They are controlling the game behind the play and dominating it up front. Nick Daicos is going nuts, they are winning every contest and the Crows are looking confused.

De Goey marked strongly and drilled his set shot from directly in front. They're building a lead now.

We have seen some stupid goals tonight, and that one might be the dumbest of the lot. What's he doing having a shot from there off a step? With people everywhere?

Anderson from deep, DEEP in the pocket just launched the ball skyward and let it drift its way back through. Incredible, Pies by eight.

Collingwood in front! Who saw this coming halfway through the second?

They've turned it around in the contest up the ground and the forward line remains dangerous. West brought it to ground, Harrison worked the dribbler through to perfection. It's a two-point game in Collingwood's favour.

They are just never out of this game. Collingwood's ability to find scores to stay in touch is incredible.

Sidebottom held his width on the fat side, and when the sloppy kick tumbled to a dangerous spot he hit the contest hardest and cleanest. He split the pack and snapped a ripper.

The ball has largely lived in the Collingwood attacking end so far in this third quarter, but the Crows have managed to sting them on turnover the other way.

Rankine started it with a run down tackle and from there Adelaide were off. Rachele got on the end of the Walker kicked and nailed the set shot.