Adelaide's Scott Thompson says Geelong's attack can be its downfall Crows onballer Scott Thompson in action against the Tigers. Picture: Michael Dodge. ADELAIDE midfielder Scott Thompson has indicated Geelong's greatest strength - it's all-out attacking nature - can also be the weakness that allows the Crows to sneak an upset win as they seek to remain in the finals race today. Geelong's tendency to cut through the middle of the ground and bravely take the game on is the area Adelaide will seek to exploit with a heightened sense of pressure at West Lakes this afternoon. Thompson, who will play his 200th game for the Crows, is aware of the magnitude of the challenge, but believes Adelaide is on the brink of proving its form is better than its record suggests. "It is a big challenge," Thompson said. Geelong is no doubt the benchmark again. But in saying that, I think our form for the last two weeks aside hasn't been as bad as what has been written. There's been patches where we've lacked in concentration and been down one a few of areas that has really cost us at the end of the game with the result. They definitely like to take the game on. They really back in their game style and have great confidence within their group with what each player is capable of doing. But they flirt with the ball at times and hopefully our pressure is good enough to turn it over and get the ball going our way. Making the Geelong match a greater hurdle is the loss of Patrick Dangerfield, who is expected to miss three weeks because of shoulder injury. Thompson said there was not one player who could replace Dangerfield, the club's most dominant midfielder, and that the rest of the group would have to share the load. "Bring in three blokes," Thompson said with a laugh when asked how to replace Dangerfield. He's going to be a big loss, there's no doubt about that. But Patrick is out for at least this week. We know what he gives us in contested ball and offensively but someone will come in and do the job. We've got (Richard) Tambling and Mitch Grigg playing his first game, which will be great for him. They will no doubt do a job for the team. They won't be Patrick Dangerfield, and we don't expect that. No one is him. But if they do their role, that's all we expect from them.