Sheedy vows to keep taking risks

Greater Western Sydney coach Kevin Sheedy said he will continue to take risks and experiment with his young side regardless of the number of heavy defeats they may suffer before the end of the season.

The Giants, who were on the end of a 162-point hiding at the hands of Hawthorn last weekend, suffered their second successive 100+ loss on Sunday, losing 27.16 (178) to 8.11 (59) to Adelaide at Skoda Stadium.

After somewhat of a competitive opening few months of the season, the Giants seem to be running out of puff and things could get even uglier with tough matches against Fremantle (away) and Collingwood (home) over the next fortnight.

Sheedy said the players weren't becoming too disheartened by big losses and conceded he will continue to change things up with his developing team, even at the expense of more scoreboard pain.

"I'd rather take risks," the veteran mentor told reporters.

"Everyone worries about what you get beaten by but I'd rather get a look at what Jeremy Cameron can do on centre half back and (Nick) Haynes in the backline and see what they're capable of doing in a game in their infancy of learning to play their first year of AFL.

"You never want to wobble in a game like today or last week but you put the young kids in the pressure positions to see what we've got.

"You could always sit them on the bench or hide them in the pocket or you can put them tight in the centre square and down the corridor.

"That's the way we operate this group and this teams got to find that out as they go along."

The Giants started well enough, getting within three points early in the second term before being blown away 22 goals to four over the rest of the match.

Sheedy said he felt his side let slip a good opportunity to keep the pressure on the Crows at half-time but denied the huge margin would have any impact on his youngsters' confidence for the rest of the season.

"I tell them not to take any notice of it ... it's part of it," Sheedy said of the final result.

"The difficult part of coaching an AFL team at this time, with the system and structure we have building this club, is if going we're going to be any good we're going to suffer some penalties along the way and get some smackings from other clubs.

"It's up to the coaching staff to absorb that, not necessarily the players, and not get frustrated with that."

Asked what the reason behind his side's fadeout after half-time, Sheedy said: "We're probably a six cylinder car driving on four (cylinders).

"We just need those other two cylinders and we'll get them as these players get their maturity, fitness and strength.

"At the moment we're at best a three-quarter team against a top four side."

Meanwhile, Sheedy said NRL convert Israel Folau could become a promising ruckman for the club after impressing in short stints in the role in his comeback after six weeks out of the senior side.

Folau only managed five disposals for the day and never looked like getting a goal in his time up forward but he did produce 13 hit-outs against the experienced Adelaide ruckmen.

"His hitting out and tapping of the ball to our players gave us an opportunity to see what talent he has away from key forward line position," Sheedy said of Folau.

"If he can keep working in that area and tap the ball with either hand and become a mobile ruckman for this club in the future, that's another string to his bow I wasn't sure of when we got him.

"I didn't realise he's got exceptional spring. The two ruckman up against him have been in great form and I think he won 11 of 12 hit-outs he went for that's quite outstanding for a guy that's hardly ever played ruck."

Giants midfielder Rhys Palmer was substituted at half-time with concussion after copping an accidental knee from Adelaide's Richard Douglas and Sheedy conceded he's unlikely to make the trip to Perth next weekend.

He promised there would be changes to take on the Dockers with Andrew Phillips and Jonathan Giles likely to be recalled.