ADELAIDE'S Alice Springs annihilation has been consigned to the history books as the Crows aim to turn the tables on Melbourne and keep their finals dream alive.

The Crows were humiliated to the tune of 91 points when the two sides met at Traeger Park in round 10, going down 23.8 (146) to 8.7 (55) on May 27.

Fast-forward two months, and it's a vastly different Crows side that will host the Demons at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night.

Skipper Taylor Walker and vice-captain Rory Sloane headline eight inclusions that also feature Paul Seedsman, Mitch McGovern, Riley Knight, Lachlan Murphy, Kyle Cheney and Alex Keath.

They replace NAB AFL Rising Star contender Tom Doedee – out this week with concussion – Richard Douglas, Cam Ellis-Yolmen, Darcy Fogarty, Sam Gibson, Kyle Hartigan, David Mackay and Myles Poholke.

Crows coach Don Pyke told reporters on Friday the footage of the Alice Springs flogging – when he famously gave his players the silent treatment for 30 seconds at three-quarter time – hadn't been brought up this week.

"We haven't really gone over that too much," Pyke said.

"Probably leave that one behind, I'm not sure that's going to help us.

"We learnt Melbourne's clearly a very good side and played very well, as poorly as we played.

"I'd be surprised and very disappointed if we played like that again tomorrow night."

The Crows (12th, 9-8) have won three of their past four games to have them within striking distance of the top eight.

Pyke was hopeful Doedee would return for the massive round 20 Showdown with Port Adelaide next week after he was concussed in last Saturday night's five-point win against Brisbane.

"He wasn't showing enough signs of improving significantly enough to be ready for the game," Pyke said.

"He's up and about, he's moving, but it was a reach too far for him this week."

Doedee's absence will mean Jake Kelly will spend more time in his customary defensive role.

Forward Mitch McGovern could also go back to help negate Demons' key targets Jesse Hogan and Tom McDonald.

"McGovern's natural leading patterns are as a forward, but we've explored him down back," Pyke said.

"It's always nice to have a guy in your side who can do a bit of both.

"He's probably the one forward we've got we think can develop into that sort of player who can swing from both ends."

It's just the third time this season the Crows have all four players in their leadership group – Walker, Sloane, Matt Crouch and Tom Lynch – in the same team.

"There's leadership sitting around in a meeting on a Monday morning talking about review of games, but the on-ground leadership comes to the fore," Pyke said.

"We saw that three weeks ago with (Walker) against West Coast when his impact on the game was significant.

"We saw it against Geelong with Rory Sloane around the ball and his passion and drive for the contest.

"That's what our leaders do, they set an example on field that allows others to follow."