Adelaide's comfortable 68-point-win over Melbourne wasn't a great game by any stretch, but Brenton Sanderson was pleased with the way the Crows ended a chapter of their history at AAMI Stadium.

"We really built it up internally that this was an important game for our club and our fans." The coach said.

"We had a lot of past players in the rooms before the game and [it was] a nice way to finish off our time here with a win."

In the last quarter the Adelaide crowd conducted a Mexican wave that best-afield Scott Thompson thoroughly enjoyed.

"It was a bit old school and it was actually a great feeling," he said.

"I did sneak a moment there to have a look around and it was great to see the crowd enjoying themselves."

Former Swan Lewis Johnston provided a highlight with six goals and while it wasn't one of Adelaide's best performances of the season, they did look good in patches.

"I don't think we're playing bad footy, we're just not playing good footy often enough,” Sanderson remarked.

"We're just showing little signs in games where we look horrible.

"We've got to eliminate those patches and that will be a focus over this summer."

Tom Lynch pulled out of the game against Melbourne with a foot injury. He will require surgery but will be ready for 2014 pre-season.

"We've had broken legs, broken ankles, foot injuries, shoulder reconstructions. Unfortunately it's been the year of traumatic injuries for us. We'll lick our wounds though and we'll be back better for next year," Sanderson said.

Daniel Talia copped a nasty knock to his glute while Sam Kerridge also took a hit to the ribs. Both will be ready for next week's game against West Coast.

Despite a disappointing season for the Crows, Thompson believes they can be a late September contender next season.

"Heading forward the club's got great depth and we'll get back some good players next year." he said.

"I think we're in a good position to still give it a really good nudge at that final week in September [next year]".