Adelaide's new-found goalkicking accuracy - 24.7 against Essendon last Saturday night - is partly the result of regular training drills under pressure, according to defender Jason Torney.

"We have been practising goalkicking when we have been under fatigue," Torney said before the Crows trained at AAMI Stadium on Wednesday in preparation for Sunday's third v fourth blockbuster with Geelong at Skilled Stadium.

"We don't do it at the beginning or the end of training; we do it halfway through when we have done a fairly solid session.

"It has definitely helped us. We've been doing that through most of the year, and there has been a fair emphasis on goalkicking and the hardness to finish."

With 120.132 (47.6 per cent), Adelaide was the second most inaccurate team in the competition after Sydney (107.130 - 45.1 per cent) before the spot-on sharp-shooting against the Bombers.

Torney described Sunday's clash with the Cats as 'an important game, something different'.

"You don't get to play there often so it's going to be something for us to experience, and hopefully we can play well," he said.

Agreeing with suggestions that playing Geelong at Skilled Stadium was one of the toughest assignments in the AFL, Torney said: "It's right behind the West Coast and Fremantle games when you have to travel to WA. You get the plane to Melbourne and then the bus to Geelong, and you generally stay the night before if it's a day game.

"Now they have a bigger stand with a lot bigger crowd. It's up there with some of the hardest trips you have to do."

Asked whether it was a good time to catch the Cats immediately after their successive losses to Fremantle (nine points) and Collingwood (25), Torney said: "I don't know whether it's a good time to catch anyone in the league. Everyone is playing pretty good footy, and if you are off your game for a quarter or two, that's when it can happen.

"We have a long way to go and room for improvement. We have young guys who have come up a level and still can play better footy, and I guess the older guys have played good footy as well.

"With that mix ... look, it's a good side, we've been playing some good footy, but we've also been playing some bad footy on occasions. The champion sides put it out on the field every week, every quarter, and that's what we want to aspire to, definitely. I hope we can get there."

When it was put to Torney that coach Neil Craig was still talking about Adelaide trying to get into the final eight while captain Mark Ricciuto this week mentioned a possible top-four berth, he said: "The coach is always right over the captain here.

"The goal at the beginning of the year was to play finals footy and that's the top eight, and that's still the same. It's a cliché but you just can't rest on your laurels. You really have to perform in every quarter in every game."

Torney, 28 on Thursday of next week, will play his 158th AFL match on Sunday - his 40th for Adelaide since 2003 after 118 with Richmond from 1995-2002.

The former South Adelaide junior has made a successful comeback this season after thigh, knee and back injuries restricted him to just six appearances last season.

"It was disappointing last year with injury and form and not getting much game time and coming up and playing," he said.

"I missed the first two rounds (this season) but I've managed to string a few together now, which has been a first for a few years. The best thing is that we have been winning, so if we can continue to do that and just play good footy it will be great."