ADELAIDE defender Ricky Henderson has described his side's brand of football as "barbaric" ahead of its telling clash against Collingwood on Saturday night at AAMI Stadium.

In consecutive weeks the Crows have beaten Geelong and Carlton by a combined total of 119 points and Henderson said they planned to continue.

"When you've got some players in there around the middle that do it so often, [Patrick] Dangerfield, 'Sloaney' (Rory Sloane) and 'Thommo' (Scott Thompson) … then you could probably describe us as barbaric," Henderson said.

"We don't just want to go out there and win by 10, 15, 20 points, we want to go out there and put teams away when we get the opportunity to."

But despite the external hype surrounding the sold-out match and the history between the two clubs, Henderson said there would be no more riding on it than any other game the Crows have played.

"We can't get too caught up in the last three or four weeks, we've just got to concentrate on this week," he said.

"It's always good [to play a big game], you hear it's a sell-out crowd and all that stuff … but for us it's just another game against Collingwood.

"It's always good to test ourselves against the higher up teams, we've seen that over the last couple of weeks we've done pretty well against them, but we're just trying to play a good game against Collingwood this week."

Henderson backed teammate Rory Sloane's claim earlier in the week that Adelaide was a blue-collar unit, quietly going about its work with a minimum of fuss. 

"That's how we'd like to see ourselves internally, that we are a little bit blue collar and just trying to go out there and get the job done from week to week," Henderson said.

"We don't try to do too many tricks or anything like that, we just try to get the job done."

Former club champion Richard Douglas will take his place in Adelaide's side for the first time since injuring his hamstring against the Western Bulldogs in round two.

Henderson said Douglas' return was a welcomed one and, worryingly for Collingwood, that his inclusion would introduce extra pace and toughness into the Crows' setup.

"[He brings] a bit of speed and a bit of hardness around the football, we've got plenty of it - but it's always handy to have that little bit more in there," he said.

Harry Thring covers Adelaide news for AFL.com.au. Follow him on Twitter: @AFL_Harry