ADELAIDE Crows coach Neil Craig admitted his side needed to take more risks in the wake of Saturday night's 13-point loss to the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba.

While Craig said he admired the Lions' second half grunt, he added that chances went wanting because the Crows didn't play-on quick enough.

Adelaide had 67 more possessions than the Lions, but generated eight less scoring shots in the 11.17 (83) to 10.10 (70) loss.

And Craig included himself in the solutions.

"We're a slow footy club at the moment, moving the ball," he said.

"I think we need to look at the training we do. Our quicker movement of the ball, getting off the mark, and want to play-on a bit more, rather than just go back and chip.

"That's my responsibility to address that. I think it's the way we've trained and we need to change some of our training.

"Sometimes the opposition are too good and stand the mark, I understand that. But there were too many times tonight where we could have got around and played on and not been too perfect going into the forward line, but just dropped it in there and put some pressure back on the Brisbane Lions.

"But we wouldn't do it."

The Crows struggled to take marks inside their forward 50m all night as the Lions got numbers back in defence.

Craig said while his team was far from disgraced, they were taught a lesson around the stoppages in the second half.

They led by 15 points during the third quarter, but the home team exploded at the start of the last with goals to Jared Brennan and Robert Copeland created at clearances.

"First half we were okay, had a lot of the play, poor going forward. Second half we just got pushed around," Craig said.

"I thought their (Lions) pressure in the second half was as good as we've faced this year, just their hardness at the ball, which is a bit of a signature play for Brisbane.

"I thought we matched them well in the first half, but a group of players in our club would have found out there's probably another little jump that we need to get to for the whole game."

Craig said the Crows would have to address its speed of play and hardness at the ball over the coming fortnight before preparing for their round 14 clash with Geelong.

He described Luke Power's performance as "exceptional" after the Lions midfielder racked up 40 possessions.