Adelaide coach Don Pyke is confident, but not comfortable.
He's confident his Crows can produce the goods in Thursday night's AFL qualifying final against Greater Western Sydney.
But he's not comfortable that will be the case.
"I don't think you ever really feel comfortable," Pyke told reporters on Wednesday.
"I think what you feel, is you feel like the group is capable.
"And understand, we still need to bring your best - you can't second guess yourself.
"You have got to come and play in a bold, aggressive fashion and you have got to demand it of the opposition to match that.
"That is the space we enter now."
Pyke said Adelaide's table-topping home-and-away season - 15 wins, six losses, one draw - gave reason to be confident entering the finals.
"We go into it with a high degree of confidence because the previous 22 weeks have earnt us top spot, it has earnt us a home final," he said.
"And now it's about taking that opportunity."
Pyke said the Crows also gained added confidence from a three-point loss to Sydney in round 22: his game plan, emphasising winning contested ball, stood up against the hard-edged Swans.
"We probably walked away comfortable that the way we want to play and the style of play we have worked on in the last couple of seasons under my leadership will hold up," he said.
"And that (game) was some positive affirmation for the group."
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