Preview Changes & Pre-Match Discussion for Round 9 vs North Melbourne

[240volt]

Marshall has been a bit slack lately needs to do more this week.
He normally plays his best when he’s the main attraction.

 

[WillemDaDrew]

Staggering to think this game has been beat up by the media all this week.

Why? JHF! If it were any other game against Norf it would be a meh, watch the reply later.

Sure, there'll be a bit of heat early, then I expect us to run out easy victors.

Experienced players like Boak, Wines, Burton, DBJ, SPP, Houston, McKenzie, Aliir and dare I say it Jonas need to stand up this week and treat this like a final.

Anything but a win will be unacceptable.

 

[davesnothere]

Staggering to think this game has been beat up by the media all this week.

Why? JHF! If it were any other game against Norf it would be a meh, watch the reply later.

Sure, there'll be a bit of heat early, then I expect us to run out easy victors.

Experienced players like Boak, Wines, Burton, DBJ, SPP, Houston, McKenzie, Aliir and dare I say it Jonas need to stand up this week and treat this like a final.

Anything but a win will be unacceptable.

Marketing.

 

[glitch01]

Staggering to think this game has been beat up by the media all this week.

Why? JHF! If it were any other game against Norf it would be a meh, watch the reply later.

Sure, there'll be a bit of heat early, then I expect us to run out easy victors.

Experienced players like Boak, Wines, Burton, DBJ, SPP, Houston, McKenzie, Aliir and dare I say it Jonas need to stand up this week and treat this like a final.

Anything but a win will be unacceptable.

The perfect "What happened Ports?" scenario.
Almost every time we set any sort of expectations we make a mess of it.

A wise man once said "Those with low expectations are seldom disappointed"

 

[Duckimus Prime]

Can't kick it Charlie, so kick it to Toddy, but who will be the diversion this week? Ollie?

Ollie Lord. To be honest he did that reasonably well against St Kilda in Marshall's absence. He kept enough separation from Dixon that his man wasn't able to help double team Dixon.

Something Marshall and Georgiades don't do well. Marshall goes to the contest and sets up to try and rove the contest, which just results in marking the ball being even harder for Charlie because of Marshall's opponent. Georgiades sees the packs that form around Dixon as too tempting to sit on them for the big fly.

 

[silverfingers]

Want to see JHF tear those scrubbers a new arseh*le.

He's got some seriously mongrel in him, so if it gets willing he wont take a backward step.

 

[WillemDaDrew]

The perfect "What happened Ports?" scenario.
Almost every time we set any sort of expectations we make a mess of it.

A wise man once said "Those with low expectations are seldom disappointed"

Deadset, I’ll go into full on boonta mode if we lose against this team of spuds.

 

[Bevoman]

Except they are saying this is a new injury that he picked up at training during the week, which was a minor strain to the quad? Nothing to do with his knee and how he was moving in the Essendon game, or are we not buying that?

Is the "quad strain" smoke and shadows behind the windows?

His has been playing banged up, ideal game to rest (and not travel).
I reckon he came back early because the Marshall was concussed.

Good 'evans said the Lord.

 

[Bevoman]

Wrong !
Ken the Almighty will bring in Hayes for the Melbourne game, then go “see he needs to work on his game”

Wrong: the mid Coach is selecting the ruck.

 

[Bevoman]

Play Teakle up forward as a decoy.

Drags one of the North defenders away from Hot Toddy

Jez can play in ruck and concede the ruck contests and can then run Goldstein off his feet when the ball hits the ground.

He has been doing that; last week he marked in the back-line and then went forward to stop Drapper double teaming on Charlie.
Where Teakle had three marks to Drapper's two.

 

[HugeJohnson]

Experienced players like Boak, Wines, Burton, DBJ, SPP, Houston, McKenzie, Aliir and dare I say it Jonas need to stand up this week and treat this like a final.

Anything but a win will be unacceptable.

Given our recent history I'd actually prefer it if they didn't treat it like a final.

 

[Bevoman]

It's certainly changing the landscape. Georgiades, Dixon, Rioli, Fantasia out, plus Lycett out and thus Finlayson in ruck more. Given all that we're certainly impacted up forward heavily. Just winning is the goal, which is a shame because we will need percentage and playing the bottom side is the time you need to be banking it.

Good 'evans!
Time to unleash Frank the Tank.

 

[Bevoman]

Given our recent history I'd actually prefer it if they didn't treat it like a final.

The North board are getting cocky: they reckon they have it in the bag (because we have two key forwards out).
Oh, well, sweet justice if the Hornet could kick a brace when resting in the forward line.

 

[Port2Power]

Confirmed Lord in for Dixon

Ken Hinkley press conference - 12 May | PTV

Ken Hinkley speaks to the media at Blundstone Arena, Hobart

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

 

[Winganeen]

Confirmed Lord in for Dixon

Ken Hinkley press conference - 12 May | PTV

Ken Hinkley speaks to the media at Blundstone Arena, Hobart

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

More signs Kenny is not Kingmaker these days?

In previous years it'd have been Dumont, Sutcliffe, Neade or the like coming in to replace our KPF.

 

[Jojay]

Zuurhar's career claim to fame will be trying to decapitate JHF in this game.

 

[longdonkey]

Zuurhar's career claim to fame will be trying to decapitate JHF in this game.

I'm looking forward to seeing Zurhaar get 8 games and lose the fight.

 

[HugeJohnson]

We will have 5 players with less than 20 games. North have 3.
They also have 4 players 30+ to our 3.
We are the young, inexperienced underdogs here

 

[Enviable Tradition]

More signs Kenny is not Kingmaker these days?

In previous years it'd have been Dumont, Sutcliffe, Neade or the like coming in to replace our KPF.

Or we'd roll out Dixon on one leg anyway.

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[backtozero]

Shame Dixon won't he there to support JHF against tote boy.

 

[klem22]

Looking forward to LORD playing I think he has something to offer.
He will need to get into the game rather than sitting back and letting the more experienced players to set the pace.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Umps

https://aflua.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Round-9.pdf

 

[Jonts]

Bonus fact: Teakle's opponent has been the opposition team's highest SC scorer in every full game he's played, except against Essendon where Teakle's opponent was 'only' the second highest SC scorer.

Further bonus fact: Teakle's opponent has received the clear most coaches votes for the opposition team in every full game he's played, except against Essendon, where his opponent 'only' had the equal most coaches votes for the opposition.

He's also going at 100% win rate

 

[FishingRick04]

Manage our expectations. After my season expectation of where we would be we are out performing. I don’t care about the margin as long as we win. If it’s a blow out just a bonus. Just keeping banking the wins to 13

 

[Schulzenfest]

He's also going at 100% win rate

No he isn't.

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