Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 25

[edgie]

Ross tends to turn x-factor talent into solid system soldiers though.

I dunno about that.

Many great players played their peak footy under him.

Riewoldt, Pavlich, Fyfe, etc etc.

 

[TazD]

Adelaide's best is absolutely good enough to trouble the best sides. I do wonder how they'll go once the Big Racist retires though.

 

[JimmyBC]

I dunno about that.

Many great players played their peak footy under him.

His issues is that beyond the x-factor talent, he has no clue how to compliment them with the other players, and usually invests in battlers to flesh out the 22, rather than take a chance with development or roughies.

If Ross Lyon came to Port instead of Hinkley, Paul Stewart would've retired on his own terms.

You get x-factor moments from guys with that ability, but the Ross system churns out robots imo I'd hate to see what he'd do to guys like Rozee, Butters, JHF etc. thankfully that will never happen.

 

[edgie]

You get x-factor moments from guys with that ability, but the Ross system churns out robots imo I'd hate to see what he'd do to guys like Rozee, Butters, JHF etc. thankfully that will never happen.

Ross would kill it with those guys.

With him, I'd be more concerned that guys like Houston, Duursma, SPP, Bergman, Burton, etc, become nothing more than honest plodders.

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

You get x-factor moments from guys with that ability, but the Ross system churns out robots imo I'd hate to see what he'd do to guys like Rozee, Butters, JHF etc. thankfully that will never happen.

Ross strikes me as a system over natural flair kinda guy

 

[JimmyBC]

Ross strikes me as a system over natural flair kinda guy

Defensive robotics is his entire schtick.

 

[edgie]

Ross strikes me as a system over natural flair kinda guy

In the AFL, you can't have an effective system without flair. But, flair alone without system isn't enough.

Man aussie footy can be a great sport. Stop running in to the ground, people in charge.

 

[edgie]

Defensive robotics is his entire schtick.

And yet without an exceptional key forward talent (Riewoldt, Pav, now King), that defensive system is useless.

 

[JimmyBC]

And yet without an exceptional key forward talent (Riewoldt, Pav, now King), that defensive system is useless.

It's been useless with those names when it matters most anyway.

 

[edgie]

It's been useless with those names when it matters most anyway.

I know blaming luck on sporting results is considered a loser attitude, but I think we have to be reasonable. He was unlucky to not win 2 grand finals and he had another team balls deep in a third, but you can possibly make the argument the shocking kicking from Fremantle that day was beyond luck.

It isn't useless.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

The Carr this year is a two way beast.

You get to do plenty of creative and attacking football when you have the ball but have to work your butt off when you don't have the ball.

The Carrnage has begun.

 

[finbarr]

Love the looks on those Hawthorn supporters faces.

Had it so good for so long but now their team is s**t. They deserve decades of this!

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I get the sentiment, but of all fans league wide I've never had any bad personal experiences with Hawthorn fans and I wish them no harm.
Geelong fans however can drown in a tub of battery acid for all I care.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

 

[Poo Eckert]

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Interesting all the teams at the bottom are at the bottom of the real ladder, except us.

 

[Waspy79]

Probably been mentioned already elsewhere but former AFLW player Heather Anderson first professional female athlete to have been diagnosed with CTE. She took her life in 2022. Concussions are extremely serious and the crack down on dangerous tackles whilst frustrating for fans and several players due to inconsistently applied gradings and penalties is important.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Port are a low possession team too.

Just bizarre.

Need to figure this shit out.

 

[240volt]

I get the sentiment, but of all fans league wide I've never had any bad personal experiences with Hawthorn fans and I wish them no harm.
Geelong fans however can drown in a tub of battery acid for all I care.

If you lived in Perth you would be cramming in as many West Coast supporters in the same tub.

 

[Grave Danger]

Dockers star and dual Brownlow medallist Nat Fyfe may have played his last game for the season after it was revealed he had suffered a stress fracture in his foot.

If his footy career is over he could always consider being a talk show host...

 

[ctpower]

Adelaide's best is absolutely good enough to trouble the best sides. I do wonder how they'll go once the Big Racist retires though.

Tilthorpe will take over and play extremely well for them for many years.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Tilthorpe will take over and play extremely well for them for many years.

They have done well in the forwards department for years.

 

[Janey]

Adelaide's best is absolutely good enough to trouble the best sides. I do wonder how they'll go once the Big Racist retires though.

Once text retires I'm not sure how many crows players I'll even know from each other, I really only ever watch them if we're playing against them.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Caroline Wilson believes Dew will be gone replaced by Hardwick and Ken will be staying.

Veteran journalist’s massive news on three AFL coaches

Some fairly significant news.

www.sen.com.au

 

[Dutchy5150]

Probably been mentioned already elsewhere but former AFLW player Heather Anderson first professional female athlete to have been diagnosed with CTE. She took her life in 2022. Concussions are extremely serious and the crack down on dangerous tackles whilst frustrating for fans and several players due to inconsistently applied gradings and penalties is important.

As sad as this is, didnt she only play like 8 games of AFLW?

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

MELBOURNE'S leading goalkicker Bayley Fritsch

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Bayley Fritsch

Age

27

Ht

188cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

10.4

4star

HB

5.2

4star

M

5.5

5star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.9

4star

D

9.5

2star

K

7.7

3star

HB

1.8

1star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.0

2star

G

1.3

5star

D

11.8

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.4

5star

could miss the rest of the home and away season after having surgery on a fractured foot.

 

[Doctor Feel]

MELBOURNE'S leading goalkicker Bayley Fritsch could miss the rest of the home and away season after having surgery on a fractured foot.

Melbourne are dead