Let's talk Ports! Part 3

[GremioPower]

Someone needs to Martin Luther a long list like this

I’m Catholic and I approve this

 

[GremioPower]

They reckon I said the players and club were f'ing pathetic for treating her like that

If you didn’t say it, I can say it for you. It’s true…

 

[Bump Bailey]

So Port have the bye in the AFL and the SANFL this week?

Typical SANFL but I guess it gives our entire list a chance to nurse their sore spots.

Maybe Port requested a SANFL bye in the same week as the AFL bye?

If Port SANFL played this week, the club would probably pull out every AFL listed player as it's their mandated bye week, and you'd see the worst SANFL team ever assembled take the field. Probably a good thing.

 

[Bump Bailey]

And this is it. Everybody is always so lackadaisical. Going through the motions for training. Genuinely hasn’t been any intensity all year bar a few (who happen to be our best players). Hinkley is seldom sighted and when he is he’s joking around with his coach colleague mates. The same goes for all the line coaches who are more interested in playing kick to kick with each other when the players are distracted than discussing with each other. Maybe that happens all behind closed doors.

I get to watch these sessions 1-2 times a week with my work schedule. We train akin to my own amateur club. And with much less intensity. I wish I was joking.

Genuinely depressing to see the likes of Ken Hinkley, Paul Stewart, Matthew Lobbe, Hamish Hartlett, Justin Westhoff, Cam Sutcliffe and Nathan Basset who’ve all experienced no success. Tyson Goldsack, Josh Carr and Shaun Burgoyne (who spent 10 minutes on a phone call whether it be work related or not) isn’t exactly inspiring.

And this is the exact intensity I saw around the 3/4 time huddle against Carlton, with the game up for grabs.

Hartlett and Luke No-Name Kelly having a joke and a chuckle on the periphery of the huddle, seemingly doing nothing.

Bet it wasn't happening over in the Carlton camp.

Losers.

 

[GremioPower]

Depressing reading. The club has become the spitting image of Koch. It’s not funny. It’s both ugly and scary.

Some people saw it really early:



Port is only a shell. There’s no substance. We have deliberately chosen lies over truth. We’ve created a fantasy and we act upon it. We get rid of anything and anyone who might crack our “beautiful cocoon”.

This tends to end badly… A comment of mine from last year:

 

[Enviable Tradition]

If Port SANFL played this week, the club would probably pull out every AFL listed player as it's their mandated bye week, and you'd see the worst SANFL team ever assembled take the field. Probably a good thing.

Plus we would end up with more SANFL byes when we are playing potentially making it harder for people to push for selection.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I can see a world where Wines wants to be guaranteed midfield time and Port can't guarantee it.

JHF, Butters, Rozee and Drew are all already above him.

Mead is moving that way and the likes of Bergman are looking to move in there.

We are probably looking to bring in more players around the age demographic of that younger group too.

 

[Coobk001]

Seeking help:

I own Darren Mead

Darren Mead

Age

53

Ht

193cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

4.5

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.3

3star

No current season stats available

D

12.8

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.2

3star

T

0.6

3star

's 1992 Alpine Resort SANFL lace up Guernsey. He gave it to me back around 1995ish. He used to be a family friend, but I haven't seen him for many years, other than 1 brief discussion bout 7-8 years ago when I bumped into him at the Port Club. He drifted away from my family back in the early 2000's as AFL became more professional and he couldn't go anywhere without attention, and wasn't allowed to go water skiing anymore with us (Yes those were the standards in the late 90's, early 00's, despite the Wines incident).

Anyway. I have only really just done a bit of research to notice that he didn't play in the 1992 GF. I presume at that stage he still hadn't earned his stripes and was playing reserves. So I did some more digging and I can't find any references on the web though as to whether he was playing seniors that year at all. Does anyone have any stats or know of a stat site that would highlight how he went in '92? Whether he was playing seniors at all?

 

[VineValerian]

Penfold should report (Don't call me......) Shirley and Co to the AFL.
Club needs to pull it's collective head in and do much, much better - in every area.

 

[PenfoldsFan]

Penfold should report (Don't call me......) Shirley and Co to the AFL.
Club needs to pull it's collective head in and do much, much better - in every area.

And reduce myself to that level?

No thanks.

I told him I'd put it out on social media/BF and let neutrals decide if they had anything to answer for and he said go for it, he didn't care.
I'd say going by the responses in here that he got it wrong.

The court of public opinion is good enough for me.

 

[Mr39]

I remember going to training when choco was in charge and Damon White

Damon White

Age

41

Ht

193cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.1

3star

K

7.7

3star

HB

3.5

3star

M

6.0

5star

T

1.3

3star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

8.8

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

2.6

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

0.6

3star

G

1.6

5star

dropped a sitter, he then went to do some punishment push-ups and and Choc yelled at him to get up and go run some f***n laps.
Different times.

 

[TazD]

I remember going to training when choco was in charge and Damon White dropped a sitter, he then went to do some punishment push-ups and and Choc yelled at him to get up and go run some f***n laps.
Different times.

Now its Kenny getting Butters to write apology letters to him for nailing a set shot.

 

[Doctor Feel]

I remember going to training when choco was in charge and Damon White dropped a sitter, he then went to do some punishment push-ups and and Choc yelled at him to get up and go run some f***n laps.
Different times.

He 100% still does this stuff. He would be tough love on the development side.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Seeking help:

I own Darren Mead's 1992 Alpine Resort SANFL lace up Guernsey. He gave it to me back around 1995ish. He used to be a family friend, but I haven't seen him for many years, other than 1 brief discussion bout 7-8 years ago when I bumped into him at the Port Club. He drifted away from my family back in the early 2000's as AFL became more professional and he couldn't go anywhere without attention, and wasn't allowed to go water skiing anymore with us (Yes those were the standards in the late 90's, early 00's, despite the Wines incident).

Anyway. I have only really just done a bit of research to notice that he didn't play in the 1992 GF. I presume at that stage he still hadn't earned his stripes and was playing reserves. So I did some more digging and I can't find any references on the web though as to whether he was playing seniors that year at all. Does anyone have any stats or know of a stat site that would highlight how he went in '92? Whether he was playing seniors at all?

There's some info here

Australian Football - Darren Mead - Player Bio

australianfootball.com

Defender and occasional ruckman Darren Mead was a solid player for Port Adelaide in the SANFL between 1989 and 1996, during which time he played in the 1994-5-6 premiership-winning teams.

Mead played 127 sanfl games, most of those 1989 to 1996.

He played Teal Cup in 1988 which was probably still under 17s back then (Mead was born 1971, so 17 in 1988), so he was quite young in the Magpies 1988-92 premiership era and competing with the likes of Phillips, Harris and Delaney in the key defensive posts. He was an emergency for the 1992 team.

 

[Launchpad McQuack]

he said go for it, he didn't care.

 

[Coobk001]

. He was an emergency for the 1992 team.

Where'd you see this one? I did check to see if there was a Port team in the reserves GF but it was Centrals and Eagles.

Feels crazy I can't find any info on if he played actual league games during 92, given the way stats are these days. I'm going to have to chase him down and ask I reckon.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Where'd you see this one? I did check to see if there was a Port team in the reserves GF but it was Centrals and Eagles.

Feels crazy I can't find any info on if he played actual league games during 92, given the way stats are this year. I'm going to have to chase him down and ask I reckon.

I read a where are they now about him, so that was his recollection.

Where are they now? Darren Mead

A look back at a player who reached 100 games for the Magpies and the Power

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

This article is about the 20 players selected in the 2004 U/18 All Oz side at national Championships and a were are they now.

https://archive.md/8oBYI

Who remembers Ed Clarke? He was rookie listed at the Swans without playing a game but went on to found an ASX200 company in Singapore.
Or Ben Eckermann who was just starting out in his AFL career with Port Adelaide when a significant collision with West Coast’s Tyson Stenglein saw it derailed? He is now the owner of an organic kitchen and garden in the Costa del Sol, Spain.

 

[raptalia]

If Port SANFL played this week, the club would probably pull out every AFL listed player as it's their mandated bye week, and you'd see the worst SANFL team ever assembled take the field. Probably a good thing.

True, but sadly I have to ask, the way the Port Magpies are traveling would it make any difference?

 

[Peninsula Boy]

This article is about the 20 players selected in the 2004 U/18 All Oz side at national Championships and a were are they now.

https://archive.md/8oBYI

Who remembers Ed Clarke? He was rookie listed at the Swans without playing a game but went on to found an ASX200 company in Singapore.
Or Ben Eckermann who was just starting out in his AFL career with Port Adelaide when a significant collision with West Coast’s Tyson Stenglein saw it derailed? He is now the owner of an organic kitchen and garden in the Costa del Sol, Spain.

That's awesome.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

I can see a world where Wines wants to be guaranteed midfield time and Port can't guarantee it.

JHF, Butters, Rozee and Drew are all already above him.

Mead is moving that way and the likes of Bergman are looking to move in there.

We are probably looking to bring in more players around the age demographic of that younger group too.

That's the problem.

Wines can't play anywhere else but as an inside midfielder.

As you've said, we have 3 elite midfielders and with Drew a guy who influences games when given a chance either offensively or defensively and never shirks a play.

Mead is starting to influence games offensively. Bergman could be around the corner.

Wines is a Hinkley favourite so playing him really stops the progression of our great midfielders playing together as a whole and also slows down potential young midfielders.

The Wines factor in the midfield can also psychologically upset the midfield apple cart because a player like Drew or Rozee might have to play elsewhere to fit Wines in who doesn't deserve it as much.

If I was a betting man, I'd say that Hinkley and Wines are joined at the hip even if it is to the detriment of the winning possibilities of the club. That's just the nature of the boy's club down at Alberton.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

We need to move Travis Boak

10

Travis Boak

Age

36

Ht

183cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.7

5star

K

11.6

4star

HB

12.0

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

4.4

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

22.0

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

11.0

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

4.9

5star

D

16.4

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

9.0

5star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.4

4star

out of the midfield so we can get more midfield time for Chad Wingard

20

Chad Wingard

Age

31

Ht

183cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

7.3

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.9

4star

G

1.5

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.2

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.6

2star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.2

3star

...

Oh we're repeating this again.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

This article is about the 20 players selected in the 2004 U/18 All Oz side at national Championships and a were are they now.

https://archive.md/8oBYI

Who remembers Ed Clarke? He was rookie listed at the Swans without playing a game but went on to found an ASX200 company in Singapore.
Or Ben Eckermann who was just starting out in his AFL career with Port Adelaide when a significant collision with West Coast’s Tyson Stenglein saw it derailed? He is now the owner of an organic kitchen and garden in the Costa del Sol, Spain.

He probably intended to set up in France but like his kicking landed out of bounds.

"Significant collision" - that's very diplomatic. He was absolutely clobbered into the middle of the next week and Stenglein was given, what, one match for it?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Paging PowerLil

 

[Powerade 08]

Chris Davies on mid-season commentary around where the club is placed
“I can't imagine that too many people would have had us in the position that we are."

lol what a dumb POS