Player Watch Welcome to Port Adelaide Jordon Sweet

[RussellEbertHandball]

Not sure why some were writing him off early, but I'm of the opinion there is not a lot of difference between him and Soldo for actual ruck craft, with my only real criticism being that he tends to tap the ball to his feet particularly at centre bounce downs, as opposed to Ivan hitting it to an open space or a free player, but that may have been the way he was coached at his previous club and it will take a bit of time to break that habit.

When you have clearance machines like Libba and Bont, it would be the way to go.

 

[theouthouse]

Great opportunity for him to get a solid crack at it over the next few weeks.

Tap work will only get better as it is hard to replicate the weighting of a tap at training compared to a game. Looked better as the game wore on.

Around ground seems pretty mobile and is big big bloke keen to impact the contest.

 

[Tibbs]

Our mids will soon tell him where they want the ball. That is why they need to have some time together. Big test again next week against the Crows. Will be a good yardstick.

 

[Watto71]

I enjoyed his game last night.
6 tackles is awesome to see
Looking forward to seeing him grow into the position with our mids

 

[thundercloud]

Big strong body who can impact the contest ie tackle. Like a ruck that can direct the ball to his players position. Another significant piece of the quartet picked up by cripps.

 

[Rigs]

Limping after the game. Hope he pulls up fine

 

[Peninsula Boy]

A really good first game back in the Seniors.

How Sweet it is.

 

[Bulldogs85]

It was good seeing Sweet play well last night he always had the ability to play at the highest level

 

[WillemDaDrew]

Wasn’t dominate but competed well.
Hopefully this puts a silence to the naysayers & S Hayes fanboys….

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

 

[Cam1870]

Wasn’t dominate but competed well.
Hopefully this puts a silence to the naysayers & S Hayes fanboys….

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

At least my take on Hayes, and Butch, wasn't that I'd put the house on them being world beaters but that there were definitely signs of life there but we never got to find out (whilst we gave every chance to the likes of S.Gray, McEntee etc).
So...we have to spend so many draft picks to bolster the stocks of talls that someone else developed.
That + the Sinn debacle now leaves the cupboard pretty bare.

 

[1954]

I too thought Sweet was limping as the players were walking up the race after the aint's game.

Hopefully it is only a minor problem (eg a corkie) which he can recover from in a few days, because having a ruck who can at least break even with Rob will obviously be extremely important to the result of the showdown.

 

[Progressive Aggresion]

I mean... he tried tonight. Certainly didn't get as much of a bath as Lycett normally would've.

That still doesn't say very much at all. ROB still won yet ANOTHER showdown ruck battle.

 

[Powerade 08]

Hes ****ing horrible man. He hits the ball for the oppositon to run onto it

Only time we got on top was with Dixon rucking in the 4th

 

[Sleezy]

Hes ******* horrible man. He hits the ball for the oppositon to run onto it

Only time we got on top was with Dixon rucking in the 4th

I'd say the major component of that late run was a) Dixon being out of the forwardline and therefore out of JHF's ****ing way, and b) Dixon being out of the forwardline and therefore unable to take big contested grabs 60m out, think about what to do next for 10 minutes then kick it into the man on the mark.

Dixon would have had a better game if he played like Mitch and Todd and ran away from the ball.

 

[RossFC]

 

[RangaInTeal]

Back into the ones this week

 

[Ford Fairlane]

He deserved the award and all, but it is kind of inequitable that a guy earning maybe 4 times the average Australian wage gets a $150 Coles voucher for a state league game.

They could have given it to one of the sanfl scrubbers.

 

[Long live PAFC]

He deserved the award and all, but it is kind of inequitable that a guy earning maybe 4 times the average Australian wage gets a $150 Coles voucher for a state league game.

They could have given it to one of the sanfl scrubbers.

Yea that voucher could have got someone half a loaf of tiptop and some milk at today’s prices…

 

[Long live PAFC]

At least my take on Hayes, and Butch, wasn't that I'd put the house on them being world beaters but that there were definitely signs of life there but we never got to find out (whilst we gave every chance to the likes of S.Gray, McEntee etc).
So...we have to spend so many draft picks to bolster the stocks of talls that someone else developed.
That + the Sinn debacle now leaves the cupboard pretty bare.

The challenge is who could we have developed and how much development would it take to not have had to trade in Sav, BZT, Soldo and Sweet.

We’ve had Ladhams, Hayes, Pasini, Grundy, Marshall, MacCallum, Teakle, Jonas, Clurey, Shaw, Visentini, Marshall, Butcher, Walsh, Redden - probably missing a couple of others. Jonas, Todd and Clurey have each received 100 games. Jury is out on Visentini, Marshall, Walsh and MacCallum but two of those are line ball to be retained.

Outside of Butcher and Todd, have we had any other first round tall picks?

Would the extra possible games into Pasini, Hayes etc (probably around 20 or so) have made a difference? Ie could we have said yup, 20+ gamer Hayes or Pasini is the future and we don’t have to trade in anyone?

 

[Blinky Nyland]

The challenge is who could we have developed and how much development would it take to not have had to trade in Sav, BZT, Soldo and Sweet.

We’ve had Ladhams, Hayes, Pasini, Grundy, Marshall, MacCallum, Teakle, Jonas, Clurey, Shaw, Visentini, Marshall, Butcher, Walsh, Redden - probably missing a couple of others. Jonas, Todd and Clurey have each received 100 games. Jury is out on Visentini, Marshall, Walsh and MacCallum but two of those are line ball to be retained.

Outside of Butcher and Todd, have we had any other first round tall picks?

Would the extra possible games into Pasini, Hayes etc (probably around 20 or so) have made a difference? Ie could we have said yup, 20+ gamer Hayes or Pasini is the future and we don’t have to trade in anyone?

Chaplin was a first rounder but I'm sorry I had to mention it.

 

[Long live PAFC]

Chaplin was a first rounder but I'm sorry I had to mention it.

Oh man why did ya have to bring him up. But yea was more meaning in the past decade or so.

 

[Marmozet]

He said Warren Tredrea

Warren Tredrea

Age

45

Ht

194cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.3

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

6.9

5star

T

1.4

3star

G

2.2

5star

No current season stats available

D

5.4

2star

K

2.8

1star

HB

2.6

3star

M

1.2

2star

T

0.6

3star

G

1.0

4star

. That’s an automatic delisting at this club!

 

[Blinky Nyland]

Great to see Sweet has come into some good form. He's dominated the tap against St Kilda, including Marshall and then followed up by thrashing the All Australian ruck from 2023 Tim English. Such a luxury to have a back-up ruckman who can do that. Unfortunately, he's conceding too many goals to his opposition ruck however and he'll need to improve in that area to cement himself in the team.

 

[The Hobo]

Unfortunately, he's conceding too many goals to his opposition ruck however and he'll need to improve in that area to cement himself in the team.

Most of Marshall's goals weren't his fault. English did kick 2, don't recall whether they were his fault, but at least he got one back on him (and could have kicked 2 himself)

 

[Duckimus Prime]

Unfortunately, he's conceding too many goals to his opposition ruck however and he'll need to improve in that area to cement himself in the team.

Marshall played as a forward mostly for St Kilda in the first three quarters. When he kicked his goals.

Sweet's direct opponent was mostly Tom Campbell, and he then had to go and find Marshall defensively. He's on a bit of a hiding to nothing there.