Preview 2017 First Elimination Final Ports vs West Coast Eagles, AKA The Perth Stadium Penguins

[Us against the rest]

Yep. I mean just imagine if he got seriously hurt again because of being rushed back early. Adam simpson would be in serious trouble

Yeah true, would have been good for us though

 

[Steve Dore]

... Naitanui may come in to combat the influence of Patty Ryder. ...

Paddy's sister won't be playing

 

[woosha24]

Hi Power-Pears!

If anyone is interested, ive got a banter thread going in the Eagles board for the final. Feel free to come and tell us why we'll beat you next Saturday.

 

[Steve Dore]

Hi Power-Pears!

If anyone is interested, ive got a banter thread going in the Eagles board for the final. Feel free to come and tell us why we'll beat you next Saturday.

That's Ports Pears

 

[Us against the rest]

Hi Power-Pears!

If anyone is interested, ive got a banter thread going in the Eagles board for the final. Feel free to come and tell us why we'll beat you next Saturday.

Apparently it won't matter, the Crow franchise reckon it's done and dusted, the flag is theirs.

 

[Byron!!!]

Im far more confident v the Eagles than I am had it been Essendon or Melbourne.

Regardless of our loss at home this year to them, all the stats in that game were so heavily in our favour that it was a bit of an outlier. Then, we went and beat them in Perth. That said, anything can happen in finals, but i think we will win and win fairly comfortably.

The poor form melbourne were in, with Viney out injured to boot, plus no finals experience in over a decade, would have been easier than west coast IMO but I am also confident we can beat the Eagles


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[Byron!!!]

Good, he would not have been match fit any way.

Bad - because he wouldn't have been match fit which would be good for Port.


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[Quinz]

The media over here seem to think that the Eagles have this and the premiership in bag.

What's it like living in your reality Harry?

 

[Doctor Feel]

Ken mentioned post game that Hombsch may be out for the rest of the year

Wise. He's a long long way off it.

 

[R_Gray_Jnr_Jnr]

Now that we're in the finals we might as well get ahead of ourselves and predict what we're going to do. Not our players, that can lead to disaster but we're supporters so it's what we do. After West Coast we will have Adelaide or GWS, I'd love to have Adelaide for three reasons, no travel for a second week, to piss off KG and to have a 50/50 crowd. And if we win the silence from Channel 7 will be so sweet. We'd be likely to have Geelong after that and hopefully wouldn't get the same reaming with frees we did last time. In the finals umpires let it go more. Still would expect Sydney to be a heavy favourite but you can never tell what will happen at the end of September.

Not having a dig, just curious. Why would it be a 50/50 split crowd. Wouldn't Adelaide get a majority split of the seats given it'd be there home ground?

 

[OneGreatClub]

Hi Power-Pears!

If anyone is interested, ive got a banter thread going in the Eagles board for the final. Feel free to come and tell us why we'll beat you next Saturday.

I'm sure swooping crow is on your forum already, willing you on.

 

[mic59]

Not having a dig, just curious. Why would it be a 50/50 split crowd. Wouldn't Adelaide get a majority split of the seats given it'd be there home ground?

The 50/50 may have been a bit hopeful. But the reason it would not be 50/50 would be because Adelaide have more supporters, not because they are the home team. Tickets can be purchased by members of the competing teams in the same priority period and then it will be open slather. As there were still 12900 general public tickets available to our elimination final on Tuesday night whereas there were 1100 to the cows qualifying final it would seem fair to assume that they would snap up most of that difference. Although a lot more of our supporters may come out and buy tickets to a showdown final and the crowd advantage may not be all that much, but I am thinking a minimum of 5000.

 

[WestCoast05]

The media over here seem to think that the Eagles have this and the premiership in bag.

This is complete Bulls@#$ btw
Any hubris surrounding West Coast is on the fact we made finals when we know we didn't deserve to.
The talk is about how we 'snuck in' - which is hardly a mindset of those who consider themselves genuine flag contenders.

That said - Bulldogs changed the game last year and all bottom-of-the-8 teams for a few seasons moving forward will back themselves to have a crack at it through sheer grit and determination.
That mindset will apply to Port as much as it will to West Coast so I am actually expecting an absolutely cracking game between our two sides!

The question mark for Port will be can your forward line negate the West Coast backline (our greatest asset) - you will definitely have more scoring 'opportunities' than us as there is no doubt you will beat us in forward 50 entries.
And the question mark for West Coast is even though your mids should outperform ours, can we still create enough of our own forward 50 entries - we have had fairly good scoring efficiency once we actually do manage to get it forward even though we are usually beaten handily in the forward 50 entry stats.
A plus for us is that Darling is in form and JK rarely has 2 bad games in a row, we really do struggle on the small forward front though.

Can't wait for the epic match - see you guys on the Battlefield!!

 

[ep2018]

The media over here seem to think that the Eagles have this and the premiership in bag.

Haha what? Everyone here is saying we're lucky to make the 8 and lucky to even get past the first week.

Take your typical Freo victim complex elsewhere mate.

 

[Us against the rest]

Haha what? Everyone here is saying we're lucky to make the 8 and lucky to even get past the first week.

Take your typical Freo victim complex elsewhere mate.

You won enough games to make the eight, so you are worthy. Clubs like Melbourne that had their chance blew it simple. I think if WC beat us they can do some damage there after.

 

[ep2018]

You won enough games to make the eight, so you are worthy. Clubs like Melbourne that had their chance blew it simple. I think if WC beat us they can do some damage there after.

I think its in both clubs interest for Adelaide to lose their first final.

For Port it means a 'home' SF in a high pressure Showdown where the stakes and pressure is high for the minor premier.
For us it means we're taking on a team at a ground we won at the week prior (as it means we'd had beaten you obviously ).

I agree also, Melbourne had their chance to sew up their spot in the 8 and couldn't do so.

 

[QS]

I made this one considerably shorter, because who wants to watch this for 20-40mins?
This simulation comes in at just under 10mins, unfortunately this takes a heavy toll on the scoring, but you get the idea.

Frustratingly, I had started this match and it was looking good, then the game crashed after quarter time , so I had to start again.
Unfortunately, the replay of the match is a lot more scrappy then the original was looking to be.

Spoiler: Final Scores

QT: Port 0.1.1 WCE 0.0.0
HT: Port 1.3.9 WCE 0.0.0
3QT: Port 1.3.9 WCE 0.1.0
FT: Port 2.3.15 WCE 1.1.7

Port Power by 8 points

High scoring game, im excited.

 

[StuMan]

High scoring game, im excited.

It was looking so much better before game crashed in the 2nd, and I had to redo it.

 

[QS]

It was looking so much better before game crashed in the 2nd, and I had to redo it.

Just blame the umpires, works on the mainboard...

 

[Jonts]

Anyone know if we will get permission from the AFL to play NTUA pre game?

 

[Seanybruz]

Anyone know if we will get permission from the AFL to play NTUA pre game?

I'd like to see them try and stop us.

 

[Garibaldi Red]

Anyone know if we will get permission from the AFL to play NTUA pre game?

We did against Richmond so shouldn't be a problem.

 

[Smartys Power]

Anyone know if we will get permission from the AFL to play NTUA pre game?

After 2014, I think it's just expected now.

 

[Visenfest]

Anyone know if we will get permission from the AFL to play NTUA pre game?

I'd like to see them try and stop us.

After 2014, I think it's just expected now.

I'd want the club to make sure they're rock solid on this. This is the AFL we're dealing with.

 

[TeeKray]

Matthew Richardson (the Port one, not the Richmond one) said the other day in a video posted on the club website that all the usual stuff including NTUA will be in place for the final.