Preview 2024 Semi Final : Port v Hawks, AO 7:10pm Friday 13th Sept

[buddy2fernando]

Huge loss and shattered for Frosty however Port and Sydney don’t worry me with their tall forwards. Hogan is really the only brute left to worry about

 

[JaegarTime]

Think we need to go with Phillips. Serong has had good BH form but Phillips more the size of Frost so think that’s the play. Shattered for Frosty though, especially if we make it through the next couple of weeks.

 

[OhhhhhCyril]

Tough call..

Phillips makes sense as a more like for like, but Serong has been playing really well and deserves a crack.

 

[Dazza the Viking]

Serong doesn’t get picked this week, he might as well pack his bags and ask for a trade, with no Frost and Blanck this week through injury and Battle and Barrass incoming next season, you not going to stay if your No. 6 in the pecking order as a Key Defender

 

[Brucie Buffer]

I get the arguments for and against. But if I was Serong waiting for an opportunity with his form, I’d be pretty dirty if Easy got picked ahead of me.

 

[badboybobba]

I wonder if Port now think they could stretch us and play Dixon and bring in Marshall?

Adelaide tried it and it worked for a quarter and then we ran them off their legs, how could we forget? Dermie kept reminding us every 5mins that day

 

[earthworms]

Serong will likely be selected, One of our best in the vfl this year.

 

[HR Roughnstuf]

Dafuq is an Easy?

 

[satan1]

Dafuq is an Easy?

Ethan Phillips Port Adelaide destroyer

 

[TassieGrown]

Frosty is a big loss, would be in our top 10 for the PCM. Gets the job done every week, can’t recall him being beaten to much if at all this season.

Need to back in the VFL form, Serong must come in….. worked for Ward

 

[jaygee]

I get the arguments for and against. But if I was Serong waiting for an opportunity with his form, I’d be pretty dirty if Easy got picked ahead of me.

Id go the other way. Let Weddle, Sicily, Scrimshaw do the heavy lifting with a team defense and add Day for Frost. We have nothing to lose.

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

I am hoping that Port play Dixon. Seeing him on Thursday, he is about as mobile as an elderly person with a motorised Zimmer frame. Easy match up.
But reckon they will drop him for a more mobile tall forward

 

[harliquin]

It's not just about this week. Got to get someone in who can play the next 3 games. Can't be chopping and changing such an important position on the ground as it impacts sic/scrim/etc - an area where alot of our attack comes from. Serong might be better against Port - But bringing Easy in, and getting him settled is more important for the rest of the season.

Sucks for Serong, though.

 

[jenniferHAWKinS]

Serong is a 3rd defender. He will get monstered most weeks by key forwards at AFL level. He has been quite fumbly at AFL level and finals is a step up. Phillips did nothing wrong last time he played and is a good match up for either Dixon or Ratugolea. Roll the dice with Weddle as a permanent key defender and bring in another midfielder - classic Hok Ball!

 

[TazHawk15]

Serong or Easy should come in you would think.
Barrass and Battle would be handy right about now.
Shattering for Frosty.

 

[TylerDurden]

I'm all in on Serong.

Dixon will most likely be dropped, and Ratagolea is an easy match up for Sicily to go roaming off.

 

[satan1]

I am hoping that Port play Dixon. Seeing him on Thursday, he is about as mobile as an elderly person with a motorised Zimmer frame. Easy match up.
But reckon they will drop him for a more mobile tall forward

I reckon Frost could still take him in a moon boot

 

[I got the outside word]

Id go the other way. Let Weddle, Sicily, Scrimshaw do the heavy lifting with a team defense and add Day for Frost. We have nothing to lose.

Except Day, for a long time.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Frosty a huge loss he had been very solid this year.

I am hurting for Frosty, but we are very good at protecting the back six(7).

Big loss, but if our gameplan continues to stack up Phillips will be fine.

Got to remember he really only made way from the team because the captain came back. He had a very very good debut, and the coaches told him as much.

 

[flamin_heck]

I am hurting for Frosty, but we are very good at protecting the back six(7).

Big loss, but if our gameplan continues to stack up Phillips will be fine.

Got to remember he really only made way from the team because the captain came back. He had a very very good debut, and the coaches told him as much.

This makes the most sense logically. Phillips is essentially the same piece as Frosty albeit a little slower. Serong would have to change the whole setup as he simply isn’t big enough to take the gorillas.
As for others worried about the Cats- Cameron is more of a flanker than a true key foward. Very rarely takes contested marks, it’s essentially GWS with Hogan and Cadman the worry.

 

[ViperV10]

The real challenge will be stopping Hogan/Cameron if we did make a GF.....our planning should probably have that in mind and give the replacement (and team) time to adjust.

Whilst I understand where you're coming from, thinking ahead of the next game is way too dangerous. Literally one week at a time. You can do this kind of planning during the week.

 

[LRobbo]

Yeah...I'm still confident for this week, and the Syds aren't really going to kill us with talls.

If we make it to a Cats GF...how about throw Nash onto Cameron!

Frost wouldn’t play on Cameron, more likely Neale or fat boy Hawkins

Gotta get there first

 

[Hrvat Hawks]

Am I missing something? I have no idea how Phillips is similar to Frost. Frost is an athletic beast. I don't see that in Phillips at all. I'd rather Serong

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Devastating blow, you have to feel for Frosty as a person. He's had a career best year, and after essentially an entire career of playing for bottom 6 sides we are poised to potentially make a Preliminary, and who knows what happens from there. He has earned the right to play for some meaningful success.

Next year we have Barrass and Battle joining and there is a chance his spot in the side is in jeopardy.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Maybe they will keep Dixon in the side now with Frost being out.