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

[Dewwwww]

Google searching hasn’t helped my cause.

Anyone managed to find a coloured image of Adelaide Oval with the specific seating categories on it?

Ticketek website isn’t helping as the oval imagine remains grey

 

[Crankyhawk]

On behalf of the Crows Board, Good Luck on Friday Night, you have the majority of South Australians wanting you to
"Get Some Port on your Fork".

Even most of the port bigfooty board are wanting this - as part of #sackhinkley

 

[parsons nose]

Ward won't miss with a broken nose will he.

No, but the pimple on his shoulder is a massive concern, could be season ending.

 

[StillAtLarge]

Google searching hasn’t helped my cause.

Anyone managed to find a coloured image of Adelaide Oval with the specific seating categories on it?

Ticketek website isn’t helping as the oval imagine remains grey

Here's the gather round seating info. Should be broadly similar I imagine

 

[local hack]

JHF vs Nuke head to head - Nuke goes bang!!
If butters doesnt play, thats the game right there

 

[Cyril says]

20 years since Essendon won a final and about 20 waking hours since Hawthorn’s won a final.

 

[Changa10]

Ward won't miss with a broken nose will he.

Not a chance! I broke my nose at least half a dozen times throughout my career and the time I missed the following week was after I got smashed at a stoppage at York Park, and woke up in the Launceston General Hospital a few hours later.

It’s certainly an injury you can play through.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Let’s go.

 

[smeltitdeltit]

Any idea if they’re having open training tomorrow? Website only mentions last Monday.

 

[grumbleguts]

So, who goes on Gulden in the prelim?

 

[Bedi]

Mabs and Moorey both had poor games. But what does that mean? It means the only thing they can do is improve…

(Weds definitely can too)

Mabs could've easily kicked 2 and was a bees dick away from MOTY, so it's a game of inches where we could all easily be here singing his praises. Point is he competed really well but just couldn't quite execute it. But that doesn't mean he played poorly. Thought Moore also was involved in some tough, important contents. But yes i take yr point, there's a lot of upside here leading into next week.

 

[Brishawk]

So, who goes on Gulden in the prelim?

If we tag it would be finn but i think that is a premature conversation. Got to win this week first!

 

[SSSSSS]

If Butters plays we need to smash him at every opportunity.

 

[Agent_99]

This game won’t be as easy as we’d all hope it will be in my opinion.
Jobs on the line. It will be a very ratty and angry crowd.
Hopefully the boys can handle it all.

If Butters is out or even at 50% in think that’s it for them though.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

If Butters plays we need to smash him at every opportunity.

A few of Nash’s low rib ticklers that he excels at should do the trick.

 

[Blackhawk42]

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Can't explain how badly I want a Hawks/Giants decider.

 

[SSSSSS]

A few of Nash’s low rib ticklers that he excels at should do the trick.

Opening bounce

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Opening bounce

The union lift and squeeze tackle that Nashy does is meant to test ribs. We had a union player come to training one night and explain how to do it, and Nash does it to perfection.

 

[I got the outside word]

A few of Nash’s low rib ticklers that he excels at should do the trick.

We don’t want him to die…

 

[davesnothere]

Even most of the port bigfooty board are wanting this - as part of #sackhinkley

Make no mistake we'd rather win but if The Hawks are 60 points up at half-time I don't think Ken will be anywhere near the boundary.
It's going to get ugly.

If you get up I hope you go all the way. Hawks are the club Port should be.

 

[moginie]

Just revisiting the last time we played them, as I haven't wanted to after trudging dejectedly out of the ground, Farrell had 26 touches and 3 tackles and Houston had 22, kicked 3 goals, had 10 tackles and along with JHF and Butters was the driver of their last quarter. They are huge outs and one place we can really hurt them. Won't be surprised to see Maginness spending a bit of time closing down Burton or Sinn.

 

[SSSSSS]

Make no mistake we'd rather win but if The Hawks are 60 points up at half-time I don't think Ken will be anywhere near the boundary.
It's going to get ugly.

If you get up I hope you go all the way. Hawks are the club Port should be.

It will be like Mogadishu. They'll have to organise a police escort to get Ken out.

 

[Brishawk]

Just revisiting the last time we played them, as I haven't wanted to after trudging dejectedly out of the ground, Farrell had 26 touches and 3 tackles and Houston had 22, kicked 3 goals, had 10 tackles and along with JHF and Butters was the driver of their last quarter. They are huge outs and one place we can really hurt them. Won't be surprised to see Maginness spending a bit of time closing down Burton or Sinn.

What stood out against geelong is that port simply could not find a free player forward of centre. Geelong won being patient and going hard when port defenders pushed up too far. The main threat port will pose is out of the centre. Without houstan and farrell they just cant go as quickly and retain possession. Clamping the last of their runners will be important but not sure we need a hard tag. Just good team defence. This brings our interceptors into play. I expect us to dominate territory so long as we break even in the centre.

 

[moginie]

What stood out against geelong is that port simply could not find a free player forward of centre. Geelong won being patient and going hard when port defenders pushed up too far. The main threat port will pose is out of the centre. Without houstan and farrell they just cant go as quickly and retain possession. Clamping the last of their runners will be important but not sure we need a hard tag. Just good team defence. This brings our interceptors into play. I expect us to dominate territory so long as we break even in the centre.

No, I don't expect it to be a hard tag. Just the usual hard work by a good defensive forward.

 

[grumbleguts]

If we tag it would be finn but i think that is a premature conversation. Got to win this week first!

That's the joke.