Game Day AFL Finals 2024 - Match discussion party thread

[Geoffa32]

He's right and he's wrong.

The list is nowhere near what it's made out to be, but yeah Ken wanted them.

It's a list built to beat up on bottom 10 sides. Entertain their supporters in home games and consistently make the top 4.

But not good enough across the best 24 to be a contender.


Koch's mandate is not to win flags. But to provide a match day product that keeps the club financially viable. It also gives supporters enough success to give false hope to keep coming back.


Port are the definition of a Franchise sporting organisation under Koch.

 

[1990crow]

It's a list built to beat up on bottom 10 sides. Entertain their supporters in home games and consistently make the top 4.

But not good enough across the best 24 to be a contender.


Koch's mandate is not to win flags. But to provide a match day product that keeps the club financially viable. It also gives supporters enough success to give false hope to keep coming back.


Port are the definition of a Franchise sporting organisation under Koch.

I'm not sure you can design a list to beat up on bottom 10 sides.

 

[whattagun07]

He did.

And looking at the Reserves side, he's right.

They get SPP back next year which will mean they don't have to pick McEntee or Evans, that'll improve them.... but not enough.

There's a lot of unexposed players there.
I don't watch SANFL so have no idea how players like Anastopoulous, Charleson, Scully, McCallum, X.Walsh, K.Marshall are going.
A few seem to rate Visentini...Lorenz got a game late, and I thought Lord was good when he played finals last year (albeit reportedly not up to it this year).
With the gaps in quality or age being Dixon, Boak, Narkle, Esava, McEntee, (McKenzie also retiring, Clurey likely gone), they really need to find at least another 5 solid contributors somewhere. SPP is 1. With a bunch of other players that also can't be trusted; Marshall, Finlayson, Sinn, Williams, BZT, F. Evans....it's either going to take a new coach to get the best out of them, or a big list turnover. That can't be done in 1 off season

 

[whattagun07]

Great results for the weekend, great game last night.
To summarise Your Honour….GO BAYS

When I see 'Chazwazza replied" I keep thinking its a Port gronk visiting.
(Chad cornes / warren tredrea).
Your name is misleading.

 

[Anzacpaul]

so bris down 44ish in the 3rd quarter in the SF and down 25ish in the 3rd quarter in the PF.
Unbelievable

And with Sydney's second halves I'm hoping we get an absolute cracker of a GF

 

[chazwazza]

When I see 'Chazwazza replied" I keep thinking its a Port gronk visiting.
(Chad cornes / warren tredrea).
Your name is misleading.

Hahaha.
In memory of my old German Shepherd Charlie, was one of his nicknames.

 

[Crow-eater]

Will be an interesting Brownlow count tomorrow night.

Cripps, Daicos will be up there. Neale a smokey for his 3rd medal. Bont will be around the mark again.

Heeney's suspension will see him abruptly stop getting votes after it.

 

[pjcrows]

Cripps being so high in contention is annoying. He's not in the Top 10 players I'd pick first if I was making a team.

 

[FR0GGY]

Will be an interesting Brownlow count tomorrow night.

Cripps, Daicos will be up there. Neale a smokey for his 3rd medal. Bont will be around the mark again.

Heeney's suspension will see him abruptly stop getting votes after it.

Hopefully this year sees the change that is needed.
As long as you don’t get suspended for more than 2 games in the years you’re eligible still.
Best and fairest, as soon as you’re not the fairest you’re not eligible?
Butters still in contention but not heeney? Give me a spell.
I bet players who get suspended can still win a club B&F

 

[Bearded Clam]

Are you sure about that? Fake news
Cornes was equally critical of Zerk-Thatcher, who has requested a trade to Port Adelaide, saying the 25-year-old is a player who "has goals kicked on him for fun".

"All of a sudden, Essendon love him, there's a three-year deal there for him," he said.

"Port Adelaide loves him … He's going to be a good SANFL player if all goes to plan.

"If all goes to plan, he's a good depth player that plays 12 games for Port next year.

"He's not a starter for a top-four team … he has goals kicked on him for fun."

That doesn’t sound very complimentary all.
Actually you couldn’t get much more of a negative angle than “kicked goals on him for fun and good sanfl player”

Not much on Esava, just saying he’s not worth pick 24.

But forked tongue Kornes was saying all of that to desperately try and talk his calue down during trade week last year…

Kornes ALWAYS has an alterior motive when he talks about the Powa..

 

[Bearded Clam]

It's a list built to beat up on bottom 10 sides. Entertain their supporters in home games and consistently make the top 4.

But not good enough across the best 24 to be a contender.


Koch's mandate is not to win flags. But to provide a match day product that keeps the club financially viable. It also gives supporters enough success to give false hope to keep coming back.


Port are the definition of a Franchise sporting organisation under Koch.

This. 1000000%..

The “we are Port Adelaide”.. stolen straight from a movie about a real tragedy.. the scarf waving garbage that is “never tear us apart” stolen straight from Liverpool’s YNWA which is one of the biggest sporting clubs in the world..
just plageristic, plastic, fake nonsense designed by a marketing manager in the backrooms of a tiny frachise.

I mean…
Fancy thinking your financially and morally bankrupt club that can barely stand on its own two feet without assistance from the league.. from the scum suburbs of tiny little adelaide at the arse end of the world.. could in anyway be compared to YNWA and the might of Liverpool.

Then theres the endless whinging and moaning, woe is us bullshit about not being allowed to wear the prison bars… get over it.

Koch has taken that club and turned it into a gimick.. sprinkled fairy dust onto a stinking pile of sh*t and sold it to their dumbf*ck supporter base.. who are so ignorant and gullible they’ve willingly lapped it up..

 

[Cromulant]

This. 1000000%..

The “we are Port Adelaide”.. stolen straight from a movie about a real tragedy.. the scarf waving garbage that is “never tear us apart” stolen straight from Liverpool’s YNWA which is one of the biggest sporting clubs in the world..
just plageristic, plastic, fake nonsense designed by a marketing manager in the backrooms of a tiny frachise.

I mean…
Fancy thinking your financially and morally bankrupt club that can barely stand on its own two feet without assistance from the league.. from the scum suburbs of tiny little adelaide at the arse end of the world.. could in anyway be compared to YNWA and the might of Liverpool.

Then theres the endless whinging and moaning, woe is us bullshit about not being allowed to wear the prison bars… get over it.

Koch has taken that club and turned it into a gimick.. sprinkled fairy dust onto a stinking pile of sh*t and sold it to their dumbf*ck supporter base.. who are so ignorant and gullible they’ve willingly lapped it up..

Have you ever been to Liverpool ?? It's deadset a city full of Port-like people.

 

[Bearded Clam]

And as for this *******..


EAD.

 

[Bearded Clam]

Have you ever been to Liverpool ?? It's deadset a city full of Port-like people.

Your point is?…

 

[119others]

Hell of a time to break the winning big games at MCG hoodoo.

For everyone saying our start killed us think back to our draw with Brisbane early in the season. We were basically on equal points, and it was seen as ‘an elimination final’. The draw was seen as being bad for both teams and each team’s season effectively over.

We ended up bottom 4 and Brisbane are playing off in the grand final.

Should tell you about the grit of the two different teams.

this is so seriously simplistic. and wrong. the facts:

• Lions were flag faves heading into the year. They are a finals hardened and experienced team who has made prelims each of the last 3 years, have made top 4 five out of 6 years (end of minor round) and finals every single year since 2019. To try and compare where they are at to us as a club is completely non-sensical
• Lions had one of the easiest draws - rated 4th easiest playing the 11-12th based team on average for their 6 double up games (5 non finalists twice inc 4 of the bottom 7 twice). Crows played the average 4-5th team on average for each of their double up games. Trying to compare our draws is ridiculous.

Plenty to be critical of our team without making up irrelevant comparisons

 

[baldandbroke]

Anyone else think of Bill, from King of the Hill - when they see Hinkley?

 

[FR0GGY]

But forked tongue Kornes was saying all of that to desperately try and talk his calue down during trade week last year…

Kornes ALWAYS has an alterior motive when he talks about the Powa..

Well then wouldn’t he tell them up, post trade as was the claim?

 

[Cromulant]

Your point is?…

It's an adequate comparison, also Liverpool have one league trophy since the EPL was a thing.

Their fans are both feral, loud-mouthed idiots too.

I have no real issue with them raising scarves and singing, the choice of song though is hilarious given tearing themselves apart is all they ever do.

But the fact they pretend to be "that" Port Adelaide, and they are led by a snake oil salesman is just delusion