Are Port over doing it

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1000 games experience lol
Trengove 153
Impey: 75
Young: 76
Lobbe: 92
Ah Chee: 27
Austin: 13
White: 153
Palmer: 3
Eddy: 3
= 595
Motlop, watts and Rockliff: 442

* monfries and Krak retired so not on list

And how many games did Krak and monfries play considering they are in the 11 I was calling


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Lions did the same thing under voss in his final year and it proved his down fall , but now to add dregs from the Roos like Thomas , Mckenzie from the Suns and a host of other rejects seems crazy , if it back fires and they slip back , Hinkley will be on the chopping block
He is contracted until end of 2021 after the club rightly or wrongly gave hime a contract extension in September. Can't see the club being willing to pay that out. Ken will be around for a while yet.
 
Monfries 211 krak 83 I believe... but still they retiring and played 1 game between them last year

No they didn't do you lost 900 games of experience

I think your top 22 is fine it's just depth and you've taken a punt on a couple of inconsistent performers like Motlop and watts

The big word there is punt

But like I said I don't think ken had a choice his arse was in the sling


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shallow on backup to Ryder. Dixon and two kids are ruck back up?
Puts them in the same position as almost every other side in the comp where they have 1 good ruck and unsure depth options.

Which team has the best back up ruck? Hickey, Stanley, Cal Sinclair, an uninjured Sandi or Darcy, Leuenberger? It doesn't really matter as long as your number 1 guy can play 15 regular season games and finals.

For 2nd ruck Port are likely blessed with options having Westhoff (probably), Watts and Dixon all best 22. They can spell Ryder in games in different ways depending on match ups.
 
If there's improvement, it won't be from their new recruits.
How many were desperate for Watts or Motlop to join their teams in 2016? Both are underperforming talents. We tried to shop Motts last year, but no luck at all. This years he's had about 3 good games.

Bit of a desperate move by the Port. Neither of these recruits will appreciate harsh words or the occasional hoof on the training track.
 
Very good pick ups but should get a tougher draw and had a dream run with injuries.

Should finish roughly the same in 2018
 

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Puts them in the same position as almost every other side in the comp where they have 1 good ruck and unsure depth options.

Which team has the best back up ruck? Hickey, Stanley, Cal Sinclair, an uninjured Sandi or Darcy, Leuenberger? It doesn't really matter as long as your number 1 guy can play 15 regular season games and finals.

For 2nd ruck Port are likely blessed with options having Westhoff (probably), Watts and Dixon all best 22. They can spell Ryder in games in different ways depending on match ups.

I was thinking more across a series of games if ryder is injured, given they lost lobbe & trengrove (sp?) this off season.

just look at your own club this season.

either way i'll be watching closely to see if the brutal port can become more consistent, the wins against carlton & gc in china were merciless.
 
I think they've got a pretty comprehensive list with some key players that are well and truly good enough to lead them to a flag.

I very much think it'll be a Richmond type situation next year where Ken Hinkley bends and flexes and the players come around to him.

Just my opinion.

Maybe, but they haven't really addressed their "downhill skier" issues with their off-season pick ups
 
Port, along with Essendon and West Coast were never a real chance this yea. Sydney were the only dark horse outside of the top 4 however IMO they sprinted too early not having enough credits in the tank to keep their trajectory going in the finals. If they can boost/improve their list with the addition of Watts, Motlop and Rockliff then good luck to them.
 
Even if we don’t win a premiership it isn’t necessarily a mistake. All we gave up was depth and it wasn’t young depth. Those guys given up were doing nothing and we brought in a lot less salary cap than came out. It was literally a no lose situation. We were mediocre with what we had..

We gave up:
1-2 at best decent to ok young talents (Ah Chee and Impey) who hadn’t been performing on our list anyway with plenty of chances.
Other garbage depth players who were making no difference at AFL level..so even if our depth is hurt these guys having to come into the side wouldn’t have helped anyway. I would rather younger inexperienced guys coming in if we have major injury concerns as that would help with their development anyway..rather than a young, monfries or white who offer the same input but are a lot older.

Over 3mil in cap space

And got in:
3 best 22 players


There is no loss in the situation because either way what we had before was not going to win it and none were good young prospects that would’ve helped in a rebuild anyway...
 
Maybe, but they haven't really addressed their "downhill skier" issues with their off-season pick ups
Jack Watts and Steve Motlop won't exactly be wanting to arrive at their new clubs with poor attitudes or poor application. I think they'll be keen to make a fresh start and make an immediate impression, i would be anyway. I don't think David Koch would be very forgiving if they replicated their current habits at Alberton.

I'd expect to see a big season for both of them, probably their best ever.
 
Jack Watts and Steve Motlop won't exactly be wanting to arrive at their new clubs with poor attitudes or poor application. I think they'll be keen to make a fresh start and make an immediate impression, i would be anyway. I don't think David Koch would be very forgiving if they replicated their current habits at Alberton.

I'd expect to see a big season for both of them, probably their best ever.


That is the great unknown and the punt they are taking, do they continue on as they have for ten years, is it just how they are????
 
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