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As a Crow fan, how will YOU handle it if Port Power win the Flag this year?
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The other fun follow up to this is when they do lose saying with dismay "they have let down the state"
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A choke on the most important night of the year for Port Adelaide has consigned coach Ken Hinkley and his team to a week of ridicule and fearmongering.
The ridicule is deserved.
A hammering of this magnitude at home in a qualifying final – it was by 84 points – cannot be dismissed as unfortunate or unlucky.
The fearmongering will centre on Hinkley’s future.
A loss next weekend would mean a second consecutive straight-sets departure from September and, if that happened, it remains to be seen if the Port powerbrokers would deem it ultimately unfortunate for Hinkley.
That’s high-stakes finals footy and its fallout.
As Hinkley ponders what happened on a horrid night, and begins the process to re-group, Geelong coach Chris Scott can take in his stride one of his team’s most commanding finals wins.
The heat is on Ken and the Power. Again. Picture: Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images
It’s a walk he knows so well.
The win marches Scott into his ninth preliminary final in 14 years.
In a competition designed for equality, that’s outstanding and astounding. Ask Essendon fans just how much so.
It was a brilliant and clinical performance and tops an incredible season.
If you said at the start of the season that Tom Hawkins would be injured and not play past round 15, that Patrick Dangerfield would miss nine games, Cam Guthrie would play only four games, Sam De Koning wouldn’t get a game come September, and Tom Stewart would miss the qualifying final, and the Cats would still win their way into a preliminary final, well, you’d win the internet as they say.
It’s those circumstances that further enhance Scott’s standing as a coach and propels his group of players front and centre into the premiership discussion.
Pick a Cats player and we can tell you a wonderful story.
Pick a component of Thursday night’s game and there’s a Geelong story to tell.
The role players were prominent.
Jack Bowes in the middle.
Lawson Humphries in defence.
Mark Blicavs on three-possessions Charlie Dixon.
And all of the front-half players, particularly Shaun Mannagh, who was the highest-rated player on the ground.
What a story Mannagh is. He had 528m gained for a high half-forward, 13 score involvements and three goals.
Dangerfield was supreme. He touched it 24 times, mostly with menace, and 12 of them were score involvements.
The game separated in the second quarter in the most important KPI – the scoreboard. Five goals were shared in the first 10 minutes.
Certainly, it was a high class game and was pleasing to watch, but the low-level accountability had to displease the coaches.
Hinkey’s displeasure would’ve been compounded by disbelief over the next 10 minutes. The Cats kicked five unanswered goals, the best coming after a blistering end-to-end play which Tyson Stengle got on the end of.
At that point, Holmes was running rampant – he had 16 possessions at the half and 487m gained – Tom Atkins, Dangerfield and Bowes were the muscle between the arcs, and Stengle, Jack Henry and Jeremy Cameron had the smarts in the forward 50m.
Geelong kicked seven goals within 30m from goal in the first half.
All up, they kicked 14 of their 20 goals came from inside 30m.
That’s schoolboy defence. Shambolic and unaccountable.
Cameron, Stengle, Miers and Mannagh all kicked three or more goals.
Port’s gun midfielders were non-factors. Connor Rozee was disappointing, Jason Horne-Francis had moments, but was subdued by Oisin Mullin when he was forward, and Atkins and Brunn when in the middle.
With Dan Houston, Kane Farrell and now probably Zak Butters who was subbed at half-time with injury, we’re not sure Port Adelaide can recover from this.
They will now play the winner of the two hottest teams in the game, Hawthorn or the Bulldogs, which doesn’t make Hinkley’s week any way easier.
For Kenny and his coaching department, this was their worst nightmare.
They won't get near it with this squad, they had the easiest draw in the competition this year. 0 depth.
Cmon.. with houston out.. straight sets was all but certain... It's what happens when you have 5 good players and 17 sanfl players... You're constantly on that cliff edge... 1 injury and you fall off the cliff
Port putting in their worst performance of the year is like the first smell of cut grass. You know it's September and everything's going to be OK.
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Just a glorious evening, but let's wait until Port are completely out. Straight sets and you'd think Ken's future is in doubt.
I'm thinking how tough it is, in an 18 team competition, to get all your ducks lined up to win a flag.
Then the joy I'm feeling this morning reflects on that very thought and I realise - we still have to overcome 17 other teams, the AFC hierachy and NICKS!
I'm thinking how tough it is, in an 18 team competition, to get all your ducks lined up to win a flag.
Then the joy I'm feeling this morning reflects on that very thought and I realise - we still have to overcome 17 other teams, the AFC hierachy and NICKS!
Started watching the game just before midnight before a joyous few hrs of sleep. Now THAT is an embarrassing effort. Feeble, pathetic, cringe worthy. AND it’s the same thing happening AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN (and AGAIN):
And last night 38 scoring shots and 84 point loss meaning an average on just under 10 goals per games last 4 finals (3 at home).
Seriously embarrassing shit. Can’t remember us EVER getting flogged once in a final at home , certainly nothing like some of these above games. Last night felt like a “130 point loss” some Powers thought and I agree if Cats had kicked straight
I told everyone not to worry as they weren’t good enough with the easiest draw but even I was horrified (or the opposite actually) of what just happened last night. Just lol
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- 2021 PF vs Bullies (home) - 70 to 80 point loss
- 2023 EF vs Lions (away) - 50 ish points
- 2023 SF vs GWS (home) - loss by 4 goals (felt like 10 goals with bad GWS kicking for goal)
And last night 38 scoring shots and 84 point loss meaning an average on just under 10 goals per games last 4 finals (3 at home).
Seriously embarrassing shit. Can’t remember us EVER getting flogged once in a final at home , certainly nothing like some of these above games. Last night felt like a “130 point loss” some Powers thought and I agree if Cats had kicked straight
I told everyone not to worry as they weren’t good enough with the easiest draw but even I was horrified (or the opposite actually) of what just happened last night. Just lol
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The measure of a club is how many of their players would you want in our team. I’d count about 6 from Port + Houston (a lot more from Geelong) and we’re the 15th best side in the comp!
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Nah, Ken isn't likely to be in any danger no matter how they go from here.
It's been a very long time since a coach who made finals has been sacked (and for the VFL, you may have to go all the way back to Norm Smith, I can't think of any AFL examples).
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Grant Thomas and Stan Alves in more recent times.
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