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Can Port win a premiership under Ken Hinkley?
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classic freo, just happy to be playing in the big league
losing and failure are in your DNA
(inb4 wce won the spoon in 2023)
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I can't believe you wrote this the same year the Bays won the flag.
That's not mediocrity mate that's just shit. Being a bit better than one of the worst teams in the comp is not really something to celebrate.
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Both port Adelaide and Freo have lost tonight.
At least ken Hinkley had given your side 5 finals wins in 10-12 seasons.
Justin Longmuir had given Freo 1 finals win in 5 seasons
He must be heart broken. No point sticking around in a loveless relationship.
Ken, Kochy and the players are on the same page.
Ken is contracted and has unfinished business …
...trying to stay within in the lines of a colouring in book.
From the Ming Dynasty
Both only have 1 since port joined the comp...
Geez, I hanged my hat thinking we finally turned a corner by wining those 2 QF finals against the Cats.
But nope, those weren't cut throat games and we haven't won a cut throat final since the SF against Freo in 2014.
Our record against other premiership contenders during the season is diabolically poor.
HINKLEY OUT
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You're kidding me right?
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They could but they won't. He's not good enough. It's only been made obvious to everyone but Port for Some reason.
He didn’t say it was an “away game”, it just makes sense to refer to home/away Showdowns for supporters of that team when talking about which one.
I’m sure if he said “Showdown 34” you wouldn’t have had a clue which game he is talking about.
“Our away Showdown in 2016” tells you which one it is.
Hardly a point worth arguing ffs. Save the bandwidth for christs sake.
They’ve got no excuses now. Young but good midfield, multiple tall forward options, reinforced the backline (got size there now, losing McKenzie/Jonas/Clurey playing undersized), reinforced the ruck (not better than peak Lycett but better than recent Lycett).
To get spanked by the Pies in the way they did - yeah it’s only round 6 but got to be closer than that. Hard to see how they close the gap to the Pies. Hard to see how they’ve closed the gap from the semi final to now with GWS. Blues unknown as a match-up as I think Port lost their focus last year (had the Pies the next week), but a 50 pt smacking is still a long way off.
Wonder whether one issue is they have a lot of skilful players - but do those skilful players win enough contests? Thinking of the half backs in particular, Farrell & Burton types. WHE & Lipinski & Hill were dominant as small forward/flankers. Who did Houston play on? Was he too busy drifting up to play the ball and WHE or Lipinski was often his opponent?
You need one on one winners so you can always halve at least pivotal contests.
If you don’t have them, structure needs to be perfect. And not sure Hinkley can cover that.
I can’t see how it’d be a bad thing to change coaches now. The midfield alone gives a new coach a huge amount to work with.
To get spanked by the Pies in the way they did - yeah it’s only round 6 but got to be closer than that. Hard to see how they close the gap to the Pies. Hard to see how they’ve closed the gap from the semi final to now with GWS. Blues unknown as a match-up as I think Port lost their focus last year (had the Pies the next week), but a 50 pt smacking is still a long way off.
Wonder whether one issue is they have a lot of skilful players - but do those skilful players win enough contests? Thinking of the half backs in particular, Farrell & Burton types. WHE & Lipinski & Hill were dominant as small forward/flankers. Who did Houston play on? Was he too busy drifting up to play the ball and WHE or Lipinski was often his opponent?
You need one on one winners so you can always halve at least pivotal contests.
If you don’t have them, structure needs to be perfect. And not sure Hinkley can cover that.
I can’t see how it’d be a bad thing to change coaches now. The midfield alone gives a new coach a huge amount to work with.
All comes down to that midfield. They look amazing on paper but collectively, they aren't turning up on the day and one has an off day and they fall away.
Cameron killed Soldo in ruck. Soldo was embarrassing yesterday. Kane Cornes thinks they can only play one ruck but Soldo is not a number one ruckman. He's a second banana.
Cameron killed Soldo in ruck. Soldo was embarrassing yesterday. Kane Cornes thinks they can only play one ruck but Soldo is not a number one ruckman. He's a second banana.
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