Preview Changes & Preview for Semi Final 2 vs Hawthorn @AO

[PortAdelFC1997]

4 talls. Wow who would have thought.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

B: L Jones 34, B Zerk-Thatcher 25, M Bergman 14
HB: J Sinn 8, A Aliir 21, L Evans 43
C: J Burgoyne 7, O Wines 16, W Drew 28
HF: D Byrne-Jones 33, E Ratugolea 27, W Rioli 15
F: M Georgiades 19, C Dixon 22, C Rozee 1-C
Foll: J Sweet 24, J Horne-Francis 18, Z Butters 9

I/C: T Marshall 4, T Boak 10, F Evans 31, Q Narkle 42, J Mead 44

Emergencies: D Williams 23, W Lorenz 36, D Visentini 38

 

[FishingRick04]

I hope Rat and Dixon run through a couple of the little squeaks, even if it gets them games, intimidate the hell out of this team.

 

[Windy Cindy]

4 talls. Wow who would have thought.

Classic hinkley.. fast running team so let’s load up with talls.

Worked for the dogs

 

[JimmyBC]

Surely a tall drops out for one of the emergencies jeezus

 

[PowerBaz]

Surely a tall drops out for one of the emergencies jeezus

Visintini for sure.

 

[Shane_Mag]

Old man Dixon and lack of match fitness Marshall in the same side. This could be bad.

 

[PJ Power]

4 talls. Wow who would have thought.

Not sure what we are thinking at all.

The best strategy would have been to have Lorenz, Anastosopoulos and Williams all ready and able to play to make sure that we could have at least gone into this game with a modicum of team balance. We were already extremely vulnerable against the Hawks' strengths of speed and ground ball ferocity. We have now weakened ourselves even more in that regard.

4 tall forward structures almost never work for a full game. Georgiades is a tall. He doesn't provide anywhere near enough ground level fight, chase or hustle to be considered anything other. Plus he is our best tall forward. Two of the four tall forwards are glacial slow and will be opposed against clever, agile intercepters. Meek will also make sure Dixon and Ratugolea are ineffective aerially.

The only we can get close in this one, is if our midfield has a game for the ages and basically parks the ball in our forward line for the entire night.

 

[PJ Power]

Old man Dixon and lack of match fitness Marshall in the same side. This could be bad.

With big clumsy, no-goal Esava.

 

[Shane_Mag]

With big clumsy, no-goal Esava.

Talk about an ineffective forward line.

 

[ahneadearut]

Don't know why there is whining about selections. We are scraping the bottom of the barrel folks. Depth is pathetic

 

[Windy Cindy]

Old man Dixon and lack of match fitness Marshall in the same side. This could be bad.

3 talls who may not get a touch.

Oh well it will be the last time we see this shit game plan and shit selections.

Mitchell must be laughing.

Hawks 60+

 

[Windy Cindy]

Not sure what we are thinking at all.

The best strategy would have been to have Lorenz, Anastosopoulos and Williams all ready and able to play to make sure that we could have at least gone into this game with a modicum of team balance. We were already extremely vulnerable against the Hawks' strengths of speed and ground ball ferocity. We have now weakened ourselves even more in that regard.

4 tall forward structures almost never work for a full game. Georgiades is a tall. He doesn't provide anywhere near enough ground level fight, chase or hustle to be considered anything other. Plus he is our best tall forward. Two of the four tall forwards are glacial slow and will be opposed against clever, agile intercepters. Meek will also make sure Dixon and Ratugolea are ineffective aerially.

The only we can get close in this one, is if our midfield has a game for the ages and basically parks the ball in our forward line for the entire night.

The ball will fly out of our forward line.. no one will be chasing.. maybe Willie? That’s it..

 

[KrispyKremeMullanikka]

4 talls in. Ken is begging to be sacked.

 

[PJ Power]

The only explanation for this, is that Esava will start in defence and therefore Ratugolea, BZT and Aliir will cover Chol, Dear and Gunstan. That way DBJ can play forward, and our forward line suddenly looks more nimble and dangerous again. Yes, the balance of our defence might be stuffed up, but it is anyway without Houston, Farrell and Burton.

 

[Powerade 08]

And if Butters or anyone else drops out we’ve got Williams waiting to replace them. Lol

 

[simba_]

I think this might be more than 84

 

[PAFC66]

Besides our midfield every other line is bottom 6 or worse on paper

 

[TeeKray]

Has anyone checked on TeeKray

Sack Hinkley

 

[Piesnchess]

I guess the Pies must be the least accountable team then.

Won the Premiership last season, smart arse, 16 flags aint too bad sunshine.

 

[PAFC66]

Esava obviously goes back again.
This has a 10+ goal loss written all over it.

 

[PAFC66]

The way to defeat the Dawks, is to do the exact opposite what the doggies did. Bevo, made the dogs players totally unaccountable, to Hawks players. Hawks players literally ran free, No manning up, no close checking, no minding the men, Sicily was allowed to ponce around, free, Hawk players ran an carry free, no pressure, no tackling, nothing. Dont do what the dogs did, make Hawk players feel the heat, constant pressure, and you can win.

We don't make anyone feel pressure

 

[PAFC66]

Won the Premiership last season, smart arse, 16 flags aint too bad sunshine.

Get a room you two

 

[theouthouse]

The ball will fly out of our forward line.. no one will be chasing.. maybe Willie? That’s it..

The gameplan with this many talls shouldn't be to lock it in the forward half, rather force and pressure the Hawks into making mistakes through the midfield/defence and burn them on the counter.

Rat and Marshall are mobile enough to apply pressure with the ball coming out. Stick to that mid press and it will be up to the Hawks to bring their skills and A game under finals pressure.

 

[Piesnchess]

Dwayne Russell on SEN told me, not a hope in hell will Ken Hinkley use Ginnivans cocky remarks, to Grundy, totally dismissing Port, for motivation, said he cant be that desperate. Not sure bout that, if i were ken an port, id be seething over their cockiness.