Preview Changes & Preview Round 17 - Ports vs Dogs @ Adelaide Oval

[davesnothere]

It’s a nice anthem. I had forgotten it.

This is a version from a famous Brazilian singer:

What's a club song if you can't tango.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Or....... you know....... he's there to cover the loss of Burgoyne who comes back in this week.

You think Burgoyne was going to be sub for 20 minutes if he'd been fit last week?

If you're gonna do the whole sarcasm thing, it helps to actually be right.

 

[Playthekids76]

Do you even support Port? lol

Got picked didnt he??

 

[Duckimus Prime]

Our front 6 consists of:

DBJ Marshall Finlayson
Mead Lord Georgiades

Does the selection committee actually sit down and do a thorough analysis or are they out playing golf, then studying the greyhound form?

Even the most dim witted supporter can see that it’s too top heavy & the defenders will have a field day rebounding out of our back half.

The Dogs will be running key defenders that even Todd Marshall can take contested marks against.

 

[Andre]

Lorenz was picked last week for a distraction. Don’t think it’s just a coincidence that suddenly we pick another debutant for the year when Kenny was most under the pump.

Next minute, rolls out a shiny new toy to try and distract us.

Then classic Ken, go back to the players that have done nothing repeatedly in the past, as he couldn't possibly have been wrong picking them. Never wants to learn, who'd have guessed he's a high school drop out, who'd be shovelling shit on a farm if he hadn't been able to play football?

 

[Tibbs]

Frankie Evan back in the team is not great.

I think not enough has been said about how good it will be to see him playing with his brother Logan!

 

[x_les_x]

Think its more to do with having something to actually be excited for rather than bringing back in the same old players who will probably get 10 touches and if theyre lucky a goal in evans/mcentee/arguably narkle before last week.

Call it shiny toy theory all you like but last week we fielded logan evans, sinn and lorenz, skinny dudes with leg speed and youth that giving them games will actually aid in their development. Lord too. Anyone with half a brain cell know we’re going nowhere near a flag this year with the depth and squad we have right now. Yes we are in the 8 on the back of talent rather than team structure. When we have an actual run at it we need Sinn/lorenz/logan evans at 50 games not francis evans plodding around who probably wont be on our list in 2 years once tommy a and charleston come along

 

[JimmyBC]

Usually I feel I have a good grip

No doubt.

 

[Powerade 08]

Think its more to do with having something to actually be excited for rather than bringing back in the same old players who will probably get 10 touches and if theyre lucky a goal in evans/mcentee/arguably narkle before last week.

Call it shiny toy theory all you like but last week we fielded logan evans, sinn and lorenz, skinny dudes with leg speed and youth that giving them games will actually aid in their development. Lord too. Anyone with half a brain cell know we’re going nowhere near a flag this year with the depth and squad we have right now. Yes we are in the 8 on the back of talent rather than team structure. When we have an actual run at it we need Sinn/lorenz/logan evans at 50 games not francis evans plodding around who probably wont be on our list in 2 years once tommy a and charleston come along

shiny head theory - Kent Hinkley is a useless campaigner along with Davies

 

[Alberton Proud]

shiny head theory - Kent Hinkley is a useless campaigner along with Davies

 

[Cam1870]

Melting is a tradition

We're all about tradition at Alberton
*2 captain season excluded

 

[Duck Farmer]

I think not enough has been said about how good it will be to see him playing with his brother Logan!

We really haven't had this since the Robbie and Sam Gray days.

 

[philthy05]

Our front 6 consists of:

DBJ Marshall Finlayson
Mead Lord Georgiades

Does the selection committee actually sit down and do a thorough analysis or are they out playing golf, then studying the greyhound form?

Even the most dim witted supporter can see that it’s too top heavy & the defenders will have a field day rebounding out of our back half.

In no way are we top heavy. Running backs have been a non-factor against us, in fact one of the takeaways of hinkleys piece of shit gameplan that kills us is that it actually makes it very hard for opposition running defenders to have much impact. They’re just running into a massive cluster of players and kicking to the wall we set up with our high defence.

Also, our talls are as or far more effective at all the things you want from a small forward than our supposed small forward options not named Rioli.

Mcintee and Evans combined averages



0.7 g goals
0.3 goal assists
5.8 score involvements
2.3 tackles inside 50

Those are abysmal numbers when it’s two players combined.

Francis Evans is an absolute potato why bother? he makes the old yoyo selection players like Young & Moore look like All Australians.

Surely he’s a Monty to be delisted.

If there’s anything I’ll forever associate with the Ken era it will be the amount of games we’ve pumped into guys in the year they’re going to be delisted.

 

[Coobk001]

Running backs have been a non-factor against us, in fact one of the takeaways of hinkleys piece of shit gameplan that kills us is that it actually makes it very hard for opposition running defenders to have much impact. They’re just running into a massive cluster of players and kicking to the wall we set up with our high defence.

You're watching a completely different team to me. We are being absolutely destroyed by run off half back at the moment. Our high pressure forward line is totally pointless because they run it out with ease. Last week watching NWM and co just stream off half back all day unchecked was infuriating. Zorko absolutely killing us the week before, etc


When we have our full team press in place, we've got the ball deep, created a slow play in our forward line and got ourselves in position, then yes we are usually good at stopping the rebound. However if we send it in there fast, and there's space, we often see it bounce out at pace. Our lumbering, fumbly forwards, and our poor entries turn our games into these circle work battles where we do NOT excel, despite what the coaches seem to think.

 

[TeeKray]

Let's pump some more games into Hot Toddy, he might win a contest by game 600.

 

[SonOfKek]

You're watching a completely different team to me. We are being absolutely destroyed by run off half back at the moment. Our high pressure forward line is totally pointless because they run it out with ease. Last week watching NWM and co just stream off half back all day unchecked was infuriating. Zorko absolutely killing us the week before, etc


When we have our full team press in place, we've got the ball deep, created a slow play in our forward line and got ourselves in position, then yes we are usually good at stopping the rebound. However if we send it in there fast, and there's space, we often see it bounce out at pace. Our lumbering, fumbly forwards, and our poor entries turn our games into these circle work battles where we do NOT excel, despite what the coaches seem to think.

You know, I reckon we actually look formidable when we run and carry the ball. A short passing, hard running game that relies on hand/foot skills could benefit us.

 

[philthy05]

You're watching a completely different team to me. We are being absolutely destroyed by run off half back at the moment. Our high pressure forward line is totally pointless because they run it out with ease. Last week watching NWM and co just stream off half back all day unchecked was infuriating. Zorko absolutely killing us the week before, etc


When we have our full team press in place, we've got the ball deep, created a slow play in our forward line and got ourselves in position, then yes we are usually good at stopping the rebound. However if we send it in there fast, and there's space, we often see it bounce out at pace. Our lumbering, fumbly forwards, and our poor entries turn our games into these circle work battles where we do NOT excel, despite what the coaches seem to think.

The only part of our high pressure forward line that fails is the passengers we have there in mcintee and Evans who are neither a threat to mark the ball, score goals or set them up, lock the ball inside 50, or crumb the ball anytime our it’s bring it to ground.

The absolute worst feature of our team over the last few years has been the immense stupidity of having a forward flood and a kf line designed for our kfs to bring it down to ground and watching our opponents defenders win the ground ball instead of our supposed small forwards who are there to win it on the ground or lock it in. It’s one of the all-time big coaching failures.

We’re not top heavy , we’re deficient in proper skilled small / medium forwards.

If we had a Robbie gray and monfries in the reserves we could pick them, instead we have a soon to be delisted Evans , and mcintee , who shouldn’t be in the afl at all except our coach is an idiot.

 

[gbear]

Surely port get smashed tomorrow

 

[Port01]

Now that it’s a massive opportunity to go above Collingwood, I’m somehow less confident

 

[Janey]

Now that it’s a massive opportunity to go above Collingwood, I’m somehow less confident

The way things are going around here, I’m not sure if you mean confident we’ll win or confident we’ll lose.

 

[StuMan]

 

[Coobk001]

Now that it’s a massive opportunity to go above Collingwood, I’m somehow less confident

The ladder and positions are all totally irrelevant at this stage. We aren't winning anything. Finish top 4 and we'll go out in straight sets. Priority is sack hinkley, nothing else matters.

 

[powerfan07]

Home game against a team we are fighting for finals with. Can't wait for Kenny to tell us someone had to lose and we were brave in doing so

 

[Powertron]

Watching us is like watching a slow motion car crash every week except in this case you want the driver to die.

Just lose and lose badly so this can all end asap.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Well win nothing surer, because a loss could bring sweet relief.

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