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[sobrave]

If we can't beat the crom then we aren't going near winning a final anyway so who cares

Lose and sack Hinkley post game

 

[Enviable Tradition]

So are the Crows going to play like they did in their only GF in Rachelles lifetime?

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[240volt]

I'm not sold(o) on that claim

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[snozulu]

Here at open training. First thing I see is ken and his ugly mug giving esava goal kicking advice

 

[davesnothere]

Please be false
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One sanfl game and he was the 2nd best Port Ruck out there.

I refuse to believe someone 110 kilos plus has the fitness level to run out 120 minutes of a AFL game after 2 months off with a knee injury off of 1 SANFL game.

I don’t believe it’s a risk Port need to take.

Soldo is not Brendan Lade there is not a significant difference between him and Sweet.

I don't think Port will do this. It could happen for finals if Soldo is flying in the sanfl 2 weeks from now.

 

[gbear]

Here at open training. First thing I see is ken and his ugly mug giving esava goal kicking advice

Was Georgiadis out there?
Apparently, Houston has a foot injury?

 

[Willsy10]

Can we please treat it as a mini gf too, it basically is for us. A win probably locks In top 4 and top 2 if we beat freo too.

Fair bit more like a mini gf here than simply making the crows feel somewhat good about another September holiday.


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[snozulu]

Was Georgiadis out there?
Apparently, Houston has a foot injury?

I saw neither of them but was only there at the end part of the session.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Was Georgiadis out there?
Apparently, Houston has a foot injury?

I heard that on the news and figured they just confused him with Bergman. It's not like they care about us.

 

[pastmyprimus]

here go the clowns

So we can expect another Crows staredown

 

[gbear]

So we can expect another Crows staredown

Will be epic

 

[ClintEastwood]

Please be false

Hopefully this guy is on the wrong street.

 

[El_Scorcho]

I'm not sure why we're making fun of the Crows for treating this like a GF. They do it every time and catch us napping. It's embarrassing that either a) we treat it like just another game and can't lift our intensity or more likely b) we crumble under the pressure of a rivalry game.

This will be a great test of finals pressure because we'll be playing a poor team that is absolutely bursting out of their skin to beat us. If we can't comfortably account for them, we'll get smoked in September when it matters. As usual.

 

[Willsy10]

I think we should win either way but no georgiades is a big factor. Prior to his injury you could mount a case that he was our most important player. Was hoping he would be back.


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[OneGreatClub]

So we can expect another Crows staredown

No Tex so no The Stance. Shame that.

 

[OneGreatClub]

I'm not sure why we're making fun of the Crows for treating this like a GF. They do it every time and catch us napping. It's embarrassing that either a) we treat it like just another game and can't lift our intensity or more likely b) we crumble under the pressure of a rivalry game.

This will be a great test of finals pressure because we'll be playing a poor team that is absolutely bursting out of their skin to beat us. If we can't comfortably account for them, we'll get smoked in September when it matters. As usual.

Yeah I am sick and tired of us losing showdowns. Weak and pathetic. And in the Bars too.

 

[Rash]

can someone tell me why one of butters/rozee/jhf start the game on the bench 90% of the games this season.

 

[ClintEastwood]

can someone tell me why one of butters/rozee/jhf start the game on the bench 90% of the games this season.

I can only assume it's trying to manage their game time to avoid burnout like last year. Our starts have been good this year, so I'm less worried than I used to be about it.

We'll see what happens in finals though. This is far from the first time Hinks has begun to lull people into a false sense of hope around this time of year.

 

[VineValerian]

One sanfl game and he was the 2nd best Port Ruck out there.

I refuse to believe someone 110 kilos plus has the fitness level to run out 120 minutes of a AFL game after 2 months off with a knee injury off of 1 SANFL game.

I don’t believe it’s a risk Port need to take.

Soldo is not Brendan Lade there is not a significant difference between him and Sweet.

I don't think Port will do this. It could happen for finals if Soldo is flying in the sanfl 2 weeks from now.

If we're serious, then hell will freeze over before we do that selection blunder.

 

[VineValerian]

I'm not sold(o) on that claim

I van (sic) to take you to task on this.

** sorry **

 

[Rash]

I can only assume it's trying to manage their game time to avoid burnout like last year. Our starts have been good this year, so I'm less worried than I used to be about it.

We'll see what happens in finals though. This is far from the first time Hinks has begun to lull people into a false sense of hope around this time of year.

the game time is usually very similar, but one of them start on the bench, its very odd.

 

[SureBuddy]

can someone tell me why one of butters/rozee/jhf start the game on the bench 90% of the games this season.

It’s nothing new, not just this year. It’s to start a wines or Drew (or both) in the first bounce. It’s dumb, but they do it every match.

 

[manureid]

It’s nothing new, not just this year. It’s to start a wines or Drew (or both) in the first bounce. It’s dumb, but they do it every match.

Making up for Drew starting on the bench in that Prelim.

 

[theouthouse]

Port win: Finals and possibly top 4.
Port lose: Sack Ken becomes a reality.

I can’t see how the crows will be motivated by the possibility of being the team that broke the hinkleys back, leading Port towards the promised land of post apocalyptic ken where premierships reign and mental toughness rules supreme. For that to be of any motivation to get up and beat us in a dead rubber for them, I can't see it happening.

 

[JimmyBC]

It's simple really if our superior talent midfield dominate their vanilla bean opponents we'll win and win well, if they go missing and waddle in like it's touch footy in the parklands we'll get thumped like we have in the last three.