Unofficial Preview Game 1 Port v Freo

[Adz2332]

We should be a better, more balanced side than we were last year. Have Freo improved enough to close the gap? I'd say probably not. 4 goal win minimum, but probably closer to 6 or 7.

awww i miss robbie already!

 

[Pappagallo]

I must admit I did have a little chuckle when I saw that Kenny’s famous whiteboard was back. It was like seeing a road sign saying “5km to go” after a long country drive.

 

[70sDinosaur]

and of course the Golden Slipper in Syd sat is jumping at 4.10pm. LOL.

So, around the same time that we'll be sinking the slipper into Freo.

 

[raman]

Please don't do this 22 times again this season.

This is the "Selection Night Transcript" the board deserves, but not the one it needs right now.

 

[Pedro59]

Personally I think we need more whiteboard jokes around this place. Don't listen to them R_Gray_Jnr_Jnr you just keep on keeping on

I liked it when there was an element of a chance he did knowor was someone from the club who saw the whiteboard ..
Certainly stirred everyone up last year haha.
But now Gray Jnr Jnr etc is out of the closet .....who is there to complain about/bully now?

 

[Arthur Dunger]

Please don't do this 22 times again this season.

Why not? There is so much crap on this board which is allowed to go unchecked, I don't really find the whiteboard thing that offensive, just a different way of predicting his team for the week!

 

[GremioPower]

Mate its a running joke. Simmilar to HODL in the crypto world.

No need for berating and bullying.

Fine i will withold from the whiteboard joke.moving forward.

Chalkboard it is...

You'd be surprised mate.

Check past selections post usually on Wednesday night before a weekend game. There are many posts about "wonder what whiteboard man says today" o "hope Kenny covers his whiteboard up today so as to not give anything away" or "where the idiot with the whiteboard selections" etc etc. yes I am the only one who makes the joke but it gets people talking, and I thought in a light hearted way.

We know we are in for some absolute melt-worthy stuff this year (hopefully not too often) so a bit of light heartedness on here is good.

If you have a board, just write the team on it and take a picture next time: "I was told this was taken in Alberton"

 

[snozulu]

Chalkboard it is...

 

[tribey]

Ros Kelly agrees with this post.

You've delved into my reference satchel for that one, cripes.

 

[Jason K]

I spent all day making a banner to start the season off. I know there is not that much macoroni but I am new to this

 

[Coobk001]

Hinkleys convo on sports day seemed to indicate we'd go with 7 defenders. So as I think has been pretty obvious, McKenzie won't be picked. Howard, Jonas, Houston, DBJ, Bonner, HH and Clurey should be our defence.

 

[DonDraper]

Footy is back.

 

[240volt]

A team with Nat Fyfe cannot be totally crappy.

Fyfe is good Freo are crap

 

[NEGAN]

Is it me or has McKenzie put on some serious muscle over the preseason?

I never really noticed him at GC but boy those guns seem to come from no where.

For me he play looks like a beast down back and looks like he can play on bigger forwards even though he is lacking in height/size.

That kick out of the backline has to be used....it just has to.

 

[NEGAN]

Fyfe is good Freo are crap

I just never underestimate a Ross Lyon coach team, he looks to have improved the side after a clean out season. A fit Fyfe Neale and Sadilands add Johnson Walters hill x 2 Mundy and it ain't a bad nucleus.

 

[tribey]

Is it me or has McKenzie put on some serious muscle over the preseason?

I never really noticed him at GC but boy those guns seem to come from no where.

For me he play looks like a beast down back and looks like he can play on bigger forwards even though he is lacking in height/size.

That kick out of the backline has to be used....it just has to.

It's a small sample so far, but it can't be a coincidence that a few blokes with a reputation for being fragile have kicked on physically after leaving Metricon.

Dixon (41 games in 2 years at Port, despite cardboard ankles), Prestia (22 in his first year at Tigerland after that many in his previous 2), Zac Smith (44 in his 2 seasons at Geelong after 45 in the previous 4).

Even Jaeger looks like coming back from the dead this season.

If the likes of McKenzie, Matera and Ablett suddenly flourish from a physical standpoint in their new environments, someone like David Swallow should start mashing the eject button.

 

[Established1870]

I just never underestimate a Ross Lyon coach team, he looks to have improved the side after a clean out season. A fit Fyfe Neale and Sadilands add Johnson Walters hill x 2 Mundy and it ain't a bad nucleus.

McCarthy, Hamling, Darcy, Logue, Matera, Bennell (if he holds up), Wilson, Blakely, Ryan with first year players Brayshaw and Cerra to look out for too. There is certainly enough talent in that side to hurt anyone if utilized correctly. I think we'll win, but I certainly don't think it'll be easy for us.

 

[PowerLil]

Got a feeling Dan will miss after listening to Kenny tonight.

 

[Andre]

Got a feeling Dan will miss after listening to Kenny tonight.

Jeez, I thought we’d banished that one by the end of last season. First non-KPD picked down back IMO.

 

[PowerLil]

Jeez, I thought we’d banished that one by the end of last season. First non-KPD picked down back IMO.

Agree.

 

[Smithy7]

Hear from skipper Travis Boak ahead of our Round 1 clash with Fremantle this weekend

 

[Contested Marx]

I have only been to Fremantle once in my life, this was when I was a kid and I stayed at my cousin Matt's house over the holidays. He lived with Great Aunt Nora who was a bit of a harsh one and had this way of talking in short sharp sentences, especially when annoyed (which was often). Matt, a year or so younger than me, was always getting into strife with her.

She loved to tell us how during the depression they would eat horse due to a shortage of beef. They'd simply boil a chunk of horsemeat with garlic. I once asked her to tell me the ingredients and she said, "Simple. Clove, Water, Horse." 1

She sent us outside to play and said she would ring a bell when dinner was ready and to come in straight away. So we were kicking the footy around out in the street and the kid from next door, Brad, wandered over and asked if he could play. "Don't let him," said Matt, "Every time he plays with us, Brad boots my 2 ball onto the roof and runs away." It was already too late as he had already picked up the ball, kicked it straight up in the air and hightailed it outta there laughing.

So while we were looking for a ladder in the back shed, Great Aunt Nora rang the dinner bell. At first we didn't hear it ring , so after we didn't come in for a while she got annoyed and had to repeat her bell. 3

"Didn't you hear me ring it?" she asked.

"Hardly. Been all 4 the way out the back." Matt mumbled as we raced in and sat down to eat the soup.

We were also given a small piece of bread, broken up a bit. Matt didn't care, he always ate like it would be his last meal. He wolfed down the bread 'n crumb, all 5 of it, and when it came to the soup, he ignored the warnings of it being hot and slurped it straight out the bowl, and gave a yelp. Great Aunt Nora gave him a scornful look, "I've got no sympathy for you, Matthew. Burnt tongue 6 is what you deserve."

He spat the hot soup out onto the floor, it landed on a mat. "Right," said Nora. She had a mouthful of food. "Get down on the mat. Dab on da 7 stain with this." and she handed him a damp cloth. He knelt down, I felt sorry for him so I squatted next to and tried to change the subject, I asked about the tapestry hanging in the dining room. It looked like a picture of a large man with many rolls of fat beneath his mouth.

"He's got chins on 'im." 8 mumbled Matt.

Nora saw me next to Matt and thought I was helping him. "Chris, go outside. Leave him. Look, he kneel. 9 He cleanup. You go out. You kick ball with Brad."

Anyway, enough storytime.

My prediction: Port by Fyfe goals


and apologies

Spoiler: for those playing at home

1. Clive Waterhouse
2. Brad Bootsma
3. Peter Bell
4. Harley Bennell
5. Brendan Krummel
6. Matthew Burton
7. Matt Taberner
8. Scott Chisolm
9. Lachie Neale

 

[70sDinosaur]

I have only been to Fremantle once in my life, this was when I was a kid and I stayed at my cousin Matt's house over the holidays. He lived with Great Aunt Nora who was a bit of a harsh one and had this way of talking in short sharp sentences, especially when annoyed (which was often). Matt, a year or so younger than me, was always getting into strife with her.

She loved to tell us how during the depression they would eat horse due to a shortage of beef. They'd simply boil a chunk of horsemeat with garlic. I once asked her to tell me the ingredients and she said, "Simple. Clove, Water, Horse." 1

She sent us outside to play and said she would ring a bell when dinner was ready and to come in straight away. So we were kicking the footy around out in the street and the kid from next door, Brad, wandered over and asked if he could play. "Don't let him," said Matt, "Every time he plays with us, Brad boots my 2 ball onto the roof and runs away." It was already too late as he had already picked up the ball, kicked it straight up in the air and hightailed it outta there laughing.

So while we were looking for a ladder in the back shed, Great Aunt Nora rang the dinner bell. At first we didn't hear it ring , so after we didn't come in for a while she got annoyed and had to repeat her bell. 3

"Didn't you hear me ring it?" she asked.

"Hardly. Been all 4 the way out the back." Matt mumbled as we raced in and sat down to eat the soup.

We were also given a small piece of bread, broken up a bit. Matt didn't care, he always ate like it would be his last meal. He wolfed down the bread 'n crumb, all 5 of it, and when it came to the soup, he ignored the warnings of it being hot and slurped it straight out the bowl, and gave a yelp. Great Aunt Nora gave him a scornful look, "I've got no sympathy for you, Matthew. Burnt tongue 6 is what you deserve."

He spat the hot soup out onto the floor, it landed on a mat. "Right," said Nora. She had a mouthful of food. "Get down on the mat. Dab on da 7 stain with this." and she handed him a damp cloth. He knelt down, I felt sorry for him so I squatted next to and tried to change the subject, I asked about the tapestry hanging in the dining room. It looked like a picture of a large man with many rolls of fat beneath his mouth.

"He's got chins on 'im." 8 mumbled Matt.

Nora saw me next to Matt and thought I was helping him. "Chris, go outside. Leave him. Look, he kneel. 9 He cleanup. You go out. You kick ball with Brad."

Anyway, enough storytime.

My prediction: Port by Fyfe goals


and apologies

Spoiler: for those playing at home

1. Clive Waterhouse
2. Brad Bootsma
3. Peter Bell
4. Harley Bennell
5. Brendan Krummel
6. Matthew Burton
7. Matt Taberner
8. Scott Chisolm
9. Lachie Neale

A Big Footy post that forces me to concentrate when I read it.

You trying to muscle in on REH's turf?

 

[Pappagallo]

I have only been to Fremantle once in my life, this was when I was a kid and I stayed at my cousin Matt's house over the holidays. He lived with Great Aunt Nora who was a bit of a harsh one and had this way of talking in short sharp sentences, especially when annoyed (which was often). Matt, a year or so younger than me, was always getting into strife with her.

She loved to tell us how during the depression they would eat horse due to a shortage of beef. They'd simply boil a chunk of horsemeat with garlic. I once asked her to tell me the ingredients and she said, "Simple. Clove, Water, Horse." 1

She sent us outside to play and said she would ring a bell when dinner was ready and to come in straight away. So we were kicking the footy around out in the street and the kid from next door, Brad, wandered over and asked if he could play. "Don't let him," said Matt, "Every time he plays with us, Brad boots my 2 ball onto the roof and runs away." It was already too late as he had already picked up the ball, kicked it straight up in the air and hightailed it outta there laughing.

So while we were looking for a ladder in the back shed, Great Aunt Nora rang the dinner bell. At first we didn't hear it ring , so after we didn't come in for a while she got annoyed and had to repeat her bell. 3

"Didn't you hear me ring it?" she asked.

"Hardly. Been all 4 the way out the back." Matt mumbled as we raced in and sat down to eat the soup.

We were also given a small piece of bread, broken up a bit. Matt didn't care, he always ate like it would be his last meal. He wolfed down the bread 'n crumb, all 5 of it, and when it came to the soup, he ignored the warnings of it being hot and slurped it straight out the bowl, and gave a yelp. Great Aunt Nora gave him a scornful look, "I've got no sympathy for you, Matthew. Burnt tongue 6 is what you deserve."

He spat the hot soup out onto the floor, it landed on a mat. "Right," said Nora. She had a mouthful of food. "Get down on the mat. Dab on da 7 stain with this." and she handed him a damp cloth. He knelt down, I felt sorry for him so I squatted next to and tried to change the subject, I asked about the tapestry hanging in the dining room. It looked like a picture of a large man with many rolls of fat beneath his mouth.

"He's got chins on 'im." 8 mumbled Matt.

Nora saw me next to Matt and thought I was helping him. "Chris, go outside. Leave him. Look, he kneel. 9 He cleanup. You go out. You kick ball with Brad."

Anyway, enough storytime.

My prediction: Port by Fyfe goals


and apologies

Spoiler: for those playing at home

1. Clive Waterhouse
2. Brad Bootsma
3. Peter Bell
4. Harley Bennell
5. Brendan Krummel
6. Matthew Burton
7. Matt Taberner
8. Scott Chisolm
9. Lachie Neale

Mate have you been on the Ballantine’s?

 

[Grave Danger]

My prediction: Port by Fyfe goals

Dey'll kick it to Polec instead of Polak