I've been one of his biggest fans since day one, but Soligo has had an underwhelming start to the year given where I thought he would take his game. Still pops up for some classy moments though.
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Bad: Rozee diving constantly.
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He's just a lil guy.
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Thought he was really good last week and was one of the main reasons the Crows came back in the third.
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Just wittle lil guy
He’s basically at the same level he was last year, so far. Which is fine for the moment
If he keeps plateauing through to next year, then we have reason to be worried
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He said his daughter has finally decided she's a crows supporter - supposedly Pedlar's guns had something to do with it
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Good: Rankine farking hates Port.
And what a shit umpire mistake that was, I've never seen Sholl taking such a strong mark in defense ever, he has definitely improved his toughness and laid another 4 tackles like last week (consecutive weeks of equal career high tackle). There's still a player there.
The Fxxking awesome!!!..
YES, YES, YES, F*CKING YES, F*CKING YES, JUST F*CKING...
Reckon I'm done now.
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Shades of this:YES, YES, YES, F*CKING YES, F*CKING YES, JUST F*CKING...
Reckon I'm done now.
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I said to a mate here during the last quarter "I think we broke them!"
I stand by that. Is Port the most mentally fragile team in the AFL right now?
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We offered North 3 first rounders to get the puck 1 they drafted JHF with
Dawson, Rachele and Rankine is who we got instead.
Three guys who played a big game tonight.
We dogded a bullet there.
Hopefully JHF's mum looked after him tonight. Tucked him into bed after avoiding a nasty ice bath.
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Dawson, Rachele and Rankine is who we got instead.
Three guys who played a big game tonight.
We dogded a bullet there.
Hopefully JHF's mum looked after him tonight. Tucked him into bed after avoiding a nasty ice bath.
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Still around, recent as a few days ago - just doesn't post (maybe his posting ability has been disabled).
It's funny.. a couple of interstate Port supporters (yes they do exist) got on the bus from the zoo this morning heading into town, they were going to the game and said they had Laird in their Supercoach team...
I said to them look out for Rachelle, the kid is going to be a star. Nekt Minnut!
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Good:
O’Brien - one of the best games of his career. Absolutely bent Lycett over and went in dry. In our best 3 players on the night.
Thilthorpe - eerily similar to the out of the box amazing performance by Himmelberg in the Showdown win last year. He was excellent. That goal assist to Pedlar was sex.
Rankine - keeping the ball in on the wing and then the outrageous snap goal, both in absolutely key moments which won us the game, were pretty amazing to see. In our best 3 on the night.
Laird - had some key moments, was a clearance beast and had a determined look in his weird munted eyes that I hope I continue to see on a weekly basis.
Murray - regardless of what’s going on with Butts, Nick is now our best key defender by the length of the Flemington straight. Just continues to grow in confidence, and grow as a player. Our most (only) consistent player so far in 2023.
Michalanney - I think I’m Maxsexual. This guy is just ridiculous for a first year player. His ability to not be overawed, to stick to the task and to make composed decisions is not something you come across from a teenage defender very often at all. Ben Hart 2.0.
Murphy - I’m not sure who was more surprised when Murphy converted that key set shot in the 4th quarter - the entire crows supporter base, or Lachie himself? He’s literally missed every single one of those in his career, but maybe that will be the monkey off the back. In all seriousness though, he was nothing short of excellent tonight. A great performance by a player whose effort can never be questioned.
Hinge - I thought this was Mitch’s best AFL game to date. Just held up really well across half back, and made some really good decisions under pressure (not often a strength of his tbh). Thrives on the big stage.
Pedlar’s 2 big set shot bombs were a major highlight. The odds of him converting BOTH of those were 20/1 at best. He will remain a half forward for 2023 but watch out if he can ever build up the tank required to play 50/50 forward and mid because bloody hell, there’s a beast of a player with so many weapons there.
Chayce Jones - this was a brilliant sub performance, from a player that I don’t rate at all. He came on, and did EXACTLY what every team wants their sub to do. He impacted the game, he was tough, he got hold of the ball, and he even capped it off with a brilliant set shot goal, that nobody in the world could possibly have predicted he would kick. Congrats Chayce, you’re in next week’s starting 22.
Lachie Gollant - honestly, I thought he actually had a brilliant 9 possession, 0 goal game. Won a free that directly led to a Soligo snap goal. Nailed a beautiful pass lace out to Murphy for a goal. His tackling was a real highlight. Must play next week regardless of Fog’s status (I don’t think Fog’s playing).
I also thought Doedee was actually really good, without getting much of the ball. His direct opponents certainly didn’t get near it for the vast majority of the night.
Sloane’s 4th quarter was also a real highlight for me. Still has something to offer, despite making the odd howler decision by hand and foot each week.
Bad:
Tex - is a shell of himself at present. Needs a spell either next week or the week after for mine.
Butts - he’s either injured, or just completely devoid of confidence. If you’d told me in late 2021 that by Round 3, 2023, Nick Murray would be better at literally every football skill and attribute than Butts, I would have called you insane. It has happened.
Brodie Smith - it’s just about career over here. He’s a complete and utter liability and provides absolutely nothing defensively or offensively that remotely benefits the team. The fact that he’s in the leadership group is outrageous. I’m sure he’s a great bloke, but holy shit, his football is diabolical and he needs to be dumped to the twos, now.
Sam Berry - similar to Butts, I’m not sure what’s going on here and maybe it’s all injury-related, but we can’t keep putting up with a full time inside mid who literally can’t get the ball. If you told me that we absolutely had to select one of Berry, Schoenberg or Matt Crouch next week and that my life depended on us winning the game, honestly I’d pick Crouch. I really, really don’t like Crouch.
Sure, Schoenberg dominated the SANFL today but he flat out took the piss in Rounds 1 and 2, and shouldn’t be anywhere near the AFL team for another month based on that alone. Berry must have something wrong with him. In the team selection thread I picked none of these 3, but yeah, that means there’ll be a lot of Keays and Sloane at the coalface which is probably less than ideal. It’s a problem in general for us. Almost like drafting top quality mids in Round 1 should have been a priority since Dangerfield hey?
Ugly:
The ****ING holding the ball decision against Sholl where Powell-Pepper just grabbed him, behind the mark, BEFORE THE UMPIRE HAD SIGNALLED PLAY ON. Let’s just forget about protected 5m zones for a moment and focus on the replay which clearly shows the umpire signal play-on, after the tackle commences. Get absolutely ****ed you termites.
Drunk, meth-head teenage pitch invaders at a Port home game. Who’d have thunk it?
The state of S Lycett’s sphinc after the reaming he copped from ROB
J Dawson being awarded the Showdown Medal, despite nobody with a clue who actually watched the game rating him in the best 5 players on the ground. For those playing at home, the best 5 players, by a long way, and in no particular order, were:
Rankine
Thilthorpe
Laird
O’Brien
Rozee
How Dawson wins that medal, nobody will ever know. Do complete nuffies like Rowie and Bicks vote or something? David King correctly gave Dawson 0 votes.
Dawson’s only goal was a completely flukey accident, he also missed an absolute sitter, and other than those two shanks he touched it 16 other times for the night. Yay. He was probably our 6th or 7th best player, he had an influence and all that, but Showdown medal? God no. All 4 of Rankine, Thilthorpe, Laird and ROB would’ve been far more deserving. Tbh I’m not even sure an argument can be made for Dawson outplaying Lachie Murphy tonight, let alone the others. The single most bizarre Showdown Medallist in history.
O’Brien - one of the best games of his career. Absolutely bent Lycett over and went in dry. In our best 3 players on the night.
Thilthorpe - eerily similar to the out of the box amazing performance by Himmelberg in the Showdown win last year. He was excellent. That goal assist to Pedlar was sex.
Rankine - keeping the ball in on the wing and then the outrageous snap goal, both in absolutely key moments which won us the game, were pretty amazing to see. In our best 3 on the night.
Laird - had some key moments, was a clearance beast and had a determined look in his weird munted eyes that I hope I continue to see on a weekly basis.
Murray - regardless of what’s going on with Butts, Nick is now our best key defender by the length of the Flemington straight. Just continues to grow in confidence, and grow as a player. Our most (only) consistent player so far in 2023.
Michalanney - I think I’m Maxsexual. This guy is just ridiculous for a first year player. His ability to not be overawed, to stick to the task and to make composed decisions is not something you come across from a teenage defender very often at all. Ben Hart 2.0.
Murphy - I’m not sure who was more surprised when Murphy converted that key set shot in the 4th quarter - the entire crows supporter base, or Lachie himself? He’s literally missed every single one of those in his career, but maybe that will be the monkey off the back. In all seriousness though, he was nothing short of excellent tonight. A great performance by a player whose effort can never be questioned.
Hinge - I thought this was Mitch’s best AFL game to date. Just held up really well across half back, and made some really good decisions under pressure (not often a strength of his tbh). Thrives on the big stage.
Pedlar’s 2 big set shot bombs were a major highlight. The odds of him converting BOTH of those were 20/1 at best. He will remain a half forward for 2023 but watch out if he can ever build up the tank required to play 50/50 forward and mid because bloody hell, there’s a beast of a player with so many weapons there.
Chayce Jones - this was a brilliant sub performance, from a player that I don’t rate at all. He came on, and did EXACTLY what every team wants their sub to do. He impacted the game, he was tough, he got hold of the ball, and he even capped it off with a brilliant set shot goal, that nobody in the world could possibly have predicted he would kick. Congrats Chayce, you’re in next week’s starting 22.
Lachie Gollant - honestly, I thought he actually had a brilliant 9 possession, 0 goal game. Won a free that directly led to a Soligo snap goal. Nailed a beautiful pass lace out to Murphy for a goal. His tackling was a real highlight. Must play next week regardless of Fog’s status (I don’t think Fog’s playing).
I also thought Doedee was actually really good, without getting much of the ball. His direct opponents certainly didn’t get near it for the vast majority of the night.
Sloane’s 4th quarter was also a real highlight for me. Still has something to offer, despite making the odd howler decision by hand and foot each week.
Bad:
Tex - is a shell of himself at present. Needs a spell either next week or the week after for mine.
Butts - he’s either injured, or just completely devoid of confidence. If you’d told me in late 2021 that by Round 3, 2023, Nick Murray would be better at literally every football skill and attribute than Butts, I would have called you insane. It has happened.
Brodie Smith - it’s just about career over here. He’s a complete and utter liability and provides absolutely nothing defensively or offensively that remotely benefits the team. The fact that he’s in the leadership group is outrageous. I’m sure he’s a great bloke, but holy shit, his football is diabolical and he needs to be dumped to the twos, now.
Sam Berry - similar to Butts, I’m not sure what’s going on here and maybe it’s all injury-related, but we can’t keep putting up with a full time inside mid who literally can’t get the ball. If you told me that we absolutely had to select one of Berry, Schoenberg or Matt Crouch next week and that my life depended on us winning the game, honestly I’d pick Crouch. I really, really don’t like Crouch.
Sure, Schoenberg dominated the SANFL today but he flat out took the piss in Rounds 1 and 2, and shouldn’t be anywhere near the AFL team for another month based on that alone. Berry must have something wrong with him. In the team selection thread I picked none of these 3, but yeah, that means there’ll be a lot of Keays and Sloane at the coalface which is probably less than ideal. It’s a problem in general for us. Almost like drafting top quality mids in Round 1 should have been a priority since Dangerfield hey?
Ugly:
The ****ING holding the ball decision against Sholl where Powell-Pepper just grabbed him, behind the mark, BEFORE THE UMPIRE HAD SIGNALLED PLAY ON. Let’s just forget about protected 5m zones for a moment and focus on the replay which clearly shows the umpire signal play-on, after the tackle commences. Get absolutely ****ed you termites.
Drunk, meth-head teenage pitch invaders at a Port home game. Who’d have thunk it?
The state of S Lycett’s sphinc after the reaming he copped from ROB
J Dawson being awarded the Showdown Medal, despite nobody with a clue who actually watched the game rating him in the best 5 players on the ground. For those playing at home, the best 5 players, by a long way, and in no particular order, were:
Rankine
Thilthorpe
Laird
O’Brien
Rozee
How Dawson wins that medal, nobody will ever know. Do complete nuffies like Rowie and Bicks vote or something? David King correctly gave Dawson 0 votes.
Dawson’s only goal was a completely flukey accident, he also missed an absolute sitter, and other than those two shanks he touched it 16 other times for the night. Yay. He was probably our 6th or 7th best player, he had an influence and all that, but Showdown medal? God no. All 4 of Rankine, Thilthorpe, Laird and ROB would’ve been far more deserving. Tbh I’m not even sure an argument can be made for Dawson outplaying Lachie Murphy tonight, let alone the others. The single most bizarre Showdown Medallist in history.
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At this point it would take a reasonably brave person to swap Rachele for JHF.
Or they are just shit, potentially a very good midfield with their youngsters but their ruck is shit, forward is shit (recruited Fantasia and now Rioli on big money) and defense is shit and there's no development in these area coming through.
But not salty ones like the other mob.
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No Rachele in theGood...an oversight surely?
