Let's talk Ports! Part 3

[Del165198]

The legendary Tim Evans with a double pirouette, 40 years ago this weekend.

That torpie looked absolutely monstrous until I figured out it was just the stretched out 4:3 screen

 

[Del165198]

i really wish media outlets would stop using "PAP" as our 3 letter team abbreviation.

 

[tribey]

i really wish media outlets would stop using "PAP" as our 3 letter team abbreviation.

or ‘POR’.

not sure why it’s so hard when they were able to shift gears from ‘KAN/KANG’ to ‘NM’/‘NMFC’ overnight.

 

[Us against the rest]

AFL crowds down across the board this year. Port are averaging 27681 at AO, If I am correct 27,000 is breaking even for us.

AFL Tables - Crowds 2022

 

[Enviable Tradition]

The next edition of this thread MUST be The Port Mafia.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Basically what I have been saying in the Big ****ing Dix thread for 3 seasons.

Hinkley has built his whole game plan around Dixon because he is a Colossus, ie uses his strength, drags extra defenders to him, and bringing the small forwards into play.

I talked about those early games this year that we were kicking it to the Dixon non Dixons in the bail out kick, ie kicking it to where we expected Dixon to be and to save us, but only the non Dixons were there, and couldn't do what Charlie can.

I wish he was a Collossus Lockett style and would kick 100+ goals a season, but the days of regular one on one footy by the full back on the full forward are long gone, and we have relied on a game plan that is heavily reliant on Dixon's brute strength.

When Charlie and/or Hinkley goes, we will have to play a very different way to be successful.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

AFL crowds down across the board this year. Port are averaging 27681 at AO, If I am correct 27,000 is breaking even for us.

AFL Tables - Crowds 2022

what do you mean by break even and why 27,000?

 

[Loony Juice]

The club should start a GoFundMe page to buy Rucci a voucher to Vinnies at the Port.

That is a polite way of saying 'we will upgrade his wardrobe'

 

[Loony Juice]

pretty sure this guy was retiling my parents roof on the weekend

Albanese fulfills promise to expand 'work for the dole options'

 

[Loony Juice]

Body language tells the real story. Personally I don't think figjam truly believes all of that, maybe partly.
He had to force himself to read it in parts and watch his right hand movements at certain times

 

[Loony Juice]

pretty sure this guy was retiling my parents roof on the weekend

Anything missing?

Boots?

Trousers?

Media accreditation pass and lanyard?

 

[edgie]

Real blue collar workers wear brown belts, Mickey! You aren't fooling me.

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[RussellEbertHandball]

Body language tells the real story. Personally I don't think figjam truly believes all of that, maybe partly.
He had to force himself to read it in parts and watch his right hand movements at certain times

Just because he prepared notes, stats and talking points, and read from them, doesn't mean he didn't believe it.

If you regularly watched Buckley's post match pressers, he always had notes and stats he referred back to them, during the presser when he wanted to make a point. A lot of coaches turn up to pressers with no notes. It just might be his MO.

 

[NoddyHolder]

Real blue collar workers wear brown belts, Mickey! You aren't fooling me.

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Real blue collar workers wear no belt - to allow for their arse crack to be on display

 

[tribey]

AFL crowds down across the board this year. Port are averaging 27681 at AO, If I am correct 27,000 is breaking even for us.

AFL Tables - Crowds 2022

Showdown yet to come too. Finishing the year averaging 30k would be some achievement, considering.

 

[Steve Dore]

Real blue collar workers wear no belt - to allow for their arse crack to be on display

Kevin Sheedy invented plumber's cleavage when working as a plumber.

 

[Steve Dore]

what do you mean by break even and why 27,000?

May be a reference to the good old days when if we didn't get a crowd of 27k, or there abouts, we had to write the SNAFL a cheque.

 

[NoddyHolder]

Kevin Sheedy invented plumber's cleavage when working as a plumber.

It was sometimes referred to as the back-pocket's-other-pocket

 

[Loony Juice]

Just because he prepared notes, stats and talking points, and read from them, doesn't mean he didn't believe it.

If you regularly watched Buckley's post match pressers, he always had notes and stats he referred back to them, during the presser when he wanted to make a point. A lot of coaches turn up to pressers with no notes. It just might be his MO.

Have to concede I didn't watch a lot of his pressers, or anyone's really as I find them to be mostly superficial lip service.
I also thought that as a past player and coach, and now employed in the media, he would be both familiar and relaxed in that setting.
As body language is mostly involuntary the timing and type of movements seemed to indicate to me that he was perhaps mildly 'forcing' the words out.
I may be reading too much into it all, and as you say could just be his MO

 

[Us against the rest]

what do you mean by break even and why 27,000?

I heard that we need 27,000 to attend as a minimum not to lose money. Only what I have heard, feel free to correct that if it's wrong.

 

[Us against the rest]

Basically what I have been saying in the Big ******* Dix thread for 3 seasons.

Hinkley has built his whole game plan around Dixon because he is a Colossus, ie uses his strength, drags extra defenders to him, and bringing the small forwards into play.

I talked about those early games this year that we were kicking it to the Dixon non Dixons in the bail out kick, ie kicking it to where we expected Dixon to be and to save us, but only the non Dixons were there, and couldn't do what Charlie can.

I wish he was a Collossus Lockett style and would kick 100+ goals a season, but the days of regular one on one footy by the full back on the full forward are long gone, and we have relied on a game plan that is heavily reliant on Dixon's brute strength.

When Charlie and/or Hinkley goes, we will have to play a very different way to be successful.

As much as I like Dixon I was expecting to see more goals from him than he has kicked. Also because we go to him a fair bit and have become predictable to our opposition.

 

[Relativity]

Lol. The commentators only mentioned Turner's name once in his entire highlights clip.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I heard that we need 27,000 to attend as a minimum not to lose money. Only what I have heard, feel free to correct that if it's wrong.

It depends on the mix of who turns up as to how many people we need to turn up. Also a night game has higher costs than a day game - electricity, penalty rates for SMA staff, police, security costs etc.

What is known is that the SMA give us (and the crows) $2.40 per attendee to cover match day costs. So if 27k turn up we get $64.8k which is then offset against SMA match day costs

If 3,000 tickets are purchased at gate/internet and the average amount paid net of ticketing fees of $34, then that is $102k that is used to offset against the SMA's match day costs.

So if its 24k members and 3k general members $166.8k belongs to the club to offset the SMA's matchday costs. Early days at the SMA those costs were about $100k. I don't know what they are these days.

Of course there is other match day revenue the club earns that can be used to offset costs that is revenue only for that match and not necessarily for the whole season, eg advertising, signage, functions, maybe some corporate revenue.

 

[Us against the rest]

It depends on the mix of who turns up as to how many people we need to turn up. Also a night game has higher costs than a day game - electricity, penalty rates for SMA staff, police, security costs etc.

What is known is that the SMA give us (and the crows) $2.40 per attendee to cover match day costs. So if 27k turn up we get $64.8k which is then offset against SMA match day costs

If 3,000 tickets are purchased at gate/internet and the average amount paid net of ticketing fees of $34, then that is $102k that is used to offset against the SMA's match day costs.

So if its 24k members and 3k general members $166.8k belongs to the club to offset the SMA's matchday costs. Early days at the SMA those costs were about $100k. I don't know what they are these days.

Of course there is other match day revenue the club earns that can be used to offset costs that is revenue only for that match and not necessarily for the whole season, eg advertising, signage, functions, maybe some corporate revenue.

There is a lot to take into consideration, thanks for the info, not as simple as some may think.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

As much as I like Dixon I was expecting to see more goals from him than he has kicked. Also because we go to him a fair bit and have become predictable to our opposition.

Dixon needs to look at what the Crows have down with Darcy Fogarty (of all people).

His coach Rahilly told him to stop wrestling and start leading and it has paid dividends.

He will get more clean ball, more frees, less 3 on one's and will open up space for Georgiades and Marshall.