Let's talk Ports! Part 3

[Harlott]

Apart from home ground advantage I can see no reason how we can start favourites for this game. Whateley running out of ideas to rescue his mate.

Giants are the “worst possible matchup” as Power look to avoid straight-sets exit

“As soon as you don't do either of those things, you're gone.”

www.sen.com.au

 

[simba_]

does anyone else have acquaintances or friends or work colleagues or whatever that still don't get it? genuinely a guy i talk to at work about port said "it's almost a good thing" RE: the brisbane loss. "now we get to play the worst team in the finals at home, then we get to play collingwood who didn't look that good (vs melbourne). all i can do is say "yeah, yeah, true yeah" as i die inside

 

[Capital Power]

does anyone else have acquaintances or friends or work colleagues or whatever that still don't get it? genuinely a guy i talk to at work about port said "it's almost a good thing" RE: the brisbane loss. "now we get to play the worst team in the finals at home, then we get to play collingwood who didn't look that good (vs melbourne). all i can do is say "yeah, yeah, true yeah" as i die inside

It really is a cult, isn't it?

 

[Rising Power]

Jared Polec

13

Jared Polec

Age

32

Ht

187cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.6

5star

K

12.9

5star

HB

7.7

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

2.0

4star

D

20.5

5star

K

13.1

5star

HB

7.4

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.1

4star

CL

2.9

4star

D

13.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.2

5star

CL

1.4

4star

appointed coach of Hoppers Crossing Football Club

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Jared Polec appointed coach of Hoppers Crossing Football Club

Sounds like a made up team, for a movie or TV series.

 

[Chrizzt]

Jared Polec appointed coach of Hoppers Crossing Football Club

The slide from Dustin Martin to Andrew Gaff to Jared Polec who spent half his fat contract in the reserves still makes me chuckle.

****in North man, hope they stay in the comp forever.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Sounds like a made up team, for a movie or TV series.

Midsomer Murders

 

[Grave Danger]

Sounds like a made up team, for a movie or TV series.

Souds like a warning to motorists of a locust plague

 

[Doctor Feel]

lol

https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/investing/im-ashamed-widowed-pensioner-loses-150k-to-kochie-scam/news-story/89e0bff678d31d93bfc838d85b4b22e3

 

[TazD]

lol

https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/investing/im-ashamed-widowed-pensioner-loses-150k-to-kochie-scam/news-story/89e0bff678d31d93bfc838d85b4b22e3

Kochie should resign over this.

 

[Festerz]

Kochie should resign over this.

Shocking news.

 

[TazD]

Shocking news.

I love how the shops are getting worse.

 

[RossFC]

Former Port players Jarrad Redden

Jarrad Redden

Age

34

Ht

205cm

Wt

107kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.7

3star

K

3.6

1star

HB

7.1

4star

CL

2.4

4star

HO

18.1

5star

No current season stats available

D

12.4

4star

K

4.0

2star

HB

8.4

5star

CL

3.2

5star

HO

17.8

5star

, Matt Appleton and Jack Elsworthy in the Yorke Peninsula League team of the year.

 

[1954]

Sounds like a made up team, for a movie or TV series.

Some things just stick in the recesses of the mind, but the only reason I have heard of Hoppers Crossing was because my grandfather had the rear driver's side door of his Vanguard repaired there after an altercation with a truck in Horesham in the mid 1950's.

It probably had something to do with it being so soldiers bold sitting in the back seat for something like the 4 or 5 hours of the remainder of the trip with the door rattling like crazy and with no glass in it.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

4 medals for Russell

 

[Tibbs]

Look I know Ill get smashed for this, but it is just my honest feeling.

we are winning games no doubt, but rarely are they convincing. The mark of a championship team is playing poorly and still winning and looks like we are doing that.

BUT - I just cannot see us beating Collingwood, or Adelaide for that matter. When they re on, they put teams to the sword and quickly. We don't. yea ok maybe with Hawthorn for that first half but apart from that, I dunno.

Anyone seen anything different since rounds 2 and 3 and thinks we can knock those two off?

I honestly think they are the two between us and wining the flag.

This post from back in July has aged really well. Dead-set on the mark about Port under Hinkley ... Flakey! The 13 in a row just papered over the cracks.

Mind you, it is more than just Collingwood & the Crows that were stopping us, add Brisbane, Carlton, and even Geelong having a go!

 

[Rexie J]

Former Port players Jarrad Redden, Matt Appleton and Jack Elsworthy in the Yorke Peninsula League team of the year.

PAFC sanfl coach playing for Moonta in today's YP Grand Final.

 

[Workingclass]

No hopers line makes an appearance attributed to Barassi in this obit: The Coach: Ron Barassi’s former players speak about the man behind the legend.

From 'the Coach' published in 1977. Was that a Barassi export to Port or vice versa?

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

 

[NoddyHolder]

No hopers line makes an appearance attributed to Barassi in this obit: The Coach: Ron Barassi’s former players speak about the man behind the legend.

From 'the Coach' published in 1977. Was that a Barassi export to Port or vice versa?

Barassi pinched his game plan from Oatey, so I'd say it's highly likely he pinched the no-hopers line from Fos. Fos and Norm Smith had a close relationship, often playing pre-season games against each other in the late 50s - Barassi learnt from Smith. Fos was coaching for a decade before Barassi started so likely that his philosophies were well developed before Barassi's.

 

[Interstater]

Grand Finals 2000-2022

 

[Poo Eckert]

It’s a good record and we have performed well except the final stage. We’re up there with Collingwood

 

[Poo Eckert]

I mean make it 3 GF and it’s a great achievement, even two and it’s good. It shows a club needs to strike when its performance cluster. Only Geelong have gone through a cycle really and then won another.

 

[Interstater]

It’s a good record and we have performed well except the final stage. We’re up there with Collingwood

Yup, if Collingwood win this year we will have the worst conversion rate of prelims to premierships (not counting those that are at zero premierships this century).

 

[jonasshirtfront]

9 years ago today that great EF win, so buoyed with what would come. So disappointed in reality.

The false spring of 2014