NAB Cup: Port Adelaide vs Western Bulldogs

[RangaInTeal]

We will own hall with carlile playing on him and chaplin or Chad floating around in front. He won't have anywhere near the night he had against hawthorn.

Spot on, Bob will take Bazz, Chad will play a kick in front and curtail Hall, the dogs will e beaten this week, end of story! Not by the better team, by the more determined team! We need to get Lake up the ground, we can not play the long ball game against the Dogs, Lake, Morris and Williams will pick us off far too easily! This is where we need to hit up, Schultz, Motlop and Ebert as the leading targets at 50 who can kick over the man on the mark and the goal line!

 

[Forzaport]

Port Adelaide
1. Domenic Cassisi, 3. Steven Salopek, 6. Danyle Pearce, 7. Nathan Krakouer, 9. Jacob Surjan, 10. Travis Boak, 11. Marlon Motlop, 12. Jackson Trengove, 13. Wade Thompson, 14. Paul Stewart, 16. Warren Tredrea, 17. Robbie Gray, 18. Kane Cornes, 19. Nick Salter, 20. Dean Brogan, 26. Andrew Moore, 27. Alipate Carlile, 28. Jay Schulz, 30. Troy Chaplin, 31. Mitchell Banner, 33. Brett Ebert, 35. Chad Cornes, 38. Scott Harding, 39. Justin Westhoff, 41. Jason Davenport, 43. Daniel Stewart, 44. Tom Logan, 45. Cameron Hitchcock, 47. Cameron Cloke.

Western Bulldogs
1. Jarrad Grant, 2. Robert Murphy, 3. Andrejs Everitt, 4. Daniel Cross, 5. Matthew Boyd, 7. Shaun Higgins, 8. Mitch Hahn, 9. Lindsay Gilbee, 10. Nathan Eagleton, 12. Tom Williams, 14. Callan Ward, 16. Ryan Griffen, 17. Adam Cooney, 19. Liam Jones, 20. Josh Hill, 21. Jason Akermanis, 22. Dylan Addison, 23. Jordan Roughead, 25. Ryan Hargrave, 27. Will Minson, 28. Barry Hall, 29. Easton Wood, 31. James Mulligan, 33. Tim Callan, 36. Brian Lake, 38. Dale Morris, 40. Jarrod Harbrow, 42. Liam Picken, 44. Brodie Moles.

Teams are up. Great to see Wazza, Gray, Boak and Brogan in the line up. Also noticed one M.Motlop.

 

[RangaInTeal]

I like Chappy on Hann, Trengove on Hill, he would have the intimidation for Hill plus size match up, Surjan on Higgins, Aker is the question, maybe Stewart but he may not be nimble enough.

No no no, sorry Rick Buddy, I respect you and your opinions but we would get monstored:

F: Hill-Krakour, Hall-Carlile, Akermanis-Surjan
HF: Higgins-P.Stewart, Hahn-Chappy, Murphy-Trengove

Salter has to get dropped out of our back six this week, Krakour can play defensively and Hill tends to zone rather than playing the man in the forward 50 defencivly, this creating Krakour as the free man we desperatly force him to be. Carlile on Hall should explain it's self. Akermanis is still the dogs best Forward, our best shut down defender heads to him, Surj has the Pace, the awareness and the determination to hault Aker! Higgins has pace and gets plenty of the ball but with Stewart diving infront of him it will be hard for him to get first hands on the ball, Stewart also has the speed to go with Higgins and Higgins pushing him up the ground would see Stewart around the contest more, his size and agression wouldn't be lost in the heat of battle. Chappy on Hahn, I honestly think Chappy has Mitch covered in every area except guts and mongrel, If Johnson plays I expect Chappy to take Johnson and then Hahn becomes the match winner for the dogs, however, I feel Johnson will be rested. Murphy on Trengove would be an interesting battle but I feel after two games of Promise and Potentual, A tougher assignment is due, Murphy will run Trengove up the ground, Trengove has the speed and pace in the legs to go with Murphy, but has he the tank? He will spoil all day and is hard at the man, Murphy seems like he goes missing, less touches, when there is a physical emphasis on him, Still kicks his three goals, but instead of a 10 marks 23 touches game, will have a 2 marks 8 touches game!

I think defensivly, minus Johnson we match up well against them, as they match up REALLY well against us up forward, this game will come down to two things, 1)Midfield battles, Rucks and Clearances, and 2)Defencive pressure. In the guts they have us covered in terms of Skill, Ability, Performance and Experiance, we beat them in Heart and Determination. Will the better side win on the day or will the Champion side beat the side full of Champions?

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Teams are up. Great to see Wazza, Gray, Boak and Brogan in the line up. Also noticed one M.Motlop.

Where did u get this from?

 

[Pinepower]

Where did u get this from?

AFL site

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/90124/default.aspx

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

cheers.

No Daniel?

 

[Ebert80]

cheers.

No Daniel?

Thats really good to see. He has to pull his head in and learn there are consequences when he behaves like he does from time to time.

Let him play in the SANFL trial against Norwood instead.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Poor Lobbe as well.

 

[tribey]

^Yeah.

Cam Cloke a lock to ride shotgun for Broges this year then you'd think.

 

[FishingRick04]

Ranga maybe I under value Stewarts pace, but I would have thought Higgins would completely run him around ragged?

Hill plays permanently forward (that's what I thought anyway), hence I thought Trengove may be the option as he looks like a Burton type player, eg plays taller than what he is.

Maybe Marlon has come into the side as we need extra small coverage?

 

[Steve Dore]

..... No Daniel?

Interesting, M. Motlop but no D. Motlop.

..... Cam Cloke a lock to ride shotgun for Broges this year then you'd think.

Only room for one rookie elevation, Cloke or Hitchcock.

 

[ash_78]

No no no, sorry Rick Buddy, I respect you and your opinions but we would get monstored:

F: Hill-Krakour, Hall-Carlile, Akermanis-Surjan
HF: Higgins-P.Stewart, Hahn-Chappy, Murphy-Trengove

Salter has to get dropped out of our back six this week, Krakour can play defensively and Hill tends to zone rather than playing the man in the forward 50 defencivly, this creating Krakour as the free man we desperatly force him to be. Carlile on Hall should explain it's self. Akermanis is still the dogs best Forward, our best shut down defender heads to him, Surj has the Pace, the awareness and the determination to hault Aker! Higgins has pace and gets plenty of the ball but with Stewart diving infront of him it will be hard for him to get first hands on the ball, Stewart also has the speed to go with Higgins and Higgins pushing him up the ground would see Stewart around the contest more, his size and agression wouldn't be lost in the heat of battle. Chappy on Hahn, I honestly think Chappy has Mitch covered in every area except guts and mongrel, If Johnson plays I expect Chappy to take Johnson and then Hahn becomes the match winner for the dogs, however, I feel Johnson will be rested. Murphy on Trengove would be an interesting battle but I feel after two games of Promise and Potentual, A tougher assignment is due, Murphy will run Trengove up the ground, Trengove has the speed and pace in the legs to go with Murphy, but has he the tank? He will spoil all day and is hard at the man, Murphy seems like he goes missing, less touches, when there is a physical emphasis on him, Still kicks his three goals, but instead of a 10 marks 23 touches game, will have a 2 marks 8 touches game!

I think defensivly, minus Johnson we match up well against them, as they match up REALLY well against us up forward, this game will come down to two things, 1)Midfield battles, Rucks and Clearances, and 2)Defencive pressure. In the guts they have us covered in terms of Skill, Ability, Performance and Experiance, we beat them in Heart and Determination. Will the better side win on the day or will the Champion side beat the side full of Champions?

Correct, Johnson rested.

Big test of the mettle of our new-look midfield. Can't wait to watch in the flesh!

Reckon we can start to get a bit carried away about our chances of making finals this year if we pull this one off!

 

[Ebert80]

Re Cloke, i reckon the selectors want to see more of him to make up their mind whether or not to upgrade him or Hitchcock.

 

[Steve Dore]

..... Reckon we can start to get a bit carried away about our chances of making finals this year if we pull this one off!

Just like Carlton in 2007.

 

[Coobk001]

F: Hill-P.Stewart, Hall-Carlile, Akermanis-Krakour
HF: Higgins-Surjan, Hahn-Salter, Murphy-Chappy
Chad loose

IMO altering your post, this is what I'd possibly expect.

 

[ash_78]

Just like Carlton in 2007.

Yeah but they're Carlton

 

[tribey]

Only room for one rookie elevation, Cloke or Hitchcock.

Yeah, but I was thinking about how the management of Butcher's back might pan out. Pure speculation, but given his history the club may choose to totally mothball him, first with rest and then with a lot of core strengthening in the gym rather than have him merely get past this recent pain and then start running around with the PAMFC for the sake of it with essentially the same injury-prone body he has now.

In which case we'd obviously have a chance to elevate both.

 

[RangaInTeal]

i wouldnt of thought this guy was that intimidating

When Daniel Stewart out marked Jackson in a competitive training drill, "Action" Jackson, in rage, threw a fist of frustration towards the well grasped ball, missing the clenched ball, "Action" Jackson collected an unsuspecting Daniel Stewart in between his bright blue eyes, Causing his nose to ooze thick red claret and Daniel was forced leave the harden training track. This Kid is now borderline huge, He hates to be beaten and if I had to select one AFL footballer to become a homicidal maniac, My money would be on Jackson Trengove killing the opposition cheer squad for bad mouthing a team mate! I love the bloke, there is a fair man crush on the Port board for him, if anyone disagrees with what I have described here please fill free to fill in the blanks…

He should scare you!

 

[RangaInTeal]

IMO altering your post, this is what I'd possibly expect.

yeah Chad to play on a wing but loose float in the defencive 50, as I would like to see on the other wing with westhoff offencivly, maybe change the game, have a defensive wingman and an offensive wing man, Chad and Westhoff to play the two opposing roles!

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I had a feeling Motlop wasnt going to be picked this week just based in Choco's words after last weeks game.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...b-cup-a-priority/story-e6freck3-1225835553300

"It will be interesting selection," conceded Williams. "Brogan, Tredrea, Gray and Boak will be playing. I'm not sure after that . . . Daniel Motlop?

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...b-cup-a-priority/story-e6freck3-1225835553300

I wonder whether it is an internal punishment for something?

 

[RangaInTeal]

Ranga maybe I under value Stewarts pace, but I would have thought Higgins would completely run him around ragged?

Hill plays permanently forward (that's what I thought anyway), hence I thought Trengove may be the option as he looks like a Burton type player, eg plays taller than what he is.

Maybe Marlon has come into the side as we need extra small coverage?

Marlon will dominate this year, out with Rodan in with Marlon, He will break the lines with his running ability and deliver long into a Camped D.Stewart, wont bounce between tacklers like Rodan but will just Bludggen opposition defenders like Matthew Hayden done to many bowling attacks!

 

[RangaInTeal]

Re Cloke, i reckon the selectors want to see more of him to make up their mind whether or not to upgrade him or Hitchcock.

I think they will premote them both, moving John Butcher to the long term Injury list!

 

[Steve Dore]

..... I might have been studying a male body in too much detail ......

..... deliver long into a camp D.Stewart ....

I'm seeing a pattern emerge here

 

[Steve Dore]

Yeah but they're Carlton

Would that be the Carlton that we were 1 goal behind at three quarter time in round 20 at AAMI last year only to lose by 10 goals or the Carlton that we lead by 5 goals at three quarter time in round 11 2008 at AAMI only to lose by 2 goals?

 

[RangaInTeal]

I'm seeing a pattern emerge here

I do like the humour and the cheap shot, well played sir!