Opinion Non-Crows AFL 4: The Centre Cannot Hold

[Punchy Bassett]

Did Finlayson play tonight? Or was he still fishing in Port Lincoln?

 

[Crow till I die]

Luckily, Peter Doherty has already done it I was watching the election coverage.

Ha. Someone earlier said he was injured and that he looked sore on the ground. Watching it, no wonder he was sore as he fumbled the mark and the ball hit him in the nuts on the way down

 

[FAITH]

Logan McDonald would want to be careful, averaging just 8 disposals now, lower than Darcy Fogarty in his first 2 seasons

Franklin in the team is killing him.
The Perth clubs will be doing everything to get him.

 

[Scorpus]

Did Finlayson play tonight? Or was he still fishing in Port Lincoln?

He's a Leon Davis Medalist, you can't expect him to show up against a finals side

 

[GreyCrow]

You can thank me

Did a country run for work and caught the start of the last quarter on the radio . just as Brisbane made their charge

Not good news for Trent McKenzie

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Trent Mckenzie

Age

32

Ht

191cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

4.4

3star

M

4.3

4star

T

2.6

4star

MG

305.7

4star

D

12.1

3star

K

10.6

4star

HB

1.6

1star

M

4.7

4star

T

1.1

2star

MG

290.6

4star

D

16.8

4star

K

10.4

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

3.8

5star

- hopefully he can work through and play another game

 

[GameofSloanes]

Rozee is barely top 20 from that draft.

Butters is top 5 however

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Port Adelaide are the real deal. That game was full of clangers and desperation, however when they scored goals they did them effortlessly. If not for a few injuries tonight, even after their loss, I would still have marked them as a top four team. Now maybe just outside the four. Don’t get me wrong, I couldn’t be happier with Port losing in round 1. Let’s just not get ahead of ourselves….yet!

 

[GameofSloanes]

He just flops his way out of contests, has been mentored by the best.

Not sure Finlayson is the missing piece either.

Had a port fan telling me the other night that finlayson meant port now had the best forward line in the afl on the basis that he was rated elite by champion data. Clearly had never seen him play

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

PORT HAVE A LIST THAT SHOULD WIN MULTIPLE FLAGS

yes, an actual quote from the port board

Multiple

Multiple

 

[Sanders]

Stupidity is not against the code of conduct.

Stupidity is against the implied term of mutual trust & confidence

Seriously. People get fired for breaching that all the time

 

[Sanders]

Not a single word was derogatory. Quite the opposite.

Saying someone’s natural sexuality is unfortunate is about as derogatory as it gets

 

[Sanders]

He will likely never acknowledge it, but us sacking him could potentially have saved his life.

He was likely going down a dark path if he stayed and continued with his lifestyle.

Steady

 

[1970crow]

Saying someone’s natural sexuality is unfortunate is about as derogatory as it gets

Rubbish. In the context where a friend is asking because she's stunning and tellling them there's no hope because she's not interested blokes is not derogatory. Not a single word was derogatory.

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

The Power will say they are keeping Kenny as an assistant.

They’ll need to bring in Clarko as a succession plan and give him time to learn from Ken

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

Would be interesting to know if they've been impacted by Covid yet.

Injuries plus losing some key players with Covid could derail their season.

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Apparantly not. Ken got quite defensive about it on radio when asked if he was concerned when compared to Adelaide where pretty much all our players and coaches have had it.

 

[GROTTO]

PORT HAVE A LIST THAT SHOULD WIN MULTIPLE FLAGS

yes, an actual quote from the port board

Multiple

Multiple

Thats a funny story to begin a Sunday.

 

[baldandbroke]

That was a terrible game to watch.

The skills with no pressure were terrible.

The goal kicking was terrible.

Some of those indIvidual performances were scary terrible.

The umpiring was terrible.

Lots of injuries.

Yuk.

The only good bit was the result, oh - and Mitch Robinson

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Mitch Robinson

Age

35

Ht

184cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.9

5star

K

11.2

4star

HB

8.7

5star

M

4.1

4star

T

4.7

5star

CL

3.2

5star

D

15.8

4star

K

11.3

4star

HB

4.5

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.9

3star

CL

1.8

4star

D

13.2

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.6

5star

.

ps. Was it just me or did Ken not look well? He looked like he had lost weight… not in a good way.

 

[adelaidecrows]

PORT HAVE A LIST THAT SHOULD WIN MULTIPLE FLAGS

yes, an actual quote from the port board

Multiple

Multiple

Wasn't it three flags by 2025?

So 3 flags in 4 years now.

The reliance on Boak is a major concern, the inability of Marshall to impact the scoreboard means Dixon will be heavily relied upon again. There are concerns. As i've said numerous times, they will win more then enough games to make the 8 but I can't see a top 4 finish.

 

[1970crow]

Wasn't it three flags by 2025?

So 3 flags in 4 years now.

The reliance on Boak is a major concern, the inability of Marshall to impact the scoreboard means Dixon will be heavily relied upon again. There are concerns. As i've said numerous times, they will win more then enough games to make the 8 but I can't see a top 4 finish.

I won't be surprised if they finish top 4, but I don't see them as a flag threat.

 

[AFC979810]

Port Adelaide are the real deal. That game was full of clangers and desperation, however when they scored goals they did them effortlessly. If not for a few injuries tonight, even after their loss, I would still have marked them as a top four team. Now maybe just outside the four. Don’t get me wrong, I couldn’t be happier with Port losing in round 1. Let’s just not get ahead of ourselves….yet!

It's probably an unpopular opinion on this forum, but its correct.

They lost in round 1 by 11 points on the road to a team that finished top 4 last year and is a premiership favorite. They will again be around the top 4 in 2022.

 

[Sanders]

Rubbish. In the context where a friend is asking because she's stunning and tellling them there's no hope because she's not interested blokes is not derogatory. Not a single word was derogatory.

That’s fine. You’re allowed to be as wrong as you want.

Embrace it

 

[hey shorty]

Franklin in the team is killing him.
The Perth clubs will be doing everything to get him.

You keep pushing that barrow.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Luckily, Peter Doherty has already done it I was watching the election coverage.

You can surely do something like a Martin from the Simpson's moment Alir's heart breaks with this gif

 

[1970crow]

That’s fine. You’re allowed to be as wrong as you want.

Embrace it

So if I told my mates that you're the hottest bloke at your workplace but there's no hope for them because you're heterosexual, I'd have been derogatory towards you? I can understand the argument that it's inappropriate, but he was totally complimentary. And if you truely believe that identifying a lesbian as a lesbian is derogatory then it would be you being the derogatory one.

 

[1970crow]

Port Adelaide are the real deal. That game was full of clangers and desperation, however when they scored goals they did them effortlessly. If not for a few injuries tonight, even after their loss, I would still have marked them as a top four team. Now maybe just outside the four. Don’t get me wrong, I couldn’t be happier with Port losing in round 1. Let’s just not get ahead of ourselves….yet!

Brisbane are going to smoke a lot of teams up there this year. That's a pretty handy loss.