Opinion Non-Crows AFL 4: The Centre Cannot Hold

[rocket18]

Huge turnout

Jeepers that is embarrassing, more band members than "supporters" trudging along behind them.

I like how they are only doing "the March" for important games - not before every home match.

I wonder who decides which games are the important ones and what happens at the unimportant games, who will help the dozen supporters that rely on The March to find Adelaide Oval. So many questions.

And yet they still think we are the plastic franchise, they do so much "fake" stuff their supporters lap up as if its the greatest thing since sliced bread.

 

[George Kramer]

Huge turnout

That can’t have been the full turnout, surely it was edited

 

[Grooster24]

Is there a forum on here where people discuss sports betting etc?

 

[kirky]

23,000.

No AO crowd has even cracked the 40,000 mark this year.

The other three crowds were 28,000, 30,000, 39,000. Perfect weather all three.

Port’s game against Hawthorn was on a Saturday night - prime time fixture. Should have got close to 40,000.

 

[conVINCEd]

You are referring to last year not 2020.

It appears it is I who have forgotten.

Still, Freo game at Metricon in 2020 is a prime example of how absolutely rubbish we were.

 

[GROTTO]

Is there a forum on here where people discuss sports betting etc?

Yes there is a Punting Board on here, you can always ask me if you like.

Im familiar with betting.

 

[rocket18]

It's been some great reading over yonder, the delusion is still running deep.

"The game plan - we actually had a plan and I suspect others may try to copy it."
(this wasn't a Kenny quote, one of the posters on their BF board)

Yep, I can just imagine the other 16 AFL coaches thinking, "if we put 18 players in the back half of the ground so Melbourne can't score and we kick one goal in three quarters we're in with a chance".

Staggering.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Ken quote from presser: we were playing the game we wanted to play… but we weren’t scoring goals. Surely he's just taking the pi$$ right now

Like the batsman who's batting really well but just not making any runs

Or the golfer who's hitting them beautifully just not towards the hole

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

It's been some great reading over yonder, the delusion is still running deep.

"The game plan - we actually had a plan and I suspect others may try to copy it."
(this wasn't a Kenny quote, one of the posters on their BF board)

Yep, I can just imagine the other 16 AFL coaches thinking, "if we put 18 players in the back half of the ground so Melbourne can't score and we kick one goal in three quarters we're in with a chance".

Staggering.

Teams that are tanking may copy it

 

[Geoffa32]

Their draft hand is not great

Yes could end up with a decent first rounder. Won't be pick 1, they will win a few games as players come back.

No second rounder.


Probably get WCE first rounder for Mitch Georgiades

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[George Kramer]

Is there a forum on here where people discuss sports betting etc?

Yes, dont back Weideman to kick a ****ing goal

 

[rabidcrow]

Port’s game against Hawthorn was on a Saturday night - prime time fixture. Should have got close to 40,000.

In fairness 20% of Adelaide either has Covid or isolating as close contact. Would have effected all 4 rounds so far


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[Slippery Pete]

One thing I can’t believe is the level of gaslighting Port supporters are being subjected to.

Now, I know we don’t care… So let’s get that out of the way first.

But still, every footy media conversation I’ve heard about Ken Hinkley, they all can’t believe the supporters are calling time on him. The reaction from people in the footy media when supporters say he’s finished is unbelievable…you’d think someone told them the moon is made out of ****ing cheese or something.

And then accusing them of being a noisy minority of agitators (sound familiar?)

The bloke has been coach TEN years. Name me ONE coach who has survived ten years without a grand final appearance?

 

[George Kramer]

One thing I can’t believe is the level of gaslighting Port supporters are being subjected to.

Now, I know we don’t care… So let’s get that out of the way first.

But still, every footy media conversation I’ve heard about Ken Hinkley, they all can’t believe the supporters are calling time on him. The reaction from people in the footy media when supporters say he’s finished is unbelievable…you’d think someone told them the moon is made out of ******* cheese or something.

And then accusing them of being a noisy minority of agitators (sound familiar?)

The bloke has been coach TEN years. Name me ONE coach who has survived ten years without a grand final appearance?

Going to be very interesting listening to Rowie this arvo, he loves Ken but how can he defend last nights result and Kens comments afterwards?

I keep saying but the reason Ken "sounds" like he knows what he's talking about is because he talks fast, he bewilders them. He's what we know in sitcom circles as a Fast Talker

 

[FR0GGY]

Name me ONE coach who has survived ten years without a grand final appearance?

Ken Hinkley

 

[Slippery Pete]

Ken Hinkley

Only other one I could think of was Brad Scott and he got the arse right on 10

 

[Geoffa32]

Two broke clubs, thankfull Scott and Hinkley stuck with them?

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[Slippery Pete]

Going to be very interesting listening to Rowie this arvo, he loves Ken but how can he defend last nights result and Kens comments afterwards?

I keep saying but the reason Ken "sounds" like he knows what he's talking about is because he talks fast, he bewilders them. He's what we know in sitcom circles as a Fast Talker

Rowe’s comments on it are just ****ing extraordinary.

(I mean, unless he’s executing the world’s biggest troll on Port supporters. In which case, take a bow Stephen. But I don’t think that’s it.)

That’s the problem with footy in Adelaide in a nutshell. All these incestuous pricks just close rank around each other.

 

[Redline]

Their draft hand is not great

Yes could end up with a decent first rounder. Won't be pick 1, they will win a few games as players come back.

No second rounder.


Probably get WCE first rounder for Mitch Georgiades.

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They have shown they have been prepared to push players out (Howard / Ladhams) even when in contract so I expect to see a bit of that at the end of the year.

 

[George Kramer]

They have shown they have been prepared to push players out (Howard / Ladhams) even when in contract so I expect to see a bit of that at the end of the year.

They’ve moved on a lot of capital already though and with the top end ageing, they can’t afford to.

Interesting listening to Jon Ralph last night, they thought they had Zac Merrett.

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

Is it ridiculous to suggest that the best player drafted by either SA team in the 2018 superdraft was Jordan Butts?

 

[George Kramer]

Rowe’s comments on it are just ******* extraordinary.

(I mean, unless he’s executing the world’s biggest troll on Port supporters. In which case, take a bow Stephen. But I don’t think that’s it.)

That’s the problem with footy in Adelaide in a nutshell. All these incestuous pricks just close rank around each other.

And he’s a stupid w***er, he said last night he they got 2 first rounders for Ladhams, no they didn’t, they moved up their first slightly

 

[George Kramer]

Is it ridiculous to suggest that the best player drafted by either SA team in the 2018 superdraft was Jordan Butts?

Yes. Butters is better

 

[LoBu]

2020 was their shot.

Yep, 1 goal loss in the prelim to the winners, you never live that down or forget it.

It's a story of what coulda been, and the legacy Kenny coulda have.

Now he's lost the players and is too old and seen too much.



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