Game Day Port Adelaide v Essendon Game Day Thread

[Ford Fairlane]

Port Adelaide v Essendon @ Etihad Stadium, Sunday 7 July 2013, 4.10pm

V

Port Adelaide
B: Jack Hombsch, Alipate Carlile, Thomas Jonas
HB: Jasper Pittard, Jackson Trengove, Cameron O'Shea
C: Chad Wingard, Travis Boak, Kane Cornes
HF: Andrew Moore, Justin Westhoff, Angus Monfries
F: Robbie Gray, Jay Schulz, Paul Stewart
Foll: Matthew Lobbe, Oliver Wines, Hamish Hartlett
Int (from): Nathan Blee, Tom Logan, Brad Ebert, Jake Neade, Matt Thomas, Aaron Young, Matthew Broadbent
In: P.Stewart
Out: D.Cassisi (hamstring)

Essendon
B: Mark Baguley, Dustin Fletcher, Tayte Pears
HB: Courtenay Dempsey, Cale Hooker, Michael Hibberd
C: Brendon Goddard, Jobe Watson, Jake Melksham
HF: Jackson Merrett, Jake Carlisle, Jason Winderlich
F: Nick Kommer, Michael Hurley, David Zaharakis
Foll: Patrick Ryder, Brent Stanton, Dyson Heppell
Int (from): Tom Bellchambers, Travis Colyer, Ben Howlett, David Myers
In: T.Colyer, D.Fletcher
Out: S.Crameri (ankle), Davy (omit)

Record v Essendon

P23 W14 L9

Last five times
R16, 2012: Essendon 19.13 (127) d Port Adelaide 11.11 (77) at AAMI Stadium
R2, 2012: Essendon 16.15 (111) d Port Adelaide 13.8 (86) at Etihad Stadium
R23, 2011: Essendon 17.18 (120) d Port Adelaide 17.11 (113) at Etihad Stadium
R7, 2010: Port Adelaide 17.7 (109) d Essendon 16.10 (106) at Etihad Stadium
R1, 2009: Port Adelaide 15.17 (107) d Essendon 9.12 (66) at AAMI Stadium

A Song:
Let's shoot down the Red Baron

 

[Janus]

I just have a feeling that we will win, and win well.

And my feelings this round have never been wrong.

 

[Us against the rest]

Bomber down, think this is going to be a great test for us, as Essendon now know Port are no fluke.

 

[Changaneen]

Not inspiring but !!! GO THA F**king POWER !!!!!

 

[Stewart2Austin Reborn]

Love the 'banner'.

Absolutely pumped for this game. I have that feeling that I've had the last two weeks. If we win, I'll be over the moon. If we play well, I'll still be pretty happy. Just looking forward to watching my club play some proper footy today haven't had this feeling for years

 

[Burningleviathan]

Twilight Sunday games are crap. So long to wait for the game to kick off. Hopefully another solid win.

 

[Forzaport]

Now that we've toppled Sydney and Collingwood in consecutive weeks, opposition clubs will be awake to us so we won't be able to Brisbane our way past Essendon. If we keep up our current form we'll definitely have every chance of winning.

 

[Macca19]

Last 4 times ive been over we've won, so assuming that tradition will continue today

 

[Us against the rest]

Now that we've toppled Sydney and Collingwood in consecutive weeks, opposition clubs will be awake to us so we won't be able to Brisbane our way past Essendon. If we keep up our current form we'll definitely have every chance of winning.

my thoughts too.

 

[FishingRick04]

I think we should go with living on a prayer Bon Jovi

Ohhhhh we are half way there, living on a prayer....

Let's all pray

 

[raman]

Twilight Sunday games are crap. So long to wait for the game to kick off. Hopefully another solid win.

I can't complain in this instance. Working a full shift and then I have 30 minutes to get home for the game.

 

[n4nirvana]

Let's Beat the Stomach Injectors!

 

[vonno]

Go Port. Can't wait to watch, lets hope it'll be a tense & competitive game

 

[HugeJohnson]

CARN THE ****ING POWER

 

[BornPort]

Worried we'll be blown away in the first quarter.

 

[Oliver King]

I'm excited

 

[Us against the rest]

Silly as it may seem, after beating Sydney and collingwood i think this will be our biggesst test so far. Against sydney they said it was wet and at home, against the pies they had a lot of outs and it was at home. The Bombers will know that Port are a serious opponent and will take us like a Hawthorne or geelong, so how we perform today will be a good measure of where we are. I still think we can win if we approach this game with the same passion and intensity of the past fortnight. Go Power.

 

[power09]

Broadbent would have to be tagged this week, hope not though

 

[Us against the rest]

Broadbent would have to be tagged this week, hope not though

I have a feeling this game will be more free flowing, we have to make sure we keep our defensive team action going, so we can play more on our terms.

 

[Changaneen]

Love the 'banner'.

Absolutely pumped for this game. I have that feeling that I've had the last two weeks. If we win, I'll be over the moon. If we play well, I'll still be pretty happy. Just looking forward to watching my club play some proper footy today haven't had this feeling for years

Just what i want right now. Bring this into next season, Kenny's way. Port Adelaide Oval. Port Adelaide Oval Cauldron !!! Cauldron.

 

[Oliver King]

What's the weather like in melbourne?

 

[Changaneen]

 

[tangolikelama]

What's the weather like in melbourne?

Its under the roof

 

[tangolikelama]

Cant wait to head down, hope the boys keep the intensity up

 

[davesnothere]

Started the week thinking we couldn't win.....now I'm thinking we can't lose