Preview Port Adelaide vs Hawthorn - 7.10 Saturday 25th April @ Adelaide Oval

[mic59]

All of you people suggesting we go the biff/RUN THROUGH PLAYER X LOL must either be insane, or dinosaurs. You don't do that any more.

No. But don't treat them with kid gloves either. Hodge plays a contact game but nearly all of the contact he is on top of because he initiates it himself(fairly, I may say). Lake was one last year who got on top of Wingard with a strong game and he musn't be allowed to play his own game.

 

[OneGreatClub]

We are definitely limping into this game.

Even with Robbie Gray, Wines, Impey and Moore(who would have replaced Wines) not playing.

We are carrying several players who have had some type of injury or roadblock in the past month.

Wingard(knee), Lobbe(quad), Ryder and Monfries(ASADA limited pre-seasons), Schulz(foot), White(ankle), Polec(seen on crutches), Krakouer(doubts about fitness), Hartlett(groin), Trengove(shoulder), Boak(corked hip).

when you put it like that

 

[OneGreatClub]

Polec didn't train today.

sheesh

 

[pafc88]

sheesh

Yeah he wont play. No chance

 

[LukeSA]

Immediately thought of this when i hear Robbie Gray



Of course i'm joking

 

[xflamedancer]

Craig: We can not defeat this army.

William: We can! And we will! We won at Stirling, and still you quibble. We won at York and you would not support us. If you will not stand up with us now then I say you're a coward. And if you are Scotsmen, I am ashamed to call myself one. - Braveheart

At what point did we as supporters lose our balls? At what point did we go from saying 'We will never, ever give up' to 'We will give up before the first ball is even bounced'?? Listen to most of you. I know you want to isolate yourselves from the ignominy of defeat by predicting it now, because you feel that if you resign yourself to it, if you expect it, then it won't hurt any less. **** that shit. Embrace it. If we get flogged, so be it - we simply weren't good enough and we need to learn from that. Do you think the soldiers that charged the mounted guns at The Nek, knowing that their cause was a lost one, did not give everything they had and died with honor and bravery? Or did they simply charge into the fray with their bayonets still holstered, knowing it was futile?

If we want this game to be played with that same spirit, we have to reflect that same attitude as those soldiers did. We pushed for this game - a game that is meant to honor those who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club but died in service to their country. And at the first sign of adversity, some of you want to throw in the towel because it's easy to do so. So Wines and Gray are out - that just means it's greater opportunity for guys like Wingard, Boak, Hartlett, Ebert, Young and Westhoff to stand up and add to the Port Adelaide legend. It gives a young bull like Ah Chee the chance to show he's just as capable as Wines when it comes to the contested ball.

When we win, as I believe we should, ask yourself what is more important - to stand with the club you supposedly support, or to stand with the club that is victorious? "There can be honor in defeat, but to each of us, honorable defeat of our club and guernsey can only come after human endeavour on the playing field is completely exhausted."

This is the type of game that creates diamonds from coal.

Quoted because I couldn't like it twice and BigFooty doesn't have a **** YEAH!!! button.

 

[wilbur_15]

Multiple turnovers, poor foot skills. It's just that guys like Stewart and Moore are playing better than him. Moore must be kicking himself for his 5 seconds of poor judgement.

novers

His footskills are good. It's composure that has been lacking and trying to be too cute with his play. Kinda similar to Pittard 18 months ago.

 

[Dylan8]

Is Jonas needed in the backline? I would think we have their talls covered, and otherwise they are pretty small. Jonas to Hodge and/or Lewis?

EDIT: Maybe not and.

EDIT: Ok, maybe and.

chuck em in the guts #bigbody

 

[Power Fran]

Do you think the soldiers that charged the mounted guns at The Nek, knowing that their cause was a lost one, did not give everything they had and died with honor and bravery? Or did they simply charge into the fray with their bayonets still holstered, knowing it was futile?

If we want this game to be played with that same spirit, we have to reflect that same attitude as those soldiers did. We pushed for this game - a game that is meant to honor those who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club but died in service to their country. And at the first sign of adversity, some of you want to throw in the towel because it's easy to do so.

EXACTLY RIGHT! WE ARE Port Adelaide - and Nothing stands in our way!
E-NUFF of the negativity guys , Lets kick F***** ASSS!! AND WINNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rogerjames]

Quoted because I couldn't like it twice and BigFooty doesn't have a **** YEAH!!! button.

There's that brick wall again. See you on the other side. Love your work Janus

 

[xflamedancer]

There's that brick wall again. See you on the other side. Love your work Janus

I'm a bit old now to run through brick walls so I ran through the lattice on the patio. The Mrs isn't happy but at least now I have something to do on Sunday.

 

[VineValerian]

EXACTLY RIGHT! WE ARE Port Adelaide - and Nothing stands in our way!
E-NUFF of the negativity guys , Lets kick F***** ASSS!! AND WINNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thought we were good things to beat Norwood - and got flogged.

Gave us no chance with the team we will put out tonite against HFC - so we may as well give it a fair dinkum crack, cos even miracles happen sometimes (and Port have created a few miracles over it's 145 year history - so you just never know).

Better to die on your feet than live forever on your knees................

Let's give it everything guys.