2nds Port Adelaide vs Sturt - Grand Final @ Adelaide Oval

[TeeKray]

No. Neither from a team perspective, or if interested in the form of AFL-listed players. None of the young guys has shown anything to suggest that are up to it at this stage of their careers. They all need big preseasons based on this output.

I think that's an overreaction. A whole bunch of our young guys have proven that they can come in and be relied upon to play a role at AFL level. There's a big distance between that and being a key player at SANFL level with lesser quality players surrounding you.

 

[Black 18]

Can we please get rid of Parker and Cripps and find somebody, anybody, that can actually see footballers as footballers instead of continually looking to get guys with a very limited skill base but a few of them try hard.

Then can we have a senior coach whose gameplan isn't so negative that it actually restricts any sort of creativity in any indiviidual.

We play no different than an under 9's team. Crowd the ball and scrubber kick it forward, metre by meter.

Our club kills of naturals and instead they all become player who play but without any real conviction or enjoyment of the game.

No wonder our development of players is so, so bad. Doesn't matter how good you are after a year or two you'll lose all interest as we must inch along the wings and hit up the pockets. See Wingard and Wines as current examples. Both were much better before their natural instincts were replaced with this abhorrent gameplan that Dr Hinkley and Mr Bassett think works.

It only works against sides that have no skill or are physically weaker - namely sides filling the bottom of the ladder.

Ken's horrified of losing and in trying to address that has killed of any resemblance of footballers.

 

[Power Raid]

would like us to inject Palmer nd Drew into our Midfield to start the third!

yep

definitely need to mix things up

 

[edgie]

Can we sub in Cornes?

Sent from mTalk

 

[DaTBird187]

This coverage has been all about Sturt. Quarter time - interview mattner. Half time - cross to the sturt rooms.

Interview Mcmahon somewhere in between.

What is a Port Adelaide.

And every time a free is paid against Port, they cross to some bozo on the boundary line, to say "That was a free all day every day"

 

[Doctor Feel]

Lol chen stunk it up in the grand final sprint too

 

[Jakksynn]

Pinbutty just walked past but not close enough for a trip

Should've given him the Tony Abbott treatment

 

[Power Girl]

Pinbutty just walked past but not close enough for a trip

You are not trying hard enough

 

[ozph1870]

Hopefully we play proper direct attacking footy. If we do the cup is ours

 

[Visenfest]

Today's game is highlighting the same issues we already know we have:

- Effort at stoppages should never be an issue, but it always is. That's on the players, but is fixable.
- Structure at stoppages and up forward is ratshit. That's on the coaches, but is fixable.
- Skills are ratshit. That's on both coaches and players, and is fixable both by drafting players with better skills and working on them more during pre-seasons.
- Players don't work hard enough to get into the right spots to give the kicker options. That's on the coaches and players, but is fixable.
- As for the lack of basic awareness that our players show, I'm not entirely sure that's fixable. We just have to draft smarter players.

 

[KenOath]

This coverage has been all about Sturt. Quarter time - interview mattner. Half time - cross to the sturt rooms.

Interview Mcmahon somewhere in between.

What is a Port Adelaide.

Panning to sturt supporters in the crowd at every opportunity too...based on the telecast it must about an 80% sturt crowd.

 

[Smartys Power]

Anyone got a number on Lobbe's hitouts?

 

[xflamedancer]

Whats the score update?

 

[Power Girl]

Dear Lord I have another half of crap football to sit through but the sun is nice

 

[Rogue Robot]

Whats the score update?

22-34
halftime,

 

[rogerjames]

We play such a soul-destroying style.

They run marathons at training to run marathons during games, all so they can stop their opponent first, play football second.

I call it anti-football. Its disgusting.

 

[Power Girl]

Port 22
Sturt 34

But if feels like they are 10 goals ahead

 

[Rogue Robot]

Anyone got a number on Lobbe's hitouts?

lobbe on 23 Ho. Osborn (sturt) on 10

 

[xflamedancer]

22-34
halftime,

Thanks.

 

[Power Raid]

first goal in the 3rd so important

 

[Doctor Feel]

That coaches box lol. Cochrane and Hentchel.

Two people who not be rated anywhere ever.

 

[rogerjames]

F*** that first half was garbage, team work was virtually non existent, and the forward entries were horrendous, they have Kern's AFL style written all over them.

And were locked in for another 4 years. Feels like a prison sentence. At least the jumper fits.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Whats the score update?

22 to 34 About to start 3rd quarter

 

[Power Raid]

and the premiership quarter begins!

 

[bomberclifford]

Nice clearance for Arch.