Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 29

[Sheeds]

His moment came when he got 3 weeks for bumping the umpire.
One of the great mysteries for me is why we drafted him in the first place.

I actually thought he wasn't that bad a player. I mean obviously was a bust at pick 9 but was serviceable for awhile. Played some handy games in 2013.

Ok, I will run along now.

 

[tribey]

I actually thought he wasn't that bad a player. I mean obviously was a bust at pick 9 but was serviceable for awhile. Played some handy games in 2013.

Ok, I will run along now.

Yeah, the great mystery is why he didn’t pan out.

His draft year résumé was as close to perfect as you can get for a mid-to-late first round bolter.

 

[TeeKray]

Yeah, Wingard and Polec both kicked goals in that Q4 surge that were much tougher than Moore’s.

Would’ve had even better odds as left-footers too.

The funniest thing about the Moore sliding doors is, had we won the flag in 2014 Hinkley probably goes much earlier as the club would’ve had far more pride in its stature and greater expectations in subsequent years.

Plus you wouldn't have the stubborn determination to 'prove the doubters wrong' in the face of increasing evidence that the doubters are in fact right.

 

[RangaInTeal]

Yeah, the great mystery is why he didn’t pan out.

His draft year résumé was as close to perfect as you can get for a mid-to-late first round bolter.

Played out of position. Tried to turn him into Ryan O’Keefe 2.0. He was a Midfielder who needed more Centre Square minutes.

 

[tribey]

Played out of position. Tried to turn him into Ryan O’Keefe 2.0. He was a Midfielder who needed more Centre Square minutes.

Mmmm, he was on fire at the Maggies and was poised to play full-time mid when Wines dislocated his wrist against North in early 2015, but got rubbed out for touching the umpire and missed his chance.

Another one for the ‘that’s so Port’ list.

 

[Macca19]

Moore was ok. He had no ability to go beyond ok though.

 

[chiwigi]

I actually thought he wasn't that bad a player. I mean obviously was a bust at pick 9 but was serviceable for awhile. Played some handy games in 2013.

Ok, I will run along now.

He was just coming into his own when that ban happened.

Worst possible timing for his confidence and development.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Amazing what a flag does in a one team town to a club's off field fortune. You get a hit over 2 years if you make a GF and back to back GF's is even better as you get a big kick if you win in year 2 and another hit in year 3. Brisbane's Merchandise sales have gone thru the roof.

2017 $771k, Fagan's first year - wooden spoon.
2019 $1.175m, finish 2nd but out in straight sets
2020 $1.432m, finish 2nd and make a PF, but Covid impact
2021 $1.746m, finish 4th and out in straight sets
2022 $2.208m, finish 6th but make a PF
2023 $3.994m, lose the GF
2024 $6.144m, win the flag.

Brisbane in 2024 still got the 3rd largest AFL distribution of $29.6m and in 2023 it was $27.4m and 4th biggest with St Kilda sneaking into 3rd behind GC and GWS. Brisbane's high distribution is partly due to AFL funding their new facility at Springfield and partly due to the shit that they got into in the Teens, when they had negative net assets of over $13m in 2017 and 2018. It will be interesting to see when Brisbane's distribution gets cut back to more mid distribution levels, as they are involved in a lot of game development stuff with/for the AFL.

Brisbane's Membership+Corporate revenue was $14.4m in 2017, $17.6m in 2019, $18.6m in 2021, $26.3m in 2023 and $31.6m in 2024.

Our constant failure to make GF's means we miss out of a decent chunk of extra revenue.

West Coast Merchandise sales
2017 $2.331m
2018 $3.939m
2019 $5.989m
2020 $2.143m

Geelong Merchandise sales
2021 $1.664m
2022 $3.667m
2023 $3.410m
2024 $2.434m

Collingwood and Richmond don't separate their merchandise income from their general membership income.

 

[simba_]

Moore would've been a useful AFL player at a better setup like Sydney, you can say the same about 100 players we've churned through in the last 15 years

 

[jackag24]

Moore would've been a useful AFL player at a better setup like Sydney, you can say the same about 100 players we've churned through in the last 15 years

Every club churns though players, i just don't think we take as much notice as neutral fans.

Unless there is some statistic that shows we cycle through more players than any other club?

 

[chiwigi]

Every club churns though players, i just don't think we take as much notice as neutral fans.

Unless there is some statistic that shows we cycle through more players than any other club?

The churn rate would be judged on the success of first and second rounders I’d say as this is an indicator of not squandering quality. Third and later are more speculative.

Don’t know how we do, I’m sure someone has details.

 

[240volt]

Every club churns though players, i just don't think we take as much notice as neutral fans.

Unless there is some statistic that shows we cycle through more players than any other club?

Moore was a pick 40-50 player, never in your wildest dreams pick 9 or what it was.
Shocking year of drafting, must say we have improved since those dark days.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

If you want to know how we compare with churning thru players then draftguru can help, but you have to do your own calculations for more than 1 year, to get averages for all 18 clubs.

The AFL Club Lists page for every year has a new players column. In the 2025 list for Port it has;

https://www.draftguru.com.au/lists/2025

Club	.............................Senior List	Rookies	New Players

.....

Port Adelaide

37 players

4 (+2 cat B)

+6 (+3)

This says Port has put 6 players onto its main list in 2025 over 2024 ie +6 and 3 new rookies (+3)

Port ins for 2025 over 2024, are draftees Berry, Whitlock, Moraes and trades Lukosius, Atkins, Richards and the new rookies are Cochrane, and Cat B rookies Barrett and Moss.

Just click on the previous Year near top left hand side to find the previous years.

In the Hinkley era our biggest changes have been - 2013 we had 9 new players on the main list over 2012 list and 2 new rookies = 11, and in 2018 we had 10 new players on the main list over 2017 list (after WCE elimination finals disaster) and 1 new rookie = 11. In 2019 we had 8 new players on the main list over 2018 list and 4 new rookies = 12.

5 or 6 new players and 2 or 3 new rookies seems to be the normal churn rate for us all the other years.

 

[chiwigi]

If you want to know how we compare with churning thru players then draftguru can help, but you have to do your own calculations for more than 1 year, to get averages for all 18 clubs.

The AFL Club Lists page for every year has a new players column. In the 2025 list for Port it has;

https://www.draftguru.com.au/lists/2025

Club	.............................Senior List	Rookies	New Players

.....

Port Adelaide

37 players

4 (+2 cat B)

+6 (+3)

This says Port has put 6 players onto its main list in 2025 over 2024 ie +6 and 3 new rookies (+3)

Port ins for 2025 over 2024, are draftees Berry, Whitlock, Moraes and trades Lukosius, Atkins, Richards and the new rookies are Cochrane, and Cat B rookies Barrett and Moss.

Just click on the previous Year near top left hand side to find the previous years.

In the Hinkley era our biggest changes have been - 2013 we had 9 new players on the main list over 2012 list and 2 new rookies = 11, and in 2018 we had 10 new players on the main list over 2017 list (after WCE elimination finals disaster) and 1 new rookie = 11. In 2019 we had 8 new players on the main list over 2018 list and 4 new rookies = 12.

5 or 6 new players and 2 or 3 new rookies seems to be the normal churn rate for us all the other years.

I don’t think I will.

I’m eating ice cream.

 

[WillemDaDrew]

Moore was ok. He had no ability to go beyond ok though.

If only he kicked that goal in the 2014 Prelim

 

[JimmyBC]

If only he kicked that goal in the 2014 Prelim

Wasn't as far out as I recall either yeesh

 

[JimmyBC]

What's Dean Brogan's involvement with the Tour Down Under? just saw him presenting one of the post race jerseys to one of the riders on the dais.. bring back the flower girls and end this woke mind virus!!

 

[TazD]

What's Dean Brogan's involvement with the Tour Down Under? just saw him presenting one of the post race jerseys to one of the riders on the dais.. bring back the flower girls and end this woke mind virus!!

The type of women who want to flower girls are probably earning too much on OF to be bothered

 

[elsler]

He Works for EFEX one of the sponsors of the TDU thats probably why

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

An AFL legend who helped raise more than $100m to find a cure for motor neurone disease (MND) after his own diagnosis has been named Australian of the Year for 2025.
Former Essendon FC player and later coach for Melbourne Demons, Neale Daniher AO co-founded FightMND after he was diagnosed with the disease more than a decade ago.

AFL great fighting motor neurone disease is 2025 Australian of the Year

The Australian of the Year Awards are underway, with the co-founders of social enterprise Cafe Stepping Stone jointly named Local Heroes for 2025, a chemistry researcher named Young Australian of the Year and the co-founder of Wheelchairs for Kids as Senior Australian of the Year.

www.abc.net.au

 

[TazD]

An AFL legend who helped raise more than $100m to find a cure for motor neurone disease (MND) after his own diagnosis has been named Australian of the Year for 2025.
Former Essendon FC player and later coach for Melbourne Demons, Neale Daniher AO co-founded FightMND after he was diagnosed with the disease more than a decade ago.

AFL great fighting motor neurone disease is 2025 Australian of the Year

The Australian of the Year Awards are underway, with the co-founders of social enterprise Cafe Stepping Stone jointly named Local Heroes for 2025, a chemistry researcher named Young Australian of the Year and the co-founder of Wheelchairs for Kids as Senior Australian of the Year.

www.abc.net.au

Neale stays winning

 

[240volt]

An AFL legend who helped raise more than $100m to find a cure for motor neurone disease (MND) after his own diagnosis has been named Australian of the Year for 2025.
Former Essendon FC player and later coach for Melbourne Demons, Neale Daniher AO co-founded FightMND after he was diagnosed with the disease more than a decade ago.

AFL great fighting motor neurone disease is 2025 Australian of the Year

The Australian of the Year Awards are underway, with the co-founders of social enterprise Cafe Stepping Stone jointly named Local Heroes for 2025, a chemistry researcher named Young Australian of the Year and the co-founder of Wheelchairs for Kids as Senior Australian of the Year.

www.abc.net.au

Good choice

 

[Nemisis]

This statement is attributed to the players, staff, and board of the Port Adelaide Football Club.

We respect that everyone has a right to their own views and do not speak on behalf of all members and stakeholders on this issue.

We acknowledge that the 26th of January is a day which represents sadness for many people in our club, and community.

We are committed to reconciliation and education through our actions and community programs.

We are proud of the important role we play on and off the field as role models in building better and more educated communities.

We stand with our First Nations people, and believe all Australians deserve to celebrate our great nation on a day that unites us all with pride and shared respect. On that basis, we advocate for changing the date.

 

[Doctor Feel]

This statement is attributed to the players, staff, and board of the Port Adelaide Football Club.

We respect that everyone has a right to their own views and do not speak on behalf of all members and stakeholders on this issue.

We acknowledge that the 26th of January is a day which represents sadness for many people in our club, and community.

We are committed to reconciliation and education through our actions and community programs.

We are proud of the important role we play on and off the field as role models in building better and more educated communities.

We stand with our First Nations people, and believe all Australians deserve to celebrate our great nation on a day that unites us all with pride and shared respect. On that basis, we advocate for changing the date.

Somehow I doubt every single person at the club feels this way.

 

[tribey]

Moore was a pick 40-50 player, never in your wildest dreams pick 9 or what it was.

Forget that it was “Andrew Moore”, and forget the AFL career that came afterwards.

In what world does a 188-189cm goalscoring mid who had starred for Vic Metro at the National Champs and then in the U18 finals series — twice taking a fellow top-10 pick to the cleaners head-to-head — and then tested through the roof at the combine, and as a bonus is also the younger brother of an established AFL player (pedigree), go at 40-50?

It’s the reverse of all the people who think we should’ve taken Nat Fyfe, who looked like Josh Bootsma with a scattergun set shot.