Game Day Port v Bulldogs at AO, Gather Round 2023

[pastmyprimus]

Our defence looks better with Jonas out. Williams deserves to start in the defence ahead of DBJ. It’s his position to lose given the way he played last week.

But Hinkley will do what Hinkley does.

 

[pastmyprimus]

Says a lot about the leadership group Hinkley chose when 2 of the 3 members have been dropped after 4 rounds

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Have we lost our carbon negative status yet?

We bought carbon credits so Max wI'll turn on the lights before the game this week.

 

[Phar Ted]

Says a lot about the leadership group Hinkley chose when 2 of the 3 members have been dropped after 4 rounds

I'm liking the part where they are actually being dropped.

 

[afl2004]

Says a lot about the leadership group Hinkley chose when 2 of the 3 members have been dropped after 4 rounds

And yells at wines at half time round 1

 

[Jojay]

Says a lot about the leadership group Hinkley chose when 2 of the 3 members have been dropped after 4 rounds

Every instinct Hinkley has is wrong, therefore the opposite must be right. Memo to CD:

 

[tribey]

Says a lot about the leadership group Hinkley chose when 2 of the 3 members have been dropped after 4 rounds

It’s almost as if gauging the value of your squad by a subjective ‘good person’ metric doesn’t necessarily translate to leadership qualities or winning football matches.

 

[DazzaTys]

So numb about this game. Type of game we should win but recent history suggest we will s$$T the bed, Kochie to do some media wankfest during the week about sticking it out with Ken and one of the players berating the supporters about being dumb.

 

[StuMan]

I'm mainly going to this to suss the festival vibes of the round.
Also a double header means I'll probably be well liquored up by the Port game.
Shame my mate doesn't want to get on it with me today though.

 

[Macca19]

Have no idea what to expect tonight

 

[NoddyHolder]

Have no idea what to expect tonight

Possible thunder storm

 

[tribey]

Have no idea what to expect tonight

11 years in and we have literally no idea what we’ll serve up in a given week, regardless of opponent or venue.

A rousing endorsement for the Hinkley Program (Rucci, 2017-Pres).

 

[Doctor Feel]

Have no idea what to expect tonight

Drizzle with a deluge of Mac and Cheese and Bontingtelly posting.

 

[StuMan]

I'm expecting two rather dull drubbings. Reckon Bombers and Port will get touched up a bit.

 

[afl2004]

Only thing I can predict is bont dominating at least 1 qtr

 

[240volt]

• Adelaide Oval
• Under lights
• Potentially wet

Just the way we like it.

That’s the Ha ha ha ha we like it, Ha ha ha ha.

 

[Mayes2Gray]

The two games we won my girl watched, the full Brisbane game and the last qtr of the Sydney game. (She watched the first 3qtr of the showdown before going to work)

If we are not too far behind by half time I give us a chance as she gets home around then.
She’s the lucky charm so far.
It’s not superstitious if it’s true.

But in all honesty I’m getting round 2 vibes. One win followed by tripe feeling..

 

[Coobk001]

Feels like everytime there's one of these night games against a good opponent, you kinda naturally expect there'll be some home town, big game boost, but I'm convinced that in these games our record must be terrible at AO.

I'm not just talking all night games, which obviously we do have a poor ~50% record for, but the games out of that category, where we were playing an elite opposition that we still thought at home we'd win, but we just don't.

We say it all the time, but we've seen this movie before. Another brave loss, would not surprise anyone.

 

[RossFC]

Please don't lay an egg Ports.

 

[Portmagpies36]

Have no idea what to expect tonight

It’s pretty predictable, if a team gets a run on start’s kicking multiple goals get your car keys ready cause we ain’t coming back

 

[Andre]

Nah, there's been plenty of 'he was always a spud' type comments about Jonas which are simply horseshit. His time is definitely done though.

He wasn't always a spud, but he's also never been true AA quality. He (like much of our defense) was made to look ok by flooding everyone back. He was a good (but not great) nullifier, but has always been a shit kick out option and not much of a rebounder. With the game shifted more and more to needing to be able to do more than just nullify, it only highlights his 2020 onwards slow down and inability to do his previous (limited) job even more.

 

[chiwigi]

I want to win because Jonas is out. It’s just his time is up, not hate, similar with Lycett and Boak, it happens!

Hinkley making actual footy decisions because his job is on the line!
Or Hinkley being kept out of selection.

 

[Andre]

Eyes of the AFL on us, chance for Hinkley to be under real pressure with a loss, especially after the Crows good win. Just because we can't have nice things we'll beat the Dogs.

 

[Steve Dore]

Carn Ports, just win farken!

Footscray by 23.

 

[PowerBaz]

Have no idea what to expect tonight

Grass and lights are a certainty.