Game Day Port v Essendon Game Day Thread

[Ford Fairlane]

PORT ADELAIDE V ESSENDON @ AAMI STADIUM

Saturday, 14 July 2012, 1.40pm

Weather forecast: Scattered showers, becoming isolated in the afternoon and clearing late evening, 13 degrees
Port AdelaideB: Paul Stewart, Alipate Carlile, Jackson Trengove
HB: Darren Pfeiffer, Troy Chaplin, Tom Logan
C: Kane Cornes, Travis Boak, Matthew Broadbent
HF: Danyle Pearce, Justin Westhoff, Andrew Moore
F: Brett Ebert, Daniel Stewart, John McCarthy
Foll: Matthew Lobbe, Bradley Ebert, Matt Thomas
I/C: Jarrad Redden, Aaron Young, Thomas Jonas, Chad Wingard
Emg: Jasper Pittard, Ben Jacobs, Nathan Blee
In: Matt Thomas, Jarrad Redden, Daniel Stewart
Out: Jacob Surjan (Glute), John Butcher (Hip), Ben Jacobs

EssendonB: Dustin Fletcher, Cale Hooker, Mark Baguley
HB: Kyle Hardingham, Jake Carlisle, Michael Hibberd
C: Ricky Dyson, Jobe Watson, Courtenay Dempsey
HF: Dyson Heppell, Scott Gumbleton, Alwyn Davey
F: Leroy Jetta, David Hille, Cory Dell'Olio
Foll: Tom Bellchambers, Brent Stanton, Ben Howlett
I/C: Nathan Lovett-Murray, Kyle Reimers, David Myers, Jake Melksham
Emg: Sam Lonergan, Tayte Pears, Alex Browne
In: Scott Gumbleton, Tom Bellchambers, Cory Dell'Olio, Mark Baguley
Out: Heath Hocking (Suspension), Sam Lonergan, Patrick Ryder (Calf), Michael Hurley (Hamstring)
New: Mark Baguley (Frankston/Langwarrin Junior)


Head to Head

Port Adelaide 14 wins, Essendon 8 wins, no draws

Port's last 5 games v Essendon

LLWWW

Last time

Essendon 16.15 (111) defeated Port Adelaide 13.8 (86), round 2, 2012 at Etihad Stadium

A Song

It would be nice to think we could win but that would just be believing in daydreams ...

 

[PortBrillance]

CMON PORT ADELAIDE <3

 

[FishingRick04]

I won't be there, working Good luck to those who go. I should be home just in time for the first bounce of the 2nd quarter

 

[Burningleviathan]

Feeling incredibly unmotivated. Will be there though. Hopefully our players can surprise us today.

 

[Janey]

I'll be there, as usual.

So hoping we'll be able to come home, sit in the warm with a glass of wine and watch the replay. It's our ritual after a win - bit of a rare pleasure these days

 

[BornPort]

Will be there as well. Bit of a chore these days though.

 

[BIG MATTY T]

BMT is back so I am pumped

 

[Zahara]

A little pre-game sonnet, to get us in the mood to win. I hope. Not my best work, but I guess it's okay.

To PAFC, based on Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to Bombers team?
Thou hast more injuries and long-term shame.
Rough winds and weather give me a wet dream,
But thy forward line hath too short a name.

Sometime too good the team of Bombers play,
But often are their top-four chances dimmed.
And every game by game they do decline,
By chance or are too busy being rimmed.

And thy eternal winter shall not end,
Nor lose possession by bad turnovers,
Nor shall Rucci say thou art an s-bend,
When in the midfield are good ruck-rovers.

So long as Port play and players not quit,
Thy can denounce Essendon as shit.

 

[philthy05]

good work zahara


lobbe must be out for blood today.

 

[Macca19]

Would love to win this

 

[DonDraper]

Lobbe to dominate hopefully. With him and Redden we should be able to work over Bellchambers physically. Just don't think we have the class to win the match. Prove me wrong boys!

 

[Botmax]

Will be there as well. Bit of a chore these days though.

Same! Cant imagine their skills being any better today in the wet

 

[The Smaller Warrior]

boxboxboxboxboxboxboxboxboxboxboxboxboxboxbox EVERYBODY

 

[Steve Dore]

Getting ready to head over. Blowy from the South West and some rain cloud about. Hope the rain holds off, still a 70% chance according to the Bureau.

Crowd prediction 18K.

 

[S.Patrol.G]

Hoping we just out-slog them in the wet.

 

[FishingRick04]

Wharfie your crowd figure is optimistic I reckon 14k if we are lucky

 

[Shane_Mag]

Slightly confident today. With that being said a 5 goal loss.

 

[Trewth]

For what it's worth (which is sweet FA) I think we will win today

 

[The Smaller Warrior]

Port will win today,

But I think its fair to say the biggest winner is going to be Leigh Whickers corporate box construction crew who will be required to reconstruct the entire corporate section due to in influx of Warriors, Crown Wearing Kings and genuine bad-asses.

 

[Steve Dore]

Hoping we just out-slog them in the wet.

Sun shining at West Lakes at the moment.

Wharfie your crowd figure is optimistic I reckon 14k if we are lucky

I'm banking on lots of Essendon supporters turning up.

 

[spookism]

Here's to us putting in a better effort than last week

 

[VelvetSledge]

Here's to us putting in a better effort than last week

Yeeeep pretty much the same from us.

Good luck lads, should be a good game.

 

[Steve Dore]

I think you might be correct re crowd Rick. 30 minutes to go and about 5K in the stadium and very few in the bar under the members.

 

[no_remorse28]

Just wanna see us take the game on like Primus keeps saying we are supposed to, Take a risk, attack hard when without the ball and lets show ye faithful something, if its not a win at least it will show some character, cmon boys, heart on the sleeve time, fire up !

 

[HugeJohnson]

We don't actually look terrible on paper. Not great, but we should at least give it a shake.