Game Day Port v Melbourne 7pm @ MCG, Round 22 2024

[Marmozet]

Unchanged after last night.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Gameday, win tonight and keep locked in the fight for top 4 finish.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Gameday, win tonight and keep locked in the fight for top 4 finish.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Have we won yet

 

[Marmozet]

Crowd number will be interesting

 

[Marmozet]

So far we’ve only beaten Melbourne at the MCG every 6 years:

• 2007
• 2013
• 2019

 

[Manhattan Bronx]

We'll win. Won't be pretty, but we'll win.

 

[Coobk001]

I don't think this would be anywhere near the certainty some people think. Play like the last 6 quarters and we'll win, play like we have the rest of the season and I think we could lose. Melbourne at the G are a different proposition to anywhere else and they beat us here.

#sackhinkley

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

Should win but anytime we get a bit of momentum and belief in this team we are crushed back to reality.

So more likely we lose than win based on history.

 

[Visenfest]

We’ll win, but I think we’ll serve up dross in the first half before getting it together.

 

[bomberclifford]

Melbourne are trash.
We'll win in a canter.

Special Hot Sauce to kick 2 goals 4 points.
Angry Chuck to kick 3 goals and injure 2 Port players.
Radical to clunk 6 contested marks and kick no goals.
Durry to kick the first and last goals.

 

[240volt]

Melbourne are in shyt form, we are in as good form as anyone.
Can’t see us losing this.

 

[Loyal2Port]

Will.be close to more Port fans there. Cheer loud anywho makes the game!

 

[afl2004]

 

[davesnothere]

Crowd number will be interesting

I'd go with 50/50 as far as crowd support goes.

If ever there was a game where both coaches could get booed this is it.

Should be a statement game for Port.

 

[Jello_B]

Hopefully Houston carves it up and bombs a few from 50 so his trade value increases.

 

[WillemDaDrew]

Our last run on the G before the finals, so let's hope the players & coaches treat it like a final.
Not some half arsed performance like they did against the Suns.

Attitude it's all about the attitude.

 

[TeeKray]

Our last run on the G before the finals, so let's hope the players & coaches treat it like a final.

It's funny how non Victorian teams always talk about getting a run on the MCG before finals and yet we haven't played a final on the MCG in a decade. Pretty presumptuous I reckon, clubs with a record as abject as Port shouldn't be getting so far ahead of themselves.

 

[Chewy316]

A win tonight more or less guarantees them a spot in the finals.

Melbourne are going to be desperate because a loss will end their slim finals chances.

A win could potentially see Port as high as 2nd on the ladder at the conclusion of the round. However, a loss could put them as low as 8th.

There really is no margin for error at this point of the season.

 

[Coobk001]

It's funny how non Victorian teams always talk about getting a run on the MCG before finals and yet we haven't played a final on the MCG in a decade. Pretty presumptuous I reckon, clubs with a record as abject as Port shouldn't be getting so far ahead of themselves.

Regardless of what happens, the possibility of only 1 elimination final being played at the MCG through the finals (based on current standings), until the GF, is so friggin awesome.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

It's funny how non Victorian teams always talk about getting a run on the MCG before finals and yet we haven't played a final on the MCG in a decade. Pretty presumptuous I reckon, clubs with a record as abject as Port shouldn't be getting so far ahead of themselves.

To be fair, that is WillemDaDrew's comment, not Port Adelaide's.

Hinkley was asked about playing at the MCG and said

"We have been there enough. We know enough about the MCG. We have to learn to play anywhere, anytime. That is pretty much what we have done. We have travelled pretty well. "It is another opportunity to travel and win - and that is what makes a season: the more away wins you can get is really important."

Hinkley: “Melbourne at the MCG won’t be easy”

Port Adelaide goes to the cradle of Australian football to find a smarting Melbourne team - and Ken Hinkley's men know they have another big challenge before them on Saturday night.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

 

[Ford Fairlane]

I don't think this would be anywhere near the certainty some people think. Play like the last 6 quarters and we'll win, play like we have the rest of the season and I think we could lose. Melbourne at the G are a different proposition to anywhere else and they beat us here.

#sackhinkley

So you're saying Melbourne at the MCG won't be easy? Prepare to be pelted.

 

[PowerBaz]

A win tonight more or less guarantees them a spot in the finals.

Melbourne are going to be desperate because a loss will end their slim finals chances.

A win could potentially see Port as high as 2nd on the ladder at the conclusion of the round. However, a loss could put them as low as 8th.

There really is no margin for error at this point of the season.

Will be interesting to see the mindset. Might be a grind I’d say.

 

[Us against the rest]

If we were going in with a confident capable coach that instills into the players, that we are the team to beat and they are the underdog without form and injuries, then I would feel confident.

Hinkley should be telling his players not to be over confident but play like we did last week and put this team to the sword, they are not in the 8 but we are.

Any game we play under Stinkley is unknown, lose when we should win and win when we should lose.

 

[WillemDaDrew]

It's funny how non Victorian teams always talk about getting a run on the MCG before finals and yet we haven't played a final on the MCG in a decade. Pretty presumptuous I reckon, clubs with a record as abject as Port shouldn't be getting so far ahead of themselves.

Point taken.

But have a guess what year it was the last time we played at the MCG late into the season when we were in the top 8