Autopsy Port versus an actual football team

[ClintEastwood]

Motlop and Fantasia 2 of the softest players I've seen.

 

[Palpatine_Power]

Would you guys have rather played us?

I’d rather not watch yet another all Vic GF. It’s awfully convenient

No excuses though, it’s not like we had gastro

 

[Marmozet]

2 perfect opportunities in a row to win a premiership and we blew them both.

The Grand Final will probably be back at the MCG next year too.

 

[Del165198]

Motlop and Fantasia 2 of the softest players I've seen.

add rozee after tonight

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

The thing that hit hard for me was how shit our young talent core were.

Mentally and in football ability.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

No premiership for Boak and Gray breaks my heart. They deserved so much better than this football club.

Tbh it's also self inflicted. Both just shrink when lining up for goals in finals.

 

[Del165198]

 

[Del165198]

Tbh it's also self inflicted. Both just shrink when lining up for goals in finals.

yep cant feel sorry for them tonight. been great servants but gray going for that stupid drop punt and kicking it OOF and boak missing a relatively easy set shot when we actually had a chance. they were as much a part of the problem

 

[Lion_LegacyXL]

I’d rather not watch yet another all Vic GF. It’s awfully convenient

No excuses though, it’s not like we had gastro

Yeah feel for you guys, would rather our year finish the way it did than like this.

 

[YoungsterPA]

Disgraceful performance but credit to bonner, was great defensively and seemed the only player that tried to create as well

 

[snozulu]

I won't be watching another Port game now until Hinkley is gone. Over it now. I will hang around here still though as i like you campaigners.

 

[BornPort]

Schoey Monty co coaches

No thanks.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Yeah feel for you guys, would rather our year finish the way it did than like this.

At least you guys can use the injuries excuse and that you got scrwed over.

There are no excuses for this one, none.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Yeah feel for you guys, would rather our year finish the way it did than like this.

I doubt it honestly.

You guys got rogered, had every chance to win that game, and the team that got lucky against you could go on to win the flag. We at least get to look back knowing that we weren't anywhere near good enough, even if that primarily relates to the coaching box and mental fortitude.

 

[Lion_LegacyXL]

At least you guys can use the injuries excuse and that you got scrwed over.

There are no excuses for this one, none.

Thank you for acknowledging that, doesn't stop the media & everyone else labelling us as chokers & failures. Hinkley obviously isn't the man to take you to premiership glory and unfortunately key position players are too inconsistent. Understand the frustration.

 

[Pollywaffle]

Motlop and Fantasia 2 of the softest players I've seen.

I’ll see you and raise half the Geelong team..

 

[Dylan8]

Yea you guys suck lol

Mods!! This guy is right

 

[Jojay]

When are we gonna adhere to the creed and actually move on the repeat no hopers

 

[Adz2332]

Bonner can hold his head high.
Boak tried hard.
Marshall had a crack.
Drew did his part.

Apart from that...
Jonas keeping out clurey is a disgrace.
Pep should have started.
Hinkleys lack of plans is a joke. Killed in the middle, only boak wines robbie and drew went to the centre. No changes, No throwing Dixon in the ruck, trying speed in the centre. Just same old same old

 

[Andre]

The thing that hit hard for me was how sh*t our young talent core were.

Mentally and in football ability.

They've been shit, but in any side, but especially in the pressure of finals, younger players should be protected and led by senior players, so their talent can be the icing, not the cake.

 

[GremioPower]

When are we gonna adhere to the creed and actually move on the repeat no hopers

It’s not in the Creed, it’s from another document, but you are right.

 

[MotlopRules]

I wrote this back in 2018. Copying and pasting because that's all that a Hinkley-led Port deserves, and also because it's as true now as it was three years ago.

Teams take on the personality of their coaches. That's why Hawthorn under Clarkson are a bunch of "anti-social" hard nuts; why Geelong under Scott have become giant whingers, and why Essendon under Hird were a pack of flashy, if at times brilliant, cheaters.

Hinkley is a loser. I don't mean that in the pejorative sense so much, but rather that he just doesn't have that ruthless edge, the win-at-all-costs mentality and dogged resilience that you find in premiership coaches. Hinkley has admitted himself that he doesn't enjoy the pressures of AFL coaching, that he struggles with self-doubt, that he's thought about giving the game away because his work-life balance was an issue. In his very own words he's questioned whether an AFL premiership is really the most important thing in life. And fair play to him, it probably isn't, but that doesn't change the fact that this is the mentality of a loser (ie. not a winner).

Hinkley demonstrated his own inability to operate under pressure when he forced our hand with a contract extension by claiming that 'he couldn't work under that level of scrutiny.' Rather than back himself in, he wilted and chucked a tantrum using Gold Coast as leverage. Again, not the hallmarks of a ruthless, winning coach.

Hinkley is flaky. So it should come as no surprise to us that Port is also flaky; that we also wilt under pressure; that we absolutely cannot handle even the slightest hint of expectation. That we continually look great, up to and until it begins to look like we might actually make something of the year, at which point we conspire to lose the unloseable in remarkably consistent fashion. That we are an inoffensive and well-regarded team who don't strike the slightest quiver of fear in opposition hearts; who are so meek, in fact, that opposition players feel emboldened to snipe our best players semi-regularly without consequence. That is just the kind of person Hinkley is.

Ken Hinkley is a nice guy who doesn't have what it takes. For as long as he is coach of Port Adelaide, we will be a nice club that doesn't have what it takes.

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

That was pretty embarrassing. Can’t wait to hear the spin. Didn’t even show up. Not a whimper.

 

[johnnysix]

There's an overwhelming amount of evidence now that we simply can't handle the spotlight. We NEED the underdog tag and the minute we have any real expectation placed on our shoulders, the minute we stare actual, tangible success in the face, we just go to water. Pathetic on all counts, from the head coach all the way down. If you don't want want it, don't laceup. Don't give your supporters false hope by finishing top, or winning a final. Just dont even bother. Two prelims now. Put a line through a few, including the spud who thought we were too good to tag. Talk about endorsing a frontrunner mentality. Our forwardline has been disfunctional for years now. Decide now if it's Charlie or Basset and make a cut. Decide if Todd is a part of our future or not and shit or get off the pot. A little bit of spread in our forwardline would be nice too. I don't care anymore, I don't want us anywhere near finals with this coach or this structure. Go away and get it right.

 

[GremioPower]

I wrote this back in 2018. Copying and pasting because that's all that a Hinkley-led Port deserves, and also because it's as true now as it was three years ago.

Hinkley’s been playing with house money since 2019.