Port vs Adelaide @ AAMI Game Thread

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Oct 11, 2006
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Round 17, Sunday, June 26, 4:10 PM

Possible Teams (22 TBA Friday):
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Key Matchups:
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A hard matchup for whoever gets him. Surjan, Stewart, or Lower (likely) needs to stay with him and not let him get loose, as if you give him any shots at goal... HE WILL KICK IT. A big reason why their often criticized forward line has been functioning so well.

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Another player who has been in great form. Brogan patched him up in the rucks, and Carlile did a pretty good job on him in defense in the previous showdown. Hopefully they can do the same thing again, and neglate his influence.

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Tredrea has been quieter lately, but still contributes with a few goals and goal assists. He torched Rutten for 3 goals and 18 disposals (when the ball actually went to him) last showdown making him look like a hack. Probably won't have the same output this time around, as the Crows defense has improved heaps, but hopefully he can still have a good game.

Last Meeting - Round 6, 2009:
105-79, solid win.
Dean Brogan won the showdown medal dominating in the rucks claiming 27 hitouts. Kane Cornes had 37 touches, whilst Tredrea, Motlop, and Gray kicked 3 goals.
Port won the clearances 42-22.
Bernie Vince was the Crows best player with 29 disposals, and Nathan Bock had 26 disposals, playing off CHB, whilst being constantly booed.
Porplyzia lead the Crows in goals with 3.
Among Port's best players were: Dean Brogan, Chad Cornes, Salopek, and Motlop.
Among the Crows' best players were: Bernie Vince, Nathan Bock, Scott Thompson, and Patrick Dangerfield.

Port Adelaide (8-8):
Currently sit 9th on the ladder.
Convincingly beat the Eagles.
Are bipolarites... that is, they are either very good or very bad.
Choco to sign extention this week?
Troy Chaplin is set to return from suspension this week.
From reports Shaun Burgoyne is set to return this week from his knee injury suffered in round 3.
Hamish Hartlett has had constant hamstring strain and is to return this week, but will probably return via the SANFL.
Matt Thomas should be available this week, but will probably return via the SANFL.
Daniel Motlop is likely out for the season with a fibula fracture.

Last 5 Games:
W West Coast
L Melbourne
W Brisbane
L Geelong
L Western Bulldogs

Adelaide Crows (10-6):

Currently sit 6th on the ladder.
Struggled against the undefeated Saints.
Had won 7 in a row before losing to the Saints.
Was hailed as the most inform team in the league by Ross Lyon.
Are ranked #3 in 'least opponent points per game'. Have kept a few teams goaless at halftime this season.
Tyson Edwards has a hamstring strain, and is questionable for this game.
David Mackay has a hamstring strain, and will be out.
Jason Porplyzia has a knee injurym and is probable.
Robert Shirley and Nathan Van Berlo are set to return from illness.

Last 5 Games:
L St Kilda
W Fremantle
W Richmond
W Sydney
W North Melbourne

Odds (TAB):
Port - $2.50
Adelaide - $1.50
 

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Sellar will either win the Showdown Medal, or he'll kick the winning goal. Bad karma and all that shinizzle. At least we'll find out if karma exists!
 
Ideal result: Crows lead all day, go into the last quarter with a 5 goal break, Port start coming back and get in front, the Crows peg one back and go in front, and then 'Wayne Carey Jnr' himself, after barely touching the ball all day, drops an uncontested mark or commits a horrible turnover to allow Port to win the game. The Bay would go into MELTDOWN.

On a side note, I really hope Walker doesn't come in, because we'll try Toby on him, it will fail miserably and we'll be a long way down quickly. Assuming he stays in, I personally would play Toby on Scott Stevens (or Wayne Carey Jnr. if he goes forward, even 2008 Thurstans would dominate that matchup), Carlile on Tippett and Chappy on Walker, as Chappy has the mobility to go with him and the aerial ability to shut him down, plus he can take advantage of Walker's lack of defensive pressure to play as a loose man. Alternatively, stick Lower or Stewart onto him (those guys are seen as small defenders and Walker is seen as a key forward but when you actually look at facts instead of hype Lower's only 1 centimetre shorter and Stewart's actually taller). But not Toby, under any circumstances. Earlier in the week I would've dropped Lower first for Chaplin, but looking at the matchups I've changed my mind. Toby should be the one to go out as he doesn't have a logical matchup against Adelaide's forward line.

I'd also try to engineer a Davenport vs. McLeod match up, Dav's running power works perfectly against McLeod's unfortunate late-career descent into laziness and softness. Dav has the fitness to stop McLeod getting the easy ball while still managing to run off him, like Angus Monfries's usual role at Essendon except better. Stick Kane on Thompson, but if Vince starts getting on top of us like the bastard usually does switch him over. Cassisi head to head with Edwards, and tell Pearce to work his ass off and he should have the speed to beat Shirley.
 
Winning contested possessions and using the ball well will be important as hell this game.

The Crows will flood, and they'll do it like crazy. I expect it to be similar in the 2nd showdown of 07... whenever Port had the ball their entire 22 will be in Port's 50.
 
Honest question .. are you guys confident of winning or does your inconsistency put huge doubt in your mind? I see the poll is 12-2 .. is that just being loyal to your team or do you genuinely think you'll win and if so, why?
 
To me its a 50/50 game, like most Showdowns are. Factors in Port's favour are a couple of injuries to Edwards/MacKay, and the dent in confidence the Crows may have from the St Kilda game.
 

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Honest question .. are you guys confident of winning or does your inconsistency put huge doubt in your mind? I see the poll is 12-2 .. is that just being loyal to your team or do you genuinely think you'll win and if so, why?

When we have been switched on we have been very good this year. I think we will be switched on for the shwodown and certainly wont underestimate the Crows. I would be more nervous if you guys were having a crap season.
 
When we have been switched on we have been very good this year. I think we will be switched on for the shwodown and certainly wont underestimate the Crows. I would be more nervous if you guys were having a crap season.

Yep when you've been switched on you have been good, but you've also been terrible when you've been off your game. There's a huge difference between your best and worst and I just thought that might worry some Port fans .. that and the fact that you've been going WLWLWLW for a while but as you said Showdowns are a different story all together.
 
Honest question .. are you guys confident of winning or does your inconsistency put huge doubt in your mind? I see the poll is 12-2 .. is that just being loyal to your team or do you genuinely think you'll win and if so, why?

It would be folly to have any serious confidence in Port winning given the schizophrenic nature of our season. A good win wouldnt surprise me, nor would a 10 goal loss.
 
Yep when you've been switched on you have been good, but you've also been terrible when you've been off your game. There's a huge difference between your best and worst and I just thought that might worry some Port fans .. that and the fact that you've been going WLWLWLW for a while but as you said Showdowns are a different story all together.

It is obviously worrying some crows fans too :D
 
Game could go totally either way, will be great though.

Got 4 Tickets,

One for me,
One for my North Melbourne supporter brother,
Two for my Adelaide supporting girlfriend, and Adelaide supporting Dad.

Havnt told them I bought us tickets in the Port Cheersquad yet haha.
 
Yep, Got my tickets.

Port normally get up when playing sides better then them. I know we lost to Melbourne, but we were brought down to their level. Expecting a good game and Deff think we can win this (without sounding to arrogant).

Bring it on!!
 
A few Crows supporters I've been speaking to have wheeled out the old "we're going underdogs" line with the reasoning that we had a good win last week (against West Coast mind you) and they had a bad loss (against a 16-0 St.Kilda).
 
Yep when you've been switched on you have been good, but you've also been terrible when you've been off your game. There's a huge difference between your best and worst and I just thought that might worry some Port fans .. that and the fact that you've been going WLWLWLW for a while but as you said Showdowns are a different story all together.

Showdowns are always 50/50 regardless of form & ladder position, and usually we each win one of the two each year. Given the crows form (regardless of the St K game) they should be pretty confident in this one. Then again it's time for us to break that cycle. I s'pose when it comes to the crunch, you pick your team and probably with an * knowing it could go either way.
 
A third option for the poll should have been "Don't know".

This year, more than any other year, I have no idea which Port will turn up. Fortunately I know that if the right one does then we are a chance of beating all but the best.

How will Mark's re-signing affect them.

Don't know.
 
We'll beat Adelaide. Choco has been signed. The injury list is shrinking. The player's will switch on mentally because they're playing the douche's from across the Torrens.

Port by 15... points or goals I don't care :)
 
I have tipped the Crows to win just because their structure and game plan is better than ours.

Having said that, if we apply pressure and relentless tackles and be first to the contest, we will win comfortably. If we dont, they will win by a small margin.

Who ever wins this game will put their season back on track.

To help us get a win we need to silence the crowd early and pay extra attention to Porps, Tippet and McLeod.

Crows by 5 points
 

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