Game Day Port vs Brisbane

[Interstater]

In 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 I would have been so excited.
In 2024 I'm punch drunk and exited.

Go look at that image below and think about it.
That is the expectation.
Is that acceptable?
You have already been considered, been judged and have been found wanting.
Is that acceptable?

For ONCE, for BLOODY once, let your ANGER at not meeting expectations be more important than your FEAR of not meeting them.
Run through the bastards, and show you still have some ticker.
Prove it.

Show us there is a pulse, or forever guarantee that Travis and others never have their photo on the wall at Alberton.
How dare you let him down after he turned around the fortunes of this club by saying no to Geelong.
How dare you.
He deserves better.
You may not care right now if your picture ends up on the wall at Alberton, but you will in 20 years time when all you are is memories.
Memories of opportunities wasted, with no one to blame but yourselves.

Today is the day you decide how you want to be remembered.

TODAY.

Make your own bloody history, no one else will make it for you.

Stand up or piss off.
If you stand up, it will be supported.

Prove them wrong.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Sack Hinkley

 

[Manhattan Bronx]

I've lost all excitement for this club. Don't mind the guernsey though.

Brisbane by 26.

 

[Bump Bailey]

Woohoo

 

[Bump Bailey]

Sack Hinkley

Hack Skinkley.

 

[davesnothere]

Sweet breaks even with McInenerny would go a long way to us getting up here.


Butters to bounce back don't remember him playing 2 poor games in a row.


Mitch to kick 8. He's due.

 

[Macca19]

Brisbane by 42

 

[Buget]

Brisbane by 40+.

Port have just shuffled deck chairs. Can’t see how they stop Cameron.

 

[TazD]

Rozee will get back in form and lay a tackle.

Brisbane by 64

 

[Nelso]

Can't see us kicking a winning score.

Brisbane by 38

 

[Sewer de Lance]

As Tom Petty once said…

And I’m, free falling

Yes I’m, free falling

Lions by 40 +, Daniher to kick a lazy 6

 

[simba_]

Brisbane Lions to kick the winning score, you'll hear a mighty roar

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Great to see a couple of young guys in Logan Evans and Josh Sinn get a game.
Rioli will give the forward line a huge boost.
Finny is up and down.
Sweet for Soldo is about right.

We should get close if Rozee, Butters and the Hornet are firing. If not, we are little to no chance.

 

[Kingfish73]

6 goal loss. Players fault. Rinse and repeat

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I cant see any way we win this.

It also seems like if we win this it will finally be the beginning of the end for Ken.

On that basis I expect us to win a close one that gives us no faith about our future direction.

On SM-G975F using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Schulzenfest]

Of all the games of AFL football to have ever taken place, this will certainly be one of them.

 

[sobrave]

Cue the Kenny finger wiggle gifs

 

[ShowdownDomination]

Anyone know if there is pram / Stroller storage at Adelaide Oval ? (excluding members)

 

[gbear]

So many better things to do today so will not even bother watching today.

Brisbane by 52 points.

 

[Coobk001]

Only thing that keeps us in it is that we generally play better in day games at home.

Reality is we should lose.

I would say I don't care about the result, but that's not true. I hope we lose and I hope the blowtorch is turned up on Hinkley as it should be. Unfortunately we can't drop out of the 8 this week but the rot will have well and truly crept in if we lose this.

 

[Visenfest]

The most interesting thing about this game is that Brisbane have selected someone called Shadeau Brain. Not to be confused with our coach, who has a shadow for a brain.

Lions by 37 points.

 

[hOUTkley]

I'd say I hope we lose, but I said that when we started 0-5 in 2022 and the campaigner is still here wasting our time

 

[Nemisis]

This will be a cracking game. Good ins for us. Rozee and Butters have to have 25+ possessions for us to have a chance.
Got a good feeling Finlayson will fire up.
We match up well against their forwards.
Dan Houston

5

Dan Houston

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

11.8

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.0

5star

MG

289.2

4star

D

17.6

4star

K

11.6

4star

HB

6.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.4

4star

MG

319.9

5star

D

16.6

4star

K

12.4

5star

HB

4.2

4star

M

7.0

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

279.8

5star

BOG

 

[240volt]

Last week even at home the saints pushed them all the way until a bad umpire call.
We could win this as Brisbane’s form this year is actually worse than us.

 

[TeeKray]

You may not care right now if your picture ends up on the wall at Alberton, but you will in 20 years time when all you are is memories.
Memories of opportunities wasted, with no one to blame but yourselves.

You know, this thought actually struck me when watching the 2004 players re-watching the grand final during the week.

Remember how Tredders was generally thought of as aloof and perhaps being a bit too serious about football and expecting the same from everyone else? Well it dawned on me with him sitting there at the front of the theatre room watching the game back with his teammates - now mostly 45-50 years old - that most of those guys who didn't get his approach back then would now totally appreciate the type of leader he was and the demands he had of his teammates.

For these players, playing AFL is just one thing in their life. They're young and free and have almost everything going for them. But when they get to middle age and settle down and maybe sit down to watch future grand finals, they're very likely to be hit with the regret that they were never really able to achieve anything from football other than fleeting fame and fortune.