Game Day Port vs Hawks semi Final. .. I did it my way ..

[Ralph Lorenz]

I haven't felt this gaslit by the media since covid

 

[Macca19]

Is Rat the sub? Surly they won’t go 4 talls and surely plan A is not play him back as there is no one for him to play on. He is quite versatile and can cover a lot of positions. Or maybe we do something nuts like make Dixon the sub to come on at 3/4 time to ruck the last quarter.

Or will it be our usual plan with the sub - to replace one rubbish small forward with another one in the last quarter.

Weve played 4 talls for a lot of the year

 

[Us against the rest]

We will win, then the club will shit it's pants.
Crickets from the club all year and that's because they don't have to say anything, the coach is contracted for 2025.
They are gutless, they resigned him when they didn't have to so why now while he's contracted.
It always should have been said by the club, it's a GF or nothing.
Port by 27 points.

 

[LeoMessi]

All good questions…

 

[Dazalinko1988]

Just put us out of our misery so us fans can get on with our lives and heal for the next 6 months and then we'll do it all over again next year

 

[Manhattan Bronx]

Meh. No emotion at all

 

[TeeKray]

Anyone that hasn't written off Marshall leading the forward line into our next flag is too optimistic for me.

Anyone who has any faith that there will be a "next flag" is too optimistic for me.

 

[davesnothere]

The ultimate win win game

Nah

A loss is bad it's too hard to get this close and waste the opportunity.

 

[Gryllis]

Not often you get a win-win game in a final, but here we are.

Although, if a win secures Ken for next year, it would be a much greater loss than losing the game tonight.

 

[Lagooner]

Thread title should be Hokball vs Hinkball.

 

[PAFC66]

Apparently butters is out - triple m ?

 

[PenfoldsFan]

Hawthorn really are a very small team. The bomb it on Charlie’s head 15m out, actually might be a masterstroke strategy by Ken.

Charlie to kick 5.

Funny you should say that, thought exactly the same thing as they walked past me at the arrivals gate yesterday.

Had the same feeling when I picked St Kilda up from the airport in Gather Round.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

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I get it Bomber

 

[OneGreatClub]

Weve played 4 talls for a lot of the year

They say Georgie isn’t a tall, are you including him?

 

[PAFC66]

They say Georgie isn’t a tall, are you including him?

You sound like ken.
He doesn't operate as a small so ..

 

[Marmozet]

History here in the making

 

[RossFC]

I better see a win or a sacking.

 

[Ant Bear]

Funnily enough, tonight could be the night that bombitlongtoDixon is effective.
Hawk defence is VERY short.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Nah

A loss is bad it's too hard to get this close and waste the opportunity.

But its even harder to get this close to finally getting a new coach too. We've been "one loss away" it feels like a good 50 times now in the last decade.

 

[Powertron]

Funnily enough, tonight could be the night that bombitlongtoDixon is effective.
Hawk defence is VERY short.

Can he clunk more than 3 marks though?

 

[PAFC66]

Funny enough Dixon was decent against Hawthorn last time ... In that he was a presence. This will be his last game. Just ****ing compete and don't get out marked.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

I've been calling a honourable loss for a while.

The only things going for us are:

the young Hawk might find the lights too bright
the team usually bounces back emotionally from a loss
our form has been good for quite a while and last week was an aberration

The bad things against us:

apart from last week, we've been in good form but the Hawks are red hot
no run and kick out of defence. Houston, Farrell and Burton gone.
Rozee and Butters are down on form
our forward line is a mess save Georgiades and Rioli
their biggest strength is our biggest weakness that is their small forward brigade
no plan B
the Hornet will have to save the day
if we are down early, the crowd could get medieval

If the players want Hinkley gone, they will play below par.
I think the Hawks will run over us sometime in the second or third quarter and the game will be over.
There is a possibility of Butters, Dixon, Marshall and Aliir limping to the bench.

It is going to be a tough match to win but you never know.

 

[Chewy316]

I better see a win or a sacking.

You will get your wish.

 

[Drunk_off_R0zee]

f*ck these hokball flogs, sick of their arrogance, I'm doubling down on this, we'll win tonight and I hope our supporters rub it in their faces. I refuse to believe we'll play two sh*t games in a row, hopefully they have some pride in their performance and come out firing.

 

[Doctor Feel]

THE SACKENING