Preview Preview and Changes: Round 6 - Port v Collingwood

[longdonkey]

Daicos is a star and Pendles is a star and we are comfortable to embrace mistakes

Its going to be tough.

 

[Sewer de Lance]

Dixon on a short lead

 

[Ljc_86]

We’ll win this. Not because we’ve improved but because Collingwood have declined.

 

[Buget]

To be fair to Jed, it could be worse.

He could be putting up Pedlar numbers

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To be fair to Adelaide…. At least they dropped him, or used his injury in round 3 not to select him.

 

[yepits2020]

I have worked out our strategy.

We will have Sweet (206cm), Soldo (204cm) and Marshall (198cm) parked in the forward line to stretch the defence. Wines will surprise and ruck centre square, win the clearance to kick high onto McEntee’s head at full forward.

Seen before haven’t we.

 

[Imhotep]

Ok but what does any of this have to do with 2023/24. We won on the weekend and when we lose its generally because our midfield was shut down.

Pretty much every game where our midfields been shut down has been against top eight teams in big games over the last eight years. We've put a loadstone around our neck during these type of games by playing one of the worst rucks, weakest full forwards and an undersized backline for years. The list management have finally sorted out most of these issues the last one being the fraud at full forward.

Maybe your midfield get beaten then you need to rely on your defense, we've seen teams that have succeeded by playing rebound football for years. The reason we haven't excelled in rebound football is because of the game plan of kick it to Dixon to reset the play and have another stopage. Against weak teams with worse midfields than us this works, against better teams with All Australian caliber intercept defenders and rucks our long kicks to Dixon just get intercepted and we have a whole field breakdown.

What I'm saying is a combination of game plan and reliance on Dixon that works against weaker opposition is fundamentally flawed, because even when we get on top in the midfield he is so often taken to the cleaners in big games that the opposition do what I'm saying we can't when the situations are reversed. They intercept and start their attacks from the back half after we are unable to score from repeat inside 50s directed at the gigantic bollard called Charlie Dixon while he wrestles and the third man in floats across and takes another mark.

 

[Rising Power]

Visentini and Williams travelling emergencies

 

[afl2004]

Williams instead of cheese head and our attack could be awesome (less bombing and kicking to leads as well)

 

[pstew2dstew]

Reading this thread,

there can only be 1 conclusion.

Charlie has been holding back Jed from reaching his true potential.

Big Mac to kick a lazy 5 this weekend...bookmark it..

 

[Windy Cindy]

I have worked out our strategy.

We will have Sweet (206cm), Soldo (204cm) and Marshall (198cm) parked in the forward line to stretch the defence. Wines will surprise and ruck centre square, win the clearance to kick high onto McEntee’s head at full forward.

Seen before haven’t we.

Has playing 2 rucks ever worked for us?

 

[jackag24]

To be fair to Adelaide…. At least they dropped him, or used his injury in round 3 not to select him.

Yeah it is a matter of expectations though.

Pedlar is a pick 11 and depending on who you ask, is the second coming of Riccuito.

Jed McEntee is... well... yeah

 

[VineValerian]

Future captain you reckon?

Playing captain coach

 

[jac147]

Has playing 2 rucks ever worked for us?

We may have used 3 on several occasions - Primus , Lade & Brogan?

 

[klem22]

With hinkley at the helm every game is a shot in the dark. Collingwood at the G brings with it the likelihood of hinkley being outcoached again.
What will it take to hold this guy to account!

 

[davesnothere]

We may use 3 on several occasions - Primus , Lade & Brogan?

We did play Matty as a forward though. It didn't go well.

 

[jac147]

We did play Matty as a forward though. It didn't go well.

I can remember when you could go back to Alberton after a Footy Park game. Brogan for some reason had been dropped for that game (matchups possibly) and the members were not happy. Choco got onto the stage and tried to calm the doubters with “what are you guys on about, we’s won didn’t we, whatcha bitching about”. Perhaps that was a time when we were playing those 3.
Good times!

 

[PowerBaz]

Gee I hate a Crows crowd. Like Zionists, self entitled and it’s only their way, the chosen club…

 

[tribey]

Good of Fox to add teal to our logo where there is none.

 

[Poo Eckert]

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Good of Fox to add teal to our logo where there is none.

How would any viewer be able to tell the difference otherwise?

 

[PAFC66]

" we were always going to rest our best forward in the biggest game of the year vs the reigning premier" ken

 

[PAFC66]

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Good of Fox to add teal to our logo where there is none.

Wtf is that

 

[tribey]

Wtf is that

A 3D-rendered logo they’ve slapped on a ‘live coverage tomorrow’ graphic.

Why they felt the need to add teal to the PA monogram is anyone’s guess.

 

[PAFC66]

A 3D-rendered logo they’ve slapped on a ‘live coverage tomorrow’ graphic.

Why they felt the need to add teal to the PA monogram is anyone’s guess.

They couldn't even get it right without it glitching

 

[tribey]

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Good of Fox to add teal to our logo where there is none.

Garry Lyon just said “I don’t think they’ll be wearing the prisonbar tomorrow! Nope! It’ll be the black and white stripes versus the TEAL, black and white”

Haha. What a world.

 

[Rash]

we all expect sweet to spend the majority time rucking and soldo more of a forward this week due to having slightly more forward craft. they both could be playing really bad or even one of them, if this is the case i would expect sweet to be subbed and soldo returning to full time ruck and go smaller in the forward line.