Review R21: Port v Hawthorn Review
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Great crowd tonight. Maybe some of these VFL clubs should embrace the afl competition. Good that hawthorn fans can start by heading over to Perth in the first week of the finals!
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That weird feeling at the end of the game of happiness then black dog.
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Just posted this in the Hawthorn review thread see you in 24 hours.
I assume the boundary ump has reported Hodge - for this dog act.
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They have to catch a train home to Frankston in the dark.
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I'm still flabbergasted, I thought we had as much chance of winning tonight as Clarko's missus would have had of starring in Pretty Woman. 
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Winning and playing attractive football is such a bore. I just want to ride my fixie and go to bars where I can drink kale juice out of a jam jar.
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Why not do both?
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I know Kenny wants this Lobbe/Ryder combo to work and have Lobbe as no. 1, but surely he can't deny how good Ryder2Gray is.
It's beautiful and it works so much better.
It's beautiful and it works so much better.
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This will be the third time in the last five weeks I will have watched the channel 9 Sunday Footy Show. I know we've won 4 times in the last five weeks but the St Kilda game was on a Sunday.
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With the sub rule gone, there will be games we need to play 2 rucks when Lobbe is a better match up. Dont be surprised if we play 2 rucks for 12-15 games next year.
Where is the Matt white love?
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Fantastic team performance, just fantastic. We started well, built a lead and never gave it up. Even when Hawthorn challenged we always found a way to hold on and kick away again. Such a composed, mature performance.
The result was surprising but not a $10 upset as the bookies would have you think. I always thought we'd compete well, probably not well enough to win, but our record against the Hawks is good and we aren't as bad as people think we are. Take out the Bulldogs game, which is a total red herring because we didn't try that day, and you'll see that we have normally played up or down to the level of our opponents this year. So we were always going to be thereabouts but to actually win and win well in the end is just bliss.
Hawthorn have this thing where they don't defend against us. Other teams always have numbers back and lock down on our dangerous forwards. But not Hawthorn. They back themselves but at the same time they leave lots of space out the back and through the middle for us to exploit. It sounds ridiculous but I'd much rather play Hawthorn than some scrapper team like Carlton. They give us a chance to play our natural game.
Some great individual performances tonight.
Wingard just keeps setting new standards for consistent brilliance.
The Gray boys superb around the stoppages. 68 touches between them.
Ryder dominated the taps from start to finish, giving the Gray boys and others an armchair ride.
Pittard and O'Shea really stood tall in the absence of Carlile and Trengove, playing composed footy and defending well often against bigger opponents.
White and Neade busy across half forward.
Hartlett, Ah Chee, Westhoff all very good.
In the end it's a meaningless, bitter sweet result from a ladder perspective. But what we can take out of this in a team building sense should not be underestimated. This game should be the bench mark for how we want to play and should be referred to all pre season as such. Even when we come up against those scrapper teams who take our game away from us, we need to have the courage to still attempt to play the way we did tonight. Every player on the list should watch that game over and over and over again because that is exactly, exactly the sort of football we need to play to challenge next year and beyond.
The result was surprising but not a $10 upset as the bookies would have you think. I always thought we'd compete well, probably not well enough to win, but our record against the Hawks is good and we aren't as bad as people think we are. Take out the Bulldogs game, which is a total red herring because we didn't try that day, and you'll see that we have normally played up or down to the level of our opponents this year. So we were always going to be thereabouts but to actually win and win well in the end is just bliss.
Hawthorn have this thing where they don't defend against us. Other teams always have numbers back and lock down on our dangerous forwards. But not Hawthorn. They back themselves but at the same time they leave lots of space out the back and through the middle for us to exploit. It sounds ridiculous but I'd much rather play Hawthorn than some scrapper team like Carlton. They give us a chance to play our natural game.
Some great individual performances tonight.
Wingard just keeps setting new standards for consistent brilliance.
The Gray boys superb around the stoppages. 68 touches between them.
Ryder dominated the taps from start to finish, giving the Gray boys and others an armchair ride.
Pittard and O'Shea really stood tall in the absence of Carlile and Trengove, playing composed footy and defending well often against bigger opponents.
White and Neade busy across half forward.
Hartlett, Ah Chee, Westhoff all very good.
In the end it's a meaningless, bitter sweet result from a ladder perspective. But what we can take out of this in a team building sense should not be underestimated. This game should be the bench mark for how we want to play and should be referred to all pre season as such. Even when we come up against those scrapper teams who take our game away from us, we need to have the courage to still attempt to play the way we did tonight. Every player on the list should watch that game over and over and over again because that is exactly, exactly the sort of football we need to play to challenge next year and beyond.
An excellent win.
Loved the game from S Gray, Krak (seems to have a yard or 2 extra coverage at contests as his fitness builds), Pittard and AhChee. Fringe/flakey players playing well is worth so much it aint funny.
I'm in the single ruck camp well and truly. That extra runner helps our game so much.
Loved the game from S Gray, Krak (seems to have a yard or 2 extra coverage at contests as his fitness builds), Pittard and AhChee. Fringe/flakey players playing well is worth so much it aint funny.
I'm in the single ruck camp well and truly. That extra runner helps our game so much.
Agree with everyone ... Fabulous game by all! Didn't really have any weak link, but I just feel that people have not mentioned Monfries much at all .... IMO was one of his best games for Port, certainly his best for the year. His three goals were great, but even more so his in-your-face niggling of Hawthorn defenders, push and shove, etc. Hawthorn board went into meltdown over him, got under their skin, and clearly got under his opponents skin.... Awesome to watch!
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not much mentioned about impey thought he was awesome tonight, kid has got some skills and could be the best small defender in the afl in a year or 2 , such a nice level headed bloke as well
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Put a spare $9.60 on the boys before the game @ $10 odds. Game starts, notice Hawthorn are a bit flat. Throw an extra $50 in @ $5.75 for good measure. I f****** love this club.
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Just got home, late night but fuark that was good. Such an amazing team performance! Dare I say, but between us and Hawthorn, we're the better of the two teams when matched up! Wingard was awesome, kicked two more goals after that cowardly snipe from Hodge and the two Gray boys with 68 possessions combined!
Best thing was I had some Hawthorn woman sitting behind me, she complained about an umpiring decision so I said "Has the Preliminary Final escaped your mind (in terms of blaming umpires)?" and her response was the 2007 Grand Final...that was all she had all night! Her husband was a Geelong supporter so he chimed in with 2007 as well so they did not have much else to use against us. Other Hawthorn supporters around us were getting stuck into Boak, one even said that he couldn't captain Box Hill! Well they should all look at their own captain first!
All in all, a great night to be a Port supporter! And Hawthorn can eat a bag of dicks too, hope they don't mind playing a final outside Victoria for the first time since 2010!
Best thing was I had some Hawthorn woman sitting behind me, she complained about an umpiring decision so I said "Has the Preliminary Final escaped your mind (in terms of blaming umpires)?" and her response was the 2007 Grand Final...that was all she had all night! Her husband was a Geelong supporter so he chimed in with 2007 as well so they did not have much else to use against us. Other Hawthorn supporters around us were getting stuck into Boak, one even said that he couldn't captain Box Hill! Well they should all look at their own captain first!
All in all, a great night to be a Port supporter! And Hawthorn can eat a bag of dicks too, hope they don't mind playing a final outside Victoria for the first time since 2010!
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Jasper was flawless.
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After the Bulldogs game I gave up on thinking about September, so I'm just enjoying every game as it comes.
Things I'm most pleased about:
We finally have a full set of reliable second tier mids
1st tier: Gray, Boak, Wines, Hartlett, Ebert (with glasses)
2nd Tier: Polec, White, Ah Chee, Sam Gray, Impey/Neade cameo
And for the record I still back Young to join this group.
Hartlett is building
Sneakily becoming a top-3 mid for us. His hardness at the pack is something he really brought into his game this year, I think we can credit Voss with that one. One moment in the first half comes to mind where he barrels into a 5050 contest with Hodge and co, resulting in the ball spilling free to our Port spread and subsequent downfield goal. Does this regularly now.
Patrick Ryder stays first ruck
The new interchange rule changes had better benefit a 2-ruck setup, otherwise Lobbe won't be getting regular games. Ryder's taps are sublime, and his fieldwork is sensational, he's a huge weapon.
Boak the Last Quarter Specialist
Like clockwork, starts the game heavily tagged, seems to have a player hanging off him at every contest; initially cramped, but come the final quarter he's everywhere, been like that for 3 years now. Would love to see how his Q4 stats compare with other mids.
Butch is the Hoff's Heir Apparent
Becoming increasingly clear that Butch is most damaging as a roaming forward, running up and down the ground. Good below the legs, mobile, sticky hands yet dodgy kick, has the running to get back to the forward line when we need him, just seems to lack confidence; now where have I heard that before. Having a few strings to his bow will save Butcher's career.
Gameplan
We cut them open plenty of times through the middle with brave kicks, our handballs were slick and we had those runners continuing to pop up behind players as they were pressured and tackled. In the podcast the point was made that we play well against Hawthorn as they back themselves in and allow us to play our natural game, rather than crowding the corridor and the ground a kick ahead of the play. The trick still remains doing this on an opposition intent on stopping our natural game.
Things I'm most pleased about:
We finally have a full set of reliable second tier mids
1st tier: Gray, Boak, Wines, Hartlett, Ebert (with glasses)
2nd Tier: Polec, White, Ah Chee, Sam Gray, Impey/Neade cameo
And for the record I still back Young to join this group.
Hartlett is building
Sneakily becoming a top-3 mid for us. His hardness at the pack is something he really brought into his game this year, I think we can credit Voss with that one. One moment in the first half comes to mind where he barrels into a 5050 contest with Hodge and co, resulting in the ball spilling free to our Port spread and subsequent downfield goal. Does this regularly now.
Patrick Ryder stays first ruck
The new interchange rule changes had better benefit a 2-ruck setup, otherwise Lobbe won't be getting regular games. Ryder's taps are sublime, and his fieldwork is sensational, he's a huge weapon.
Boak the Last Quarter Specialist
Like clockwork, starts the game heavily tagged, seems to have a player hanging off him at every contest; initially cramped, but come the final quarter he's everywhere, been like that for 3 years now. Would love to see how his Q4 stats compare with other mids.
Butch is the Hoff's Heir Apparent
Becoming increasingly clear that Butch is most damaging as a roaming forward, running up and down the ground. Good below the legs, mobile, sticky hands yet dodgy kick, has the running to get back to the forward line when we need him, just seems to lack confidence; now where have I heard that before. Having a few strings to his bow will save Butcher's career.
Gameplan
We cut them open plenty of times through the middle with brave kicks, our handballs were slick and we had those runners continuing to pop up behind players as they were pressured and tackled. In the podcast the point was made that we play well against Hawthorn as they back themselves in and allow us to play our natural game, rather than crowding the corridor and the ground a kick ahead of the play. The trick still remains doing this on an opposition intent on stopping our natural game.
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