Review Round 10, 2024 vs Hawthorn

[Ford Fairlane]

There were comments on 5aa before the game that he was running laps at training rather than participating in drills during the week.

Maybe that's why BZT was the sub? It's lucky how a player they didn't expect to get injured didn't happen ...

 

[Enviable Tradition]

He takes 3 or 4 (albeit little) steps, goes to kick the ball and gets caught. Doesn't matter anyway, DBJ gave us a far more spectacular finish.

The various radio commentaries were priceless listening.

I heard a radio replay on Whately today.

I think it was Kym Dillon

"No, no, no, no"

They really let their true colours out in the moment.

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[Jojay]

Whoever was laughing in the background of the 5AA call cracked me up. Sounded like a 12 year old girl

reckon it was Scott Camporeale

 

[Chizza12]

I realise weather conditions were poor but 6 of our taller 7 forwards and backs were pretty ordinary. BZT gets a reprieve, but between the four taller forwards, Aliir and Ratugolea, our big guys weren’t great and haven’t been much chop all season.

I've got a theory on this, when you hear Goldsack (backline coach) talk, he wants the back 6/7 to be fluid which means not directly responsible for any one specific player. They're just expected to work it out in play. There're obviously some general match ups but it's not player X is on player Y for the game. They might say that Allir is a high back and Rat the deeper back. I just think it explains why we often look completely disorganised in defence. In particular our ground ball stuff is appalling. It needs to be fixed pronto or it'll definitely be another wasted year.

 

[Cam1870]

Lol

But in his defense Chol was pretty good all game

Sit near boundary toward southern end. Maybe 3rd QTR players are massing around the goal line and waiting for a player to take a long range shot. Chol turns around...I think sees a camera and purses his lips to blow a kiss at it. Wasn't creepy but it was super weird. Odd dude

 

[RonSon]

Maybe that's why BZT was the sub? It's lucky how a player they didn't expect to get injured didn't happen ...

Yeah it came up in discussions as to why bzt may be sub.

 

[Ant Bear]

It struck me as odd that we started the game with a red ball.
It was even odder that they didn't switch to a yellow ball at half time.
The lights were on for the entire game...

 

[portly]

Bergman could be our worst at ground balls. He has no burst of power and takes forever to pick the ball up. Burton would be our worst if he went for the ball. As above poster says not huge fan of Jones but get him the hell back so we can drop Burton. We are to too top heavy up forward. One of Dixon, Marshall, Georgie, Finlayson have to go. Giving more forward time to JHF, Butters & Rozee.

Bergman was looking very sore.

Georgi ditto, and "out of it".

 

[jac147]

What I noticed about Darcy’s soccer goal was how sweetly he timed it as it left the side of his boot at a million miles an hour. The goalkeeper would have had no show of saving it!
Keep up the good work, Darcy.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

A gutsy win but how did we get in that hole in the first place.
As a few people have stated, the win will wallpaper over the cracks unless the coaching staff truly see the reason behind us almost losing that game.
As I've said, one of the reasons our form is so up and down is because we have amazing players but also liabilities who equal it all out.

THE GOOD

The Sex Panther was on the prowl.
Butters' last quarter won us the game.
Houston roosting from 50.
Boak picking up the slack when Wines was subbed.
Byrne-Jones slotting it in on penalties.
McEntee with the tackle of the year.
Sinn almost taking off but doing some good things.
Dixon rucking manfully.
Rioli still looking dangerous but with limited opportunities.
The thought process behind Zerk as the sub.
Meady always doing something positive with the ball.
Marshall played up the ground and was creative. Not dominant but out of his slumber.

THE MEDIOCRE

Butters still trying to do too much
Dante did his best and kept going all match
I'm not going to slam the forwards as the conditions and ball wasn't there.
Finlayson seemed a bit off all game.

THE UGLY

Hinkley solidly defeated in the coaches box
Burton continuing his bad form into terrible form
Wines with heart problems.
Sinn injured after a strong bump but nothing out of the ordinary.
The umpiring early really favoured the Hawks.
Dixon looking slow and old.
Montagna and Jr Burger banking the four points for Hawthorn with about 10 minutes of play to go.

It's a dozen donuts next week.

 

[LittleLika]

What I noticed about Darcy’s soccer goal was how sweetly he timed it as it left the side of his boot at a million miles an hour. The goalkeeper would have had no show of saving it!
Keep up the good work, Darcy.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

It's why the boys also deserve credit for staying in the contest, keeping up the fight and producing a massive comeback. It was super impressive given the wet conditions.

Definitely. Full credit to the boys and especially Butters and Byrne-Jones.

To stay in a game like that and keep on keeping on is what good teams do.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

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Obviously this person has never witnessed Port Adelaide winning a flag. It is something else.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

We struggle big time when Butters, JHF and even Rozee don’t have big games. Today, Butters and JHF were Port’s most damaging players. We look like a better team when they’re on top. We can look quite pedestrian when they’re kept out of the game

It definitely seems that way.

 

[FishingRick04]

Whilst Butters deserves his time in the son for his last quarter, JHF 20 years old and one of our only 4 quarter performers, take a bow son, could of had 4 snags also

I shudder to think what it would be like if he and Reid played together, fearsome

 

[1954]

I just watched the mini replay on fox and I don't know why Georgiades was deep in defence early in the first and second qtrs, but I thought his lack of aggression cost 1 goal, and possibly another as well.

He had plenty of mates re that lack of aggression though, as the defence as a unit was very ordinary in that first half, eg both Aliir and Ratugolea could have caught two hawks blokes stone cold if they had gone harder at them and tackled correctly.

Re the comment about Goldsack wanting a fluid backline, Hardwick appeared to have a different opponent for 3 of his 4 first qtr goals, and in Burtons lack of effort for one of them he was flopping around as if he was part of the chorus line for swan lake.

Not that we are a real chance in the finals anyway, but unless the defence gets its act together I can unfortunately envisage the likes of the swannies, brisvegas or the wobblers making a mess of it.

 

[Rash]

Whilst Butters deserves his time in the son for his last quarter, JHF 20 years old and one of our only 4 quarter performers, take a bow son, could of had 4 snags also

I shudder to think what it would be like if he and Reid played together, fearsome

jhf didnt do much in the 4th qtr, amazing first 3 qtrs, meh 4th qtr, but thats becuase others stepped up

 

[It Just Is]

Apparently Butters only went off once for 40 seconds in the last quarter. What a beast.

 

[pstew2dstew]

Twas a good day for me...

Mavs took the series by 1 point too.

 

[raptalia]

It struck me as odd that we started the game with a red ball.
It was even odder that they didn't switch to a yellow ball at half time.
The lights were on for the entire game...

They were playing with an indigenous design on the ball. Maybe the AFL forgot to send the yellow design to Adelaide ?

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[ElectricG]

 

[Alberton Proud]

******* huge last quarter
.


The let down from last week was always going to happen..

But the lads dug in in the last .


Disappointing start but hey that last ..

Butters JHF two best going aro

We've been fed the "but hey..." for the last 10 years

But hey he's still in charge and where going nowhere

 

[Alberton Proud]

Hinkley signalling to push forward before that last centre bounce is what won us the game, inspired coaching from a master tactician.

The "quokka hop"

 

[wayb2912]

Karl Amon

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Karl Amon

Age

29

Ht

181cm

Wt

71kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

6.8

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.6

4star

MG

294.5

4star

D

21.0

5star

K

15.0

5star

HB

6.0

3star

M

6.0

5star

T

2.0

3star

D

10.4

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

146.8

3star

was responsible for the 2 goals that won us the game, high free on Rioli, and choosing to kick instead of the easy handball to a team mate. Was always a liability in big moments for us and showed last night that nothing has changed

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[Lockhart Road]

Highlight for me was the rainbow.

It was the Great Man sending a colourful message to Hinkley.