Toast Round 19 = Port Adelaide 83-85 Collingwood

[Jelly Bean]

LOL That statue is a famous meeting place here in Istanbul.

It's the Wall Street Bull

 

[Monco Matt]

Naicos quiet.....25 disposals, 9 clearances and a goal....

Yes very quiet! He may only get 1 Brownlow vote. Very disappointing.

 

[Hazz]

That tackle of Howe on SPP was all time. Fend off, I think not!


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Was that the one that did not earn a free?

Just asking for a friend.

 

[anshell]

Stats say we won the clearances but god it felt like we got really beaten up at the stoppages and certainly center clearances (which we also surprisingly won). They really scragged us and denied us clean runs at it. When we did win it we were soooo unclean, mostly with the perceived pressure and not handling the conditions.

Port were very good. As has been mentioned - that was essentially their GF. They rested players, home ground, us not quite being up for it for 3 quarters, they executed really well, denied Naicos, denied us our rebound from D50 (with assistance from the weather), and still they could not get it done with some difficult games ahead. Apart from Billy, Tay, Steele, Beau, and Murph I'm not sure we had any other clear winners on the ground, at best some break evens and quite a few marginal or clear losses. But somehow we won, hats off to the boys, so good to watch!

Great analysis.It was definitely Port’s grand final.They were harder at it and more desperate than us for most of the night,and yet we still we found a way to win.If we do happen to play them at the MCG in the finals,I don’t think the game will be quite as close as it was tonight.

 

[haydenboii]

The port fans flipping off Jamie after he kicked the winner priceless

 

[eyeroller]

 

[Axl the great]

 

[Hazz]

Seemed like a clear tactic. Let us be first to the contest, apply physical pressure, cause a turnover and feed it to the outside.

Yeah close to what Brisbane did. Was it the conditions or the pressure that caused so many missed disposals. Feel like it was 60/40 weather.

 

[Axl the great]

The port fans flipping off Jamie after he kicked the winner priceless

And it was right in front of them.

 

[Doc1763]

no point going to bed, I wont sleep - I may as well watch the last quarter again.

 

[SnakePlisskin]

Our B game beat their A game!

 

[HFF]

The weather worked against us….but that’s footy.

They were throwing the ball all game.
They hit us with cheap shots all game.

On their home deck….everything stacked in their favour and we landed a KO blow on them.

This team is all heart, hunger and belief.

 

[Chrispiesssss]

 

[barrackers]

 

[anshell]

Are opposition supporters whinging about the umpires or saying how lucky we were?That’s what they usually do when we have a come from behind win.

 

[Chrispiesssss]

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

no point going to bed, I wont sleep - I may as well watch the last quarter again.

Impossible to sleep tonight. Need to watch that last quarter again, and again, and again......

 

[Chrispiesssss]

 

[3rdMan]

Our stoppage work was fine today. Certainly once Adams went in there.

What we didn't have was our usual ball movement. Struggled to get much going from defence. There are definitely some concerns from this game. Conditions and playing away from home may be enough of a reason, but we definitely didn't play how we'd want to.

 

[Kirby]

Bring it

 

[Chrispiesssss]

This is like Mccullum with the Ashes

 

[HFF]

Adams was *ing relentless

The thing I also love about this club……is how we treat milestone games for our club champions.

We fight it out to the end.

 

[Cyclops]

Seemed like a clear tactic. Let us be first to the contest, apply physical pressure, cause a turnover and feed it to the outside.

Yeah Hinkley is a hard smart coach, considering their injuries, and list quality he's done wonders.

Higher than a bunch of classier list (Brisbane and Carlton spring to mind).

He's in the bad books at Port but frankly he's an asset to that club.

 

[Didak Wine]

What a gear they went to in the last. Awesome spirit.

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

McRea subbing a cooked Mitchell was a match winning move too.

Interesting to see if Titch will hold his spot, particularly if Macrae has a decent game tomorrow against Sandy....