Game Day Round 3: Port Adelaide

[heavho]

100% must get more key defenders in the draft this year.No depth

 

[tonygeeks]

Colyer and matera have been fine. Cox rogue Walters, Hogan, Sturt, Lobb , Mindy newly Bradshaw etc etc are the ones who are playing garbage (so is auto correct)

Careful , you won't make any friends around these parts calling out those BF darlings

 

[apuchar]

Who are Mindy Newly and Bradshaw?

Friends of Mork. Is you are old enough

 

[estibador]

I have memories of a game in torrential rain where port tore us apart like it was dry.

They're one of the last teams I'd choose to play in the wet.

Those grabs Dixon took were ridiculous when other players couldn't even hold onto handballs.

 

[yakka man]

22 inside 50’s to 2 and it’s the fault of the 3 small forwards...interesting analysis


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Yeah people blaming the forwards are way off the mark

midfield, midfield midfield

The retirement of Sandilands is one massive reason for our weak midfield. They had it too easy for too long. We desperately need to trade for a decent ruck.

 

[Johnny Dalmas]

I’m not watching but the stats seem pretty even.
midfield sh*t themselves second quarter?

Rain came but we still tried to handball our way out of congestion. That ... well ... didn’t work.
Port talls still clunked marks but there were a lot of double grab fumbles in our marking contests from the outlet kick. As a result the ball kept on rebounding back into Port’s 50.
After about 10 minutes of that our forward structure lost all shape and structure as the forwards got sucked up the ground to help out the defence. So nothing to kick to. So when we did win the ball at half-back, we still had to handball waiting for forward to get into position.
Which, in the rain, lead to disaster.
It was a terrible, vicious circle.

 

[Rob]

That Matera + Hogan combo just gave me cancer

 

[Freoforever86]

Matera get a frickin right foot

 

[Square Peg]

We had 1-2 inside 50s in a quarter, not until the last minute, not sure it's overreacting.

It felt like we tried to play exactly the same as the first quarter while port switched into wet weather mode, kicking for territory and not trying to play some precision possession game that is impossible to execute in the conditions.

100% this.
It was the lack of leadership that was appalling.

 

[FreoRicci]

Rain came but we still tried to handball our way out of congestion. That ... well ... didn’t work.
Port talls still clunked marks but there were a lot of double grab fumbles in our marking contests from the outlet kick. As a result the ball kept on rebounding back into Port’s 50.
After about 10 minutes of that our forward structure lost all shape and structure as the forwards got sucked up the ground to help out the defence. So nothing to kick to. So when we did win the ball at half-back, we still had to handball waiting for forward to get into position.
Which, in the rain, lead to disaster.
It was a terrible, vicious circle.

When it’s wet, kick. Just drive out out of danger.

 

[Freoforever86]

Inexcusable that

 

[Dockerjonz]

Wow

 

[WilloTree]

Just punch it through. It's not that hard.

 

[FreoRicci]

100% this.
It was the lack of leadership that was appalling.

Problem is we have no leaders. Severely inexperienced.

 

[tonygeeks]

Has wonder kid Cerra ever even halved a 1 on 1 contest

 

[Dale147]

Unbelievable

 

[Bradesmaen]

Longmuir was never the answer. What a poor decision to hire him.

 

[Bicco]

100% must get more key defenders in the draft this year.No depth

We have them. They're just injured or crap.

 

[FreoRicci]

We ll fight back and lose gallantly

 

[FreoRicci]

Longmuir was never the answer. What a poor decision to hire him.

How? That’s rubbish. Inherited a list full of mature agers plodders. Look at who we have

 

[Inveigh Slang]

Friends of Mork. Is you are old enough

Nanu nanu

 

[WilloTree]

Bewley really struggling today.

 

[Inveigh Slang]

Longmuir was never the answer. What a poor decision to hire him.

**** off idiot

 

[Kram]

Longmuir was never the answer. What a poor decision to hire him.

Oh no the man is on your poison list already!!!

 

[Dale147]

Ankle