Game Day Round 8 - Port v Crows - Showdown 55 (Chug Jug Edition) (Go Port)

[davesnothere]

We should own the midfield.

We can probably read the ball off Sauce as well as Sweet.

Mitch wins Showdown Medal with 5 goals.

 

[Powertron]

Trying to put aside the selections….we can’t possible lose the mid battle to these clowns and be serious about playing football professionally.

Outside of Dawson their mids are C graders at best. I’m sick of us making Crouch look like peak Greg Williams. Crouch FFS! He’s their version of washed up Kane Cornes without the B&Fs and Premiership.

ROB is their whipping boy but turns into Dean Cox

Dean Cox

Age

43

Ht

203cm

Wt

107kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

G

0.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

5.8

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.0

1star

in showdowns. There is nothing intelligent about how he plays but we are so damn predictable his big fat head sits in the hole and we kick it straight to him.

Rankine is allergic to defensive acts in centre bounces. Exploit it!

Soligo is coming on well. We need to nullify him. One of the few they have that can carry from inside to out. Lock him in for the medal…

And for once Ken, try not to embarrass us with your bullshit antics on the sideline should we win or with your excuses should we lose.

 

[bomberclifford]

Have we what happen yet?

 

[raptalia]

I thought Finlayson would be a monty to come back to cover for Aliir but Ken knows best!

Our 5-2 record is flattering and we have some out of form players. Marshall needs to lift and Georgiades needs to kick straight, if big Charlie had not booted 4.0 last week the result might have been different. Another effort like last week and Todd Marshall

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Todd Marshall

Age

26

Ht

198cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.0

2star

K

6.4

3star

HB

2.5

2star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

8.9

2star

K

7.1

3star

HB

1.8

1star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.0

4star

G

1.1

5star

D

9.6

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.6

5star

should spend some time in the SANFL. We have the cover with Finlayson back so Todd needs to be on notice.

A point that was made last week by another poster was vindicated in my mind when I looked at the replay. The point is when Aliir went off Esava lifted and came into the game when he had extra responsibility. Hopefully Esava continues that form.

Here's hoping Port can win but I am not confident.

 

[theouthouse]

We all know how this goes.

100000000 inside 50s for 9.15

Crows catch the rebound from the bomb it on Dixon's head gameplan and convert that to 14.8 from 32 inside 50s.

Reason why is Ports style of football to lock it in forward 50 exposes it's greatest weakness in scores against from turnovers in its forward 50.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

On the other Showdown thread, I found it completely bizarre that people believe that the selection of the last few players for the team is not a big deal. I understand chronic overreactions are a bit too much but to flip the other way is just bizarre.

Let me try and basically dispel this notion. Every player in the 23 is vitally important to winning games. The idea that we have a whole heap of big cogs in our top players and they are going to win us games and the little cogs at the bottom of the barrel is just plain nonsense. Every player can contribute and play well in any given moment.

To me, it seems like BigFooty gaslighting and you can see how the overall loser culture of Bottom 10 Ken and the Kockle Brother does make it onto this forum as best it can.

In fact, I've been meaning to say that one of the reasons why we are so inconsistent is this very matter. Now, there are a few problems but we have great AA players and sniffing around it but it can be easily undone with players with little to no impact at a position or a negative or net loss. When you have players like this, other players have to make up for them and it stresses them and their bodies out completely.

You can have Butters and Rozee and Houston with a couple of great plays to score goals or give our forwards a chance but then later in the game, Burton loses his man a couple of times and it is all equalled out. You can have Houston running amok off half back but then Jed's man is running off him at will as well and it cancels out. These types of scenarios kill the team and the psychology of the team as well because they know they will have to perform Herculean efforts to win to cover for the problematic players.

The idea that McEntee and Burton don't have Gold passes is laughable. Their form has been very poor for a very long time. A real football coach would have them nowhere near the team for a while until the perform the basics of their positions. Yes, the idea of a gold pass is they don't get dropped with bad form but it can also be applied to the appalling form and getting a wrap on the knuckles of one week out and coming back in.

To be dropped for one week and then put back in the side shows once again a lack of accountability and as another poster said, there should be non-negotiables that have strong consequences.

I really don't know if they watch the tape as a team and point out horrible plays. It should be humiliating but it seems to be glossed over.

Another thing, people have been don't worry about the last couple of players. Jed could become the second coming of Eddie Betts but his form is extremely poor. I think this year he is averaging 0.4 goals a game which is down on his paltry 0.64 goals a game last year. It is more than likely that Jed is not going to become Eddie Betts BUT another young player in his stead could.

A player like Tom Anastasopoulos or Josh Sinn might come in and play the Jed role and start out at the backend of the 23 but eventually become a top 10 player in the team. So you are destroying the potential of the team playing the Jeds and Burtons of the world and putting undue pressure on your best players.

So players 20, 21, 22 and 23 are important for the revitalisation of the team. To think otherwise is bizarre.

 

[TeeKray]

Pretty much everything in that big load of text is total crap.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Pretty much everything in that big load of text is total crap.

How so?

 

[WillemDaDrew]

I can't believe I actually watched that entire Chug Jug With You music video.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Have we lost yet

 

[TeeKray]

How so?

I disagree with the entire premise of the post that all 23 players have a big impact on the result. I disagree with the idea that our bottom 6 or 7 players are worse than those of other teams including last year's premier. I disagree that a player like McEntee makes more critical errors in a game than the big name players do. I disagree with your redefinition of a gold pass. I disagree with your disingenuous use of statistical averages.

 

[Doctor Feel]

 

[simba_]

they will win for sure

 

[Doctor Feel]

And now for something we should actually care about

 

[Brian McGee]

I understand people get frustrated with selections but the only player that is deserving of a spot this week that isn’t playing or injured is finlayson. You could maybe make a case for Evans but he is not really much different to picking mcentee. Some of the outrage and aggressive posting towards players on display on this board is way over the top. Some people need to take a breath before they post.

 

[chachi11]

 

[manureid]

Glad that Mcandcheese and Burton had such strong sanfl showings that they were able to be selected.

Crows by 24

 

[El_Scorcho]

And now for something we should actually care about

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Yo Dawg I heard you like Inside 50s

 

[Lefti93]

It would be good to win, funny to lose.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

First off, I want to say I have great respect for TeeKray but I'm happy to disagree with anyone at any time.

I disagree with the entire premise of the post that all 23 players have a big impact on the result.

Fair enough, that's the way you see it.

I see it a different way, that one decision from the coaching box or a couple of plays from a player win or lose a game. Every part of the game is crucial especially if you want to be professional. You can have players that win games for you like Robbie Gray or Dan Houston but you can also have players that lose games for you like Trent McKenzie or Jed McEntee or Ryan Burton.

I disagree with the idea that our bottom 6 or 7 players are worse than those of other teams including last year's premier.

I didn't say that so we are cool.

I disagree that a player like McEntee makes more critical errors in a game than the big name players do.

I didn't say that so we are cool.

I disagree with your redefinition of a gold pass.

Fair enough but I think most people will agree with it and have voice their opinions in that way on the Showdown thread.

I disagree with your disingenuous use of statistical averages.

My use of those stats was very genuine and paints a fair whack of the picture of Jed.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Back to the game, even though history suggest otherwise, I'll go the Port Adelaide Power by 20 points.

 

[JimmyBC]

Every bit of that was crap and I didn't even read it. FUKCIN' PUMPED!!

 

[TeeKray]

You can have players that win games for you like Robbie Gray or Dan Houston but you can also have players that lose games for you like Trent McKenzie or Jed McEntee or Ryan Burton.

 

[Poo Eckert]

Outside of Dawson their mids are C graders at best. I’m sick of us making Crouch look like peak Greg Williams. Crouch FFS! He’s their version of washed up Kane Cornes without the B&Fs and

Rankine is allergic to defensive acts in centre bounces. Exploit it!

I dunno, would we have lost much trading Wines and seeking crouch cheap, he plays the role everyone wants Wines to solely be?

If you’re right, I hope we play JHF on him, maximise the hurt

 

[crafty_bernardo]

Hopefully everyone woke up feeling the electricity! Hard not to get excited with Jed back whom had the week off to rest up for the big game showdown tussle hussle.

Carn the Pear xoxo