Review Showdown 56

[RussellEbertHandball]

Glorious win.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

BZT was horrendous tonight, let's be honest.

Although he has been solid since Rat went forward. But tonight, no way.

Really? He beat Flogarty who a lot of people thought could be a match winner, while getting some handy touches himself. A couple of errors, but generally did the job we wanted.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Pity Houston bumped Rankine. Should have bumped the Tooth Fairy.

 

[avs]

Even though Narkle was not that great tonight but he seems to do something right which helps us to be on top of the game .

 

[spookism]

Really? He beat Flogarty who a lot of people thought could be a match winner, while getting some handy touches himself. A couple of errors, but generally did the job we wanted.

Nah. He was a mess tonight and we got lucky the Crows forward line was worse.
Fumbly, dropping marks, giving away unnecessary frees.

Like I said, he has been better in the last two months, but tonight he was not.

 

[edgie]

Why? If you get worked up so much that you want to see people knocked out, don’t watch sport.

Is talk shit, get hit, not a common idiom?

**** around and find out?

If you're so aghast that a bit of tribalism still exists in sport, can I steer you toward the big bash cricket for your sensibilities?

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[Rash]

3 words
butters
rozee
jhf

 

[Coobk001]

This past month has been the most un-Ken Hinkley Port Adelaide that I have ever seen. We win from behind, we win tough contested finals-worthy matches, we overcome appalling umpiring, we run over the top of teams in the last quarter.

We took all the cheap shots the crows like to hand out in a game and invariably get away with and gave it back to them with interest. I'm sorry Houston's season is over, it was more an error of judgement than anything, but it did flick the switch on the match.

The atmosphere was an absolute cauldron from that point on and the crows melted. If not for a couple of speculative pot shots in the last quarter they would have been lucky to kick a goal in the second half.

Finals will be the real test, but you can't fault the way we played this past month. And this game, the crows threw everything at us, we took it, gave it back and ran over the top of them. Like a tank over Mr Bean's mini.

Zak Butters played a game for the ages, but the other two amigos were right in it. And Sweet was huge, he more than matched O'Brien, even after a couple of times when he looked like he copped an injury.

I wonder if the MRO will look at the knee Crouch dropped on Sweet or the elbow he swung at Boak's head in the melee?

Conceding 2.4 in a half against the Crows, is a huge effort.

That ruthlessness in our defence has just come on in leaps and bounds. We're just not conceding the goals we have in the past.

Worried about what no Houston looks like for us, but really surprised by the way we've played in the last few weeks and honestly shocked that we've been able to turn it around like this.

 

[afl2004]

Thought we had a shit list according to our 2 biggest footy department people lol

 

[spookism]

3 words
butters
rozee
jhf

That's technically two words and an abbreviation

 

[240volt]

Frankie did alright JimmyBC - a consistent spud.

Jimmy was scared before the game, hope he’s ok

 

[edgie]

Just wanna say as well, Ray was easily the best umpire tonight.

For all the shit he cops he's probably the first guy I'd choose to umpire a port game.

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[Ford Fairlane]

Nah. He was a mess tonight and we got lucky the Crows forward line was worse.
Fumbly, dropping marks, giving away unnecessary frees.

Like I said, he has been better in the last two months, but tonight he was not.

He absolutely wasn't a mess, he beat one of the form forwards of the comp. He gave away 2 frees, one was that awful attempted baulk in the centre and then recovered the ball later with a strong mark.

But I guess we agree to disagree.

 

[spookism]

Healy and Ricciuto commentating absolute ****ing joke

Healy was so bad tonight, he nearly took out BT and Dwayne in a single effort

 

[Windy Cindy]

****ing hell gerard Healy is a shite commentator.. basically barracks for crows.. can’t stand the prick

 

[Duckimus Prime]

It was all outed tonight.

When Dan Houston

5

Dan Houston

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

11.8

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.0

5star

MG

289.2

4star

D

17.6

4star

K

11.6

4star

HB

6.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.4

4star

MG

319.9

5star

D

16.6

4star

K

12.4

5star

HB

4.2

4star

M

7.0

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

279.8

5star

came to the bench after the bump. He sat down on the bench and they handed him the phone.

It was the guys up in the box talking to Dan in the aftermath, not Daddy Dumbnuts who was sitting on the bench alongside Dan.

 

[Rowd072]

I'm sad that Dan has played his last game for Port. Will be 5 or more.

A bit of old fashioned Port footy tonight. It was a hostile environment for the Visitors. A few of my Crow mates frothing at the mouth when Dan took out Rankine. There was a real hard edge tonight and I hope it continues into the finals.

 

[240volt]

Pity Houston bumped Rankine. Should have bumped the Tooth Fairy.

Fos would have loved that bump.

 

[spookism]

He absolutely wasn't a mess, he beat one of the form forwards of the comp. He gave away 2 frees, one was that awful attempted baulk in the centre and then recovered the ball later with a strong mark.

But I guess we agree to disagree.

Haha.

I was already pre-empting my reply with "We'll have to agree to disagree."

 

[Adz2332]

Big changes for next week
Outs Houston Jones inj Burton?

In
Sinn MG and ??

 

[Windy Cindy]

BZT was horrendous tonight, let's be honest.

Although he has been solid since Rat went forward. But tonight, no way.

Thought he played okay..

 

[240volt]

Just wanna say as well, Ray was easily the best umpire tonight.

For all the shit he cops he's probably the first guy I'd choose to umpire a port game.

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Good night for you, double win

 

[Windy Cindy]

Big changes for next week
Outs Houston Jones inj Burton?

In
Sinn MG and ??

If we are safe I’m not risking MG

 

[afl2004]

Laurenz you're time is now son

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Conceding 2.4 in a half against the Crows, is a huge effort.

That ruthlessness in our defence has just come on in leaps and bounds. We're just not conceding the goals we have in the past.

Worried about what no Houston looks like for us, but really surprised by the way we've played in the last few weeks and honestly shocked that we've been able to turn it around like this.

We don't get chopped up on the Joe the Gooses any more. I think we've tweaked the game plan, relaxed the high press while still applying forward pressure, but give ourselves more coverage across the ground and stop the unbroken chains of possessions from a D50 turnover.

The crows looked noticeably hesitant trying to rebound from defence most of the night. And they were really fumbly in the back half, if not for the umpire's frequent interventions in the first 3 quarters I think we would have cracked them much sooner.