Player Watch Welcome to Port Adelaide Esava Ratugolea, Finally

[Windy Cindy]

Showed enough in this finals serious to be never played in the seniors again..

Shouldn’t be that hard.

 

[Visenfest]

I’d be interested to see whether new coaching staff and a functional game plan can get something out of him, but realistically he should become depth in favour of developing younger KPFs.

 

[AdamMarrett]

I’d be interested to see whether new coaching staff and a functional game plan can get something out of him, but realistically he should become depth in favour of developing younger KPFs.

Geelong couldn't get anything out of him and they're coached by Chris Scott.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

I remember his break out game for Geelong as a defender was against us, and he basically spent the entire game getting away with pushing all our forwards in the back

 

[Rash]

6 Games no goals, was always not going to be a long term plan to make him a forward

 

[JimmyBC]

He's really just a depth tall, his marking has gone down hill for mine it was one thing he was reasonable at doing.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Like Finlayson, pretty much depth unless he can get sticky hands.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Like Finlayson, pretty much depth unless he can get sticky hands.

He's not fit to carry Finlayson's bags.

 

[JimmyBC]

He's not fit to carry Finlayson's bags.

Scary & accurate.

 

[philthy05]

The way the narrative played out is telling as well.

Timeline basically went like this (from memory)

——————

Port - wants esava

General afl fans - why?

Port - offers pick 33 (from memory)

General afl Fans - hahaha that’s overpaying

Geelong - turns it down

General afl fans - lol wtf

General afl fans - ah well he’s worth less next year ooc

————

Next year



Port - wants esava again

General afl fans - why?

Geelong - 1st round pick thanks

General afl fans - hahahahha these guys are mental

Port - splits their first round pick so they can trade pick 25 for an ooc fringe player

General afl fans - wtf?





The whole thing was mental from start to finish.

 

[TazD]

I wonder why Andrew Mackie

Andrew Mackie

Age

40

Ht

193cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

6.6

4star

M

5.7

5star

T

2.1

4star

MG

346.7

5star

No current season stats available

D

9.0

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

2.8

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.2

4star

hates us?

 

[PAFC66]

I think Geelong would be pleased he's gone

 

[PAFC66]

You know you're broken when you're leaking down back and get this guy to plug a hole and then pull him away from there to do nothing in the forward line and start celebrating that he's " getting the ball to ground" like Charlie does

 

[Peninsula Boy]

He's not fit to carry Finlayson's bags.

I know. He went to pick up Finny's bags and he dropped them.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

I'm going to say something a bit out there so if you want to tee off you can.

Esava doing Jed's supposed job as a defensive forward.

 

[FootyLad0]

Lord also sucks badly

Can we have him then? Lol

 

[Launchpad McQuack]

I wonder why Andrew Mackie hates us?

Having us overpay for Ratugolea is just the after dinner mint to the Hinkley recommendation via text to Casual Keith.

 

[JakeNeadeFan]

Can we have him then? Lol

Yeah sure. Swap for an equivalent pick from the Esava trade?

 

[HHHAMMERtime]

Anyone who thought this was a smart trade should be out of a position of decision making at the club. This bloke is absolute dross and we are now stuck trying to find a position for him on the field week in week out with the unnecessary salary we gave to him. Blind Freddie could see he was worth a late third rounder at best and as usual we got bent over. He was out of contract?!

 

[blink185]

You know you're broken when you're leaking down back and get this guy to plug a hole and then pull him away from there to do nothing in the forward line and start celebrating that he's " getting the ball to ground" like Charlie does

I gave Esava a chance for majority of the year but, unfortunately I’ve also come to the realisation that he is like eating a dodgy takeaway curry - shit at both ends.

 

[FootyLad0]

Yeah sure. Swap for an equivalent pick from the Esava trade?

Didn’t you say he was shit?
Packet of chips…no a half eaten packet

 

[Peninsula Boy]

I gave Esava a chance for majority of the year but, unfortunately I’ve also come to the realisation that he is like eating a dodgy takeaway curry - shit at both ends.

I'm pretty close myself.

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

Dreadful player

 

[PortAdelFC1997]

I cannot believe that Port were THAT desperate to add him to their key defensive stocks and demonstrated he has no footy IQ to be a key defender; always leaving his man to attempt to attempt to mark in packs, lack of awareness in the goal line against Melbourne, bad kicking which has led to costly turnovers etc.

When it was clear that it wasn't working, they moved him up forward for one goodish game. Otherwise, he has been a hack. Another 4 years of this nonsense. If you have been in the system for 8 years and still haven't developed the footy nuance to play AFL, maybe AFL isn't the right sport.

Port would have been better drafting a mature age recruit from the second-tier competitions as a tall defender.