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I don't think we match up at all well against Brisbane. Would need a team like WC to knock them out in a prelim.
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Cant say I'd be mad if we won a flag with a goal after the siren against your mob againI don't think we match up at all well against Brisbane. Would need a team like WC to knock them out in a prelim.
But they have an Ace in their sleeve: Dustin Martins fat fathers face. It worked well vs the crows stance lol2 years 2 flags. pretty much the only decent scalp away
95% of their wins @ MCG
We do things differently up north. We all despise the Vics far more than our neighbours.Not so sure about that, read a comment from a swans supporter today on BF somewhere that was something like, "I'll be going for GWS because the NSW teams have to stick together".
Terrible attitude IMO!
I don't believe youExcept last week.
What can I say. When we have a crucial must win home game to make top 4, whether that be against top 4 teams fighting for the double chance or bottom 10 teams with nothing to play for, we take full advantage.True you don’t ..
tigers rely on their home ground more than any team in the competition
I'd agree if we weren't coming off a 4 day break and them 6.
Honestly in my eyes there is no excuse for either team going into this game. IF it were at the GABBA, I'd say we'd have the advantage.
Salty? Where am I salty. I am literally saying in my post that there is no excuse? Not even going to bother reading the rest because you're obviously delusional.You are one of a very few salty Brisbane fans. Stop complaining. It isn’t your home so the game could be played anywhere and it does not give us an advantage. Brisbane get a massive advantage this year so you have no reason to complain.
Also, to your 4 day complaint, at least your players got to play in 45 minutes from their home last game. We go into the Port game with 4 days break after this one and we have to travel to another state. Teams are going to face adversity through this season. Just is what it is. A win under these circumstances could really lift a team.
That will be hard when Port finish 9th.
Cant say I'd be mad if we won a flag with a goal after the siren against your mob again
It’s a given now that we are going to get pumped, cheersI am not sure I understand the overrating of Richmond. Okay, they have a couple of flags and that gets you at least in the conversation, but anyone putting them up as a presumptive favorite is crazy. Their only good win for the year is against the bulldogs. They are still yet to play Port, Brisbane, WC, Geelong, and Essendon (who I consider a top 8 side sitting in 9th but having played 2 less games than 8th). Even a good side only wins a couple of those games which could put them out of the 8 with a few games to go. Every other team in the 8 they have played, they have lost to. Their next best effort was a draw against 10th. Their wins on current position are against 17th, 15th, 14th, 12th, a draw against 10th, and a win against 8th (who are probably really 9th with Essendon having 2 games in hand).
Tonight is huge for them. Get a win, and that signals they are the real deal. Lose, and that sets them back massively. WC and St Kilda 9.5 times out 10 win their games and Richmond are all of a sudden 1.5 games out of the top 4. Geelong should overtake them. GWS v Ess game becomes important as a GWS win puts them in front of Richmond, but a Essendon win makes it all the more likely they make the top 8 and push out 1 of GWS, WB or Richmond. Lose tonight and Richmond lose touch with the top 4 and run the risk of missing the 8 with Geelong, WC, Essendon and Port to come.
PS - yes I know that now I have posted this Richmond will probably beat Brisbane and then us by 10 goals.
On Port, I have them as one of the chances, but I'm not as convinced of them come finals as I am some of the other teams. It will depend if they get an AO final, or who their match up is.
Not sure on Port as StKilda touched them up nicely in Adelaide.
On Port, I have them as one of the chances, but I'm not as convinced of them come finals as I am some of the other teams. It will depend if they get an AO final, or who their match up is.
You do realise that every team has been touched up at least once this year?
Free kick count and differential is meaningless. Anyone who believes that the free kick count (in a fair competition) should even itself out over a season/decade is delusional.Port's record at AO is quite poor. I have more faith in Port away than I do at home. People say that Port crowds are loud and whinge at the umpiring, but we just don't get the favours the Crows and West Coast get at home.
To illustrate, here's the hometown free kick differential between Port and the Crows
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Free kick count and differential is meaningless. Anyone who believes that the free kick count (in a fair competition) should even itself out over a season/decade is delusional.
It depends how you play the game. Take WC and Freo over the past decade. WC play a precise kicking, uncontested mark style that makes the other team come at them. Freo historically have played the Ross Lyon model (then RoLy adapted). Scrappy in and under, in your face, rugby maul style. One of these styles will usually end up on the positive side of the free kick count, the other on the negative. It's nothing to do with favouritism, everything with how you play the game.
The Crows have similarly been a lot more bruise free in style than Port. Pretty but only effective if you have the skills to pull it off. And who cares if you win the free count but lose every game? I'd rather be in the Port minus camp than the Crows plus camp right now.
Richmond and Sydney have won premierships being more physical than any other team in their year. They correctly lost the free differential as well.
So all is not lost for Port.