Watching Port Adelaide makes me want to cry!

[ashdemons22 235]

This is a team that last year coaches were pulling out of the coaching job because they thought they were that much of a rubble. Wow look at them now.

They got a hard edge coach. A new CEO

The have brought in quality young players from other clubs Monfries,Stevenson,Heath, along with young draftees like Wines, and Neade, Mitchell from the WAFL.

Hinkley has improved players in the space of 1 pre season like Hartlett,Pittard,Moore,Wingard,Jonas they were all struggling under Primus. Dont worry about Richmond this is how you do it.

[Little Richard 5,943]

It gives me the opposite feeling to be honest. It shows how quickly a rubbish team can be turned around with the right formula, we just have to find our one.

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

They did, what we couldn't. Simple as that.
They play with a lot of belief in one another, you can see it.
We have played like that for a half so far.
Their rebuild is looking short lived.
Ours is 6 years deep now.
I don't know what else to say...

[Bobby McKenzie 2,268]

This is a team that last year coaches were pulling out of the coaching job because they thought they were that much of a rubble. Wow look at them now.

They got a hard edge coach. A new CEO

The have brought in quality young players from other clubs Monfries,Stevenson,Heath, along with young draftees like Wines, and Neade, Mitchell from the WAFL.

Hinkley has improved players in the space of 1 pre season like Hartlett,Pittard,Moore,Wingard,Jonas they were all struggling under Primus. Dont worry about Richmond this is how you do it.

And they just cost me a perfect score in my tipping!

[dazzledavey36 49,794]

Too true they were a mess after that loss to GWS last year and to see them going so well now is a full credit to them.

[P-man 13,353]

Don't say that to Jens Lehmann (or whatever the hell that idiot's name is). Apparently Port is a false economy and everything with our coaching setup is hunky dory.

[whatwhat say what 20,398]

ollie wines is just an outstanding footballer.

joel selwood mk 2.

[deestar 159]

ollie wines is just an outstanding footballer.

joel selwood mk 2.

Yep !! No offence to jimmy ..... But he's an outside mid. What did we lack ?? Inside mids massively .....

I thought it was wrong at the time and nothing has changed. Jack and oli would have set up out midfield for the next 10 years.

[What 18,810]

they are a club and team with spirit and an identity

two things the MFC wish they had

[The heart beats true 16,703]

Makes a fair argument for changing the coach doesn't it?

Things that don't work don't often get better without a change in infrastructure. Our players aren't as bad as our team is.

[Ted Lasso 17,318]

I think our list has more unfulfilled talent than port's so a decent coach and stuff and we might well be able to improve just as rapidly

[1964nowMORE 456]

Makes a fair argument for changing the coach doesn't it?

Things that don't work don't often get better without a change in infrastructure. Our players aren't as bad as our team is.

Completely agree. Has been said on here many times - we are shite....but with little if any confidence in oneself or the group we offer absolutely NO resistance when it goes a bit tough.

I like alot of what Neeld has done OFF field in getting the list together, bringing in some leaders (even if past it), making us have a broad coaching group, Misson being a key - we can't even get an LTI when we want one!.....but he has given us NOTHING on the field.

Hinkley seems to have hit Port with a tough...."it's this way or else" AND crucially "you blokes can play a bit, let me help you find out how much".......Neeld has ALL the former and NONE of the latter.

Save the cash.....make Neeld Senior Assnt, Craig coach and move on.......QUICKLY!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hardnut 327]

Put simply, reading the above, Hinkley has shown just how bad the choice of Neeld was, regardless of the playing list!

[What 18,810]

shows how bad of a coach Neeld is

Hinkley is already 10 times as good

[Real Demon 232]

Viney and Wines would have been like Mitchell and Sewell for the Hawks...........a 10 year engine room for the Dees.

What is going on down there!

[Moonshadow 16,612]

Makes a fair argument for changing the coach doesn't it?

Things that don't work don't often get better without a change in infrastructure.

Bomber Thompson might disagree with you there. Short memory.

[DeeSpencer 23,683]

Boak (A grade), Hartlett (becoming A grade), Cornes (A grade), Ebert (B+ at least), Broadbent (experienced), Wines plus Wingard and Monfries from the forward line.

Now that's what you call a young midfield, with some veteran help from a rejuvinated Cornes. Plus they play 2 rucks to give them a chance around the ground and at the hitouts.

Compare to Melbourne:

Jones, Viney...Matt Jones just starting his AFL career, Toumpas not ready, Sylvia not keen to be a midfielder, Trengove still finding his feet from injury, Michael Evans the same and the rest of the blokes are flankers.

We need some cattle to come through in the midfield. We then need our new recruiter to strike it rich with proper pick ups as mentioned the likes of Heath and Stephenson.

We are paying for the years of Barry Prendergast and even last year when we had Todd Viney do AFL recruiting on a one off basis.

[dees64 104]

Bottom line is that Hinkley has a connection with his players!

Players play for him & would crawl over broken glass!

Neeld has incenerated most of the senior player list & stripped them of leadership duties!

Game plan makes sense!

[DeeSpencer 23,683]

Bomber Thompson might disagree with you there. Short memory.

Bomber had made a prelim before he was reviewed. And they needed leading teams to change the culture. Mooney admitted before 07 they were loving life and on the [censored] a lot of the time. Then they got serious.

Neeld may have improved training but I heard plenty of the lads were out and about last night....despite the fact through 3 rounds the average losing margin is over 100!

[Hardnut 327]

Bottom line is that Hinkley has a connection with his players!

Players play for him & would crawl over broken glass!

Neeld has incenerated most of the senior player list & stripped them of leadership duties!

Game plan makes sense!

Which game plan are you talking about - if its Hinkley's then yes it makes sense!

[DemonOX 8,578]

Too true they were a mess after that loss to GWS last year and to see them going so well now is a full credit to them.

That will be us next wk.

We will have a new coach Monday morning if its the case.

[whatwhat say what 20,398]

monday afternoon.

to see the rejuvenation of port adelaide under hinkley is just awesome.

[Roost It 1,434]

Neeld will coach out the year

[titan_uranus 23,223]

Look at their midfield. They had the star core there: Hartlett, Boak, Cornes. Those three are far better than anyone on our list.

Use the fact that it's possible for poor performances to be turned around in a short time frame to get some hope back.

[Mad_Melbourne 872]

This is a team that last year coaches were pulling out of the coaching job because they thought they were that much of a rubble. Wow look at them now.

They got a hard edge coach. A new CEO

The have brought in quality young players from other clubs Monfries,Stevenson,Heath, along with young draftees like Wines, and Neade, Mitchell from the WAFL.

Hinkley has improved players in the space of 1 pre season like Hartlett,Pittard,Moore,Wingard,Jonas they were all struggling under Primus. Dont worry about Richmond this is how you do it.

hinkley walked into a team that was ready and primed, primus had done all the hard work with recruiting the mids, working on a team orientated defensive mould, and playerd were told to perform for the team or leave, it was a pity primus got fired as he had done all the hard work and the easy work is what hinkley has to do