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Melbourne came close to causing an upset at both meetings last year after giving Port a start. Now's the time ...

THE TEAMS

PORT ADELAIDE

B: Cam O'Shea, Jack Hombsch, Dom Cassisi.

HB: Matthew Broadbent, Tom Jonas, Jasper Pittard

C: Jared Polec, Travis Boak, Kane Cornes

HF: Paul Stewart, Justin Westhoff, Matt White

F: Robbie Gray, Jay Schulz, Chad Wingard

FOLL: Matthew Lobbe, Ollie Wines, Brad Ebert

I/C: Hamish Hartlett, Jarman Impey, Benjamin Newton, Aaron Young

EMG: Thomas Logan, Sam Gray, John Butcher

IN: John Butcher, Dom Cassisi, Benjamin Newton, Paul Stewart

OUT: Sam Gray, Thomas Logan, Kane Mitchell (all omitted)

MELBOURNE

B: Colin Garland, James Frawley, Lynden Dunn

HB: Neville Jetta, Tom McDonald, Jeremy Howe

C: Jack Grimes, Bernie Vince, Jordie McKenzie

HF: Jack Viney, Cameron Pedersen, Jack Watts

F: Rohan Bail, Chris Dawes, Aidan Riley

FOLL: Mark Jamar, Nathan Jones, Dom Tyson

I/C: Dean Kent, Sam Blease, Jay Kennedy-Harris, Luke Tapscott

EMG: Viv Michie, Max Gawn, Dean Terlich

IN: Sam Blease, Jay Kennedy-Harris

OUT: Matt Jones, Dean Terlich

 

Roos was ahead of the game last year. Even with a subpar team he knew how to strangle Hinkley's game plan.

Unsurprisingly the rest of the competition have caught on this year and Port simply haven't adapted to other teams' strategies. Wines being out appears a huge barometer to them, as Trengove did last year.

This will be closer than the pundits think.

 

Likely 10 changes from last year........mostly for the better it would seem....

Likely 10 changes from last year........mostly for the better it would seem....

Yes Jnr and only two will be missed

Would like to still have Jetta and Kent available

The rest are gone or NGE

PS not sure where JKH fits


Silly odds at 3.30 for the Melb win this week and 19:1 for a win over 39 points WTF!

Shhhhh.....

Likely 10 changes from last year........mostly for the better it would seem....

Yeah, add Hogan, Cross, Lumumba, Garlett, VandenBerg, Brayshaw, and the new-model Toumpas & Fitz ...

... and get "Benjamin" Newton to change sides.

Tho' Tyson & Jetta had great games, and Viney is also a big "out". And Spencer might not be as effective as Jamar against Lobbe & Ryder.

Interesting how many changes there are.

Damn, we came so close to going 2-0 at Adelaide Oval last year

Port are soft as butter. Massive chance this week..

 

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