4 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

My thoughts exactly the VFL shouldn't be playing finals at a ground used for cricket. The centre wicket area and the practice wickets where Salem went down head first would be as hard as concrete. Not acceptable VFL! And it as if Port is some boutique stadium, it's a bit of a dump. 

 

port melb ground has always been a dump, earl. pathetic decision by vfl to play finals there

11 minutes ago, Mickey said:

Don't think it was the tackler people were angry about, it was the dirty [censored] who threw the knees in after he had been knocked out

Was #1 

3 minutes ago, Mickey said:

Bull. You do that by tackling harder, getting to the ball first. Hitting a guy after his taken a mark is loosing focus

No it's not the mark was taken, what do you think teams like Sydney, Geelong and Hawthorn do, the first two are still in the finals

9 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

Show me some of your rushes, will let you know whether there is a moment in there that some would regard as pathetic

Nah, I'm alright thanks, chap.

6 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

You provided no commentary on the game, you went the poster, as usual. 

Get over yourself, dopey. 

Sorry Grumpy........thought calling something pathetic was going the man as well?...maybe not.

Trying to ignore the regular thread derail-ers but can anyone at the game can give some decent analysis as to why Casey is six goals up? 

Salem was killing it before going off. Joel Smith will be a serious player. Dunn and Oliver probably our best. ANB whilst he wins the ball well is unfortunately a  very limited footballer. Important to get a couple of early goals to put it beyond doubt.

6 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

No it's not the mark was taken, what do you think teams like Sydney, Geelong and Hawthorn do, the first two are still in the finals

Give away 50 meter penalties from gut punches that result in goals ?

Edited September 18, 20169 yr by DavidNeitz9

1 minute ago, dee-tox said:

Trying to ignore the regular thread derail-ers but can anyone at the game can give some decent analysis as to why Casey is six goals up? 

Watching on tv chap, just cleaner with the ball, and getting to the contest in numbers

Just went and checked the practice wicket area where Salo hit his head. Relieved to say that it's still reasonably soft ground underneath and there's some good grass cover. Just not as grassy as the rest of the ground. I saw the hit and it looked bad, but at least he's not hit a concrete type surface. 

6 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

Show me some of your rushes, will let you know whether there is a moment in there that some would regard as pathetic

1 minute ago, dee-tox said:

Trying to ignore the regular thread derail-ers but can anyone at the game can give some decent analysis as to why Casey is six goals up? 

Working harder than Willie. Dunn has been huge in cutting off Willie,  and Salem and Oliver have looked very good setting us up going forward

11 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Clarrie went absolutely ballistic that qtr! haha

Bit of Sam Mitchell in him.  Love me some Clarrie.

1 minute ago, bjDee said:

Just went and checked the practice wicket area where Salo hit his head. Relieved to say that it's still reasonably soft ground underneath and there's some good grass cover. Just not as grassy as the rest of the ground. I saw the hit and it looked bad, but at least he's not hit a concrete type surface. 

Thanks bjDee

 

Weids is struggling. Although it doesn't seem like conditions are made for talls today.

 

1 minute ago, Jaded said:

Weids is struggling. Although it doesn't seem like conditions are made for talls today.

 

 

Has a very good defender playing on him, and he just doesn't have the strength to get near it. The few times he has he's been worried out of it.

2 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Weids is struggling. Although it doesn't seem like conditions are made for talls today.

 

Yeah, definitely needs to work on his endurance over summer.

16 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Weids is struggling. Although it doesn't seem like conditions are made for talls today.

 

Weed, Kennedy, ANB, Michie, even Trenners and Newton are not on their usual dominant form today. Yet. 

Reckon we're missing Grimes a lot. 

Edited September 18, 20169 yr by bjDee

4 minutes ago, bjDee said:

Just went and checked the practice wicket area where Salo hit his head. Relieved to say that it's still reasonably soft ground underneath and there's some good grass cover. Just not as grassy as the rest of the ground. I saw the hit and it looked bad, but at least he's not hit a concrete type surface. 

I think they said in the telecast that he was up in the rooms but obviously wouldn't play any further part today

2 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Weids is struggling. Although it doesn't seem like conditions are made for talls today.

 

he's had his chances though and not taken them

3 minutes ago, dee-tox said:

Trying to ignore the regular thread derail-ers but can anyone at the game can give some decent analysis as to why Casey is six goals up? 

Our defence has been really dominant, so almost every attack has bounced right back out. Our midfield looks a lot faster and they are running hard to support each other, so we get lots of uncontested handball receives. Smith and Kielty have been marking well up forward, although The Weed is getting smashed. 

salem just eats up the ground in front of him. losing him today is a big blow; hopefully as long as we maintain control he'll be right for the big dance next week.

 

too good for vfl level, as is oliver. hopefully he doesn't cop a suspension.

 

dunn is much the better player than he or garland.

 

trengove, anb and kennedy look like good vfl players rather than afl players performing at vfl level. weideman just looks out of touch, big time, but at least he keeps leading up and presenting.

8 minutes ago, DavidNeitz9 said:

Give away 50 meter penalties from jumper punches that result in goals ?

Seen Hodge do it quite a few times, would have in the team in a heartbeat

ANB probably hasn't come on as quickly as we would like but he clearly is very determined which is something a lot of our young players haven't been.

^^^spot on salem and oliver a class above as is dunn