We played a shocker off a 4 day break

THE TEAMS

MELBOURNE

FB Jay Lockhart Oscar McDonald Jake Lever

HB Christian Salem Steven May Michael Hibberd

C Ed Langdon Clayton Oliver Tom Sparrow

HF Jake Melksham Sam Weideman Angus Brayshaw

FF Kysaiah Pickett Mitch Hannan Tom McDonald

FOL Max Gawn Christian Petracca Jack Viney

I/C Bayley Fritsch Luke Jackson Nathan Jones James Harmes,

EM Neville Jetta Alex Neal-Bullen Charlie Spargo Adam Tomlinson

IN Tom McDonald Tom Sparrow

OUT Harley Bennell (managed) Neville Jetta (omitted)

PORT ADELAIDE

FB Sam Mayes Tom Clurey Jarrod Lienert

HB Hamish Hartlett Tom Jonas Darcy Byrne-Jones

C Xavier Duursma Ollie Wines Karl Amon

HF Sam Powell-Pepper Brad Ebert Connor Rozee

FF Zak Butters Charlie Dixon Robbie Gray

FOL Peter Ladhams Dan Houston Travis Boak

I/C Kane Farrell Mitch Georgiades Tom Rockliff Justin Westhoff

EM Riley Bonner Willem Drew Joel Garner Boyd Woodcock

IN Jarrod Lienert Tom Rockliff

OUT Riley Bonner (soreness) Todd Marshall (broken thumb)

We've been really poor against Port of late.

Last year was a disgraceful no effort contest.

Round 1 2019 we ran out of gas after halt time and it was preview of a terrible year ahead.

2018 (in fairness) we had a red hit crack over there but failed to kick a goal in the last quarter and a half to lose a close one.

Despite our perceived solid form at Adelaide Oval over the years we've only beaten Port once there since 2011.

 

There's a large selection to choose from but this game was one of our worst losses of the last couple of years. A putrid performance.

The only redeeming feature for me was Bartlett giving the FD as spray afterwards