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I have never gone so far as to actually start a topic before despite spending my 10+ years of membership wasting too much of my workday reading Demonland.  I was so happy last night, i thought i would take a chance.

I would have to say that they seem a bit upset at Port Adelaide over yesterdays game and if anyone thinks Simon Goodwin receives a pasting on this site, they should take note of the Port vitriol directed at Ken Hinkley.

A few comments from Big Footy are repeated below and these are some of the gentler ones.

 

Also, when did Alex Neal Bullen turn into an untackleable beast? fu** me dead, we couldn't stop him. I thought he was a spud.

I think people really underestimated Melbourne coming into this. They have a very strong defence and an absolutely monstrous midfield.

It is staggering that we are so poor in every area. Poorly skilled. Dumb decisions. Not strong enough. Not tall enough. Not fast enough. Unfit. No discernible game plan. sh*t leadership. What the f**k do we actually do at training? I refuse to believe that our players (well most of them anyway) are at the limit of their potential. So we need a clear out of the leadership at the club - chairman, coach and captain. We're just so poorly led at every level.

Another club waltzes in with a SeAsOn-DeFiNiNg win.

Now that the siren has gone I can safely say, insipid performance and a disgusting display of football. Forwards invisible, the only time I did see them was when they crashed into each other. Umps were no help, gave Melbourne a couple. Sure am thrilled to have played Melbourne into form. We ******* suck, sack ken, sack Bassett, fu** it sack Voss too. Gang sh*t we out.

Melbourne are good, we aren’t.

Can’t see Melbourne not winning the flag now tbh

 

Marshall must be on the trade table

Who's going to want a 200cm third tall with no presence, can't kick and floats around the field like a fern frond with no impact.

Edit: and yes I realise this also describes Ben brown, but he kicked 10 in an afl match.

 

And to think we were out coached by Goodwin.

That game exposed all of our weaknesses at once. Biggest of which is our gameplan which relies on the other team not being very good.

Too many passengers and credit too melbourne who played the game I wanted us to play.

actually looked like our mids and forwards were rubbish. deep defense kept the gap closer. the rest were sh*t. boak sh*t. drew sh*t. everyone forward of full back was dog sh*t.

At least Ben Brown didn’t kick 10 goals. That’s a positive I guess.

yeah, so you agree, rozzee is sh*t, has the contested ball awareness of a minature poodle.

Players: What's the gameplan this week Ken?
Ken: Oh, we'll chip it around giving Melbourne time to get everyone behind the ball.
Players: So same as usual against the top teams then?

We put the ken in Farken Average.

I'm sick of crap teams going past us - if the trend continues, bloody Carlton will play in a grand final before we will LOL.

Melb brought in the tallest slowest forward line I’ve seen in the past 20 years of football. It was set up for us to run off of them.

Almost all of their good players had a night out too. Gawn, Patracca, Oliver, May, Salem, McDonald, you know the guys a good coach would have plans for. Hinkley is a bum.

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3 minutes ago, Jaded said:

As I said in another thread, Port fans hate Hinkley and they are right. He is a terrible tactician and can't get lemonade out of lemons.

 

 

Let's hope they keep him for a few more seasons then.

Quite a lot of talented players at Port.

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1 minute ago, faultydet said:

Let's hope they keep him for a few more seasons then.

Quite a lot of talented players at Port.

Absolutely. They have a very strong list. And yes I know they have had a few injuries this year, but they keep finishing high enough on the ladder that you can't sack Hinkley, but then they don't do any damage against strong sides or in finals. A terrible position to be in. 

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33 minutes ago, Bimbo said:

I have never gone so far as to actually start a topic before despite spending my 10+ years of membership wasting too much of my workday reading Demonland.  I was so happy last night, i thought i would take a chance.

I would have to say that they seem a bit upset at Port Adelaide over yesterdays game and if anyone thinks Simon Goodwin receives a pasting on this site, they should take note of the Port vitriol directed at Ken Hinkley.

A few comments from Big Footy are repeated below and these are some of the gentler ones.

 

Also, when did Alex Neal Bullen turn into an untackleable beast? fu** me dead, we couldn't stop him. I thought he was a spud.

I think people really underestimated Melbourne coming into this. They have a very strong defence and an absolutely monstrous midfield.

It is staggering that we are so poor in every area. Poorly skilled. Dumb decisions. Not strong enough. Not tall enough. Not fast enough. Unfit. No discernible game plan. sh*t leadership. What the f**k do we actually do at training? I refuse to believe that our players (well most of them anyway) are at the limit of their potential. So we need a clear out of the leadership at the club - chairman, coach and captain. We're just so poorly led at every level.

Another club waltzes in with a SeAsOn-DeFiNiNg win.

Now that the siren has gone I can safely say, insipid performance and a disgusting display of football. Forwards invisible, the only time I did see them was when they crashed into each other. Umps were no help, gave Melbourne a couple. Sure am thrilled to have played Melbourne into form. We ******* suck, sack ken, sack Bassett, fu** it sack Voss too. Gang sh*t we out.

Melbourne are good, we aren’t.

Can’t see Melbourne not winning the flag now tbh

 

Marshall must be on the trade table

Who's going to want a 200cm third tall with no presence, can't kick and floats around the field like a fern frond with no impact.

Edit: and yes I realise this also describes Ben brown, but he kicked 10 in an afl match.

 

And to think we were out coached by Goodwin.

That game exposed all of our weaknesses at once. Biggest of which is our gameplan which relies on the other team not being very good.

Too many passengers and credit too melbourne who played the game I wanted us to play.

actually looked like our mids and forwards were rubbish. deep defense kept the gap closer. the rest were sh*t. boak sh*t. drew sh*t. everyone forward of full back was dog sh*t.

At least Ben Brown didn’t kick 10 goals. That’s a positive I guess.

yeah, so you agree, rozzee is sh*t, has the contested ball awareness of a minature poodle.

Players: What's the gameplan this week Ken?
Ken: Oh, we'll chip it around giving Melbourne time to get everyone behind the ball.
Players: So same as usual against the top teams then?

We put the ken in Farken Average.

I'm sick of crap teams going past us - if the trend continues, bloody Carlton will play in a grand final before we will LOL.

Melb brought in the tallest slowest forward line I’ve seen in the past 20 years of football. It was set up for us to run off of them.

Almost all of their good players had a night out too. Gawn, Patracca, Oliver, May, Salem, McDonald, you know the guys a good coach would have plans for. Hinkley is a bum.

They cope well with losing, don’t they!

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29 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

Loved this - "everyone forward of full back was dog sh*t."

Pity you've posted this NC. I'd like to use this at some point.

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27 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Absolutely. They have a very strong list. And yes I know they have had a few injuries this year, but they keep finishing high enough on the ladder that you can't sack Hinkley, but then they don't do any damage against strong sides or in finals. A terrible position to be in. 

They would be a perfect fit for Clarkson.

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10 minutes ago, deanox said:

They would be a perfect fit for Clarkson.

Please do not allow Clarkson to get his hands on all of Ports talent.

 

I want at least one flag with our own list first.

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1 hour ago, Bimbo said:

I'm sick of crap teams going past us - if the trend continues, bloody Carlton will play in a grand final before we will LOL.

So we're not the only club that worries about whether Carlton have gone past us

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“yeah, so you agree, rozzee is sh*t, has the contested ball awareness of a minature poodle.”

I will never be able to look at Connor Rozee without thinking of this. ?
AND they misspelled his name. Their own player!

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Im no hinkley apologist. But why do people think they have a good list.

They've been 50/50 for a few years now except for last year which frankly was a gift to them only having to play in 2 states with minimum disruptions.

They have 2 midfielders you'd worry about.  (amon not bad but he's not strong tier b)

They have one key forward in Dixon who's never kicked 50 goals in a season.  

And a bunch of kids who go in and out of games because they aren't that good? Consistency is a thing. 

robbie gray is a gun but on the wrong side of 33. 

Last night you could see holes in their list everywhere, primarily their midfield. And against the teams with better lists their deficiencies gets exploited.   I dunno, 5-8th seems about right. 

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I sat next a port supporter last night who commented after Kozzie kicked his goal from the 50, saying that he was soft and had only 2 kicks all night.  I gently replied that he had 10 tackles and that was his 3rd goal but thanks for his analysis ???

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1 hour ago, Bimbo said:

Marshall - can't kick and floats around the field like a fern frond with no impact

I can get really irate at certain Dees players, especially our stars when they make Hollywood mistakes, but this is the best attack on a player from a supporter's club, that I have ever seen. I hope Marshall doesn't read it. Stuff me, that's harsh (if just a little bit accurate).  

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1 hour ago, rjay said:

This is quite good...

Good ! … it’s brilliant Great line 

I do enjoy reading the vitriol on losing team sites….. when it’s not us ….. 

I’d love Wines to get pxxxed off and come home, but I think it’s too late, and I reckon we actually have him covered 

 

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2 hours ago, Bimbo said:

 

That game exposed all of our weaknesses at once. Biggest of which is our gameplan which relies on the other team not being very good.

That is my favourite,  still chuckling and will be for quite awhile.....

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