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5 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I still find it amazing that Hinkley has kept his job. 
i really like Ken as a person, but that Performance from Port, at Home, should have been a Coach Killer…

What is he going to say to them now?

That PF loss was far worse than ours in 2018. They were at home, rested, in top form and everything was to their advantage unlike us. It was a capitulation of the worst order. Hinkley should have been sacked.

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    9 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

    That PF loss was far worse than ours in 2018. They were at home, rested, in top form and everything was to their advantage unlike us. It was a capitulation of the worst order. Hinkley should have been sacked.

    If you sack a coach for losing a prelim what do you do for the 14 coaches who don’t make it that far?

    Kenny’s made the prelims 3 different times, never won less than 10 games or finished lower than 10th on the ladder. He’s evolved the side with trading prime midfielders to refresh the list to sustain success. 

    It’s certainly getting closer to the stage where you say he just can’t get it done but Port were a mess in the Primus years. There’s a strong case to stick by a coach who gets you to the penultimate weekend of the season rather than expect the grass to be greener. 

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    47 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    If you sack a coach for losing a prelim what do you do for the 14 coaches who don’t make it that far?

    Kenny’s made the prelims 3 different times, never won less than 10 games or finished lower than 10th on the ladder. He’s evolved the side with trading prime midfielders to refresh the list to sustain success. 

    It’s certainly getting closer to the stage where you say he just can’t get it done but Port were a mess in the Primus years. There’s a strong case to stick by a coach who gets you to the penultimate weekend of the season rather than expect the grass to be greener. 

    I’d say 3 strikes you’re out. The last was the worst finals capitulation by any team that I could remember. 

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    6 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    I still find it amazing that Hinkley has kept his job. 
    i really like Ken as a person, but that Performance from Port, at Home, should have been a Coach Killer…

    What is he going to say to them now?

    To turn it around, what are the fans saying to Hinkley? I can't be bothered to do a "what they're saying down at Alberton" opus, but if you check out the Port sub forum on bigfooty, you will see the natives are more than restless. Makes Goodwin circa 2019  seem like Barassi/Hafey/Sheedy/Clarkson combined.

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    4 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    To turn it around, what are the fans saying to Hinkley? I can't be bothered to do a "what they're saying down at Alberton" opus, but if you check out the Port sub forum on bigfooty, you will see the natives are more than restless. Makes Goodwin circa 2019  seem like Barassi/Hafey/Sheedy/Clarkson combined.

    Not suprised by that at all

    i am still staggered Ken has kept the job, In the first half of a Home Preliminary Final, Port hardly laid a tackle. 

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    4 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    If you sack a coach for losing a prelim what do you do for the 14 coaches who don’t make it that far?

    Kenny’s made the prelims 3 different times, never won less than 10 games or finished lower than 10th on the ladder. He’s evolved the side with trading prime midfielders to refresh the list to sustain success. 

    It’s certainly getting closer to the stage where you say he just can’t get it done but Port were a mess in the Primus years. There’s a strong case to stick by a coach who gets you to the penultimate weekend of the season rather than expect the grass to be greener. 

    There are ways to lose and ways to lose. 
    Kenny’s loss was worse than a shocker 

    It wasn’t his first attempt. 

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    but was it worse than the Geelong loss ?

    sure they were gone by q1 but the MFC v Geelong end margin was a few points higher

    MFC v Cats..125 v 42

    Dogs v Port 116 v 45

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    On 2/6/2022 at 5:39 PM, Diamond_Jim said:

    In my season rewatch I reached the prelim final last night. Unlike most games where I watch one quarter an evening this one I watched in one sitting.

    It is arguably the most comprehensive performance of the season. Other than missing a few gettable goals in the second? quarter it was near faultless.

    The GF was special and no one will forget that 35 odd minutes of domination but I think this game was the pinnacle performance wise.

    Obvious kudos to Max but the performances by Brown, Spargo, Petty ANB..the list goes.... on are what should stand us in good stead in the coming season.

    Watched this one again last week myself...

    It was a great performance, the whole series was dominated by us.

    One take away for me was I still don't understand why Salem wasn't an All Australian...I know we were heavily represented but the finals series showed why. Very stiff to miss out.

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    On 2/6/2022 at 12:53 PM, FarNorthernD said:

    Watching the Prelim with the SEN commentary. Gerard Healey calling non free kicks for Geelong whilst frees the we get are lucky. I can’t work out if he dislikes Melbourne more than I dislike him 

    Biggest C next to UNO who. I only HATE 2 former Melbourne players. Please Stop printing his Full name, should be in the same bucket as TS.

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