PREGAME: Rd 03 vs Port Adelaide

[drysdale demon 4,836]

2 hours ago, SthSea22 said:

Do we give Lever a week off?

B - Howes, Tomlinson/Petty, Hore

HB - Rivers, McDonald, Salem

 

No.

[SthSea22 618]

2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

With Lever likely to play now, which option do you think we'll go with:

A) The simple like for like with Tomlinson replacing May.

B) Going in small and starting Hore as a "tall defender" with T Mac as the other tall defender and Lever as the interceptor. No Tommo. You're essentially putting a lot of faith in Hore taking a Marshall or Finlayson.

C) Petty plays in defence. Tomo left out.

If Lever is a starter i would say A.

Need Petty forward against Ratu and Aliir 

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,703]

2 hours ago, SthSea22 said:

Do we give Lever a week off?

B - Howes, Tomlinson/Petty, Hore

HB - Rivers, McDonald, Salem

 

I wouldn't, if he's right to go play him.

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,703]

2 hours ago, SthSea22 said:

Do we give Lever a week off?

B - Howes, Tomlinson/Petty, Hore

HB - Rivers, McDonald, Salem

 

I wouldn't, if he's right to go play him.

[jumbo returns 6,741]

No to Tomlinson 

Not now, not ever 

[Clintosaurus 7,849]

$2.65? Getting around that. Gamble responsibly.

[jumbo returns 6,741]

24 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

$2.65? Getting around that. Gamble responsibly.

Sounds about right

Their midfield is elite 

[Ollie fan 3,408]

1 minute ago, jumbo returns said:

Sounds about right

Their midfield is elite 

So is ours.

[Sir Why You Little 37,046]

36 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

Sounds about right

Their midfield is elite 

Jack Vineywill be primed to turn it on

[jumbo returns 6,741]

4 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Jack Vineywill be primed to turn it on

Hope so - Butters and Rozee are having some seasons so far…

[Sir Why You Little 37,046]

1 minute ago, jumbo returns said:

Hope so - Butters and Rozee are having some seasons so far…

Absolutely, but so are our midfield 

Nothing is easy, but we can beat them if we are fully committed to 4 Quarters 

[Demonland 72,216]

 

[Moonshadow 17,676]

14 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

He's tough, just cut the thing off, Chick-style!

[Sir Why You Little 37,046]

53 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

He's tough, just cut the thing off, Chick-style!

 

[sisso 2,580]

1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Absolutely, but so are our midfield 

Nothing is easy, but we can beat them if we are fully committed to 4 Quarters 

No Horne-Francis for them helps us

[DubDee 25,886]

2 hours ago, jumbo returns said:

Sounds about right

Their midfield is elite 

didn’t look too elite when down against an undermanned poor Tigers outfit. We are better than Port, home or away

[640MD 3,378]

2 minutes ago, DubDee said:

 We are better than Port, home or away

 

[Sir Why You Little 37,046]

8 minutes ago, DubDee said:

didn’t look too elite when down against an undermanned poor Tigers outfit. We are better than Port, home or away

Like an Army Sojourn, just go over there, do the job and get out!!

[Brownie 5,981]

On 26/03/2024 at 15:58, Little Goffy said:

Trying to find info on any evolution in the Port Adelaide gamestyle,

Seems like Wines it taking more stoppages and spending less time forward which is hardly surprising or radical.

Marshall is taking a ton of marks (10 and 9) and creating many more goal assists than previous seasons, but both Marshall and Dixon have barely 50/50 goal accuracy. Maybe playing further out and taking their marks and set shots from further out?

Then again, maybe their forward stats are just skewed by the bizarre game against the Eagles. Finlayson 0.4, Dixon 3.3, Marshall 0.3, Bergman 0.3. Could and probably should have been a 100 point win despite letting West Coast score 70.

Which brings up the next point - West Coast 70 and Richmond scoring 92 despite both games being dominated by Port suggests that Port are pretty leaky defensively, and all that despite no tall forward scoring more than one goal against them.

Hard to get much of a read on them other than that, with just two games to look at and against what is basically the second-last and third-last teams (with only Collingwood below).

Did I mention only Collingwood is below then. Because Collingwood is last - clearly 0-3 is lower than 0-2.

Just recapping, Collingwood; the worst.

I think their leaky defence is a good reason to play Petty forward and smash them

[Demonstone 22,560]

1 hour ago, Moonshadow said:

He's tough, just cut the thing off, Chick-style!

I look forward to seeing Clarry handing out the high four and a halves to his teammates.

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,703]

8 hours ago, SthSea22 said:

Do we give Lever a week off?

B - Howes, Tomlinson/Petty, Hore

HB - Rivers, McDonald, Salem

 

I wouldn't, if he's right to go play him.

[Demonland 72,216]

Is Clarry playing this weekend?

[Demonland 72,216]

Port Adelaide v Melbourne at Adelaide Oval, 7pm ACDT

PORT ADELAIDE

In: J.McEntee
Out: D.Williams (omitted)

Last week's sub: Dylan Williams

MELBOURNE

In: T.Woewodin
Out: S.May (ribs)

Last week's sub: Marty Hore

[DubDee 25,886]

nice to see a stable team 

May a big loss but Petty will cover him

[Diamond_Jim 12,591]

No Tomlinson.... very surprising

Makes it more likely that Petty will play back

Hore v Woewodin is probably decided by where Salem is played