The entire team came to run along the boundary high-fiving after the match. Ricky Lever though! He went rogue, ran ahead of the others, let loose with a guttural scream that lasted for ages, excitedly waving his arms, absolutely whipping us into a frenzy. It was nuts!!!

Kicked the lights out tonight. Port were manic Helter Skelter. Demons more measured Here Comes the Sun.

I think that’s our best win since The GF

We are right in the mix now 

 

number 14…..?

Admittedly not Goodwin’s biggest fan, but from watching his press conference after the game, I love that he backs himself in 100% of the time. He leaves no room for doubt, which must help the playing group and their own confidence.

Self-belief is an amazing thing. After all the 💩 he has had to put up with from the media and former board members, it’s time they give him his due credit.

29 minutes ago, Young Blood said:

The late body hit from behind on Butters or Rozee after they kicked it that turned into the down field kick was it in the second?

If thats what they're referring to then nothing to worry about.

Those 2 are from the Joel Selwood school of ducking and absolute stain on the game.

31 minutes ago, redandbluemakepurple said:

They paint the goal-line so that back of it lines up with the back of the post including the padding.

Therefore a ball that has entirely crossed the goal-line, has also gone past the back of the post.  To hit the post after that point, the ball needs to be blown back by a gale or it needs to be spinning such that a part of the ball goes back to hit the post e.g. a helicopter kick or "one around the corner".

Ok thanks that makes sense.  I stand corrected ✌🏼

Loved that win. Very professional and played with a lot of passion.

A very solid team performance with exceptional games for a number of our leaders. Max was excellent. Dominated the ruck, worked hard around the ground and kicked a massive goal when required. ANB, Petracca, Viney and Ben Brown were all at their best with ANB the pick of the bunch.

There were more than a few that had the forks stuck into Ben and Tom last season and also this pre-season. Bit of humble pie to feast on for them.

Defence:

Hibberd retired at the end of last season, May injured, Bowey injured..... there are a lot of reasons to think that we would have lost an edge back there but the structure of this team within a team works just so well. Petty started back there and then the Goodwin moved him forward. I scratched my head over that but the rest of the defence had the three talls in Port's forward line well covered. We even had the ability to have Salem in the middle with Hore and Howe, both relatively inexperienced, working well in the back 50. I found Howe in particular impressed. McVee and Rivers were more than solid.

Midfield:

A pretty even contest in this area of the ground with our boys shading the Port mids. I thought that in the last quarter when the game was there to be won, our midfield really stood up. Best game I have seen from ANB and I think he has had more than a few good games in the past. Langdon finding form and Windsor just great for a kid of his age and experience. As I said above, Max was close to BOG. a battle with ANB.

Forwards:

How Ben can play like that with all those forks stuck in him is unbelievable. Great to see him celebrate and smile. I also liked his interview with Windsor after the match. The rest of the forwards took their opportunities and you really cannot fault them. We kicked 15.4 for the match and I think 2 of those behinds were posters.

A good 4points to have and it might just be an 8 point win by the end of the season as I think Port will go very well this season.

A couple of other points:

The TV shots of the Port supporters were priceless. I have seen beaten up old bulldogs with better looking heads and I loved Fristch giving them heaps after his goal.

Second point is one that has been raised on here with regard to Brereton. He really is a wordy pompous fool. Went on about Port and their players all night and directly after the game immediately raised the point of the projected scores showing that Port should have won. Trying to claim the English cricket team's mantle of cheer leader for 'moral victories'. 

I see we easily dispatched Hawthorn last week.

Anyhoooooo. Another 4 points and a smile on my face.

 

32 minutes ago, Young Blood said:

The late body hit from behind on Butters or Rozee after they kicked it that turned into the down field kick was it in the second?

If thats what they're referring to then nothing to worry about.

That's the one.  He just round arm slapped him to the hip and may have knocked some wind outta him.

About 2 outta 10 vs the Pendles open palm to the guts/heart.  A small fine at worst.

22 minutes ago, Tarax Club said:

Kicked the lights out tonight. Port were manic Helter Skelter. Demons more measured Here Comes the Sun.

We were Come Together 

12 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I think that’s our best win since The GF

We are right in the mix now 

 

number 14…..?

Ditto on that.

Thought this match was right up there as well and a major catalyst which built the momentum / belief for our run into the 2023 finals campaign... 

 

2 hours ago, Brownie said:

Is that their mum in front with her three brothers?

Yes and yes. One of the brothers is also the father 😂

ANB carried the boys on his back and said, we ain't losing this one...

Anyone checked in on @Redleg?

LID OFF. 
 

Dual premiership player Ben Brown has a nice ring to it.

@WalkingCivilWar

So I'm pretty sure that was you centre screen of the broadcast after the Kozzie goal.

not a bad game btw, much more to say soon.

Wow !!! I'm still buzzing. (It's 5.45 am) 

Demon Army ... you were awesome too.

FWIW I ended up watching the match at the Terminus Hotel in Abbotsford. We (4 of us) were the only ones in the upstairs section. But made so much noise it would have sounded like 40!! 

Go Dees !!! 

4 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

The entire team came to run along the boundary high-fiving after the match. Ricky Lever though! He went rogue, ran ahead of the others, let loose with a guttural scream that lasted for ages, excitedly waving his arms, absolutely whipping us into a frenzy. It was nuts!!!

A true bleeder of the red and the blue! The boys sung the song with lots of gusto, one of those wins you think will set their season up!

7 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I’ve not read this thread in its entirety and I’ve yet to watch the replay, but there was talk in the cheer squad of the likelihood of Fritta being cited. I don’t even know to what incident they were referring. Wondering if this is a thing. 

Mid way through the 4th quarter he did a late bump on Rozee from behind. It was paid as a downfield free kick and Rozee did look like he had some wind knocked out.

When I saw the replay it didn’t look too bad. More body on body and a bit towards the side and back. A second later I think it would be more of an issue, but I would be surprised if he was suspended for it.

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7 hours ago, Binmans PA said:

And sorry to be a downer, but I thought Hore really struggled. Was often the man in the hole and only got it right once in the second quarter.

I wouldn't play May against Adelaide, but if we do, Hore definitely comes out for May.

Needs to improve his tackling fast

I'm going to be honest and admit I didn't think we had a snowball s chance in hell of winning yesterday.

I've said it before but this time I mean it.....

I will never write this club off in a game.

 

 

I don't know if a petty did much up fwd but the game seemed to have changed when he went there.

Anb is an star of the game.

Tmac is back.

Bbb isn't bad for a bloke on one knee.

There were so many wow goals but I'll go with Caleb Windsor's one.

A win for the ages.

Can't wait to watch the replay.

6 hours ago, CHF said:

TV shots of the Port supporters were priceless. I have seen beaten up old bulldogs with better looking heads and I loved Fristch giving them heaps after his goal.

I had nightmares over them.

No wonder the umps levelled thing up.

#Bbo said he wasn't sure if it was a crowd shot or a scene from the living dead spliced in.

Edited March 30, 20241 yr by leave it to deever

9 hours ago, layzie said:

Clayton Oliver 9 possessions, 4 contested and 2 clearances in the last quarter. 

My favourite demon ever but i wanted him subbed in the second quater because he was only going in with one hand

7 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Yes it can as part of the post is behind the goal line.  The goal line runs through the middle of the post yes?

In a word, no.

This topic is all over the internet with people bringing up different scenarios involving wind, spin, bounce, padding, post, flags and line.
But in all of the images I’ve found of AFL goal lines, the back of the goal line is in line with the back of the post. (Not so on junior footy grounds.) Although someone might argue parallax error, a millimeter of paint or padding to promote their own contrary view.