42 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Some need to ease up on Kolt. Yes he should have kicked it but you can name 50 other crucial moments where some of our more senior players were poor.

Take Jake Lever for instance. How on earth can you let a 182cm small forward just take a relatively easy mark like that.

Good learning experience for Koltyn. 

Hard to blame him too much for the miss, but I am definitely concerned about what I've seen so far from a kid who has a bit of a frame already. Not great by foot or hand, lacks awareness with the ball, and isn't laying tackles. He needs to develop at VFL level, not AFL level. 

1 hour ago, Jibroni said:

We dont need Houston

If Oliver needs surgery end his season now.

Goodwins coaching was poor tonight.

Kozzy was fantastic

I am a bit confused re. Clarry. What surgery does he need? Didn't he already have the hand op?

Just hearing part of goodys presser it sounds like he is still going to pick the best team & not put anyone away. 

He still wants to go out & win. 

I'm quite pleased with how well we played tonight with that team.

We are just missing a few things & missing finals will give goody the chance to review & hopefully change some things

56 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

Sportsbet / nice odds on us missing the 8 a month or so ago

I got on it @ $1.45 at that time.

I have bet also against the Dees for about the last 7 weeks. Didn't bet v Essendon. Needless to say, I'm well ahead.

Money for old rope.

1 hour ago, waynewussell said:

A lot of rubbish spoken already. A very good effort overall against a top 2 team. We led for most of the game. Billings played his role well! Max was supreme. Kossie was outstanding. Excellent pressure acts by almost every member of the team. I could go on. Disappointing to lose a game we might have won. A few mistakes in the final three minutes was the difference.

Thank god for some common sense 

1 hour ago, waynewussell said:

A very good effort overall against a top 2 team.

Port were 13-7 this afternoon and would have sat sixth if they lost that game. They're not some juggernaut We lost 6 games in 22 and 7 in 23 with an extra round. The effort was there, the polish was not. Shouldn't dismiss people's concerns as "rubbish" as if we'd just taken it right up to the 07 Cats and hadn't come off 2 shellackings in 3 weeks.

Edited August 10, 20241 yr by Pirlo

Made it way too easy for GWS and now Port to milk the clock in dying stages.

 

5 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

Maybe they've been watching what we have.

Well obviously. But to call it out after a game on Saturday is a bit strange. 
 

Definitely need a review of the whole FD. We need a new method, game plan and a whole set of coaches who can work some magic. TBH this should have been done last year. 2024 was a wasted year. We achieved nothing  but blooding a few young ones. 

 

53 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

The review will not include Alan Richardson who I believe is role has been questioned. 

Who will undertake it?

Equally, isn't this or something like it standard at the end of every year?

36 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

I think he must have been ill. There is obviously a bug going through the club - 3 last minute changes for illness tells us that. And one poster said he saw Clarry trying to throw up too. I suspect JVR had it too and was totally done by 3/4 time.

Clayton was throwing up because that miserable sniper Sweet punched him in the guts off the ball. It was good to see the troops come in and get into him.

 

Thought we were great tonight, the better side lost.

The umpiring was atrocious and there should not have been a score review.

Billing's effort was extremely poor for such an experienced player, stop giving him an out!

We have done this to ourselves, we stuffed up list management and only have one ruckman. If you thought this was a good idea at the start of the idea then you don't know football.

36 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

I think he must have been ill. There is obviously a bug going through the club - 3 last minute changes for illness tells us that. And one poster said he saw Clarry trying to throw up too. I suspect JVR had it too and was totally done by 3/4 time.

Clayton was throwing up because that miserable sniper Sweet punched him in the guts off the ball. It was good to see the troops come in and get into him.

 

1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

Time to “manage” Oliver. Get him off for surgery if he needs it or otherwise just start his pre-season ASAP. 

I suspect that there are concerns as to what happened last off-season, and that it's better for his mental health and well-being to stay in the gameday program.

Could be wrong. Sad to see him like this at the moment though.

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14 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

I’m really not sure what I’m watching all year with our CBD and stoppage set ups, for mine we set up to win the second possession as if to strip it after they win first possession.

The last or second last point Port got they got inside 50 by Rozee winning a clearance on our half forward flank. He was left goal side of the stoppage, all by himself, and sure enough, they tapped it straight to him, hegets the clearance and pings forward for an inside 50 for them.

It's like WTF are we doing? 10 mins left in the game and it's either scores tied or we're a point down.

Whatever we're doing at stoppage, it isn't suiting our best clearance player in Clarry, so it needs a rejig. Enough of this playing Clarry as a defensive mid every week. 

One thing I was really excited about was starting McVee in the centre square and then he disappeared from there. Clearly, just wanted to give him a small taste. He needlessly rushed a lot of his disposals tonight when he had more time. It'll be good for him to watch the tapes though.

Rivers seemed to have a different role, a bit more back of stoppage, which is where he plays his best footy IMO, but he wasn't able to have a huge bearing on the game.

We need a new midfield look next year.

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

Well the Demons chances to make their fourth consecutive finals series have been dashed and the season is officially over after going down by 2 points to the Port Adelaide Power at the MCG. 

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exactly very very good effort !!!  (as said Port just slightly more polished    Showed we can match with anyone   Confident for next year  with Trac back hopefully and a good trade or two   Pretty proud tonite !!!

 

39 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

I think he must have been ill. There is obviously a bug going through the club - 3 last minute changes for illness tells us that. And one poster said he saw Clarry trying to throw up too. I suspect JVR had it too and was totally done by 3/4 time.

I thought that he was given his weekly friendly punch in the guts.  Of course no action from umpires and don’t expect the severely compromised unintelligent MRO to even look at it. 

2 minutes ago, Binmans PA said:

One thing I was really excited about was starting McVee in the centre square and then he disappeared from there. Clearly, just wanted to give him a small taste. He needlessly rushed a lot of his disposals tonight when he had more time. It'll be good for him to watch the tapes though.

saw that too

i think he was just following horne-francis at the time, sticking to him as best as glue can

9 minutes ago, Pirlo said:

Port were 13-7 this afternoon and would have sat sixth if they lost that game. They're not some juggernaut We lost 6 games in 22 and 7 in 23 with an extra round. The effort was there, the polish was not. Shouldn't dismiss people's concerns as "rubbish" as if we'd just taken it right up to the 07 Cats and hadn't come off 2 shellackings in 3 weeks.

Port are the worst top 2 team ever.
This season's very weird.

For those suggesting we rest players, anyone who knows Max will realise he will never rest. He is the leader and hates not playing. He IMO should be the all-Australian ruck and won't give any other ruckman a chance to take that role from him. He plays even if on 1 leg, that is Max.

11 minutes ago, Pirlo said:

I am a bit confused re. Clarry. What surgery does he need? Didn't he already have the hand op?

Garry Lyon mentioned On The Couch on Monday that Clarry's hand "was shot to pieces". Indicating that he is playing admirably like Gawn through severe pain. Our season is done, it's time to rest our champion players and be ready for one last crack next year! 

5 minutes ago, Where Demons Dare said:

Garry Lyon mentioned On The Couch on Monday that Clarry's hand "was shot to pieces". Indicating that he is playing admirably like Gawn through severe pain. Our season is done, it's time to rest our champion players and be ready for one last crack next year! 

Yeah ... Dunno.
Seems his hand is also effecting his everything else.
But I'm all for putting him on ice till next year.
You don't just jettison 4time Bluey winners.
Or the bloke who kicked the most fist pumping goal I ever saw.
And if it wasn't for Petracca he'd probably have a couple brownlows in his kitbag as well.

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1 hour ago, Dannyz said:

It has tonight been decided that a review will be undertaken post season to ensure we have the staff most capable of maximising the talent within the club. It is believed there is a lot of player support behind the current regime but there are others associated with the club who believe changes are neccesary. 

This news has made my night. 

I thought Rivers was poor again tonight. 

38 minutes ago, Where Demons Dare said:

I'll take Chandler everyday of the week and twice on Sunday. Spargo is a neat and crafty player with good vision. Chandler offers so much more to the side with his hardness, pressure, follow up, marking, goal nous and can kick over 50 metres lol. 

Someone clearly sponsors the guy

1 minute ago, At the break of Gawn said:

This news has made my night. 

Might be like the FBI investigating their own failed assassination attempt.