Tom Dyson

Am I the only one that can’t believe the umpiring effort at the moment. 15-6. WTF

Out: pickett, harmes, In: Bedford, vanders, want to see brown and tomlinson come in but not sure who i'd drop particularly as like for like replacements.

One thing that is completely infuriating and something i can't understand is why we have the best tap ruckman in the comp who always wins the hitouts and hitouts to advantage and yet still we get murdered in the clearances. I just dont understand. I'm not sure i can watch next week. I love this club so much that seeing them go this badly actually hurts me in my heart. Everyone else on here that's hurting wouldn't be angry if they didn't actually love the club. If we didn't care, no one would post in this thread. I just so badly want them to go well but they just aren't going well. This really hurts because i love the dees so much.

Port Adelaide fans [censored] me off so much (bar richmond fans, they are easily my second most hated fan base), and as for the umpires, fmd. lopsised free kick count as usual with no consistency. I'll stay away from the negatives because i'd be writing an essay, but lets acknowledge the ripper efforts. Jay Lockhart was [censored] monumental, he didn't stop trying he just didnt, hibbo was immense and put himself on the line as usual. Steve May absolutely shut down dixon which is a great effort on his part. Sparrow tried really hard and viney put it all on the line. Not sure what i could say about the others. I know he'll get crucified by other demonlanders on here but oscar wasn't bad either, he was far from our worst. Heads up, onto next week.

One thing i worry about is that if we play three talls in the forward line, if all go up in a contest, we won't have many left to crum it on the ground, but in saying that, kossi can be unbelievable in those situations, so shouldn't be an issue. Maybe fritta will play more as a small today. Sparrow seems to be a like for like replacement for Nev, looking forward to seeing him play. Jordan very stiff not to get picked, i reckon. Kade Chandler was another who could have gotten the nod for nev's spot. The depth we have at the moment is quite extraordinary.

It's a great point LH, i was deliberately vague in my first post because like you, i've got no idea what his role actually is. the sooner that becomes clearer will hopefully be when we notice an improvement in gus's game. As for Harmesy i totally agree, the sooner he gets back to being a full time tagger, the better not just for team but for him as an individual.

Gus isn't going well, but there is an obvious reason why. quite simply, he is being played out of position. He plays his best footy in the engine room and instead he's floating up and down the wing, and across half-back. if you play maxy at full forward he's not going to get many hit outs. If your'e not starting gus in the centre then hes not going to get his hands on the pill as much. If you switched it around and put clarry on the wing/half back then he will underperform as well. The argument could be made that he should adapt to his new role, and i would agree that probably yes he should. however, don't be so quick to absolutely destroy him because i think it'll take time for him to be damaging in his new role. i also think that he could give tracc a chop out in the middle allowing tracc to go forward and hit the scoreboard.

When Harmes is at his best, he breaks those tackles and has a real impact usually as a tagger. i'd love for him to get back to that form, but in the meantime i would agree to drop him maybe for rivers, possibly bedford. you also know harmes is at his best when he's going forward and hitting the scoreboard, i hope for the sake of our team he can get back to this but he's pretty far off at the moment.

If they’re gonna call that one against Fritsch then pay the four previous ones where Brisbane held it up, they have gotta be consistent. fritsch did nothing wrong, all players are told to hold it up as much as possible. The ump just decided to be a bit whistle happy.

That score review totally killed our momentum and the 50 was completely stupid on the part of that biased, corrupt individual. It wasn’t two isolated incidents either, it was a shocking effort all night by the umpires for both teams. It’s getting to a point where there is too much interpretation and stuff changing week to week. notice as well how every Brisbane player looks for a free kick at every stoppage, literally they turn to the umpires to ask the question every time. Tonight cut really deep.

Hahahaha. You sir have just made my day, thank you P-man

Ever since someone else pointed out Bruce's positive affirmation, its driving me bloody nuts, please let me unsee that dl post. i'll never be able to watch another came called by bruce again, its infuriating. please send help quickly.

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Yes, this is a very important point. even if two of these three could be damaging up forward then we'd be a lot better off. From memory, Brayshaw in 2018 was quite damaging in terms of hitting the scoreboard and i think he could be able to get back to that but quite possibly the role he is being asked to play isnt one that lends itself to kicking 2 or 3 goals a game. as for oliver, i'm not sure i can see him ever consistently hitting the scoreboard, it just doesn't seem to come naturally to him. Everytime he is front of goal, he panics and sprays it completely, for me i'm just not sure he will ever get to that "stage" in his career but quite frankly i'm not too fussed about that. His ability to just go and get his own footy is astounding and extremely important for our team. As i said, i think if viney and Brayshaw can go forward with more efficacy than we can let oliver do his thing.

Sorry if this has already been asked or answered, but the boys we left in Melbourne, have they come up to Queensland now or are they planning to come up and quarantine so they can be available if need be?

I probably should open up a seperate thread for this but why is harmes no longer being used as a tagger or is he and i just haven't noticed. i think we could all agree that he plays his best footy as a tagger and certainly not across the half back flank. I would love to see him shut down Neale on sunday, and simply tag the shït out of him. as for the team, i would think that one of jonesy or tomlinson comes in for vanders.

He is our barometer. If he's playing well, then you can just about bet that the team is up and about. He brings a physicality that just isn't matched by anyone else on the team, his importance can not be understated. Vandenberg's run down crunching tackle on murdoch in the 1st quarter of the elim final 2018 says it all, he is simply a beast who won't give up. We all love the Vandemonberg!

We always get stitched up with 100km gusts as well, fair dinkum, and coming off a three/four day break. Arguably, north do play that ground better than any other team so its not an amazing result fixture wise for us. Would have loved to get them anywhere else but i guess the boys will just make it work for them.

I'd actually like to see T'mac get some form and confidence in a scratch match or two before returning, and Jackson didn't do anything to lose his spot either in fact I think at the moment, he provides more than t'mac. I'm not sure whether I give the benefit of the doubt to Lockhart or not, I'd like to see Jonesy come back into the team but I'm just not that sure. Rivers is also a possibility but again i think in a winning team, Lockhart gets the benefit of the doubt for another week. all in all then, no changes for me.

It was very Chris Scott esque, quite alarming honestly. I do agree, it was great to see some real passion! How good was seeing Clarko with his head in his hands tho, that was priceless. Up the mighty demons!

6. Gawn 5. Petracca 4. Viney 3. Oliver 2. Weideman 1. O'mac

Can someone shut down that weightman is better than kozzy thread ASAP. Everytime kossy gets his hands on the ball i wet myself. He offers so much more than weightman, i'm really glad we picked him up. The great legacy of the 36 lives on!!!

I still hate port Adelaide

I do consider myself an optimist but i'm slightly worried today. every club that has had heavy media scrutiny throughout a given week has so far this year responded with a strong win against their oppo's. Richmond, collingwood, melbourne, west-coast, hawthorn have all responded to media criticism. (there might be more but i can't think of them) Hawthorn have gone through the ringer this week in the press and in the media and i think it might be cause for concern. as we did against gold coast, they could come out really hard and pull our pants down. Clarkson rarely lets them lose badly two times in a row. in saying all that, i still think we have picked close to our best team and we look to be finding some form.

I said this in an earlier thread and I know we only have one real game to base his form on this year but I think the benefits of O'mac and Lever in the same team is undeniably true. "The first 6 or so rounds of 2018 when Lever had just come in to the team, O'mac shut down hawkins in round 1, he shut down Hipwood in round 2, he nullified ben brown in round 3, he didn't have a great game against hawthorn but he kept riewoldt out of it in round 5, he kept daniher goaless in round 6, he kept patty mccartin to 2 points in round 7 (which was the same round that lever got injured) and while he was alright for the rest of the season he was never as dominant." So far people have said O'mac relies on Lever or Lever relies on O'mac but i think it's safe to say that they rely on each other to both perform well. 2016 Round 1 (two point win over GWS), O'mac injured his ankle i think in the third quarter deep in our defensive fifty, it was three on one and even though he was limping about, he still tried his best to defend. I don't know about you but someone that has that much endeavour is someone I want on my team. He's always been one of my favourite players, keep shutting em down O'mac.