DiscoStu17

Caleb Windsor, you beauty! and a nice little bit of work on the line by Kossie.

10-4 big buddy Dees can quieten the crowd if they get the next couple.

ANB is having his best year so far

Thought it was Jack??? It is Easter, I guess.

Goal! 🤣

A lot of fake tough blunt instruments playing for port.

My head is going to explode if this umpiring continues. How could Max not get a 50 meter penalty for Saldo jumping into him after he sees him mark the ball? At least two others missed as well.

Looked pretty good for large patches today. I have the feeling, rightly or wrongly, that we lost that one more than the doggies won it. I thought it was a good response by the younger players who obviously didn’t like the way the team played last week. There was a lot to like.

This week I’m interested in seeing whether the pear have a different mode of play to what we’ve seen in their first 2 games. With respect to Richmond, Port have not played anyone of note so far this season. That might be a reason why their defence has pressed so far forward. If they do the same this week, I would expect us to win by 50+ points. I’m glad to see that May was our only serious out this week. Mabior almost took out 2 others, including JVR in a ruck contest. Could have easily been a broken jaw. Not saying that JVR can’t ruck, but he needed to be made aware that jumping early and hard against Chol was his best option. Or (very) late. I rate Port around the same level as the doggies. But we are missing one of our best, and we can’t be sure what the opposition may throw at us. It could be a cracker.

Not the best game I’ve seen. Strangely, the talls were better at ground level and less fumbly than the smalls, who kept handballing to the ground (or opposition). Nobody could hit a side of a shed with a pass into the forward line - the amount of kicks that went behind or over leading forwards and straight to the opposition was laughable. The smaller players did have more marks though.

Looked like they had their bye this week

It would be funny to create one of those joke polls where the answer automatically changes. In this case to Collingwood, no matter what team is chosen.😀 PS Enjoying this one though. Especially as I got the top 3 right.

Good old Kayo. Turned on the North - Freo match. Must be at least 4 - 5 people watching this, including me. Good on them for making it 4K. Took almost 5 minutes for it to lag this week. Now lag free for almost 10 minutes. Perhaps they could use that in their advertising?

Well, I did say last week that there was nothing to worry about. This week I will say that the doggies aren’t a bad side. Their defence, Jones included, made life difficult at times - Fritta won’t be an orphan in having a difficult game on them. Their attack threatened to get on top at times, and things were not perfect, but the intensity of this group will shock more sides than just the doggies this year. Our midfield was brutal and several of Viney’s tackles and attacks on the ball made me wince. Treloar looked like he wanted to tap out at one stage. Credit to him for staying on. I believe the doggies will be there at the pointy end of the season. I must admit that I did find it harsh to omit Shack and Tommo after last weeks game in the SCG soap dish, but TMAC and BBB along with Hore all had worthy games. Next up are the Mayblooms. Need to treat them seriously.

He’s probably still looking for correct weight.

They didn’t show it live, but did show it after the game. Possibly during the Max and Clarrie interview.

Gawn Viney Oliver May Billings Petracca

Maxy with the groundball get and spin! He is going to go bunta in the second half.

Not sure whether Kayo or the ARC has more issues. Maybe they’re from the same developer? Damn they’re both so slow! Lucky it’s in 4K.

BBB!!!

Sydney looked pretty reasonable last night. A lot like they did against us. Although I really think that we would’ve had the points on a dry day. We were 1st to the ball, most of the first half. Collingwood looked pretty poor under that kind of pressure. Looks like at least two clubs have pulled apart their weaknesses. Still no one has cleaned up Maynard. Hopefully won’t be long. Ess and Haw have both improved and will trouble a lot of teams this year. Don’t actually mind Ginnivan today. Normally can’t stand him. Odd. Can’t tell if my 4K TV is producing 4K with Kayo. It should be, but do I trust that Kayo has not just changed the label in the top right corner? It looks clear, but so does HD. Waiting for it to buffer for 5 minutes.

I’m really enjoying today’s matches. If only Briggs could run through Maynard in the last quarter…

Thought this was starting at 2pm? Probably thought it was going to be warmer. Or I just got it completely wrong?

I think that the umps should be advised before the game that running into Max is not on - I know it’s not the 1980s but giving a free away by throwing one of these nuisance players into the ground is well worth it IMHO. I also believe Max could run more aggressively into position and look at potential assailants. They are looking for a cheap shot and do not want 110+kg to run through them.