DiscoStu17

It seems that no one actually protects themselves in marking contests any more. Just looked at the replay, and Melican jumps with his knee up but then straightens his leg, so that Baker can hit him front on. If he did have his knee up, or heaven forbid, his leg straight out, would he then be reported for contact to Baker?

It never used to be a problem. They should get rid of the 10m circle.

ANB TMAC BBB LINGERS LEVER WINDSOR (max, trac, claz pretty close - maybe they have raised the bar too high?)

Nanna used to say, “if the wind changes, you’ll stay like that!” Now we know she spoke facts!

I know if you can’t say something nice then don’t say anything at all, but [self censored] it’s hard to stay quiet sometimes.

I actually think that Alir trying to intimidate him at the start of the game fired Benny up. There was a steely resolve in the way he went about things tonight. He got back at them in the best way possible - by playing an absolute corker.

Ratugolea’s goal was my favourite. If I was Kossie, I would’ve high-fived him.

Aah, that was beautiful! Stuff it. I’m going to watch it again and savour every verbal abuse and angry look from the crowd that went with some fine play by our Dees. I said on Tuesday that I thought they might throw a cracker at us, and I wasn’t far wrong.

Benny! Great game.

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.