whatwhat say what

if our players didn't get free kicks when they're clearly clobbered high like ginnivan is i would be ropeable

i know there's this perception that he 'ducks' into the tackle...but he's knee high to a grasshopper and constantly gets taken high through no real fault of his own

tigs dropping lilke flies - balta out for 4-6 with an mcl and lynch needs surgery on a hamstring tendon injury

frost's ability to run himself out of position is quite something

he's a very good reader of the play but once he gets the ball in hand he's so unpredictable

worth remembering that the crom will be looking to trade out of the pointy end of the 2024 draft as their father-son selection - tyler, son of scott, welsh - is likely considered a top selection

Just now, binman said:

A strangely beautiful and poetic image.

i've always found it strange that they adopted that inxs song - i know it was about the split forced on them between afl and sanfl versions of 'port adelaide', but it's played out now with the teams being together for a long time now

once the port maggies leave the sanfl for the vfl / national reserves competition in the coming years, it really won't be applicable at all anymore

lynch a hamstring

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

 

how humble is he?

in career best form

if he can do what he did in the last 45 mins of a game like that with one hand, imagine how good he'll be when he has two working mitts?

what happened to lynch?

13 minutes ago, BDA said:

Zero sympathy for the eagles. An arrogant footy club. An extended period at the bottom might them and their supporters some humility 

if you look at their history, this is what they do - compete and be there or thereabouts, win a premiership, hang around competing, bottom out... rinse / repeat

they've only been out of finals for three seasons, and presumably 2024 will be their fourth missing out in a row

10 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

It’s too late for Meth Coke and North now. Probably Hawthorn as well, the Map of Tassie will be cleaning up on young talent. 
there will be a few Clubs very concerned about the future 

when you really don't want to be poor in 2027-2031

they - and the eventual 20th team - will pick the eyes out of the draft

1 hour ago, Demon Disciple said:

I’d love to try and get Tim Kelly to the club somehow.

Surely he’s sick of losing, even if he is at home.

other than reid, if there's a meth coke player i'd target to come to a third club and finish his career playing in a finals side it's elliot yeo over tim kelly

i'm very curious as to whether he stays as a wingman his entire career or eventually shift to being able to rotate into an on-ball role

his ability to break away from the contest is a weapon

1 hour ago, Return to Glory said:

Feel for Harley Reid. His plight is not dissimilar to that of Jack Watts in terms of expectation. Even more so of course. And I just wonder if playing for a team so bereft of structure and talent will end in unfulfilled potential and bad habits. 

go get him, tim lamb

6 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

1990. Was almost unheard of to do that to the Hawks back then. Then we got a week off due to a final being drawn, and subsequently gave WCE their first ever finals victory.

1990 was indeed a year that could have been.

the exceptions that proved the rule

i was sitting high up in the ponsford; the only row behind us filled up and the chap sitting behind us looked through the gaping hole where the southern stand was being built and said "huh...you can see the dandenongs from here"

you couldn't see what was happening deep in the forward pocket underneath us tho

1 minute ago, Viney Vidi Vici said:

3 votes- coaching staff. 

the half time switch of petty to a defensive forward role on aliir was inspired 

18 minutes ago, Boots and all said:

I think Derm rates us, how couldn't he. Derm loathes us though, and it eats him up inside that the Dees are a quality side.

i think derm just recalled beating up on us his entire playing career and, as such, considers us inferior

an inherent bias

IN: May
OUT: Hore

hore to be the sub again

1 minute ago, titan_uranus said:

We do have to acknowledge the umpiring, too. Sparrow's fourth quarter goal came after two massive throws from Brown and Fritsch. We got a really good run with 50/50% decisions in the first quarter, too.

But then again, they got a goal early from a mark that was further out of bounds than the Higgins goal last week, and they got a goal from the Rozee flop that should never have been a free.

And they can't blame the umpires for Ratugolea's brain fade.

the maggots had no effect on the result i don't reckon

it was a super game of footy which, in the cold light of a win, i can bask in the glory of watching

another jt special

his defensive efforts are even more impressive than his run and carry

the amount of whinging about the umpires - from both sets of supporters - is pretty extraordinary

imo that was a win for the ages

two top 4 sides who failed in finals going hammer and tongs 

great footy to watch as a neutral; absolute nailbiter as a fan

6: neal-bullen
5: gawn
4: oliver
3: rivers
2: brown
1: langdon

apologies to everyone in the backline, who were unreal i thought

two super important goals in the last minute

so good sideshow bob