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Is Bennell going to be able to come back against Adelaide? Is Vanders? Those would be the two that standout. Also do we think is Oliver going to be suspended?

Sad to say it but I think you can stick a fork in him and say he's done, he looked incredibly slow tonight. That pass from Salem still should've hit him but those first few steps were snail pace and he just seemed to have to ability to get to contests. Our forward line has functioned better without him the last two weeks, I think that's a bad sign for him.

Stopped watching after the Jackson miss and they went up the other end of the ground, I didn't watch the kick but my brother told me they scored a goal. Only just checked the final score then. What stood out early and killed the contest for us what the return of our diabolical disposal, when you can't execute the basics your going to be beaten most days no matter what the team. Today we played a team that is top of the ladder so say what you like about them but they know how to beat the teams below us. In the first quarter we had several inside 50s that were just awful kicks giving our forwards no chance, then at the fall of the ball there wasn't any interest from the small/mid forwards to put pressure on. From that point onward we just had nothing to give, perhaps the 4 day break is a bridge too far for footballers, we're going to find out over the next two weeks. Two games in a row we have ruck dominance but the other team just wants the ball more, this surely has to be a gameplan issue because good opposition teams seem to have worked out how to play Max Gawn and beat our inside mids. I have to say Tom McDonald is on thin ice with his place a the club let alone the team. I'm not blaming him for the poor inside 50s but is there a correlation that when we returns the disconnect with the midfield returns? Putting that aside he looks really really slow, in body and mind. Of the three talls he'd be my first pick to be dropped.

Awful kick from Hannan.

Yep there needs to be some variety, we actually slow things down to allow him to get into position. By that stage Port are set up to block and spoil him. I don't mind it being a plan A but have some other tricks up your sleeve, we are one of the few clubs that gets no return for the other team missing opportunities.

We have been absolutely shocking, but the umpires have shown us zero love. Tackles unrewarded, holding the man ignored, clear sliding in on legs given as high tackle, soft 50 penalty gifting them a goal (while Gawns gets ignored). I have to get that frustration out of the way. But we look flat as a tack, no one moving, when we get the ball in space we are slow to move it on. Our kicking efficiency must be about 30%, absolutely pathetic. Our overall disposal efficiency must be barely 50%, basic handballs are being missed, players slipping over. I just can't believe how bad we are playing. Lions was the game we needed to win to stay in the hunt, facing Port off a short break seems like too much.

We are getting nothing from the umps, our players getting clearly held onto but it gets completely ignored, they get a shot on goal from it.

Oh thank F for that.

McDonald is slower than a turtle.

Gawn gets physically shoved to the ground after taking an uncontested mark, the Port player takes a mark and Hannan runs into him and it's 50. F--- off.

THAT WAS NOT 50!!!!!!!!!!

Our skills would make a VFL coach furious.

Tom McDonald is useless.

What have we done to Harmes? His kicking is bloody awful.

Umps are gifting them some chances as well but my god we look putrid.

Boy McDonald looks really slow but Salem's kick should've hit him lace out.

Tom McDonald not getting to the contests, seriously he is giving nothing right now.

That was disgusting, last week we kicked ourselves out of the game in front of goal, tonight we have barely been able to string two kicks together and our kicks inside 50 were pathetic. We had so many good chances with leads missed, miss-matches ignored, and basic skills non-existent. We can bring it back if we pull our finger but that was some of the worst we've seen.

Our kicking is a disgrace tonight.

I feel like we're heading to a goalless quarter.

Inconsistency with HTB continues.

That was not a mark.

Back to dominating inside 50s and wasting them.

Fox Footy just showed footage from Round 1 last year with Gawn getting targeted, I hope this has been reviewed and they're ready for it. In fact I would love to see a few of our players target Rockliff from the start with a bit of niggle.

Jones wasn't great with his defensive efforts last week, could it be that Sparrow will move more towards the AvB role and Jones (don't laugh) towards the Bennell role. Jones has in the past been one of our better kicks inside 50, last week while we wasn't bad neither was he particularly effective. I'm really hoping we get to see Jones pull out some big games again this year.