Game Day The Playthekids76 Memorial Trophy - Power v Saints

[TeeKray]

 

[bomberclifford]

I’ll be rooting for Boner tonight.
Saints by 9pts

 

[TeeKray]

I’ll be rooting for Boner tonight.
Saints by 9pts

Are you pumped?

 

[1954]

They might as well just leave Burton in until Kent retires. He'll be back out there playing the exact same way in 2 or 3 weeks max.

It probably won't be greatly dissimilar to when Tom Jonas was eventually dropped to the Maggies for 3 games after something like 6 Barry Crockers in a row for the Power, and was then reinstated with virtually zero form at that level too.

In the 2 games I saw TJ did his usual thing of trailing his man to the ball by 5 metres or so and then stood the mark as it sailed back over his head, including having his pants pulled down by one bloke who was apparently an ex norf melbourne reserve's player, and who appeared to be quite a bit more than just a tad over weight.

 

[philreich]

I guess we'll add to the St. Kilda/North Melbourne/Gold Coast 33-3 Hinkley legend tonight, but it won't actually prove anything.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

This should be a Ken Hinkley roadkill special. Port by 45.

Good to see Dylan back, he can hit targets all over the ground and will help open them up.

I know teams never line up as selected but don't mind Rozee on a half forward flank. Johnny Cahill captained a side from there and was a dangerous forward to boot. can't talk to his defensive pressure, Fos liked his half forward to kick goals.

Anyway I'm sure we'll take the learnings from last week and apply them to the Saints.

According to Nathan Brown

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Nathan Brown

Age

35

Ht

196cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.8

2star

K

3.9

2star

HB

4.9

4star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.8

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.4

2star

K

3.2

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.8

5star

in a Sportsbet ad (as good a place for footy info as any these days) half back flankers feast on St Kilda and he's tipping Dan Houston

5

Dan Houston

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

11.8

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.0

5star

MG

289.2

4star

D

17.6

4star

K

11.6

4star

HB

6.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.4

4star

MG

319.9

5star

D

16.6

4star

K

12.4

5star

HB

4.2

4star

M

7.0

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

279.8

5star

to have a big game.

 

[davesnothere]

We should win comfortably.

A lost with the Crows and Geelong in the next 2 weeks would be season ending.

Mitch to kick more than Dixon.

 

[Greasyrhys]

Meh.

 

[GremioPower]

Are you pumped?

F*CK*NG PUMPED, of course. Who’s not?!

Typical “what if we are good now” game.

 

[jac147]

C’mon guys get excited. We have had 3 players stinking up the team in the previous 6 games and now 2 of them have had their gold passes taken away from them. This must make us excited. Another stinker by Jones and we will have the trifecta.
All joking aside I expect a god win in the range of 25 to 35 points.
Jones should be the sub but won’t be.
Go the Power!

 

[ibd77]

Ah the game after the big failure at the MCG. Numb feeling if we win, more hate towards Ken if we lose. What not to like about the PAFC in this era of meh. Still so angry about the Collingwood game especially what Essendon did the other day.

 

[bomberclifford]

Are you pumped?

Always.

 

[Ah12]

Who are you replacing Jones with?

There isnt any other HB in the Magpies. Unless you want DBJ to play back again and recall McEntee.

Dylan Williams. I imagine Williams will be the sub. Jones should be the sub, has some versatility.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Lets go teams go out there and play some football together!!

So disappointed Ill miss this one but unfortunately tonight I have to.. do pretty much anything else

 

[MrPlow]

Two tactical geniuses in the coaches’ box going head to head

Which one will emerge as King of the Losers?

 

[Peninsula Boy]

The best non-Bhagavad Gita reference title to a thread.

Port by 20 odd.

 

[Buget]

Dylan Williams. I imagine Williams will be the sub. Jones should be the sub, has some versatility.

I suspect that Mead will be be the sub.

With Rozee, Wines, Butters, JHF and Drew in the middle. Wines, Drew and Butters will predominantly be rotated through the middle and the bench, which Rozee and JHF will likely rest forward at times.

Burgoyne, Bergman and Boak are the wing rotations. Although, I don’t mind the idea of Boak as a sub, I don’t think Mead is a wing and Burgoyne and Bergman won’t be able to run for 3 quarter on wing without help, so Boak will start.

If they start Williams as the sub, they will be a small defender short. Houston and Farrell will play that link up/ rebounding half back game, with Farrell likely to start on the bench. Jones and Williams will be the more defensive small defenders. Add in the normal tall defenders, the back six is actually looking really balanced.

Ironically, Saints having King and Butler out makes the forward line almost all the same height and a little 1-dimensional. I think it is only Camaniti over 195cm and they only have 1 ruck. Burton would have had a better match up this week than Collingwood’s dynamic small forwards from last week.

That’s how I see it anyway.

 

[chachi11]

 

[Peninsula Boy]

I've just seen the outs and that is a step in the right direction.

Both Jed and Burton have been down on form this year and truth be told, last year so they can have a run in the Magoos and get some form back up.

A pity we might have bought some damaged good with Soldo but he's been pretty good this year and I would prefer a more long term approach so taking care of his knee issue is a good thing.

Sweet gets his chance to shine against a very good ruck in Marshall. Get busy Sweetie Pie.

 

[Grave Danger]

Of all the possible outcomes in tonight's game, only a draw would surprise me. Draws are rare in Ozzie Rules.

 

[Willsy10]

playthekids memorial lol

btw has their ever been a more disjointed username to post content than playthekids? Obsesses over a 27 year olds opportunities whilst hanging s**t on all the younger replacements.

 

[Mutha F]

 

[Willsy10]

I've defended Burton all this year but i broke after last weeks game, the numbers still looked okay but the efforts were deplorable. People say Jones has a gold pass, but we've got williams to come in but no one else in the two's besides Clurey that can come into the defence and i'd rather Jones in that instance. It was always going to be a case of who do you drop first out of Jones and Burton and i think Burton is the right call, with Jones it is obvious he is trying his best but he just needs to get over his nerves.

 

[jdeezy]

I've been calling it all week, but hell, I'll call it again. We will win this, the Crows will lose their game, then they'll come out and belt us the week after. The script is obvious.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

McEntee was so bad he wasn't allowed to train with the seniors.