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[Coobk001]

Who are these 8 names... I bet a few Port players are going to get introduced to the Irishman.

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Blanck
Mitchell
Weddle - I think I've seen before
MacDonald
Moore
Meek
Reeves
Bramble
Brockman
Butler

Might've been 9 actually. No judgement on the individuals, but obviously being a cellar dweller for a while, and expected to be down there for a while still, I haven't really watched the Hawks games, and you guys appear to have churned through a lot of new players.

I'd expect you guys could say the same about Lord, Williams, McEntee though.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Blanck
Mitchell
Weddle - I think I've seen before
MacDonald
Moore
Meek
Reeves
Bramble
Brockman
Butler

Might've been 9 actually. No judgement on the individuals, but obviously being a cellar dweller for a while, and expected to be down there for a while still, I haven't really watched the Hawks games, and you guys appear to have churned through a lot of new players.

I'd expect you guys could say the same about Lord, Williams, McEntee though.

Dylan Moore

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Dylan Moore

Age

25

Ht

177cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.9

3star

K

5.1

2star

HB

6.7

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.9

4star

G

0.3

3star

No current season stats available

D

12.2

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

is legit. Would walk into any side in the league.

I like Reeves too, fantastic tap ruck and good contested mark. He's what Sam Hayes could be if we'd actually backed him in rather than abandoning him forever after his first bad game.

 

[Jason K]

Don't worry we've been farked by her three weeks straight.

Good luck on Saturday boys and girls.

She's a crows groupie

 

[Granny Duurs is Lovely]

There's a reason our injuries are virtually always met with a meme about when the funeral is on this forum.

Dixon's the old, "oh he's a bit tight in the quad, but should be alright to play".... Then proceeds to miss 4 games.

Club loves to hide injuries and avoid any criticism over player management.

Honestly don't mind this. Yes it sucks for us as fans but prefer we keep the oppo guessing and take every advantage we can. I want their defenders not knowing if they're playing on Lord, Dixon, Marshall or a small for as long as possible.

 

[Expat power]

I said a while back I heard he was carrying a PCL.

He’s definitely carrying a PCL. I think they’ve tried to keep it quiet more to protect him when he goes into the ruck on his return. Keep him out until after the bye, we need him for finals.

 

[ClintEastwood]

Was going to be real clever and do a photoshop and paste Kens face over Akermanis as a response. But I can't be fecked. You get the idea...

This what you were after?

 

[hawkguru]

She is incompetent.

That's a polite way of putting it. Try putting up with her for 3 weeks straight!

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Eleni to umpire flamin hell

Glad to see a mutual understanding that she’s horrid

 

[Dewyyyyy]

These are my matchups that could give an idea for you guys!

Hardwick - Blanck - Impey
SPP - Marshall - Rioli

Seamus - Frost - Scrimshaw
Butters - Finlayson - Lord

Amon - Newcombe - Weddle
Bergman - Horne-Francis - Bonner

Moore - Koschitzke - Butler
Williams - Aliir - Farrell

Breust - Lewis - Brockman
Houston - McKenzie - Byrne-Jones

Reeves - Day - Nash (he’ll run with)
Lycett - Wines - Rozee

Meek - MacDonald - Worpel - Bramble
Jones - McEntee - Drew - Burton

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Blanck
Mitchell
Weddle - I think I've seen before
MacDonald
Moore
Meek
Reeves
Bramble
Brockman
Butler

Might've been 9 actually. No judgement on the individuals, but obviously being a cellar dweller for a while, and expected to be down there for a while still, I haven't really watched the Hawks games, and you guys appear to have churned through a lot of new players.

I'd expect you guys could say the same about Lord, Williams, McEntee though.

Maybe I’m a footy nerd. Nvm I def am.

Lord is good, love his presence and he’s holding out Charlie for a reason. McEntee is solid, I like his pressure but I prefer him around the ball, small but he’s creative and quick by hand, clean. Williams been very good, a mate of mine got him in SC and he’s been a revelation.

 

[Powerage]

He’s definitely carrying a PCL. I think they’ve tried to keep it quiet more to protect him when he goes into the ruck on his return. Keep him out until after the bye, we need him for finals.

Everybody carries a PCL

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Don't worry we've been farked by her three weeks straight.

Good luck on Saturday boys and girls.

Yeah I dont get why people here complain about her. She is probably gonna help Port big time this week

 

[davesnothere]

I thought when Dixon did his knee it was discuss a PCL which could be a 10-12 week injury?

Think that was Duursma?

 

[Coobk001]

These are my matchups that could give an idea for you guys!

Hardwick - Blanck - Impey
SPP - Marshall - Rioli

Seamus - Frost - Scrimshaw
Butters - Finlayson - Lord

Amon - Newcombe - Weddle
Bergman - Horne-Francis - Bonner

Moore - Koschitzke - Butler
Williams - Aliir - Farrell

Breust - Lewis - Brockman
Houston - McKenzie - Byrne-Jones

Reeves - Day - Nash (he’ll run with)
Lycett - Wines - Rozee

Meek - MacDonald - Worpel - Bramble
Jones - McEntee - Drew - Burton

Byrne-Jones generally plays forward now. The coaches finally realised he was a poor defender and clanger king and suddenly after a rotation forward his issues seemed negated, performing so well so he's remained there as a key part of our turnaround.

 

[chiwigi]

She's a crows groupie

Surely there’s a pic of her in Crows merch somewhere in the internet!

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Both of those outs are good - Evans and Mead have been underwhelming.

I'm a Josh Sinn fan and he supposedly played well last week but Hugh Jackson has played well for a month. You have to reward that. Hugh Jackson to sub?

 

[philthy05]

These are my matchups that could give an idea for you guys!

Hardwick - Blanck - Impey
SPP - Marshall - Rioli

Seamus - Frost - Scrimshaw
Butters - Finlayson - Lord

Amon - Newcombe - Weddle
Bergman - Horne-Francis - Bonner

Moore - Koschitzke - Butler
Williams - Aliir - Farrell

Breust - Lewis - Brockman
Houston - McKenzie - Byrne-Jones

Reeves - Day - Nash (he’ll run with)
Lycett - Wines - Rozee

Meek - MacDonald - Worpel - Bramble
Jones - McEntee - Drew - Burton

Wait no Sicily this week?


Without him you guys don’t have a backline. You’re lucky our forward line has been decimated otherwise it would likely be very ugly

Maybe I’m a footy nerd. Nvm I def am.

Lord is good, love his presence and he’s holding out Charlie for a reason. McEntee is solid, I like his pressure but I prefer him around the ball, small but he’s creative and quick by hand, clean. Williams been very good, a mate of mine got him in SC and he’s been a revelation.

Lord isn’t holding out Dixon, Dixon is injured. Lord has come in and done a job though.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Everybody carries a PCL

Usually two of them.

 

[blackholeguns]

Sicily’s moody and been hit or miss in 23..

Can usually tell if he’s on within first couple mins

 

[Schulzenfest]

Sicily’s moody and been hit or miss in 23..

Can usually tell if he’s on within first couple mins

I'm pretty confident he won't be 'on' this week ...

 

[philthy05]

For me this game comes down to how much we let hawks get a hold of it on stoppages.

They’ve got a few guys there and reeves tapping down to worpel day nash and Newcombe could bother us for small periods.

Their backline without Sicily is woeful. Also no jiath I see. Besides the fact they’ll struggle to stop our forwards, they’re going to have a heck of a time moving the ball past midway.

As I always say, kens plan is to push players between the arcs and make it hard for teams to move the ball against us and this hawks team with those names just aren’t going to be able to move the ball into attack from halfback unless it’s from stoppages.

Their forward line is alright, reckon Lewis probably kicks a couple but he’s just one man. Those smalls and mediums are dangerous but we’ve got the defenders and they’re just not going to get enough ball down there.


In the end how much we let hawks get a run in stoppages will decide whether this is the 60-80 point win it should be or the 20-40 point win we will probably eek out after letting hawks get a run on while we’re stagnant.

 

[blackholeguns]

These are my matchups that could give an idea for you guys!

Hardwick - Blanck - Impey
SPP - Marshall - Rioli

Seamus - Frost - Scrimshaw
Butters - Finlayson - Lord

Amon - Newcombe - Weddle
Bergman - Horne-Francis - Bonner

Moore - Koschitzke - Butler
Williams - Aliir - Farrell

Breust - Lewis - Brockman
Houston - McKenzie - Byrne-Jones

Reeves - Day - Nash (he’ll run with)
Lycett - Wines - Rozee

Meek - MacDonald - Worpel - Bramble
Jones - McEntee - Drew - Burton

“Nash (he’ll run with)”

Who? Rozee …

 

[Tibbs]

Think that was Duursma?

Dixon's first injury was to his knee. Reported as a PCL issue that he was working through (not as bad as Duursma's). Then he hurt the quad. I am pretty sure they are giving him these extra weeks to see him come up as close to 100% as possible.

 

[Coobk001]

I presume they'll be pretty fleet of foot, with a stack of attacking run and feisty in the contest. So I actually would say this game comes down to how we defend their ball movement. That's an area we've certainly improved, but fast movement teams and quick players can get outside us and open us up, so will be interesting to see how we handle that. Shut down their movement and we should be too good across the ground for them. Certainly hoping that this is a comfortable win, but any win is a good win.

We've gotten to the 8 win streak a few times in our history only to lose an unexpected one, so hoping this week we break through that barrier. 10-2 at the break can be classed as nothing other than a fantastic result. In any other year it means we're probably sitting top or equal top too, had it not been for Collingwoods amazing run.

 

[raptalia]

Maybe I’m a footy nerd. Nvm I def am.

Lord is good, love his presence and he’s holding out Charlie for a reason. McEntee is solid, I like his pressure but I prefer him around the ball, small but he’s creative and quick by hand, clean. Williams been very good, a mate of mine got him in SC and he’s been a revelation.

Ollie Lord is not yet good, he is kid feeling his way. The only reason he would be holding Dixon out is if the latter is injured. McEntee does not get enough of the ball to warrant pushing those we have on the ball out. McEntee is at best a gap filler.