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NTUA before home games is now a massive joke, when you have people within the club tearing the heart and soul out of one of the best sporting clubs in Australia.
Why would a club want to alienate it's most loyal fans, not bandwagoners loyal real Port fans.
The so called care takers of our club are creating divisions in the fan base.
I fear we are imploding as a footy club.
Pretty much every comment section on social media after a loss is "Lel Port got torn apart, I am the first person ever to think of this great joke."
 
NTUA before home games is now a massive joke, when you have people within the club tearing the heart and soul out of one of the best sporting clubs in Australia.
Why would a club want to alienate it's most loyal fans, not bandwagoners loyal real Port fans.
The so called care takers of our club are creating divisions in the fan base.
I fear we are imploding as a footy club.
They are The THEY.

It's as pertinent as ever.

There's always a THEY.
 
re NTUA
Don't change it ever.
How do you think these things become tradition over the long haul?

The moment you kill it you kill any good that it ever had because it becomes just a temporary blip on the historical radar.
 

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Pretty much every comment section on social media after a loss is "Lel Port got torn apart, I am the first person ever to think of this great joke."

I’m grossed out more by the Ruccis and happyclappers who retcon it into a cudgel to beat dissenting members and supporters with.

The ritual remains a poke in the eye to the SANFL and celebration of the reunification and liberation of the club itself, not a quasi-contract that you won’t criticise the incumbent regime.
 
On SEN last night they said all clubs are offering 2 for 1 deals to get fans back through the gates.
Thursday night games in Adelaide are a bad idea if you want gates!
 
What a week of bullshit it's been.
The media censoring of our club's woeful form and coach is frankly pathetic.

The media doesn't have a clue of the reality, I'd be stunned if any of them have done 2 minutes of reading of our club's form and history over the last decade.

The precision arguments backed by facts and stats that our posters here like Alyx or tribey shows they've got no clue.

They share their attention between 17 other teams plus the AFLW teams and they can't keep up with the knowledge backed up by this board.
 
It's clear to me that this is all by design. NTUA, AO it's all a ploy to attract a different type of supporter, they wont stop until they have replaced all us die hard supporters that crave results, don't kid your selves this is not the Port we used to know.

In the mean time they will gladly take your membership money to fund the plan to eliminate the so called white noise.

Sadly it seems to be working, I don't upset my self with poor performances any more, I used to crave anything port in the media but not any more, I hate to say it but I don't care while our club has been hi jacked I will find other things to do.

Let's see if all these happy clappers will sit next to tarps in the rain when shit really hits the fan.
 
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Kane calls for strong leadership and I agree.
Strong leadership would make a call and stand by it.

Two options. Pick one.

A) Sack Hinkley

B) Stand by Hinkley and make a club announcement why. Tell us why you’re backing him in. Tell us why he’s the man for the job and why the board is holding firm.

Strong leadership isn’t trying to gaslight supporters via media mouthpieces and player interviews while you sit behind your closed boardroom door.

Strong leadership is taking definitive action, one way or another, and standing by that publicly. Own your decision.

I know you read this Kane, you surely understand that you are part of the problem. You are complicit in allowing the board to hide behind their non-decision and not be truthful about why Ken is still our coach after an unprecedented era of nothingness.

Even Hinkley himself said before the season that his pass mark was a grand final berth. What’s changed in three weeks?

The reality of our depleted football operations has sunk in? The trade busts that have spent more time in rehab than on field have become apparent? The functioning parts of the game plan had more to do with Voss and Schofield?

Or perhaps Ken didn’t really mean what he said and has no intentions of leaving no matter what the season holds for us.

If Ken is here in 2023, either we miraculously have a flag, or I’m no longer a member.

No ifs or buts.
Yep, been a member since day one but not next year if he's still at the club and not next year if they appoint a coach from within.
 

Rucci still talking about finals.

"At 0-4 the external script is "Port Adelaide is done". North Melbourne made a 0-4 start in 1975 and won the VFL premiership - the club's first - after finishing the home-and-away series at 14-8 in an era of just five finalists. Sydney rebounded from 0-6 in 2017 to finish the top-eight qualifiers at 14-8 and played two finals, losing to Geelong in the AFL semi-finals."
 

Rucci still talking about finals.

"At 0-4 the external script is "Port Adelaide is done". North Melbourne made a 0-4 start in 1975 and won the VFL premiership - the club's first - after finishing the home-and-away series at 14-8 in an era of just five finalists. Sydney rebounded from 0-6 in 2017 to finish the top-eight qualifiers at 14-8 and played two finals, losing to Geelong in the AFL semi-finals."
I wanted to vomit after reading that.

There was one accurate bit though.

In contrast to 2010-2012, there is a fully funded football program at Alberton

Pity it's been squandered under Hinkley.
 

Rucci still talking about finals.

"At 0-4 the external script is "Port Adelaide is done". North Melbourne made a 0-4 start in 1975 and won the VFL premiership - the club's first - after finishing the home-and-away series at 14-8 in an era of just five finalists. Sydney rebounded from 0-6 in 2017 to finish the top-eight qualifiers at 14-8 and played two finals, losing to Geelong in the AFL semi-finals."
Refused to add that in 1975, North Melbourne was coached by a then 2 time premiership coach at Carlton, a future AFL Hall of Fame coach and player, although in as a player, but his coaching deeds are equally as good, and that side had 9 future hall of fame players. North had lost the previous years GF. And it was a semi pro era, all the footballers had jobs outside footy.

Refused to say Sydney was also coached by a premiership coach and had many players who had played in the 2012 flag as well as 2014 and 2016 GFs.
 
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It's sad when it's Garry Lyon who has to call out the incompetence.

Sam Mayes at full forward. Todd Marshall who kicked 5 goals the week before not targeted once in forward 50 entries.

 

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I wanted to vomit after reading that.

There was one accurate bit though.



Pity it's been squandered under Hinkley.
We clearly don't have a fully funded coaches box or fitness department. It's amazing the knots he's able to tie himself in to produce propaganda to support the club and ken when both aspects are failing dismally.
Imagine this was your legacy as a journalist, writing blatant lies to suck up for what would be a pretty low paying job. What an insignificant little worm
 
What is that garbage that Rucci is writing, and the need to endlessly compare to 2011-2012? it is kind of sickening. Its about time we moved on to the main business. Then he turns up at all of Hinkleys post match press conferences to nurse the conversation. Is he freelance in these instances? Or as a port media contractor? Does any other club do this? Its quite embarrassing. I can understand we need to have a directed media presence externally, especially when battling the SANFL, but this stuff of deflecting hard questions on performance and preparation, and learning (eg from the prelim) is giving me the sh$ts. It shows a real defensiveness from the club to its own critical ,disappointed and disengaged supporters.
 
What is that garbage that Rucci is writing, and the need to endlessly compare to 2011-2012? it is kind of sickening. Its about time we moved on to the main business. Then he turns up at all of Hinkleys post match press conferences to nurse the conversation. Is he freelance in these instances? Or as a port media contractor? Does any other club do this? Its quite embarrassing.
Luke Beveridge vs Tom Morris it ain't.
 

Rucci still talking about finals.

"At 0-4 the external script is "Port Adelaide is done". North Melbourne made a 0-4 start in 1975 and won the VFL premiership - the club's first - after finishing the home-and-away series at 14-8 in an era of just five finalists. Sydney rebounded from 0-6 in 2017 to finish the top-eight qualifiers at 14-8 and played two finals, losing to Geelong in the AFL semi-finals."
Youll find less propoganda on Sky news
 

Rucci still talking about finals.

"At 0-4 the external script is "Port Adelaide is done". North Melbourne made a 0-4 start in 1975 and won the VFL premiership - the club's first - after finishing the home-and-away series at 14-8 in an era of just five finalists. Sydney rebounded from 0-6 in 2017 to finish the top-eight qualifiers at 14-8 and played two finals, losing to Geelong in the AFL semi-finals."
Had to lol talking about our young players and fast tracking their development.

We don't develop them.
They have regressed under the current regime 🙄
 
Yes, nice to finally see some outside pressure. On the club, and also on the players to start playing smarter and braver.

Compare that to Rucci's pathetic effort. I assume he is writing what the club wants, so once again they are treating us like mushrooms, which hasn't worked before and won't this time.

Wise up Koch, read the room, grow a set and do what has to be done.
 

Rucci still talking about finals.

"At 0-4 the external script is "Port Adelaide is done". North Melbourne made a 0-4 start in 1975 and won the VFL premiership - the club's first - after finishing the home-and-away series at 14-8 in an era of just five finalists. Sydney rebounded from 0-6 in 2017 to finish the top-eight qualifiers at 14-8 and played two finals, losing to Geelong in the AFL semi-finals."

“We can statistically still make finals and bomb out 🥳🥳

Thought we weren’t about that sugar hit?

The club can’t keep up with its own web of dumb propaganda
 

Rucci still talking about finals.

"At 0-4 the external script is "Port Adelaide is done". North Melbourne made a 0-4 start in 1975 and won the VFL premiership - the club's first - after finishing the home-and-away series at 14-8 in an era of just five finalists. Sydney rebounded from 0-6 in 2017 to finish the top-eight qualifiers at 14-8 and played two finals, losing to Geelong in the AFL semi-finals."

Rucci: “it’s not the SANFL anymore”

Also Rucci: “remember the 12-team suburban VFL a half-century ago?”

What a spanner.
 
“We can statistically still make finals and bomb out 🥳🥳

Thought we weren’t about that sugar hit?

The club can’t keep up with its own web of dumb propaganda

The most “Hinkley” event I can think of from here would be to turn it all around and scrape into 7th before giving Essendon their first finals win in a thousand years.
 
Let's analyse Rucci's latest propaganda piece ...

Port Adelaide is 0-4. Add two opening losses in the SANFL and it is far from the start imagined internally or externally during the summer that was tracking well ...until late January when key forward Charlie Dixon tore ligaments in his left ankle after landing awkwardly on a team-mate at training.

Thinly veiled excuse #1 - Charlie Dixon is out injured, everything would've been going great if that didn't happen.

Talkback radio after Port Adelaide losses is loaded with very edgy calls from genuine fans ... and a few unvetted opportunists. Those who are the real deal in teal are gripped by frustration. Their want to vent with reasoned views (rather than uncontrolled rage) on a public forum - which now extends to social media, blog sites and forums - is actually an encouraging sign: It shows they care.

Cheap shot at fans #1 - the use of the term "real deal in teal" in a clear attempt to antagonise the traditional part of the supporter base, who also happen to be those with high expectations.

Cheap shot at fans #2 - anyone who criticises the club on social media, blog sites or forums is implied to be not a real fan.

The day the switchboards go silent for post-game talkback is the day to be genuinely concerned ... as the Port Adelaide Football Club was in that so-called "dark chapter" era of 2010-2012 when the team's on-field woes was overshadowed by off-field crises around debt, the future of the club's AFL licence and the battle to get away from Football Park to "return home" to a remodelled Adelaide Oval. It is a different Port Adelaide Football Club today.

Disingenuous parallel to a tiny 2 year period in the club's 152 year history - implication is that because the club isn't literally dying we should be happy no matter what is being served up on the field.

"We know they are a really strong footy club," said Melbourne premiership coach Simon Goodwin on Thursday night at Adelaide Oval. The former Adelaide captain finished his playing career in 2010 when starkly contrasting views were building on the Port Adelaide Football Club.

Use of a disingenuous comment from an opposition coach to support his absurd argument that a club that sits 18th on the ladder is strong - what the hell else is an opposition coach going to say?

In contrast to 2010-2012, there is a fully funded football program at Alberton, albeit working to the challenges and cutbacks imposed across the league by the COVID pandemic.

Flat out lie - how can our football department be considered 'fully funded' when multiple key members of the football department departed at the end of last season and were replaced by nobody?

Emotional scars from the home preliminary final loss to the Western Bulldogs last year? There might be something in that - and not just for Port Adelaide. The Western Bulldogs are 1-3, have the goalkicking yips (with a 40.53 count to match Port Adelaide's 34.49) ... and might have scars from being overwhelmed by Melbourne in last year's AFL grand final in Perth.

Bizarre attempt to equate the mental scarring from our preliminary final loss to the Bulldogs' grand final loss in the context of both teams starting the season poorly - despite spending the entire article to this point telling us we're jumping at shadows and everything is going great.

Injuries. "They do have some key personnel out at the moment," noted Goodwin on Thursday night when Port Adelaide was without Dixon, experienced midfielder-forward Robbie Gray, Essendon recruit Orazio Fantasia and All-Australian defender Aliir Aliir. There is that fine line between "reasons" and "excuses" when a team points to its injury list. Some players are tougher to replace than others, regardless of the progress of a "squad mentality" for depth on a locked player list controlled by a salary cap.

Thinly veiled excuse #2 - but wait, it's not just Dixon injured, it's others too!

The list. Port Adelaide's strategy to develop the league best under-24 squad presents great opportunity to Xavier Duursma, Connor Rozee, Zak Butters, Lachie Jones, Jackson Mead, Willem Drew, Miles Bergman, Jed McEntee, Georgiades ... Fast-tracking their development and their ability to live up to expectation is the challenge for the football program. And unlike the 2010-2012 chapter, there is a greater prospect of success.

Diversion attempt - talk about the kids ... so despite this team having made back to back preliminary finals, it's not about now, it's about the future (how convenient).

Totally unfounded comment at the end - there is no evidence to suggest that the young players now have a greater prospect of success than the young players back then (who by the way, got within 3 points of dynasty Hawthorn in a preliminary final).

Hinkley arrived at Alberton - while many others refused to look up the suburb on their electronic street directories - vowing (before he even knew the qualities of his players) that Port Adelaide would "never, ever give up!"

Hodor Hinkley reference - nobody wanted to coach Port, Ken came and saved the day, you'll be back there in no time if you sack him!

At 0-4 the external script is "Port Adelaide is done". North Melbourne made a 0-4 start in 1975 and won the VFL premiership - the club's first - after finishing the home-and-away series at 14-8 in an era of just five finalists. Sydney rebounded from 0-6 in 2017 to finish the top-eight qualifiers at 14-8 and played two finals, losing to Geelong in the AFL semi-finals.

Straw clutch - one team, one, nearly half a century ago, won a premiership from 0-4 so we're every chance still ... oh and when we get to 0-6 in two weeks time, I'll still be running the Sydney Swans 2017 line on you.
 
Yep, been a member since day one but not next year if he's still at the club and not next year if they appoint a coach from within.
This is the first year I hadn't signed up since the late 90s ... Was even offered a free membership with a MG purchase and I decided to just take the credit. The place is a genuine joke at the moment. I'll re-sign when Ken's gone and we clean this place up a bit. I said that to them on the phone as well, they didn't sound phased.
 

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