Review Round 12, 2024 vs Carlton

[ibd77]

Timmy G on 5AA this morning. 1:25:00

 

[rogerjames]

Mate took me into the 5AA locker room for last night's game. If you had looked at the players in the rooms post-game without knowing the result, you would have thought that they had won the game convincingly. Absolute joke of a club.

They still get their pay packet. They don't care. We Are Not Port Adelaide.

I think every post from now onwards should be finished with this statement. It should be shouted from the rafters because it sums up everything.

WE ARE NOT PORT ADELAIDE

 

[Palpatine_Power]

ports list is good but hinkley has to be the worst coach in the game is hilarious

Look I've tried to interpret this, but I can't tell what you are saying at all.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

I thought the new HTB rule worked for us more often than not, thought it was reasonably interpreted. But this one had me scratching my head.

 

[MrMeaner]

How many games has it been since the Finlayson to ruck experiment last worked?

You might forgive them for persisting if he actually contested the ruck but opponents now know he is just a spectator in there until the tap has been taken. Ollie gives more of an effort (and that's not saying I want Ollie in the role either).

 

[Lefti93]

The good modern sides (even the crows these days) pressure the ball carrier around the middle of the ground to force a turnover and slingshot quick movement from a dangerous position for scoring opportunities.

We continually fall back and concede short passes letting opposition march up the field and try to defend from deep in the backline, where even if we win the ball we have to carry it 180m up the field and hope the forwards can run all the way back to provide a target.

Poor Georgie at one stage had to fall over the boundary line because he had no one to go to and couldn't run any further. Way to treat a player coming back from an ACL (and he should have taken the shot for his 5th in the last quarter, but you don't need me to tell you that).

The allowing of oppo defences to chip it out of our forward line with uncontested marks does my absolute head in. One of Carlton's goals in the second quarter we literally just watched them chip it around till they got inside 50 and kicked the easiest of goals. WTF.

 

[rogerjames]

Nothing can really happen during the season unless the absolute bottom falls out. And that is still a possibility, albeit, unlikely.

The bigger question is whether or not the Club will be content with another finals series without putting up as much of a whimper - either a first week exit or straight sets exit in week 2 if they somehow find a way to finish top 4.

The board should have acted years ago but they are weak & just want an easy ride

WE ARE NOT PORT ADELAIDE

 

[rogerjames]

How many games has it been since the Finlayson to ruck experiment last worked?

You might forgive them for persisting if he actually contested the ruck but opponents now know he is just a spectator in there until the tap has been taken. Ollie gives more of an effort (and that's not saying I want Ollie in the role either).

Clubs have definitely worked out how to nullify him in ruck. Not worth persisting with.

WE ARE NOT PORT ADELAIDE

 

[Lefti93]

Timmy G on 5AA this morning. 1:25:00

Nah I can't, listening to that bald ****wit talk, I just want to put my head through a ****ing wall.

 

[The Hobo]

We are missing McKenzie badly. He was our best one on one defender & a very good cover defender. A real team player, strong mentally & physically.

He's also the best at organising the defence

 

[rogerjames]

As much as we love him, imagine JHF converting those two goals at the start of the second quarter.

No one should be immune from some spotlighting after yet another flop in a big game on centre stage at home.

Was really surprised he missed those

WE ARE NOT PORT ADELAIDE

 

[rogerjames]

We are such a weak contested marking team too and Alir is the worst culprit at the moment. The player we hired to intercept marks, spills most of them. Looks so gangly and unco now.

Badly out of form

WE ARE NOT PORT ADELAIDE

 

[Kenny_Powers]

Timmy G on 5AA this morning. 1:25:00

Koch "but if you look at the positives Tim, Georgides kicked goals......."

Pathetic but exactly what I'd expect this fraud to say.....

Hasn't got an ounce of Port Adelaide in him


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[Port2Power]

Post Match Call on FIVEAA

POST MATCH CALLS: Power crushed late by Blues in 36pt loss - FIVEAA Football

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Someone post the audio please.

Transcript please.

 

[Powerade 08]

I though frank the tank actually played decently

Hes supposed to be a strong marking goalkicker. He did a couple good things but he just cannot play his primary role

 

[PortPortPort]

I thought the new HTB rule worked for us more often than not, thought it was reasonably interpreted. But this one had me scratching my head.

The Collingwood player gave the ball to a team mate which wasted time. This one didn't.

Edit. Actually I'm confused also, he should have given it to the ump and it wasted time.

 

[Coobk001]

Not here to rub anything in but did see this comment and remember someone figuring out a stat about this re port. Before last night in games with crowds under 40k since 2021 port are 48 and 19. A really great record. In games with crowds over 40k port are 5 and 11 in the same time (incl. Last night). It's a weird stat to me. Port seem like they're always on the edge of being a ****ing good team. Hope it clicks for yall. Good luck the rest of the season.

Great stat.

Our night game record at AO says it all. To be 33% vs top 8, and only 50% total. At our home ground. During a period where we have a 60% WL record is crazy.

If you asked any nuffie out there, what they thought our record would be at Adelaide Oval in night games, given we have a 60% record home and away and I'm convinced most people would guess 60-70%.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

The Collingwood player gave the ball to a team mate which wasted time. This one didn't.

Edit. Actually I'm confused also, he should have given it to the ump and it wasted time.

Yes, he just dropped it on the ground which would have wasted more time than if he gave it to JHF (which it looked like he was about to do). But definitely did not hand the ball straight back to the umpire.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

The allowing of oppo defences to chip it out of our forward line with uncontested marks does my absolute head in. One of Carlton's goals in the second quarter we literally just watched them chip it around till they got inside 50 and kicked the easiest of goals. WTF.

The crowd - not just around me but all over the ground - groan and then rage as we give up easy pass after easy pass.

 

[Bevoman]

The bit where we took Horne-Francis out of the midfield because we needed goals only to watch Carlton kick about 5 goals out of the centre

Spot on and at the same time surprise, surprise Solda was buggered so the plan was to play a rubbish ruchman Jeremy on the ball.

 

[Portmagpies36]

Most depressed I've been after a Port game... we are heading nowhere.... AGAIN. No game plan, no moves, no forward leads, WEAK backline....

Jason Horne-Francis	A Grade	Busts his guts
Aliir Aliir	A Grade	Gets no Help
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher	C Grade	WEAK
Charlie Dixon	Retire	Cooked
Dan Houston	A Grade	Tries
Darcy Byrne-Jones	A Grade	Tries
Esava Ratugolea	B Grade	Not a Key position player
Francis Evans	C Grade	not up to it
Ivan Soldo	B Grade	Tries hard, falls away
Jackson Mead	B Grade	Not good enough
Jase Burgoyne	B Grade	Falls over, indecisive
Jed McEntee	B Grade	Doesn't kick goals!
Jeremy Finlayson	A Grade	Should be on from start, very handy
Kane Farrell	A Grade	Nice kick, use it!
Lachie Jones	B Grade	shockingly out of form
Miles Bergman	A Grade	Tries
Ollie Wines	A Grade	Tries, but shadow of himself
Ryan Burton	B Grade	should be good but weak
Todd Marshall	B Grade	weak, not a key position player
Travis Boak	B Grade	almost cooked
Willem Drew	B Grade	tries, but not a lot of impact
Zak Butters	A Grade	Had an off night, good player
Ken Hinkley	C Grade	Cooked, must be sacked before Carr is burned too

Darcy Byrne-Jones is not an A grader in any competition you would like to name, that is absolutely ridiculous.

 

[Bevoman]

How many games has it been since the Finlayson to ruck experiment last worked?

You might forgive them for persisting if he actually contested the ruck but opponents now know he is just a spectator in there until the tap has been taken. Ollie gives more of an effort (and that's not saying I want Ollie in the role either).

Einstein: Insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results.

 

[Portmagpies36]

The crowd - not just around me but all over the ground - groan and then rage as we give up easy pass after easy pass.

I sit in the crowd knowing what is going to happen we have been treading water for years. The amount of posters on here who predicted before the game exactly how it would pan out is frightening.

 

[StrappingTape]

Every goal we kicked there was a reply within a minute, sometimes less.

Mental weakness, but also a shitful game plan where our defenders are left exposed and goals are scored easily over the back.

Not to forget that Carlton would have been well ahead during the 3rd if they didn't bizarrely manage to **** up multiple chances basically at the goal line, maybe 4? that should have all been goals to then kick a left foot snap from the boundary. They were all over us most of the game and we were running the ol Crows playbook of trying to score on a counter attack, the problem with that is once the opposition gets a lead you are ****ed coz you then have to take risk which opens the scoring up for them more.

 

[ibd77]

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