Preview Round 5, 2025: Port Adelaide v Hawthorn, 13 April 2025, 7.20pm @ Adelaide Oval

[MrPremiership]

Can't wait.

 

[Buttonsticher]

Love Punky but he clearly comes out for one, maybe Cmac gets a run in the VFL til the other out becomes obvious?

Wouldn't be against giving Ginni a spell in the 2s but I wouldn't blame the club for not messing with a winning team too much.

Reckon Ginni will have a blinder. A little wave bye bye to Kenny after the match wouldn't go astray either.

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[Simon Crawshay]

You know I really don’t like Port Adelaide much at all. Very disagreeable club.

Be great to go over their and smash them and really start the sack Hinkley movement into overdrive.

 

[kazzooka]

Box Hill now have a 2 week bye - they have their official bye this week and then the following week there is the VFL V SANFL state representative game, which means there are no VFL games played.

It is looking increasingly likely that there is going to be a scratch match between Box Hill and Essendon over that weekend to allow the players to get some game time.

I believe the plan is for James Blank to play in that scratch match against Essendon too. With him up and running, our B team key defenders, Blank, Frost, Serong is very strong. I wouldn't be too concerned running with that in the AFL considering last year it was just Frost or Serong in the semi.

 

[kazzooka]

Ginnivan is not getting dropped.
He's a very important player.

For this game against Port, i'd be dropping Day, Newcombe, Meek or Watson before dropping Ginnivan. Like Collingwood game last year he'll be set for 3 brownlow votes.

That being said, I think Sicily and Sam Mitchell will be even more fired up. Ginni saw it as good banter, those guys were pissed off at the disrespect to Bruest and he has form with that type of chat.

 

[RX Hawk]

No matter what, selection is going to feel really harsh. I think the Ginnivan conversation is valid.

Mackenzie gets HFF minutes when Worpel is in the side. Hardwick and Weddle are getting consistent minutes forward. Gunston’s presence helps the structure and he’s hitting the scoreboard himself.

There’s 3 smalls better than him in Moore, Wiz, Cmac, and other mids are going to have to rotate through the forward line with Worpel back.

For what it’s worth I’d keep him for Port, purely for the theatre and the inevitable airplane goal celly, but at some point we have to drop the rhetoric around deserving to be dropped, and accept that someone is going to undeservedly have to make way.

Genuinely reckon selection this year is more difficult than the 3peat era.

I feel,
In: CMac and Worpel
Out: Ginnivan and Breust

 

[StillAtLarge]

I really doubt there will be any theatrics in this game other than us smashing them by 15 goals. We can't get that prelim opportunity back- they beat us fair and square and the players just have to live with it.
We're a better team (and club) than to engage in some utterly pointless bullshit with a washed up coach whose team will likely finish bottom 4

 

[HedgeFund]

Can Worpel and Ward play in the same team?

The comfortable win over the Bulldogs in the elimination final where Ward racked up 22 possessions and Worpel 20 - suggests they probably can.

In fact they done it quite a few times in the past 3 years.

 

[DeafHawk]

IN:
J. Worpel
C.MacDonald

OUT:
H.Morrison (omit)
L. Breust (omit)

B: J. Battle, T. Barrass, J.Impey
HB: J. Sicily, J. Weddle, K.Amon
C: M. D’Ambrosio, W. Day, J. Ward
HF: D. Moore, M. Chol, C. MacDonald
F: N. Watson, B. Hardwick, J. Ginnivan
FOL: L. Meek, J. Newcombe, J. Worpel
INT: C. Mackenzie, C. Nash, F. Maginness, C. Jiath, J. Gunston

One of Maginness, Gunston, Ginnivan for sub.

This

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Maybe Ginnivan sub, Maginnes sheer running grunt and pressure in the forward line, plus as we saw on Saturday against GWS the tagger option, means he stays. While Gunston is important for the goals and taking a key defender, Chol will bounce back from a bad day at the office and we need both. Ginnivan has a high footy IQ and can plug numerous holes.

Ginnivan could be a good sub but I’d give him an opportunity to start. Maginness is unlikely due to his power running however his versatility makes sense. Gunston is the likely one, Hardwick and Chol given the role as the targets with Day and Newcombe going down to provide another presence. Gunston can come on and provide an aerial contest, play a defensive forward role, and as we know he is still versatile enough.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Can Worpel and Ward play in the same team?

Yes.

 

[Bedi]

Maginness or Ward? Tough one

just get a bit frustrated with Maginness' disposal. Misses too many targets for my liking

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Looking forward to half a dozen of them doing airplane celebrations after ginni kicks one in the 4th to put hawthorn 50 points up.

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[unitedhawk2]

Winner’s problems. You can say “player x won’t get dropped” about any of our players. If Croc is fit he comes in, he’s played every single game he’s been available for since he debuted (I’m 99% sure correct me if I’m wrong). Worps also in if fit based on pre-injury form.

Can’t even start to do a team lineup because I have absolutely no idea who comes out apart from Bruest (who again has done nothing wrong) just that appears to be his role this year.

Pretty sure Croc was dropped to the twos for a game or two in either his first or second season. Tore it up at that level and hasn't been omitted since.

Interesting discussion about the ins and outs for the Port game. I can see reason in almost all points of view, which just means we're in an enviable position in terms of our depth. As one or two have mentioned, happy to back in whoever we put out on the park. Don't envy the selection committee one bit!

 

[Blackhawk42]

I understand the theatrics, but potentially it comes down to the following question...

Who is currently of more value to the side if Connor Macdonald is fit?
Harry Morrison or Jack Ginnivan?

Furthermore, which one is in better form?

I'm of the opinion that Harry is the answer to both, as much as I'd love to revel in the pure spectacle of Ginni playing in front of a Port Adelaide crowd live.

 

[cogs2hawks]

I'd prefer neither, just get the job done.

Get the job done and rip into Ken while we are at it. He deserves all the disrespect possible after he took the spotlight off Breust getting chaired off. Double the age and not even half the bloke Punky is

 

[Bedi]

Looking forward to half a dozen of them doing airplane celebrations after ginni kicks one in the 4th to put hawthorn 50 points up.

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The reality is that unfortunately we missed that flight last year, one we'll still be hurting about. So if we win i reckon we'll do it more graciously than Hinkley, who'll be forever remembered for that unsporting act. Selfish not only in ruining Breust's 300th game, but putting needless pressure on his side for their final the following week. I'd be pissed if Mitchell acted like that as a coach.

 

[grumbleguts]

Port Adelaide are coached by a hideous genetically disfigured imbecile bearing a strong physical and social resemblance to Jabba the Hutt, who probably doesn't know what country India is in. He looks like when they were pouring the stupidity in, he forgot to say when. Please Hawthorn repeat Rnd 21 2011. Wipe this pathetic piece of coprolite from the face of the planet. He should not be permitted to have access to young minds. End it.

 

[CHUBBSS]

Port Adelaide are coached by a hideous genetically disfigured imbecile bearing a strong physical and social resemblance to Jabba the Hutt, who probably doesn't know what country India is in. He looks like when they were pouring the stupidity in, he forgot to say when. Please Hawthorn repeat Rnd 21 2011. Wipe this pathetic piece of coprolite from the face of the planet. He should not be permitted to have access to young minds. End it.

 

[BlueWaterHawk]

I just can't get over the selection headaches we have now. Poor HH can't do a lot more and he's still way down on the pecking order. Great problem to have, but it's going to get worse if we don't get more injuries. Team selection would be fascinating.

 

[Lickmesocks]

Ginni looks a bit lost and down on his luck at the minute.

Something about his body language tells me he is still recovering from the pre season injury he suffered.

Hopefully he gets his bounce and energy back very soon for us.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

A lot of people in this thread getting a head of themselves.

Port in Adelaide is never an easy task. In fact we lost there twice last year.

Yes on form we should beam them wherever but people acting like it will be a walkover 10+ goal win are wishful.

Line will probably be about 15 points

 

[kazzooka]

A lot of people in this thread getting a head of themselves.

Port in Adelaide is never an easy task. In fact we lost there twice last year.

Yes on form we should beam them wherever but people acting like it will be a walkover 10+ goal win are wishful.

Line will probably be about 15 points

Those 2 games we lost should have been walkover 10 goal wins. First one we blew a 40 point lead, 2nd one we got jumped on intensity and struggled without Frost, Mackenzie and Day.

We are going in well rested, plenty of time to prepare and analyse their game against saints, 2 huge defensive upgrades, Day back and better than ever, Mackenzie back and better than ever.

If we come out breathing fire we can crush them just like Collingwood did.

 

[Bugs1977]

I really doubt there will be any theatrics in this game other than us smashing them by 15 goals. We can't get that prelim opportunity back- they beat us fair and square and the players just have to live with it.
We're a better team (and club) than to engage in some utterly pointless bullshit with a washed up coach whose team will likely finish bottom 4

No better way to bury the memory of last seasons prelim loss than to dish out a 10 goal hiding. I want us to bury the fk out of them. I reckon the blonde prince will be wanting to make a statement too probably more so than Ginni.
Sic was absolutely livid after that game and he hated how they disrespected Punky like that. Our players will say that this is just another game but expect spot fires all around the ground.

 

[RX Hawk]

Those 2 games we lost should have been walkover 10 goal wins. First one we blew a 40 point lead, 2nd one we got jumped on intensity and struggled without Frost, Mackenzie and Day.

We are going in well rested, plenty of time to prepare and analyse their game against saints, 2 huge defensive upgrades, Day back and better than ever, Mackenzie back and better than ever.

If we come out breathing fire we can crush them just like Collingwood did.

Absolutely. We will win this comfortably. This is the same team that lost to Pies by 91 and Essn by 12 already this year. Hawks by plenty.