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18 more days.
Myself, I can't wait.
Be prepared for pain, there may be more in store.
My fingers, toes, and other extremities are crossed in abundance!!
Porthos
13 Aug 2004, 17:36
Me either. This chest cold should be gone by then.
Be prepared for pain, there may be more in store.
My fingers, toes, and other extremities are crossed in abundance!!
Like our noble leader Porthos says, 'Who cares'. Doesn't matter what we say the players will play however they want. But seriously it is a memorable time of the year, hopefully for good reasons.
Yours in body part crossing
sog
Thunderer
13 Aug 2004, 18:14
This is the year. I can feel it in my bones.... or am I just getting old?
PortProudWA
13 Aug 2004, 21:56
18 more days.
Myself, I can't wait.
Well today I booked and paid for AGAIN.....our flights back for a Home Prelim and then hopefully on to the big one.
This year, I havnt booked the train for the G for the last weekend in sept.....just waiting....BUT for the 4th time now, me and my daughter Hayley are coming back!!
I cant wait.....But at the same time the wait is killing me. I feel physically sick from it!!!
I am hoping for a home prelim then on to the G the following weekend. But if we have to play the prelim at the G, we will be on the bus, blurry eyed again for the match!!
Come on Boys.....Please, Please dont let me down again. Lets give all them something to choke on this year!!
My pride, money and hoilday time is behind ya.......AGAIN!!!
One Team, One Love.......Port Adelaide!!!
Arsene Wenger
13 Aug 2004, 22:38
cant wait -- we will be better this year :cool:
JuniorBurger
14 Aug 2004, 02:26
Bring it on!!!!!!!!!
Nothing can stop us now I tells ya! :cool:
:cool:
3 more games in 17 days.
Then the month of redemption.
Anyone else buoyed by Wallsy's talk of our confident resolve or is he talking ******** again?
:cool:
Anyone else buoyed by Wallsy's talk of our confident resolve or is he talking ******** again?
I wasn't aware that he stopped.
_espoir
14 Aug 2004, 18:17
how quick this year has gone, I'm looking forward to the next 3 games as well as finals. Also hoping to catch more live games next season.
I believe this year has been a top year for the team. New things learnt, and players taking a step up.
On towards the final, hopefully improving this season round. Mostly with a few "grand final" clubs not doing that top this season.
Macca19
14 Aug 2004, 20:21
This year has definately gone very very quickly.
These next 3 games our vital. Playing Collingwood and Adelaide in our last 2 games is a bummer....both teams would love to screw up our finals chances.
Then....its time we stand up and put away our chances this year.
Ray Nolan
15 Aug 2004, 01:56
Just quiet anticipation on my part, I'll wrap myself up in the hype when I see us get out there and live up to it.
ZeroGlass
15 Aug 2004, 03:54
..maybe i can get off my medication if all goes well this time...
footballphantom
15 Aug 2004, 10:44
Was having a discussion the other day about this. We wondered whether this year would be any different with the Crows out of the finals. Other years the Crows have been in as well and all the media hype in SA has been about an all SA grand final.
This year the SA media will only have Power to write about.
Thoughts
By the way, I will be out of action here for a week or so. Moving out of the parents' house into an apartment. Should have broadband back soon enough.
Be good, girls and boys!!
PortProudWA
15 Aug 2004, 13:00
Just quiet anticipation on my part, I'll wrap myself up in the hype when I see us get out there and live up to it.
I think thats how we all feel.....I know I do!! I was devestated after last year's Prelim final.....tears wouldnt stop as I had to walk out the G - My daughter going mum please dont let them see you cry. Sitting on the bus on the way back to SA was the worst trip in my life. I remember being in the truck stop on one of our stops on the way home and all of us so livid, angry and hurt! I said....never again, never again....but I renewed my membership when it come in, have already made a trip back in Round 6 and now just ready and waiting........PRAYING AND HOPING for things to go right for us!! Win the first final!!
Will the monkey be lifted? We know how good a football we can play, we need to do it now in Sept?
Quiet until we make it.......but when we do......Watch out, because no one.....NO ONE will hear the end of it from me ;) I have some serious paybacks to deal out, and the wait is killing me!!
ZeroGlass
15 Aug 2004, 15:15
Lets just say that the whole of Perth will hear me if things happen the right way this year ;)
I might even make my own Thunda Power costume and go skating through the malls of Perth, just to rub it in.......whoa, getting ahead of myself....
Was having a discussion the other day about this. We wondered whether this year would be any different with the Crows out of the finals. Other years the Crows have been in as well and all the media hype in SA has been about an all SA grand final.
This year the SA media will only have Power to write about.
Thoughts
KG and Corne's Crows Show will still only go on about the Crows!
Rucci will continue talking up Craig, will say something positive about Port and then be paid out for favouring Port.
Same old, same old, but that's OK because it keeps the pressure off us. Compare our change of CEO / coach compared to the Crows.
Macca19
15 Aug 2004, 16:27
By the way, I will be out of action here for a week or so. Moving out of the parents' house into an apartment. Should have broadband back soon enough.
Be good, girls and boys!!
Ditto. Im moving out with my girlfriend next weekend so im not sure when ill be back on here. Hopefully no more than a week.
Ditto. Im moving out with my girlfriend next weekend so im not sure when ill be back on here. Hopefully no more than a week.
Good week to be out of action, no doubt the Collingwood trolling will start soon.
16 days till Spring.
Carn Port Adelaide Agression.
PortProudWA
15 Aug 2004, 17:58
Lets just say that the whole of Perth will hear me if things happen the right way this year ;)
I might even make my own Thunda Power costume and go skating through the malls of Perth, just to rub it in.......whoa, getting ahead of myself....
LOL LOL ......dont do it unless I am there with the camera....Then I will drive ya down to Freo and you can scate up Cappo Strip.
PortProudWA
15 Aug 2004, 18:00
Be good, girls and boys!!
Cant promise that.....Trouble is my middle name :D :D :D !!!
13 days to go, if anything will go wrong it may happen today.
Ford Fairlane
21 Aug 2004, 13:35
I'm really looking forward to it. You can smell spring in the air today (partly cos of the crowies direct line to the weather gods - does it ever rain on them?). I have a real feeling of anticipation. The side seems tougher, more professional, more ready to me. We had a lot of wins last year, but there was an underlying fragility that doesn't seem to be there this year.
I'm really looking forward to it. You can smell spring in the air today (partly cos of the crowies direct line to the weather gods - does it ever rain on them?). I have a real feeling of anticipation. The side seems tougher, more professional, more ready to me. We had a lot of wins last year, but there was an underlying fragility that doesn't seem to be there this year.
Yes, the side does seem tougher, but I saw some fragility last night, particularly in the first quarter. There is a certain player who has been hearing the oppositions footsteps too loudly over the last three weeks, same as at this time last year.
Ford Fairlane
21 Aug 2004, 13:44
Yes, the side does seem tougher, but I saw some fragility last night, particularly in the first quarter. There is a certain player who has been hearing the oppositions footsteps too loudly over the last three weeks, same as at this time last year.
Come on , name names ...
I didn't see fragility last night - not in a team sense - maybe a lack of concentration/application during the latter part of the first qtr.
Come on , name names ...
I didn't see fragility last night - not in a team sense - maybe a lack of concentration/application during the latter part of the first qtr.
Schofield - fumbling, lacking the positiveness of earlier in the year.
My big bugbear with losing the previous finals isn't the losing, its the manner of the losing. A general afraid to take risks, over-caution, lack of proactivity, unwillingness to put in and back up your team-mates. I saw it last night in the first quarter and got worried. Is it a reflection of Choco's nature?, as much as I think he is doing a great job. Pleased to see he was able to turn it around in the second quarter.
What I really wanted to see, and now especially against Adelaide next game, is the coach coaching and the players playing the way they should play in the finals. This cuteness and concern with negative things becomes a habit and carries on into the first final, and is compounded by the pressures of the event.
Lets see some momentum carried into the first final.
Let's get some respect!
Schofield - fumbling, lacking the positiveness of earlier in the year.
I'd agree with that. Does Schofield have some problem kicking it when in defense as well ? Especially more then 15 metres ? He was the worst offender by far last night in going the unnecessary handball instead of just kicking the ball. He gets enough of the ball, but as far as effectiveness under pressure goes, he is the weakest link in our midfield (other then Cochrane who is just uneffective full stop whether under pressure or not).
I was pretty impressed with the way we turned things around after the end of the 1st quarter.
Hopefully it is a sign of things to come.
PortProudWA
21 Aug 2004, 23:28
Yes, the side does seem tougher, but I saw some fragility last night, particularly in the first quarter. There is a certain player who has been hearing the oppositions footsteps too loudly over the last three weeks, same as at this time last year.
Hu :confused: ....Well I reckon it was a good win, on a Ground we need to win on!! 2nd quarter was Unreal. Despite what or who we think should play, who stuffs up, who shouldnt play
Choco really seems to have his $hit together this year. I couldnt be more impressed with every aspect he has taken......I might not like or agree with some of the drops or non - drops.....But hell, you just cant not question this man, who has taken an injury riddle team to such heights. September is now his next biggest hurdle....And lets hope he can clear them all. I am behind him, the coaching panel and the 22 players HE names week in....Lets get down to business now Choco and boys.......Give them all something choke on, I'am behind you all 110%!!!
Bumped. Those couple of weeks went past like lightening.
Arsene Wenger
2 Sep 2004, 13:44
good to hear porthos -- Are u going to eb attending any finals matches this year?
Probably the Grand Final if we get there.
Arsene Wenger
2 Sep 2004, 14:02
are u a member - anchor etc
Itll be tuff for those to get gf tickets in priority 3 or 4 id imagine
Probably the Grand Final if we get there.I would like to see you barracking like a madman Porthos (like I usually do). I picture you as a fairly reserved type, but footy brings out other qualities in people. :)
My best trick is ticking off opposition fans by shouting `Nice mark Tredrea' before he marks.
I'm fairly confident that I'll be able to wangle a GF ticket by means foul or fair.
portentous
2 Sep 2004, 14:32
My best trick is ticking off opposition fans by shouting `Nice mark Tredrea' before he marks.
I'm fairly confident that I'll be able to wangle a GF ticket by means foul or fair.
Whose house you breaking into?? :p
Depends. Know anyone with a GF ticket? :D
portentous
2 Sep 2004, 14:47
Depends. Know anyone with a GF ticket? :D
I got 4 I hope........ :p
I would like to see you barracking like a madman Porthos (like I usually do). I picture you as a fairly reserved type, but footy brings out other qualities in people. :)
Put me down as a member of the 'white line' club - when the players cross that white line my behaviour changes completely. I almost gave my wife a heart attack the first time I took her to the footy. Turned from a quiet reserved, even shy guy into this feral lunatic swearing at umpires and opposition players at full voice. :D
MrMeaner
2 Sep 2004, 16:29
Put me down as a member of the 'white line' club - when the players cross that white line my behaviour changes completely. I almost gave my wife a heart attack the first time I took her to the footy. Turned from a quiet reserved, even shy guy into this feral lunatic swearing at umpires and opposition players at full voice. :D
I'm a bit the same. However, when atteding here (in Vic) I tend to be a bit more reserved as I don't usually have any back up. The one time that a group of my Port supporting mates congregated in Melbourne we went off, copping abuse and dishing it out. A bit of support makes a hell of a difference.
At away games I actually prefer being away from the other Port fans as you can stick it right up 100% of the people around you.
blackdiamond
2 Sep 2004, 21:39
At away games I actually prefer being away from the other Port fans as you can stick it right up 100% of the people around you.
I have two tickets, one of my tickets is reserved for gbear - she just needs to say yay!
I have two tickets, one of my tickets is reserved for gbear - she just needs to say yay!
I have put in my application for Annual leave, fingers crossed we make it and fingers crossed I get my leave approved.
portentous
2 Sep 2004, 22:34
Otherwise you can join the overnight convoy Friday night. We can't leave until after dark Friday so no idea how we'll get there......but we will be there!
PortProudWA
3 Sep 2004, 07:05
feral lunatic swearing at umpires and opposition players at full voice. :D
LOL I am like that at the mere mention of anything to do with Port Adelaide :D
I've now got me and my daughters plane tickets paid for we leave on the 16th, Fingers crossed for home Prelim. Hotel In Melb booked and Paid for last weekend of Sept and the magical train trip is now complete. If our boys make it, I want to see them in that GF parade on Friday 24th Sept
So now its all up to you my darlings, you all have it in you to go this far, I know you will. Just do your best, 100% effort and you will win.
Bring it home to mama :D