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It's actually better for us if the Crows make finals and win at least one.
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I think Bucks is a s**t coach. Good player, s**t coach.
If we can't beat the Crows in a final, we're not going to beat Hawthorn, Sydney, or Geelong. If we're good enough we'll get it done.
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Here's something that would be the AFL's wet dream in terms of a preliminary finals series - Hawthorn hosting Sydney, Friday night, packed MCG, 100k...and Port Adelaide hosting Adelaide, Saturday afternoon, packed AO, 53500...
The best thing about the scenario that I have in my mind is - Adelaide having to play Fremantle at Subiaco in a semi-final after winning against Geelong the week before, while we take care of Sydney at ANZ and have the week off. Their supporters will be going mental thinking that they are going to make a GF...then we smash the s**t out of them like we did against North Melbourne and forever stain their psyche in a way that can never be repaired.
Ahh, I can dream...
My dreams never include the crows...
Look at what he has to work with.
If you can name five players from the 2010 premiership team who were out there tonight you are doing well.
He needs a few years to get this squad up to scratch.
mine either tbh i dont even think about them at all but it seems a few here seem to . no idea why as i couldnt really give 2 farks bout anyone but port
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Will take on anyone and everyone come September.
Don't care who or where.
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That's the Port Adelaide spirit right there
You lads hit the nail on the head. That is the mental attitude we need to believe and live, because that is truly Port Adelaide!
Will take on anyone and everyone come September.
Don't care who or where.
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That's the Port Adelaide spirit right there
You lads hit the nail on the head. That is the mental attitude we need to believe and live, because that is truly Port Adelaide!
Agree with Chris above.
I would love Port to be the first team under the present system to win the flag from outside the 8.
That would put 119 to bed pretty fast.
EDIT: Outside the top 4 - we are not Carlton
I would love Port to be the first team under the present system to win the flag from outside the 8.
That would put 119 to bed pretty fast.
EDIT: Outside the top 4 - we are not Carlton
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FishingRick04
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I'm with finbarr, Geelong is the odd team out in the top 4 based on basic stats.
Collingwood obviously will be angry but our boys should be angrier and they will run hard this week
Collingwood obviously will be angry but our boys should be angrier and they will run hard this week
I agree, and if he had Swan and Maxwell, Pie's win that game.
Buckley is one coach at the time that I was praying that we could land when he was looking for a job along with Ken. Buck's will land a premiership before he has retired from coaching.
Finals footy is a different game, NO FEAR ATTIDUDE MUST BE SOUGHT and ATTACKING AT ALL COSTS...
Pendlebury, Cloke, Sidebottom, Beams, O'Brien (Lumumba), Reid, Macaffer, Blair, Goldsack. I got 9.
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hmm one thing is certain, for us to win not only will we have to beat the Collingwood players but the umpires frees, AFL will hand down a directive to get the wobblers over then line, AFL always relies on a Collingwood finals series attendance in making bank
Maxwell is retired isn't he? Maxwell wouldn't have made the difference in that game, niether would Swan the wqy he's been going this year.
Buckley has the biggest football department spend in the AFL and is still outside the 8. Your overrating him big time. He's taken a premiership team to the edge of disaster and I reckon they will keep sliding next year too.
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I agree, he had 8 premiership players playing yesterday and they didn't stand up when required. It seems Buckley has a certain way he wants them to play but they aren't executing it very well or don't have the skills required.
All their depth players are exactly the same.
Broomhead looks like he will be a good player.
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He did show a bit yesterday that's for sure
6 of Collingwood's team yesterday have less then 25 games under their belt. They are rebuilding and they've had a rough trot with injuries (on a par with our injury toll) so all things considered they've done okay.
I just finished watching yesterday's game- both Collingwood and Adelaide can play good football but not over 4 quarters. Fighting for 8th is about where they both should be.
IF! Port have our running game back we should be okay against Collingwood. If we serve the pile of turd football we've done over the last month we'll get done. Depends which Port show up.
I just finished watching yesterday's game- both Collingwood and Adelaide can play good football but not over 4 quarters. Fighting for 8th is about where they both should be.
IF! Port have our running game back we should be okay against Collingwood. If we serve the pile of turd football we've done over the last month we'll get done. Depends which Port show up.
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They have weaknesses all over the ground. The KPD's are young and undersized, but our forward line hasn't been great in the last month. Pendlebury and Beams can be winners, but they do lack depth in the midfield. Pendlebury doesn't seem to be going as well as he was with better quality around him. Ruckmen are young and not great. Cloke, Reid and Elliot are good forward targets, but Reid is underdone and Elliot just came back from injury too. Seems you can scrag Cloke as much as you like and get away with it.
But get a 40k crowd behind them and they can do alright.
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Agree. Defenders can scrag anyone as much as they like and get away with it. The umpires are looking for jumper pulls which means that if the defender pushes or bodies when the ball is miles away he will get away with it. Although it seems to have turned full circle, a few years ago the forward was the one who could scrag and the defender had to tread carefully. Frees were paid against Cloke for doing exactly what Talia was doing for the whole game.
I've said it before, when a rule change is needed the AFL can't just go to the right decision, they have to go overboard.
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Another "Dream Final" would be hilarious, but I'd rather just go straight to the prelim.
Cloke goes looking to be scragged. He always played his best footy pushing up around CHF, he used to be a beast aerobically, now he's 10kg too heavy and tries to wrestle anyone and everyone. Once every six weeks he'll kick a bag on a dumb footballer like Alex Rance but up against good defenders like Carlile and Talia he gets constantly caught out of position and can't get to enough contests to ever really be threatening.
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