Changes v Port Power est 1997

[FantasticShirt]

They said it would only be reassessed then. How long are we looking here?

Might see him in a crows guernsey again before he flies back to Melbourne.

 

[GameofSloanes]

Rubbish. If it was spin they wouldn't have been talking up him getting back this week
Playing him injured in rd 3 and 4, yes that shouldn't have happened, but reinjuring himself is not the fault of anyone

And before anyone says I'm a yes man, i don't believe the spin on knight being managed. Clearly injured

 

[mulz]

So knight did have a hammy....cant believe a word coming out of westlakes.

 

[spexau]

Is it just me or have port removed a shit load of speed and also removed there only rebounding defender besides bonner?

Can't have the big names miss

 

[Scorpus]

Is it just me or have port removed a shit load of speed and also removed there only rebounding defender besides bonner?

Yep. Their plan is clearly to win and/or deny us contested ball with a team that includes Wines, SPP, Rockliff, Ebert and Boak

 

[Shaz2012]

No chance was he dropped and Pohokle preferred ahead of him.

Official: Riley Knight (general soreness) – Test

That is some general soreness. Maybe its not up to a showdown level of high impact footy.

 

[Elite Crow]

Tend to agree. Also he's not on the emergency list. Seems highly suspicious to me considering he was just "managed" for a week.

A few of us called this out as bullshit last week. I no longer trust a word coming out of our club about our fitness.

 

[edge of reason]

Pittard out is a huge loss for us...

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Pittard out is a huge loss for us...

Unfortunately for us they've dropped four of their shittest players

This is their grand final. Everything on the line.

 

[Elite Crow]

Thinker what the **** is going on down there?

 

[Thetrader15]

Hmmm...

Told the club he's leaving?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

What say you Thinker?

Don't just lurk like! Some good oil please!

 

[Aaron929]

Yep. Their plan is clearly to win and/or deny us contested ball with a team that includes Wines, SPP, Rockliff, Ebert and Boak

So there entire outside run is Polec, Motlop, Bonner.

So basically if we get on top in the contested ball this game is going to blow out extremely fast as they have a lot of one way runners.

 

[Scorpus]

A few of us called this out as bullshit last week. I no longer trust a word coming out of our club about our fitness.

Yep. I was never convinced on Knight. Managed after two games? Yeah right.

He was either injured properly or dropped, and it looks like he was injured.

 

[Wouldbetackler]

Poholke looked miles off a couple of games ago, would've preferred Murphy.

Yes probs would of preferred Murphy or Wilson in but good luck to him gets another chance now too

 

[Elite Crow]

I want to know whose decision it has been for the club to lie to its supporters? Just an individual covering their arse or a collective?

 

[CrowinNT]

With this mismanagement of Sloane. What the hell have they put Brad through?
I don't believe the "we take a cautious approach " at all
I'm very angry

 

[Scorpus]

So there entire outside run is Polec, Motlop, Bonner.

So basically if we get on top in the contested ball this game is going to blow out extremely fast as they have a lot of one way runners.

Hopefully they play Rockliff as a forward and leave the center square work to Wines, Ebert and SPP. Will be quite easy to win contested ball with that setup and both CEY and Greenwood playing good football.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Is Sloane an emergency?

 

[Aaron929]

Hopefully they play Rockliff as a forward and leave the center square work to Wines, Ebert and SPP. Will be quite easy to win contested ball with that setup and both CEY and Greenwood playing good football.

Expect rockliff to play midfield all game, so we will need to come out firing.

I'm thinking this team is way to inside heavy though for them

 

[Jack is Back]

The way he went down I thought he'd died.

Wingard did not injure his hammy.

Apparently he farted during the Kangaroos match and immediately clutched his hammy.

To be fair, Chad said “It was a ripsnorter and I felt a lot of pressure on my upper leg”.

 

[GROTTO]

Told the club he's leaving?

I think the Club knows. Given we are in a "premiership window" I think they will make sure he is 100% before playing him. Having him and our elite players in top form in September is what this year is going to be all about.

 

[Shaz2012]

Hopefully they play Rockliff as a forward and leave the center square work to Wines, Ebert and SPP. Will be quite easy to win contested ball with that setup and both CEY and Greenwood playing good football.

I expect big games from Motlop, Rockliff and Watts. They will feel the pressure of being failed recruits at this stage. They will know that just one good game here will release weeks of pressure from their fans. It is a grand final for Port, but even more so for these three players.

 

[Scorpus]

Expect rockliff to play midfield all game, so we will need to come out firing.

I'm thinking this team is way to inside heavy though for them

It's typical Port Adelaide reactionary football.

Defenders getting outmarked? Put Westhoff in defence.

Not winning contested ball? Bring in two pure inside midfielders for outside runners

Playing a team with lots of talls? Bring in Clurey and drop a rebounding defender

Need more tall forwards? Trade for many of them even if they aren't actually forwards (Ryder)

 

[Shaz2012]

Is Sloane an emergency?

Maybe we are going to pull a Geelong and bring him in at the last minute. Would be nice if we had that in us.