Preview Round 6 vs Port Adelaide

[Lightning_Rod]

Dont be to down on yourselves this is set up brilliantly for a typical #beingportadelaide game, always get ahead of ourselves and never handle the expectation.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Dont be to down on yourselves this is set up brilliantly for a typical #beingportadelaide game, always get ahead of ourselves and never handke the expectation.

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If you don't win by at least eight goals, something monumental has gone wrong.

I'm talking six injuries in the first quarter monumental.

 

[giantroo]

Kyron a possible inclusion this week.

 

[The acurate one]

Kyron a possible inclusion this week.

Yeah he is, played very well or it seemed like that, although everyone else was pretty bad.

 

[giantroo]

Been told training intensity well up, tackling drills aplenty.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Been told training intensity well up, tackling drills aplenty.

Macmillan has elected to sit them out.

 

[giantroo]

Yeah he is, played very well or it seemed like that, although everyone else was pretty bad.

Kyron v Cunners in the middle.

 

[The acurate one]

Been told training intensity well up, tackling drills aplenty.

I was at Waurn Ponds last Wednesday and Geelong were training , sheesh they had a practice match, even bloody Ablett played, so it's heartening to see us applying some tackles and lifting our intensity above say EFL div 4.

I'm not for a second suggesting Geelong train harder or they have the answers, just going to check the ladder....

 

[giantroo]

I was at Waurn Ponds last Wednesday and Geelong were training , sheesh they had a practice match, even bloody Ablett played, so it's heartening to see us applying some tackles and lifting our intensity above say EFL div 4.

I'm not for a second suggesting Geelong train harder or they have the answers, just going to check the ladder....

It's been an issue for years.

 

[muttley45]

Kyron a possible inclusion this week.

Let him shadow Wines or Boak from the get go

 

[Snake_Baker]

Kyron a possible inclusion this week.

Been told training intensity well up, tackling drills aplenty.

We need a crisis to create this environment? I'd like to know why this wasn't the norm!

 

[Moti]

These are the players I want to see in action soon to see if they have something:

Tom McKenzie (back) - 1-2 weeks
Tom Murphy (ankle) (TBC)
Will Walker (PCL) - indefinite

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Any threat of Wilkinson being selected?

Recruited as a small forward with a big tank. We have none of those that also kick goals in the side currently.

Would like to see him given an extended run of games to make a forward pocket spot his own.

 

[Moti]

Any threat of Wilkinson being selected?

Recruited as a small forward with a big tank. We have none of those that also kick goals in the side currently.

Would like to see him given an extended run of games to make a forward pocket spot his own.

Have to admit, looked pretty average in the VFL but wouldn't be against it.

 

[Hojuman]

All I want is 15+ tackles per quarter. I don’t care who comes in or who goes out.


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Remember Princes Park game in the '90's when we played interstate sides there. Played Port and set a record 72 tackles on a wet day.

Can only hope.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Been told training intensity well up, tackling drills aplenty.

Brad filling in as the tackle bag?

 

[andana]

Should be an easy win for us. All their star new players will be fading.

As a side, Port Adelaide is well-drilled and extremely disciplined, which is why it has toppled quality sides such as West Coast this season.
The Power play a high-possession style of game, ranking third in kicks and handballs per game, and first in average disposals.
Renowned for its fast-paced frenetic style of play, Port Adelaide is capable of moving the ball from end-to-end in a flash if its opponents have a lapse in concentration.
This energetic game plan has seen it rank third in total points per game, ahead of sides such as GWS and Brisbane.

 

[Event Horizon]

Been told training intensity well up, tackling drills aplenty.

It took 5 weeks for that? Freo game wasn't enough?

I can't remember when was the last time I felt so little care for the result. 2006 perhaps?

 

[tazaa]

You know who also might benefit from having a run in the center, Atley, that guy is designed for the 666 rule.
Strong thru the hips can burst away from a tackle and great kicking into the forward 50.

Done this multiple times in the past fortnight.
A player who knows theres space and can use it and hes pigeon holed at half back

 

[Heaps of fun]

Kyron's playing? I thought you were supposed to recruit young players, keep them in the VFL for three years and then delist them? Interesting new tactic.

 

[Billy Not Really]

Kyron's playing? I thought you were supposed to recruit young players, keep them in the VFL for three years and then delist them? Interesting new tactic.

Its a scapegoat for Brad to put on the end of year resume to add another debutant to the list & point towards it and say, we're developing our young talent.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Its a scapegoat for Brad to put on the end of year resume to add another debutant to the list & point towards it and say, we're developing our young talent.

I don't care why the kids are actually getting a go, just as long as they do.

 

[Billy Not Really]

I don't care why the kids are actually getting a go, just as long as they do.

Albeit I'll say Kyrons definitely earned it as his tackling/pressure numbers greatly overshadow most of even the senior team. He's growing into his tagger role quite comfortably.

Needs to find more of the pill & attack on ball when he needs to however.

 

[giantroo]

Albeit I'll say Kyrons definitely earned it as his tackling/pressure numbers greatly overshadow most of even the senior team. He's growing into his tagger role quite comfortably.

Needs to find more of the pill & attack on ball when he needs to however.

Has laid 30 tackles in 3 games with 14 coming from a single game.

 

[Billy Not Really]

Has laid 30 tackles in 3 games with 14 coming from a single game.

Those are really good numbers, and as a team that prides itself on pressure/tackling and hard footy, that should be the goal of almost every player in the squad.