Preview Round 6, 2021: Port Adelaide v St.Kilda - Adelaide Oval, Sunday 25th April, 6:40PM AEST

[Ephemeral Hope]

Reckon Joyce will surprise us with some form? A lot of clubs have that one player who comes in from deep in the reserves to cement a spot

 

[StCicatriz]

Hope we give Coffield a run in the midfield tomorrow now that Joyce is in.

I think he's capable. Need to keep pushing these guys.

I hope he turns into a Yeo or Goddard for us

 

[kernelT]

Reckon Joyce will surprise us with some form? A lot of clubs have that one player who comes in from deep in the reserves to cement a spot

Could be superboot Brodie Murdoch.

 

[kernelT]

Coff doesn’t look anything like a mid to me, just like Jake Lever

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Jake Lever

Age

28

Ht

194cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

4.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.3

3star

MG

242.0

4star

D

9.6

2star

K

6.5

3star

HB

3.1

2star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.3

2star

MG

145.4

3star

D

16.0

4star

K

11.0

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

6.6

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

189.8

4star

isn’t a mid.

 

[George]

Coff doesn’t look anything like a mid to me, just like Jake Lever isn’t a mid.

Goddard?

 

[BrutThough]

Reckon Joyce will surprise us with some form? A lot of clubs have that one player who comes in from deep in the reserves to cement a spot

He's always been very athletic, it's just whether he has learnt how to defend yet and has a better understand of the game.

His game on Jeremy Cameron in 2019 was the stuff of nightmares. Hopefully he has improved a lot since then.

 

[kernelT]

Goddard?

Good player, getting a bit old now though.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

He's always been very athletic, it's just whether he has learnt how to defend yet and has a better understand of the game.

His game on Jeremy Cameron in 2019 was the stuff of nightmares. Hopefully he has improved a lot since then.

Someone will have to remind me of his playing style. All I remember was him getting a lesson on field. He's tall though.

 

[George]

Good player, getting a bit old now though.

No lol, don't you see a bit of him in Coffield?

 

[BrutThough]

Someone will have to remind me of his playing style. All I remember was him getting a lesson on field. He's tall though.

I'm not sure he had a playing style. Thats pretty much all I remember about him too.

 

[BrutThough]

No lol, don't you see a bit of him in Coffield?

Coff's more Ridley/Lever type for me.

Should be our main interceptor and take kick ins.

 

[George]

Coff's more Ridley/Lever type for me.

Should be our main interceptor and take kick ins.

I reckon he's more athletic than those two. Don't think you could picture them in the midfield but I reckon you can with Coff.

 

[StCicatriz]

I reckon he's more athletic than those two. Don't think you could picture them in the midfield but I reckon you can with Coff.

Worth noting he spent time as an inside mid in his U18 year

 

[kernelT]

No lol, don't you see a bit of him in Coffield?

Yeah maybe, I guess I remember Goddard as an elite intercepting defender more than a gun mid.

 

[George]

Yeah maybe, I guess I remember Goddard as an elite intercepting defender more than a gun mid.

So do I but I also remember him rotating through the midfield at times. Feel like Coffield is a really similar player.

 

[George]

This is the Port v St.Kilda preview thread. Please take the Trac v Paddy debate somewhere else (preferably PM with whoever wants to discuss it with you)

 

[Roddy Grant]

Hill is out of form and has struggled to settle properly into the team. He has also publicly stated that he is struggling with the negative press and the limelight for the first time in his career. Dropping him to the 2s ‘to make a statement’ is going to bring even more negative press his way.

God knows what that would do to his morale and confidence and could stuff him up in the long term.

Ratten is clearly giving him a chance to turn this around in the 1s (he was great against WCE) and he has enough runs on the board in his AFL career to warrant it.

I don’t think Ratten is making decisions to try and stay mates with the senior players. Isn’t he out of contract end of next year? It’s unlikely to be renewed if we aren’t playing finals this year or next with the backing that he’s been given getting Hill, Howard, Crouch et al in.

I’m backing Ratten in and also backing Hill in to have a good game tomorrow night.

 

[Diehard Saint]

typical lets just sweep another mistake under the rug??
no. no more. saints owe
me a flag.

What would you like to do about it?
We are not owed a damn thing. We support, some of us put money behind our support, that’s our choice and that‘s the only thing we have control over.

But I’ll let you in on a little secret - rehashing decisions from the past is not going to make one damn difference to the present.

*sorry George no more from me.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

I reckon he's more athletic than those two. Don't think you could picture them in the midfield but I reckon you can with Coff.

Keep forgetting he's 191 cm since he's so athletic. Could be a dunkley type taller midfielder

 

[BrutThough]

I reckon he's more athletic than those two. Don't think you could picture them in the midfield but I reckon you can with Coff.

He looked so confident reading the ball in the air last year - 4 intercept marks in his first big final - that I wouldn't want to take him away from that strength by playing him in the middle.

 

[lewdogs]

Pretty excited to see Paddy had such a huge game today. Get a win here and Paddy back for the next round, absolutely huge.

 

[BrutThough]

Hill is out of form and has struggled to settle properly into the team. He has also publicly stated that he is struggling with the negative press and the limelight for the first time in his career. Dropping him to the 2s ‘to make a statement’ is going to bring even more negative press his way.

God knows what that would do to his morale and confidence and could stuff him up in the long term.

Ratten is clearly giving him a chance to turn this around in the 1s (he was great against WCE) and he has enough runs on the board in his AFL career to warrant it.

I don’t think Ratten is making decisions to try and stay mates with the senior players. Isn’t he out of contract end of next year? It’s unlikely to be renewed if we aren’t playing finals this year or next with the backing that he’s been given getting Hill, Howard, Crouch et al in.

I’m backing Ratten in and also backing Hill in to have a good game tomorrow night.

Ratts is playing the players we have available who will give us the best chance to win the game.

And our best chance to win is if Brad Hill is out there, running up and down that wing with his pin point kicks to King.

Lets hope we see that version of him tomorrow.

 

[Big 0]

Our whole season depends on Crouch and Jones imo. If those boys (and the mid group as a whole) can really start cracking in and making a name for themselves energy is gonna start filtering throughout the rest of the group. It all starts in the middle - look at the Dees and the Doggies. If Crouch and Jones in particular decide to push themselves to get to Steeley's level everything changes for us

 

[kernelT]

Trolls are coming out hard to lay the boots in when we’re down and out.

 

[George]

He looked so confident reading the ball in the air last year - 4 intercept marks in his first big final - that I wouldn't want to take him away from that strength by playing him in the middle.

Yep as mentioned previously it wouldn't be for the whole game but at least for a few setups to see if he can bring something else. We are too one dimensional in there.