Unofficial Preview Changes and pre-match discussion Vs Port Adelaide at Adelaide oval

[DuckYeah]

wtf does this mean I’m so confused

It means Poorta will change that and we will cop an absolute shellacking

 

[DuckYeah]

Who cares, the players dont. Another hiding incoming.

 

[DunderHead]

I'd play him forward

Yes this has tons of merit in it. He runs all day, can crumb and has a nice short pass for hitting up forwards.

 

[HongKongRoo]

Mitchell not afraid to drop Ginnivan. Ginny kicks 4 in the ressies, puts some pressure on the incumbent firsts. That is healthy team selection.

 

[Chip Scab1]

Need to move on from Group Giblet. Even if they are under done, sub them off after a half and let wifi resurrect his career.

B: Hardeman Logue Archer
HB: Daniel Corr FOS
C: Duursma LDU Goater
HF:Simpkin Combi Zurhaar
F: Sheezel Larkey Curtis
R: Xerri Parker McKercher
I: Wardlaw, Powell Konstanty, Darling
Sub: Phillips

In: Goater, Archer, Phillips
Out:McDonald, Fisher, Tucker, Stevens

EM: Harvey, MWhitlock, Goad, WDawson

Give McKercher licence to run around in the Midfield.

 

[StazMob]

B - Archer - Pink - Corr
HB - Hardeman - Comben - Sheezel
C - Scott - LDU - FOS
HF - Simpkin - Darling - Zurhaar
FF - Curtis - Larkey - Duursma
R - Xerri - Wardlaw - Parker
I - Powell - Phillips - Teakle - K Dawson
S - Ford

IN - Archer - Pink - Hardeman - K Dawson - Teakle - Ford - Phillips
OUT - Logue - Daniel - Tucker - Stephens - Konstanty - McDonald - Fisher

Thoughts

• Sheezel moves back, takes the kick in from FB, rotating into the middle at stages. Need his presence down there who isn't afraid or uncapable of hitting a kick to relieve some pressure rather than constant panic handballs to players in worse positions.
• Logue out, at one point I think I yelled that he genuinely looked like a senior citizen out there at the ground on Friday, needs to get fit before he can even be considered for selection IMO. I don't know if he just has an awkward running gait? but he looks genuinely cooked out there currently.
• Teakle in, need to play another tall I feel, he's athletic, built and can provide a contest while helping in the ruck when needed. Darling cannot be rucking CBA's or in D50, don't mind him rucking up forward but this needs to change imo.
• Tucker & Stephens provide absolutely no point of difference. I would rather see Scott in over Stephens or even Duursma floating up to a wing at stages. K Dawson comes in for Tucker, Dawson, honestly not sure why he is not in favour.. He is limited but tries hard and has shown he can be a rebounder off half back.
• Fisher injured, but Hardeman should plug this whole and agree with one of the media pundits in that I'd rather see the kids in like Hardeman over Tucker/Fisher types.
• Archer for Lmac, Harsh on Lmac as he has honestly been fairly serviceable for the most part, but it's time we move past him and get a look at something else.
• Konstanty out, Ford in. Celebration down whatever the amount was, was enough for me. Might give him a pass as he may have been worked up, but simply cannot be doing that sort of shit. I like Ford, he can be quite manic in the contest and feel like he would be a decent sub option to shift around.

Don't feel like much is going to change by way of a gameplan overnight, however a couple of observations I would like to see addressed.
Please, for the love of god, stop giving teams an easy outlet kick to the 40-50 metre area of the d50 - It seems fairly obvious to me this is a clear direction to allow teams to take this option because we do it. every. single. time. Teams are just cutting us open once they hit this kick because they have options to switch, look inboard or run it up and kick over the back of our defence - when we are the easiest team to transition the ball from d50 to f50, something clearly isn't working. This for me is one small change to at least force a contest up the line instead of an easy uncontested mark.

Also, don't try and switch the ball from across HB when we have no one out on the fat side - that's on the mids for not working hard enough to create an option or as a team not knowing when to go and when not to go.

Agree with Nostra on the third tall play, I personally would like our keys to play way deep forward when we are trying to move the ball up from the back half. Feels like we are incapable of stretching the ground to find those 15-30 metre passes. Like many of our mids, feel like our forwards are too easily sucked up into the contest.

Finally, just kick. the. ball. Waaaay to many handballs. Simplify the game.. take territory and take as much as we can.

Not saying this will change much, and honestly, don't expect it too. But simply need to see something change.

Like many posters, I've really had to switch off a bit these past few days. Feels like I am in a toxic relationship, where promises of change and things being different this time around, to get lulled into that, to only be let down time and time and time again.

 

[Horizons_00]

Moving the deck chairs around won't magically make the team go into this game believing their going to win or stop our minds being comfortable to lose

Its sad its become such a pointless discussion

 

[Psicosis]

You'd think after the Port Adelaide mouthpiece Corn, has dragged the coach & individual players through hot coals this week, that they wouldn't need any extra motivation to come out this week breathing fire.

Pretty concerning that despite such an obvious driver, the expectation is that we still get spanked this week.

What more do they possibly need to get up and about for a game?

 

[Skarrz]

The team ranked 6th at the beginning of the round is yet to lose a game this year

In what world does this make sense?

 

[DuckYeah]

Need to move on from Group Giblet. Even if they are under done, sub them off after a half and let wifi resurrect his career.

B: Hardeman Logue Archer
HB: Daniel Corr FOS
C: Duursma LDU Goater
HF:Simpkin Combi Zurhaar
F: Sheezel Larkey Curtis
R: Xerri Parker McKercher
I: Wardlaw, Powell Konstanty, Darling
Sub: Phillips

In: Goater, Archer, Phillips
Out:McDonald, Fisher, Tucker, Stevens

EM: Harvey, MWhitlock, Goad, WDawson

Give McKercher licence to run around in the Midfield.

Whitlock is unavailable. But outs seem ok, could drop a bunch more. Colby needs to go back and get some confidence. Have 4-6 weeks in the twos

 

[DuckYeah]

IN - Archer - Pink - Hardeman - K Dawson - Teakle - Ford - Phillips
OUT - Logue - Daniel - Tucker - Stephens - Konstanty - McDonald - Fisher

Would love to see this. Thats what needs to happen

 

[DuckYeah]

You'd think after the Port Adelaide mouthpiece Corn, has dragged the coach & individual players through hot coals this week, that they wouldn't need any extra motivation to come out this week breathing fire.

Pretty concerning that despite such an obvious driver, the expectation is that we still get spanked this week.

What more do they possibly need to get up and about for a game?

They arent listening to external noise. They’re closed for business. Just run around and continue to apply the same pitiful effort week in week out

 

[Frank Thring]

They arent listening to external noise. They’re closed for business. Just run around and continue to apply the same pitiful effort week in week out

Don't worry, they would be fully aware of the outside noise, especially as some North folk gave them a mouthful as they exited up the race after the game.

 

[Chip Scab1]

Whitlock is unavailable. But outs seem ok, could drop a bunch more. Colby needs to go back and get some confidence. Have 4-6 weeks in the twos

In a perfect world, true.

We just need to read him the riot act. Of all our spuds we could drop, I'd leave this half-coward squib alone - what can I say? I'm a sucker for talent.

 

[kool kangas]

Need to move on from Group Giblet. Even if they are under done, sub them off after a half and let wifi resurrect his career.

B: Hardeman Logue Archer
HB: Daniel Corr FOS
C: Duursma LDU Goater
HF:Simpkin Combi Zurhaar
F: Sheezel Larkey Curtis
R: Xerri Parker McKercher
I: Wardlaw, Powell Konstanty, Darling
Sub: Phillips

In: Goater, Archer, Phillips
Out:McDonald, Fisher, Tucker, Stevens

EM: Harvey, MWhitlock, Goad, WDawson

Give McKercher licence to run around in the Midfield.

and you would still play Zurhaar.?

 

[Dinkers]

Truth is outside of Archer there is no one to bring in that will make a difference. All below could be delisted and we wouldn't be worse off.

Pink - out Logue
K Dawson - out Comben
Phillips - out Powell
Ford - out Duursma
Marley - out Darling
Hansen - out Konstanty
Harvey - ???
Payne - ???



We have blown both feet off at the drafts for years. And if we get belted again which is on the cards, what the **** will we then do.

Lost our last 3 by a combined 199 points. ffs

 

[Chip Scab1]

and you would still play Zurhaar.?

Agree but before we get to that, I'd appreciate if he got 6-9 for Elbowing JHFF in the face - off the ball, behind play and dog in front of the Port $100 club.

That aside, I'd probably try him on the Wing before that. **** it, still takes the opposition's best defender, there probably is some value in having him stay in the team.

 

[Horizons_00]

Melb dropped two veterans and said number one is defence. No talk about offence.

And they won (even though I dont rate Freo)

 

[Themanbun]

Okay, after the week and reviewing the replay pretty closely. Couple of big droppings should send the message. We'll get done by 100 with this side but it's better than 80 and pissweak efforts being reinforced. Yes it's drastic and no it's not saying the replacements are more talented.

Out: LDU, Powell, Logue, Corr, Fisher (inj), McKercher

Note: Sheezel goes back to half back. Midfield efforts haven't been up to scratch.

In: Scott, Archer, Pink, Teakle, Phillips, Hardeman

B: Archer - Pink - Hardeman
HB: Daniel - Comben - Sheezel
C: Stephens - Wardlaw - Tucker
HF: Curtis - Darling - FOS (stoppage)
F: Zurhaar - Larkey - Konstanty

R: Xerri - Parker - Simpkin

INT: Phillips - Duursma - Teakle -Scott

Phillips rewarded for VFL form. Him, FOS and Curtis to raffle the extra midfield time.

Teakle to play second ruck.

 

[harper2bastinac]

It will absolutely baffle me if we go and get smacked yet again by this club, a club that laughs at them, yet alone how badly this club should be putting a certain player in their place, but of course we already know what’s gonna happen

 

[muttley45]

Can anyone give me a valid reason not to give Geordie Payne a crack in the senior's ?

 

[Disco Dew]

Who cares, the players dont. Another hiding incoming.

I actually forgot there was a game on this weekend for a day or two there.
Watched zero footy after Good Friday (of which I only watched the first half)

I usually enjoy thinking about what changes we could make but I genuinely can’t be ****ed and don’t give a **** now.
They could select 23 Mahoneys and we’d actually do better than the current tripe we’ve been serving up with our supposed young stars.

I’m a sack of positivity right now.

 

[zoomba23]

I actually forgot there was a game on this weekend for a day or two there.
Watched zero footy after Good Friday (of which I only watched the first half)

I usually enjoy thinking about what changes we could make but I genuinely can’t be *ed and don’t give a * now.
They could select 23 Mahoneys and we’d actually do better than the current tripe we’ve been serving up with our supposed young stars.

I’m a sack of positivity right now.

 

[Event Horizon]

For the first 3 days since Friday I was thinking that I might take a week off from Bigfooty and football media. But as usual, by Monday night I have come back. What can we do...

Hard to talk about the changes without knowing what's on Clarko's mind. Is he ready for wholesale changes or does he continue to play the same blokes hoping they'll respond?

Kingy made a good point that we should never play both Caleb Daniel

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Caleb Daniel

Age

29

Ht

171cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

19.5

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

8.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

CL

1.0

3star

D

16.4

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

9.2

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.2

2star

and Fisher in the same backline. With Fisher injured, that issue solves itself. Ideally I would also move Daniel to a different position, but do we have anyone who can be the main distrubutor down there?

You'd think we should also drop at least one of the the talls back there. Possibly two.

Anyhow, here's what I'd do:

Out: Fisher (inj), Darling (managed), Zurhaar
In: Archer (if fit), Harvey, Pink or K Dawson

Move Comben forward

 

[Themanbun]

For the first 3 days since Friday I wasn't thinking that I might take a week off from Bigfooty and football media. But as usual, by Monday night I have come back. What can we do...

Hard to talk about the changes without knowing what's on Clarko's mind. Is he ready for wholesale changes or does he continue to play the same blokes hoping they'll respond?

Kingy made a good point that we should never play both Caleb Daniel and Fisher in the same backline. With Fisher injured, that issue solves itself. Ideally I would also move Daniel to a different position, but do we have anyone who can be the main distrubutor down there?

You'd think we should also drop at least one of the the talls back there. Possibly two.

Anyhow, here's what I'd do:

Out: Fisher (inj), Darling (managed), Zurhaar
In: Archer (if fit), Harvey, Pink or K Dawson

Move Comben forward

I'm with Chadwiko

Send Sheezel back to distribute.