Preview R9: Changes vs. Port Adelaide

[Redleg Crow]

In: Hinge
Out: Smith

Nank sub. Berry, tagger duties.

 

[TBM]

Cumming, on the other hand, I think is still very underrated by our own supporters. He's been great, yet I often see posts from people calling him disappointing or even a bust. I don't get it.

Very underrated IMO. He does what he does very well and with minimal fuss, hasn't had a standout game but hasn't done a lot wrong.

Much safer and more complete option than Jones or Sholl. Been a great pickup.

 

[Pugsley]

Very underrated IMO. He does what he does very well and with minimal fuss, hasn't had a standout game but hasn't done a lot wrong.

Much safer and more complete option than Jones or Sholl. Been a great pickup.

His disposal by foot is elite.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Realistically, Port have had 1 good game this year against Hawthorn. They've been smashed by Collingwood and Bulldogs this year by 180 points total and lost games to the Saints and Essendon teams we beat easily. They also limped over the line against the Kangaroos last week at home. Port are an 10-12th side and this weekend and if we are serious, we should be brushing them aside by 4 goals +.

Wouldn't surprise me if they start fast this weekend, but fade as the game goes on and our depth over the park is too much for them.

Beating Sydney away is a good win

 

[MrBarry]

Beating Sydney away is a good win

It's ok, Sydney have largely been shocking since GF day.

 

[moogerfooger]

Look at this back six and tell me how they'll stop us kicking 20 goals:

FB
[27] Esava Ratugolea

27

Esava Ratugolea

Age

27

Ht

197cm

Wt

108kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.6

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.2

4star

MG

131.6

2star

D

8.1

2star

K

4.3

2star

HB

3.9

3star

M

2.1

2star

T

2.5

3star

MG

109.0

2star

D

9.2

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.2

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.2

4star

MG

133.8

3star

[21] Aliir Aliir

21

Aliir Aliir

Age

31

Ht

194cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.2

4star

K

9.3

4star

HB

5.9

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.9

4star

MG

240.9

4star

D

11.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

5.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

3star

D

13.0

4star

K

6.4

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

158.4

3star

[34] Lachie Jones

HB
[14] Miles Bergman [1] Connor Rozee

1

Connor Rozee

Age

25

Ht

185cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.6

5star

MG

189.2

3star

D

12.8

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

5.3

3star

M

2.9

3star

T

2.4

3star

MG

189.2

3star

D

16.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

8.4

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

3.4

5star

[6] Kane Farrell

6

Kane Farrell

Age

26

Ht

182cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

6.4

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.1

4star

MG

259.5

4star

D

12.5

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.8

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

3star

MG

259.5

4star

D

9.6

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

2.6

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

4star

I guess they also have Zerk-Thatcher but he's probably even worse

 

[moogerfooger]

Will port wear the prison bar Guernsey?

Yes

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

It's Butters and JHF

If we can break even in that midfield duel, we win

 

[AFC979810]

It's Butters and JHF

If we can break even in that midfield duel, we win

It's Butters. 42 touches, 10 clearances and a goal to go along with 3 Brownlow votes last year. He is the difference.

Our ins / outs are considerable compared to last year:

Ins: Peatling, Cumming, ANB, Butts, Walker,

Outs: Gollant, Bond, Murray, Murphy, Sholl

We also lost Rankine early.

They will be without Houston, Boak, Dixon from last year.

 

[Trigger13]

SANFL watchers, is Pedlar any chance?

 

[Cromulant]

Was the best performance he's put in for a long while, probably need another one of those to push his case but its a good sign.

 

[George CantStandYa]

SANFL watchers, is Pedlar any chance?

For who?

 

[Jarman3]

Take out Butters & we win.

Should be a no brainer.

So you're talking about a bit of payback for the Houston - Rankine incident last year?

I like the way you think Who are we thinking should be the one to do the job and take the suspension for the team? Possibly ROB, although our only backup is McAndrew and I don't know if we want to rely on him for 4 weeks or so. Perhaps bring in somebody who is outside the best 23 so we won't miss them if they're unavailable for a few weeks. Murphy?

 

[Golumless]

Look at this back six and tell me how they'll stop us kicking 20 goals:

FB
[27] Esava Ratugolea [21] Aliir Aliir [34] Lachie Jones

HB
[14] Miles Bergman [1] Connor Rozee [6] Kane Farrell

I guess they also have Zerk-Thatcher but he's probably even worse

Win the midfield battle and stifle our transition game.

Mind you, that's been easier said than done this year, seeing it's only really Fremantle who's found a way (as GWS was us shitting the bed every time we went forward).

 

[Mutineer]

Look at this back six and tell me how they'll stop us kicking 20 goals:

FB
[27] Esava Ratugolea [21] Aliir Aliir [34] Lachie Jones

HB
[14] Miles Bergman [1] Connor Rozee [6] Kane Farrell

I guess they also have Zerk-Thatcher but he's probably even worse

Problem is the midfield need to at least break even with the Powa's mids to get enough supply down there to dominate.

 

[davos44]

It's ok, Sydney have largely been shocking since GF day.

We can't do it

 

[Peter Doherty]

Cumming, on the other hand, I think is still very underrated by our own supporters. He's been great, yet I often see posts from people calling him disappointing or even a bust. I don't get it.

I'll keep that in mind.

But back to the game, we should win this comfortably.

 

[Cromulant]

Problem is the midfield need to at least break even with the Powa's mids to get enough supply down there to dominate.

Maybe.

I think our defence can hold up under pretty high pressure, and theyve got 1 guy who can really hurt us.

If we break even in the midfield, we'll win by a big margin.

 

[GameofSloanes]

I hope the club is showing footage of the Rankine snipe to the players to get them in the mood for the weekend. We need to come out all guns blazing like we did vs carlton (but not like we did in the last showdown after the snipe)

 

[moogerfooger]

Problem is the midfield need to at least break even with the Powa's mids to get enough supply down there to dominate.

I don't think we'll even need to break even. We match up pretty evenly everywhere but the imbalance in class between our forwards and their defenders is cavernous.

 

[WetCrow1991]

Gatorade boy could possibly miss for the Power in light of his silly behaviour.

 

[Trigger13]

Gatorade boy could possibly miss for the Power in light of his silly behaviour.

Based on?

Would it be a club imposed suspension?

 

[Cromulant]

He might take the week off himself, but the AFL and Port wont suspend him

 

[CrowBloke]

Don’t you hate that

Dammit, 24 hours and 27 minutes late, for the joke ...

 

[CrowBloke]

5 wins from the easier part
1 and 1 from showdowns
1 and 1 against Collingwoof
1 and 1 against Hawthorn
Sydney Lost
Brisbane Win at home
Bulldogs Lost
Gold Coast at home win

Gives us 15 wins.

In another thread I predicted 13 wins.
I'd love it if we ended up with 15 wins but, somebody: