Review Port Adelaide vs Crows - Trial Match 1 @ Alberton

[jackag24]

So none of the train ons will play?

Is there some stipulation that train on players can't play in the AFL team as they aren't on the list yet?

 

[Portpowerfan20040621]

Ratugolea injured or have Ramm and Marshall jumped him?

It appears that Ramm and Marshall have jumped him. Rip to the 2023 off season. Soldo injured and all of Sweet, Zerk and Ratugolea playing in the twos

 

[Ported]

Port has named Jason Horne-Francis despite his interrupted pre-season, while veteran Ollie Wines (who will miss the first two rounds of the season due to suspension) is absent along with Jordon Sweet, Brandon Zerk-Thatcher

25

Brandon...

Age

27

Ht

195cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

8.5

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.5

3star

MG

148.5

2star

D

12.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

5.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

0.0

1star

MG

124.0

2star

D

11.5

3star

K

8.5

4star

HB

3.0

3star

M

4.5

5star

T

1.5

4star

MG

148.5

3star

and 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

, while none of the Power's train-on players have been named.

What's up with SWeet, BZT and Esava? Port website didn't even mention them. Managed?

 

[Schulzenfest]

It appears that Ramm and Marshall have jumped him. Rip to the 2023 off season. Soldo injured and all of Sweet, Zerk and Ratugolea playing in the twos

Yeah but at least we only gave up a first rounder, two second rounders, a third rounder and Xavier Duursma to get those guys.

 

[Portpowerfan20040621]

Yeah but at least we only gave up a first rounder, two second rounders, a third rounder and Xavier Duursma to get those guys.

Stupid looking back isn’t it. Not the best trades to say the least

 

[Marat]

Ratugolea injured or have Ramm and Marshall jumped him?

Either Ratugolea is being managed or they want to have a good look at Marshall and Ramm who may be competing for a spot

 

[Skindy]

Ratugolea genuinely monstered a few forwards last year and was in great knick prior to going down injured. I'd be shocked if Ramm has jumped him already.

 

[x_les_x]

No BZT Rat Sweet Hinkley rolling around in his grave already

 

[RossFC]

Interesting that Logan Evans got picked, looked way off it at SANFL level during the back end of last season.

Liddy not picked, got a heap of the ball during the internal, but turned it over a lot.

Lorenz over Mackinlay another interesting one, as Lorenz looked out of favour under old management.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Is Stephenson allowed to play or nah

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Something like

B: Marshall - Ramm - Jones
HB: Rozee - Aliir - Farrell
C: Burgoyne - JHF - Bergman
HF: Richards - Lukosius - DBJ
F: Lord - Whitlock - Durdin
R: Visentini - Drew - Brodie
I: Mead, Sinn, Moraes, Evans, Wehr, Lorenz, Berry

 

[PJ Power]

Light on in the midfield for this one. Other absentees are Liddy, McKinlay Lai who remain behind Evans, Mead and Moraes. Lai especially didn’t get a lot of love from Dew in an interview earlier this week when Timmy G enthusiastically talked him up.

 

[RossFC]

Something like

B: Marshall - Ramm - Jones
HB: Rozee - Aliir - Farrell
C: Burgoyne - JHF - Bergman
HF: Richards - Lukosius - DBJ
F: Lord - Whitlock - Durdin
R: Visentini - Drew - Brodie
I: Mead, Sinn, Moraes, Evans, Wehr, Lorenz, Berry

Horne-Francis forward, Bergman in the middle, Wehr on the wing.

 

[Coobk001]

Squad selected for Friday’s match sim

Port Adelaide has selected its 25-player squad for the side's match simulation against Adelaide.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

No Ratugolea or Zerk-Thatcher pretty interesting

Wow, this is a rebuild approach. Not a win now approach.

LOVE IT.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Stupid looking back isn’t it. Not the best trades to say the least

It was stupid at the time too.

 

[RossFC]

Is Stephenson allowed to play or nah

I think he was, but could play sanfl instead

 

[RossFC]

To me it looked like the Visentini/Sweet battle was pretty even in the internal trial. But Visentini was getting under Sweets skin a couple times behind the play. I wonder if that mongrel was what gave him the edge here.

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

Wow, this is a rebuild approach. Not a win now approach.

LOVE IT.

Pre season friendly

 

[Interstater]

Very curious where the goals will come from.

 

[240volt]

Very curious where the goals will come from.

That’s actually a valid question with MG being the main man up forward last year and with Willie now gone it doesn’t leave a lot to kick a winning score.

 

[RossFC]

Half of this list are not even in the team.

 

[Burningleviathan]

It appears that Ramm and Marshall have jumped him. Rip to the 2023 off season. Soldo injured and all of Sweet, Zerk and Ratugolea playing in the twos

Sweet and Rat are in our best 22.
There will be some evaluating of fringe players during preseason.

 

[Willsy10]

The Soldo trade is the only genuine flop.

The Sweet trade was a win.

BZT plus steak knives for Duursma is break even so far.

Ratugolea for pick 25 plus steak knives may still work out okay based on some of the form we saw from him last year.

My guess is Sweet and Visentini are neck and neck for a spot. Sweet is the incumbent so they want to see more of Visentini to convince selectors otherwise.

BZT probably managed and still working his way back into the best 23 after a horror 12 months of injuries.

Ratugolea would 100% be in the best 23 but is injury prone and they want to give Ramm a look.

 

[FrankDrebin]

Something like

B: Marshall - Ramm - Jones
HB: Rozee - Aliir - Farrell
C: Burgoyne - JHF - Bergman
HF: Richards - Lukosius - DBJ
F: Lord - Whitlock - Durdin
R: Visentini - Drew - Brodie
I: Mead, Sinn, Moraes, Evans, Wehr, Lorenz, Berry

That might be the worst forward line in the AFL. We're proper stuffed if Georgie goes down for any time.

 

[Willsy10]

That’s actually a valid question with MG being the main man up forward last year and with Willie now gone it doesn’t leave a lot to kick a winning score.

Berry and Whitlock should provide much more up forward this year, Luko ditto (basically didn’t have him last year), added Durdin and most likely stephenson. JHF up forward more this year.

Lost Rioli and finlayson and will be a better team and culture for it. Yes Rioli was second in our leading goal kickers but I’m still annoyed how poorly he presented himself last year and who knows what effect having someone so blatantly checked out in the team had for the overall team morale. Would replace Rioli for Durdin alone in a heart beat.