Preview R1 - Port Adelaide @ Melbourne

[Amarula]

Jack

Will play in defence. Not sure if good idea.

 

[jakey]

I’ll take them if you still aren’t using them?!?

PM me and they're yours

 

[portly]

Watching tonight's game, fitness may be an issue.

Are we fit?

I mention this since some scribe inferred recently that we were not!

 

[PAFC66]

I’m worried we’ll start slow

Last few games in Melbourne we start slow alright... Basically the opposition kick 5-6 in a row before we register a score..

 

[ROBBBO]

Jones body language hinted to me that he didnt seem to be too confidant in his fitness, despite his words.

Likely a couple of their mids are underdone

 

[PAFC66]

Facebook memory from a Melbourne game 5 years ago. Not really related to this game, but I found it quite funny.

He's actually got a intellectual disability that bloke.

 

[Amarula]

Dees will have another good year. Our best hope is to catch them while they're a bit rusty, and some of their mids can be wasteful at times. If they ever tighten up their ball use (or prefer Oliver over Viney & Brayshaw for their No. 1 midfielder) they'll be unstoppable.

We're an unknown quantity at this stage. Glad that most have written us off. On t'other hand, with all our new players it's unlikely that it'll all come together in Round 1. But it might ...

Could be anywhere from 8-goal win to 12-goal loss.

 

[PAFC66]

No doubt they're underdone but they'll be way too good for us at the end of the day.. if we make too many turnovers early it's game over.

 

[Coobk001]

Dees will have another good year. Our best hope is to catch them while they're a bit rusty, and some of their mids can be wasteful at times. If they ever tighten up their ball use (or prefer Oliver over Viney & Brayshaw for their No. 1 midfielder) they'll be unstoppable.

We're an unknown quantity at this stage. Glad that most have written us off. On t'other hand, with all our new players it's unlikely that it'll all come together in Round 1. But it might ...

Could be anywhere from 8-goal win to 12-goal loss.

Thats pretty much our only real chance.

I'd say a realistic possible margin spread is more like Port by 20 to Melb by 80.

I expect we'll lose by somewhere around 4-5 goals, and probably be comprehensively outplayed, but we'll kick a few when the game is done and dusted like we did against the Crows, which will make the scoreboard look a little more flattering than it should.

BUT.....

As you said, let's just hope they're off their game and a bit rusty. Miracles do happen.

 

[Amarula]

Thats pretty much our only real chance.

I'd say a realistic possible margin spread is more like Port by 20 to Melb by 80.

I expect we'll lose by somewhere around 4-5 goals, and probably be comprehensively outplayed, but we'll kick a few when the game is done and dusted like we did against the Crows, which will make the scoreboard look a little more flattering than it should.

BUT.....

As you said, let's just hope they're off their game and a bit rusty. Miracles do happen.

All 4 teams so far have looked very rusty,. Tho' perhaps the humidity wouldn't help the ball-handling, and it's going to be no less humid tomorrow. So the 5th & 6th teams to play are likely to follow the rusty trend. Just have to hope they're a lot more rusty than us.

 

[Butters Made Me Do It]

To win we mostly need to frustrate them in midfield. Throw the big bodies/big armspans in (SPP/Drew), not to knock players over, but to block off quick give options for their ballwinners. It'll force a kick and hope from a team that isn't the most accurate by foot and then we can intercept at half back. Then its all about deliberate use of the ball on counterattack - Rozee please.

 

[afl2004]

Our only hope of a win is for me to back Melbourne with real $$$$

I put 1000 on the crows to win the 17 gf , best grand I ever spent

 

[Tulip]

Jones body language hinted to me that he didnt seem to be too confidant in his fitness, despite his words.

Likely a couple of their mids are underdone

Wouldn't read much out of Jones' body language. Super camera shy. But he'll be blowing hard late, given he's a vet and didn't play JLT. Won't play too much midfield this season, expect to see him in Lewis' half back role tomorrow if he's out.

 

[Tulip]

Dees will have another good year. Our best hope is to catch them while they're a bit rusty, and some of their mids can be wasteful at times. If they ever tighten up their ball use (or prefer Oliver over Viney & Brayshaw for their No. 1 midfielder) they'll be unstoppable.

We're an unknown quantity at this stage. Glad that most have written us off. On t'other hand, with all our new players it's unlikely that it'll all come together in Round 1. But it might ...

Could be anywhere from 8-goal win to 12-goal loss.

Oliver is definitely our #1 clearance mid.

 

[Amarula]

Oliver is definitely our #1 clearance mid.

Does Jack Viney know that?

 

[Tulip]

Does Jack Viney know that?

You'd hope so. Viney is a great player, but his body is a concern and he can't kick. Oliver really can do it all.

 

[TryAnHit]

Ebert to play mostly fwd?

 

[RossFC]

Ebert to play mostly fwd?

Yep.

 

[PAFC66]

Yet to see Ebert make the forward line his own yet .

 

[OneGreatClub]

Bucketing down with rain here

 

[OneGreatClub]

Watching tonight's game, fitness may be an issue.

Are we fit?

I mention this since some scribe inferred recently that we were not!

Will be wet and slippery

 

[Power Trip]

We are out to $4.65
That's absolutely outrageous
Already got on us at $3.45 and loved those odds

Will be putting another $50 on

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[Power Trip]

Jordan Lewis out

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[Killer Power]

We are out to $4.65
That's absolutely outrageous
Already got on us at $3.45 and loved those odds

Will be putting another $50 on

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Ridiculous odds for first game of the year. Even if you aren't at all confident it is worth a small dabble.

 

[Power Trip]

Jumped all over the +31.5 line too
That's huge

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