Review Round 1 2019 vs Melbourne

[jakey]

Kick Efficiency - Port 71%, Melbourne 69%

I know it was dry and not a greasy, slippery night game, but AFL average over a season is about 64%.

Keep it regularly above AFL average and we will have a big year. Those home games where we go a quarter or a half or even a game in the 51%-55% range (radio gives out the stats) and the oppo is close to the AFL average, that's when we usually play poorly and lose.

It's a funny thing when you run hard and spread. Suddenly everyone's skills are great.

 

[Powerstufff]

As so often Titus O'reilly says it best. From his THE MONDAY KNEE JERK REACTION: AFL ROUND ONE

"... Jack Watts’ unconventional offseason paid dividends, with all players now looking to include a ‘completely legal white substance’ in their training regime."

 

[S.Patrol.G]

Jonas has to stop doing dumb shit.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-03-25/match-review-full-statement-from-round-one

Charges Laid:
Tom Jonas, Port Adelaide, has been charged with engaging in Rough Conduct against Max Gawn, Melbourne during the second quarter of the Round One match between Melbourne and Port Adelaide, played at the MCG on Saturday March 23.

In summary he can accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea.

Based on the available evidence, the incident was assessed as Intentional Conduct with Low Impact to the Body. The incident was classified as a $3000 sanction. The player can accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea.

I've often found it hard to accept that a player can be charged with "rough" conduct, but have it assessed as "low impact". The definition of rough is "not gentle, violent". I'm not necessarily disputing the charge, although it's one based purely on the reputation/standing of the player and they club he's from (Selwood would never get charged with the same if it took place), I just laugh at it when I imagine that a player could, conceivably, be charged with engaging in rough conduct, then assessed as intentional, low impact to the body for tickling their opponent.

 

[finbarr]

Titus O'Reilly is probably less funny than Peter Hellier.

 

[Adam Marrett23]

Jonas has to stop doing dumb shit.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-03-25/match-review-full-statement-from-round-one

Charges Laid:
Tom Jonas, Port Adelaide, has been charged with engaging in Rough Conduct against Max Gawn, Melbourne during the second quarter of the Round One match between Melbourne and Port Adelaide, played at the MCG on Saturday March 23.

In summary he can accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea.

Based on the available evidence, the incident was assessed as Intentional Conduct with Low Impact to the Body. The incident was classified as a $3000 sanction. The player can accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea.

I've got no issue with what he did to Gawn, at least it wasn't a 5 foot Dalhaus this time. The team were after Gawn and he is captain so I was happy to see it. That tactic did majorly unsettle Gawn, hopefully Tommy doesn't get a couple of other fines though, is it 3 fines and a suspension? Or 2 and the third is a suspension?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I've got no issue with what he did to Gawn, at least it wasn't a 5 foot Dalhaus this time. The team were after Gawn and he is captain so I was happy to see it. That tactic did majorly unsettle Gawn, hopefully Tommy doesn't get a couple of other fines though, is it 3 fines and a suspension? Or 2 and the third is a suspension?

The 3rd is a suspension.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Titus O'Reilly is probably less funny than Peter Hellier.

Cancer isn't less funny than Peter Hellier.

 

[Kiss from a Rozee]

Cancer isn't less funny than Peter Hellier.

Brutal, yet I can’t bring myself to defend him.

 

[Powerstufff]

Jonas has to stop doing dumb shit .....

It's way beyond him. Odd choice as any sort of captain.

 

[Duck Farmer]

Skills were shocking in the first. Not too bad for the rest of the game. Pepper, though, what is going on there?.. I know he's not the cleanest (hopefully that change asap), but I don't think he did one thing clean, it was all a bit ugly. His shot at goal which just missed was his highlight.

Carn Peps, get it together.

Only needs a bit of composure and he will be great.

 

[klem22]

Jonas has to stop doing dumb shit.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-03-25/match-review-full-statement-from-round-one

Charges Laid:
Tom Jonas, Port Adelaide, has been charged with engaging in Rough Conduct against Max Gawn, Melbourne during the second quarter of the Round One match between Melbourne and Port Adelaide, played at the MCG on Saturday March 23.

In summary he can accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea.

Based on the available evidence, the incident was assessed as Intentional Conduct with Low Impact to the Body. The incident was classified as a $3000 sanction. The player can accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea.

Agree with this complete stupidity imo.
If he gets scrubbed out the whole team pays for it. Stupid stuff Thomas stupid stupid stuff. Cut it out.

 

[Port85]

We definitely increased the amount of short kicks and handballs compared to last year and controlled the game. However, a large number of those short kicks and handballs were with purpose and moved the ball forward aggressively, long may it continue.

Marks were up in West Coast 2018 territory! (they averaged 101 for 2018, we had 102, after 142 in JLT2)

 

[Jason K]

That 1 point to Salem was a pity point.

Sure he got a bit of the ball but was pretty ineffectual and if he had an opponent at all he was soundly beaten by them.

Burton was way better and more influential on the outcome. Same for clurey who owned their forwards.

Salem will 100% get either 2 or 3 Brownlow points from that game. Not desevedly but purely coz he got big numbers and didn't wear silver

 

[JUSTWORK]

Salem will 100% get either 2 or 3 Brownlow points from that game. Not desevedly but purely coz he got big numbers and didn't wear silver

Laughable if it happens, got 1 vote in the Coaches votes, that sums it up. No way can he get Votes ahead of Westhoff, Boak, Rockliff, Watts. 3 of those 4 (should) get the Brownlow votes. Not that i agree with it, but I expect Watts to be the one who misses out, umps being umps.

 

[Amarula]

I like Salem, in fact out of all Melbourne's potential mids, he's the one I'd want at Port. Yet another young player who's been badly handled in the first few years of his career, but I reckon he's got huge upside.
And he was about the only Melbourne player who showed any kind of resistance. I'm OK with his solitary coach's vote.

 

[Smithy7]

The stats files: The other trick Port used to dismantle Dees
HAS PORT Adelaide unearthed the blueprint to banish the Demons?
Port ranked 15th, 14th and 13th over the past three seasons for average handballs and never racked up more than 161.1 per game in that period.
It was more of the same in the JLT Community Series, yet the Power super-charged their handball count to 195 at the MCG on Saturday and gained 406 metres in the process.
Both those figures ranked second for the round.
Hinkley's men had 72 more handballs and 93 extra uncontested possessions than the Dees, and played on from marks an AFL-most 54 per cent of the time, excluding in the forward 50.
Port Adelaide last had that many handballs in round 21, 2017 (199), while you have to go back further to find a Power side that matched the uncontested possession buffer (round 19, 2016) and mark, play on percentage (round 19, 2015).
More ..
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-03-26/the-stats-files-how-handballhappy-port-dismantled-the-demons

 

[yepits2020]

I apologise if already said, but I thought Bonner was fantastic. His reading of the play and anticipation of where the ball was going to go from congestion was second to none. Great outside defensve game.

 

[Amarula]

I apologise if already said, but I thought Bonner was fantastic. His reading of the play and anticipation of where the ball was going to go from congestion was second to none. Great outside defensve game.

I also liked his continual overlapping and making himself available for receives. It takes a lot of courage and trust in your teammates to leave your opponent and keep presenting like he did. The coaches seem to want the ball in his hands as much as possible for i50 entries.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Not sure why I didn't post this earlier, but Lycett on Saturday confirmed my thoughts as being the big positive change from last year. He gives us so much flexibility and provides extra firepower.

Its why I bang on about ruckman so much and stockpiling them if you have to, until the right one develops. You should always have 3 on the list that can play AFL now and a couple developing away in the B's. Have a leaper type, have a big bruiser type, have one that can play CHF or CHB type. Just put enough of the big bastards on the list. Its why 2016 and 2018 will go down as a complete waste of time because of shit house list management.

We should have drafted Scott in 2010. I saw him play that 2010 SANFL reserves winning GF, and like on Saturday, whilst he wasn't an outstanding dominate player with lots of possessions, he played well and helped set things up and protected his smaller players.

Maybe it was serendipity that we didn't take him as rookie in 2010 and he went to a well funded WCE and had time to develop with Dean Cox guiding him and finally makes it to Alberton as a premiership player, not a rookie.

I await the day that Charlie is finally back on the park fully fit and firing - so it will probably have to wait to August when its dry, or maybe at Docklands - when our forward line rotates thru it Dixon, Marshall, Westhoff, Ryder, Lycett and Watts and the opposition have no ****en idea how to match up on so many big bastards. It will be a transformative day for the way we play.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Titus O'Reilly is probably less funny than Peter Hellier.

 

[Magus]

Not sure why I didn't post this earlier, but Lycett on Saturday confirmed my thoughts as being the big positive change from last year. He gives us so much flexibility and provides extra firepower.

Its why I bang on about ruckman so much and stockpiling them if you have to, until the right one develops. You should always have 3 on the list that can play AFL now and a couple developing away in the B's. Have a leaper type, have a big bruiser type, have one that can play CHF or CHB type. Just put enough of the big bastards on the list. Its why 2016 and 2018 will go down as a complete waste of time because of shit house list management.

We should have drafted Scott in 2010. I saw him play that 2010 SANFL GF, and like on Saturday, whilst he wasn't an outstanding dominate player with lots of possessions, he played well and helped set things up and protected his smaller players.

Maybe it was serendipity that we didn't take him as rookie in 2010 and he went to a well funded WCE and had time to develop with Dean Cox guiding him and finally makes it to Alberton as a premiership player, not a rookie.

I await the day that Charlie is finally back on the park fully fit and firing - so it will probably have to wait to August when its dry, or maybe at Docklands - when our forward line rotates thru it Dixon, Marshall, Westhoff, Ryder, Lycett and Watts and the opposition have no ****en idea how to match up on so many big bastards. It will be a transformative day for the way we play.

Completely agree and that's why I was against people saying we overpaid for Lycett as a free agent. He's going to be hugely important for us this year and we've already seen the benefits of having two fit, top class ruckmen. Clubs with only one might just struggle a bit.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Jonas has to stop doing dumb shit.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-03-25/match-review-full-statement-from-round-one

Charges Laid:
Tom Jonas, Port Adelaide, has been charged with engaging in Rough Conduct against Max Gawn, Melbourne during the second quarter of the Round One match between Melbourne and Port Adelaide, played at the MCG on Saturday March 23.

In summary he can accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea.

Based on the available evidence, the incident was assessed as Intentional Conduct with Low Impact to the Body. The incident was classified as a $3000 sanction. The player can accept a $2000 sanction with an early plea.

There was a clear team instruction to get into Gawn. Tommy probably was a bit vigorous, but it was body on body and he didn't get suspended.

 

[Janus]

Salem will 100% get either 2 or 3 Brownlow points from that game. Not desevedly but purely coz he got big numbers and didn't wear silver

Nah.

Boak 3
Watts 2
Westhoff 1

That would be my guess.

 

[Janus]

Not sure why I didn't post this earlier, but Lycett on Saturday confirmed my thoughts as being the big positive change from last year. He gives us so much flexibility and provides extra firepower.

Its why I bang on about ruckman so much and stockpiling them if you have to, until the right one develops. You should always have 3 on the list that can play AFL now and a couple developing away in the B's. Have a leaper type, have a big bruiser type, have one that can play CHF or CHB type. Just put enough of the big bastards on the list. Its why 2016 and 2018 will go down as a complete waste of time because of shit house list management.

We should have drafted Scott in 2010. I saw him play that 2010 SANFL reserves winning GF, and like on Saturday, whilst he wasn't an outstanding dominate player with lots of possessions, he played well and helped set things up and protected his smaller players.

Maybe it was serendipity that we didn't take him as rookie in 2010 and he went to a well funded WCE and had time to develop with Dean Cox guiding him and finally makes it to Alberton as a premiership player, not a rookie.

I await the day that Charlie is finally back on the park fully fit and firing - so it will probably have to wait to August when its dry, or maybe at Docklands - when our forward line rotates thru it Dixon, Marshall, Westhoff, Ryder, Lycett and Watts and the opposition have no ****en idea how to match up on so many big bastards. It will be a transformative day for the way we play.

You can’t just play two rucks for the sake of it - they have to be able to get around the ground as an extra mid, as well as rest forward and kick goals.

Lycett is a good pick up because he can do those things. Just selecting rucks to have them on the list is the waste of time, because they wouldn’t be able to do half of the things required. Remember Redden against Sydney? That’s what it would have been like.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

You can’t just play two rucks for the sake of it - they have to be able to get around the ground as an extra mid, as well as rest forward and kick goals.

Lycett is a good pick up because he can do those things. Just selecting rucks to have them on the list is the waste of time, because they wouldn’t be able to do half of the things required. Remember Redden against Sydney? That’s what it would have been like.

I agree you dont play 2 rucks for the sake of it, but you have to have enough on your list and develop them so that hopefully #1 and #2 can play together in same team for most of the season and if necessary #3 for a short period when #1 and/or #2 have a minor injury. Or if the #1 goes down longer term, there is a #2 and #3 as insurance ie they can play AFL today not in 2 years time. And you have #4 and #5 developing away to be used in 12-36 months time.

Last year the mechanics in our list management and selection panels thought they could get away with using parts from the differential to fix up the carburetor problem. It didn't work. It was bullshit and I don't want to see that thinking used again.

That Redden selection was the height of stupidity and the arrogance - we are the fittest team in the league thinking BS. Sydney had an 8 day rest after playing at home and we had a 6 day rest returning from Perth and the only change we make is to bring in a slow ruckman and we rarely beat Sydney.