Preview Polecpalooza 2019 (ft. Port Power and The North Melbourne Shinboners)

[OneGreatClub]

Ports win easy.

You are going to trigger me with brash statements like that

 

[PowerBaz]

You are going to trigger me with brash statements like that

Nah, about time we pulled our finger out and be counted. After last weeks effort (which was huge) I don't think the players would want to fall apart and fail again - I reckon they've had enough.

 

[Jason K]

We will know in the first 5 minutes of play, if we are going to go back into our comfort zone and make a close game of it. Very worried.

Can usually see during the warm up

 

[MaxPowa]

Hmmmmm can't see a Port implosion this Friday. As much as everyone bagged us for losing against the "Richmond reserves" they are still a good team (have a good system) that know how to win pressure games and played well on the night.

Can't see North pulling that particular rabbit out of a hat unless we drop Marshall for no reason and make S.Gray our target forward... Stranger things have happened though

Port to win by eleventy goals while Polec wipes away tears of shame with hundred dollar bills. After party at Jack Watts' house (bring bathers). yeooooooh.

 

[Jason K]

There is an article just published about the playing group wanting to shake their reputation for dropping games as heavy favourites.

Seems Richo has spread the word.

Yeah Ebert in his presser was asked about it and, although he knew we felt this way, seemed surprised that we did

 

[TeeKray]

North have never won at Adelaide Oval.

Coincidentally, neither have we.

 

[NEGAN]

Jasper to kick the winning goal....on the run ....outside fifty......from a Polec mark and handpass....

 

[OneGreatClub]

Listening to Schofield is giving me some hope that we won’t come into this game complacent.

 

[LP7_]

North have never won at Adelaide Oval.

Coincidentally, neither have we.

Smithy says you’re wrong mate, we actually have won there before idiot.

 

[yepits2020]

We should behave like the hunters in every game. If we play (and seemingly coach) better when we are the hunters, then we should behave as hunters full stop. We should never consider ourselves as being hunted.

 

[Smithy7]

Jasper to kick the winning goal....on the run ....outside fifty......from a Polec mark and handpass....

Wake up ... you are dreaming ...

 

[yeswecan1]

Hope we don't boo pittard, he was an error ridden footballer but he didn't want to leave. I don't care about Polec.

 

[Janey]

It would also be really good if all the people out the back of the stands on the eastern side could stfu during the ANZAC ceremony too, thanks.

 

[tribey]

North have never won at Adelaide Oval.

Coincidentally, neither have we.

Since starting 8-0 there (2011; 2014), we’ve gone 30-27 (2014-2019).

“Hostile environment, tough place to play”

- Jack Riewoldt​

 

[PowerLil]

Listening to Schofield is giving me some hope that we won’t come into this game complacent.

How good is Schoey to listen to?

 

[Interstater]

My gut feeling on this game is it will be the 10 goal win we've been waiting for.

Brad Scott to be throwing toys out of the cot by quarter time.

The only reason North Melbourne are still in this competition is the Victorians want to maintain the majority in their voting block.

 

[Coobk001]

Jasper to kick the winning goal....on the run ....outside fifty......from a Polec mark and handpass....

TRIGGERED

 

[OneGreatClub]

How good is Schoey to listen to?

Refreshing

 

[OneGreatClub]

Hope we don't boo pittard, he was an error ridden footballer but he didn't want to leave. I don't care about Polec.

Same here

 

[Byrons Firen]

I hate that I have no faith in us to win this even after last week.

But the situation is set for a port loss:
- we suck at AO
- North will come out breathing fire to get a win
- karma for laughing at the crows for losing to them
- North haven’t won a game yet at AO

Play like we did last week and regardless of the conditions or how well North play we win by 5+ goals. Just don’t have faith in our mental fortitude to back it up

WHY ?

My take is that our players struggle to convert their opportunities especially kicking for goal...... why?
In short they choke, i've lost count the number of times we've missed sodas and especially at the Southern end.
The end of the ground of our cheersquad, an end of the ground where the crowd's noise is most amplified
and the expectation greatest.
We might convert more if our coach and chairman stopped praising the oppo or hiding behind the
"it's a tough comp" cop out or the small working class club BS.

Drill it into our boys that they're the best. That expectation can be converted into results thru' belief.
Put a swagger in your step, seize the moment by thriving in the moment by enjoying the moment.
Get a hunger for the pressure and laugh at self doubt. Don't just aim at kicking a goal
aim at kicking it right thru' the exact middle between the posts.

It's more than time we owned this ground.
We will not lose this game if for no other reason than it's ANZAC day and we will rise to the occasion.
Yeah they'll be rev'ed up, full of Shinboner spirit to save their season but we'll be there to crush that out of them.

Look for more from our newbies coz let's face it who wouldn't want to turn in a good game on ANZAC round.
If the pomp and solemnity of the bugle and the minute's silence doesn't spur you to greater heights
then you haven't got blood in your veins. Our spirit and sole will not be defeated on our home turf.

Especially on ANZAC game.

 

[elpirate]

WHY ?

My take is that our players struggle to convert their opportunities especially kicking for goal...... why?
In short they choke, i've lost count the number of times we've missed sodas and especially at the Southern end.
The end of the ground of our cheersquad, an end of the ground where the crowd's noise is most amplified
and the expectation greatest.
We might convert more if our coach and chairman stopped praising the oppo or hiding behind the
"it's a tough comp" cop out or the small working class club BS.

Drill it into our boys that they're the best. That expectation can be converted into results thru' belief.
Put a swagger in your step, seize the moment by thriving in the moment by enjoying the moment.
Get a hunger for the pressure and laugh at self doubt. Don't just aim at kicking a goal
aim at kicking it right thru' the exact middle between the posts.

It's more than time we owned this ground.
We will not lose this game if for no other reason than it's ANZAC day and we will rise to the occasion.
Yeah they'll be rev'ed up, full of Shinboner spirit to save their season but we'll be there to crush that out of them.

Look for more from our newbies coz let's face it who wouldn't want to turn in a good game on ANZAC round.
If the pomp and solemnity of the bugle and the minute's silence doesn't spur you to greater heights
then you haven't got blood in your veins. Our spirit and sole will not be defeated on our home turf.

Especially on ANZAC game.

Our souls were crushed on Anzac Day less than a year ago v Geelong.

 

[Janus]

“There was a fair bit of stuff that was happening around the place...” talking about going from 11-4 to missing the finals.

Interesting.

 

[Byrons Firen]

Our souls were crushed on Anzac Day less than a year ago v Geelong.

A glitch nothing more nothing less. Onwards and upwards. We'll win and win well, our newbies will shine.
We are a better team than last year with a want to show it. Let the players loose Ken.

 

[Janus]

I liken last week to the underdog win against Hawthorn’s dynasty over there in 2015.

Expected to lose by heaps but registered a superb win, maximum effort, elite pressure, all played well.

But what do we have to show for it?

We’ve been here so many times before. It’s high time we set a standard and stuck to it.

4 points that not many teams will win is what we’ve got to show for it.

 

[Power freak 2008]

To be honest, we are a young team. When other teams put in younger players it seems to have instant results. Veterans are better in these defensive style games. Richmond gave us a footy lesson. We didn't match it with them on the inside and it is a good indication of how a team is going when they can attack through the corridor. I just don't think that North Melbourne are that team.

They are stuck and haven't adjusted to this game style. I am not confident in any game but this is one we should win.