Opinion 2018 Non-Crows Discussion Thread

[Moonwatcher]

Well, it's easier to take pot-shots at the club from outside and get ratings, than go into the club and fix it.

There is nothing wrong with understanding you're not the right man to fix it.

 

[FR0GGY]

I wonder how Janus would be feeling? Spent 3 months talking himself into believing Port would be premiers and one practice game and it’s the same Port with a worse game plan.

More like 10 years

 

[baldandbroke]

On the Gray hit ... what do we think?

I think he was just bracing for contact, wasn't going after JGov. Incidental contact.

He wasn't going for the ball though - and did get him high. Will be a good early test for how the "Match Review Officer" is going to behave in the year proper.

 

[Swooping Crow]

Another Port fan racially abusing people. When will they learn?

Ban him for life. Name and shame. Let him feel what it means to be a victim.

 

[mattymac]

Whenever a port fan throws a racist tanty there is normally that indigenous affairs guy of theirs who is at the game and magically spots some racist incident from a non-port fan that no one else saw.

Guess he didn't travel to Perth.

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

Whenever a port fan throws a racist tanty there is normally that indigenous affairs guy of theirs who is at the game and magically spots some racist incident from a non-port fan that no one else saw.

Guess he didn't travel to Perth.

It’s still early

 

[FR0GGY]

On the Gray hit ... what do we think?

I think he was just bracing for contact, wasn't going after JGov. Incidental contact.

He wasn't going for the ball though - and did get him high. Will be a good early test for how the "Match Review Officer" is going to behave in the year proper.

Ban him for 1 game next week. Don’t let him Add to his preseason premierships.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

On the Gray hit ... what do we think?

I think he was just bracing for contact, wasn't going after JGov. Incidental contact.

He wasn't going for the ball though - and did get him high. Will be a good early test for how the "Match Review Officer" is going to behave in the year proper.

Nothing in it IMO

 

[jo172]

There is no ingrained racism problem at Port Adelaide

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/jlt-vs-west-coast.1187199/page-6 - apparently being winked at by the administration now too.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I see Hinkley referenced Cotchin's hit in the preliminary final (and fair enough).

I wonder how many times that incident will be brought up for comparative purposes this season?

 

[GreyCrow]

On the Gray hit ... what do we think?

I think he was just bracing for contact, wasn't going after JGov. Incidental contact.

He wasn't going for the ball though - and did get him high. Will be a good early test for how the "Match Review Officer" is going to behave in the year proper.

It looked very minor yet it seems McGovern falls hard

Even the replays you cant see that much contact. Looks like a brush past but McGovern sells it like Ric Flair. From the vision Ive seen , mention it and move on

Edit: McGovern not Kennedy. Yes I did not see it until some random post

 

[BRL121]

It looked very minor yet it seems Kennedy falls harder than the other Kennedy

Even the replays you cant see that much contact. Looks like a brush past but Kennedy sells it like Ric Flair. From the vision Ive seen , mention it and move on

Gov. I thought that originally, but changed my mind. I think he was definitely concussed for a bit. If you look at the video, he was hit on the left side, but sported a big red bruise on the right side of his face afterwards. This happened when his head hit the ground, hard, after the hit. If he were staging, I doubt that he would have gone for the Oscar by bashing his head into the ground.

 

[baldandbroke]

It looked very minor yet it seems McGovern falls hard

Even the replays you cant see that much contact. Looks like a brush past but McGovern sells it like Ric Flair. From the vision Ive seen , mention it and move on

Edit: McGovern not Kennedy. Yes I did not see it until some random post

Definitely got hit - he doesn't fake. Failed the concussion test. Had a big red welt on the other side of his head too.

Unlike Lindsay Thomas who dropped a mark late in the game and instantly grabbed his head

 

[jo172]

Unlike Lindsay Thomas who dropped a mark late in the game and instantly grabbed his head

That was legitimately hilarious.

 

[GreyCrow]

Definitely got hit - he doesn't fake. Failed the concussion test. Had a big red welt on the other side of his head too.

Unlike Lindsay Thomas who dropped a mark late in the game and instantly grabbed his head

No doubt. I just find it hard to spot the big hit. Maybe as noted its the ground that does the damage. The initial contact looks like a brush past.

 

[jenny61_99]

Yes only JLT Game 1, but geez did Ports midfield look pedestrian like.
Coming out of that back half it was the Pittard of old, clangers galore.

And Neade boy I love Hinkleys man crush on him, his ineptness the gift that keeps on giving keep picking him Kern

You would think Rockliffe will make a difference. Whether he can do it on his own is another matter.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

There is no ingrained racism problem at Port Adelaide

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/jlt-vs-west-coast.1187199/page-6 - apparently being winked at by the administration now too.

Port spokesman: "I'm confident that if our crowd numbers continue to fall then we'll see fewer of these incidents."

 

[Geoffa32]

You would think Rockliffe will make a difference. Whether he can do it on his own is another matter.

Can Rocky, SPP and Wines work in the same midfield?

I didn't watch all of their game yesterday but did notice quite a few times Wines and SPP trying to go for the same ball. They both seem to want the same role. Both are also quite immature and just going at it like bulls. An admiral trait but you do need to be smarter to be effective Rocky will be wanting the same role as well.

It was like when we had Thommo and M Crouch in the same team. It didn't work well.




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[Elite Crow]

It looked very minor yet it seems McGovern falls hard

Even the replays you cant see that much contact. Looks like a brush past but McGovern sells it like Ric Flair. From the vision Ive seen , mention it and move on

Edit: McGovern not Kennedy. Yes I did not see it until some random post

Gov had a pretty big red mark under his eye

 

[MRB37]

Can Rocky, SPP and Wines work in the same midfield?

I didn't watch all of their game yesterday but did notice quite a few times Wines and SPP trying to go for the same ball. They both seem to want the same role. Both are also quite immature and just going at it like bulls. An admiral trait but you do need to be smarter to be effective Rocky will be wanting the same role as well.

It was like when we had Thommo and M Crouch in the same team. It didn't work well.




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You'd think they'd have a rotation set up where they're not in the middle at the same time. SPP only played Greenwood level minutes last year and Rocky can sit down forward for stretches, which would let you put Wines in as the constant inside midfielder while rotating guys like Ebert, Gray, Wingard, Boak etc in.

 

[Deaneus!]

There is nothing wrong with understanding you're not the right man to fix it.

I completely agree.

Which leaves me wondering why Melbourne seem to listen to him so much, if even he thinks he's not the right man.

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

Can Rocky, SPP and Wines work in the same midfield?

I didn't watch all of their game yesterday but did notice quite a few times Wines and SPP trying to go for the same ball. They both seem to want the same role. Both are also quite immature and just going at it like bulls. An admiral trait but you do need to be smarter to be effective Rocky will be wanting the same role as well.

It was like when we had Thommo and M Crouch in the same team. It didn't work well.




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the other big issue is that Boak, Ebert, Wines and SPP are not great ball users

Watts and Motlop is there solution to improve the quality of their forward 50 entries however Watts just doesn't get enough ball and at this stage Motlop is not reliable

 

[MRB37]

I remember some hilarious posts in here from Cats supporters during Danger's first preseason with them. His kicking wasn't going to be an issue at Geelong because they had higher standards and Cats coaches and senior players wouldn't accept poor kicking, like we were some sort of amateur bush league outfit. There may even have been some mainstream media articles along similar lines?

Any attempts to point out that while he was an elite player with many talents, kicking wasn't among them was passed off as bitterness. Quite funny in hindsight.

To be fair, once they realized he wasn't an elite kick there seemed to be a bit more of an instruction for him to handball it to someone who can kick, rather than just blaze away and boot it 50 metres forward.

 

[Rusty Crow]

Might go kill a few brain cells reading about the failure in the west.

 

[Elite Crow]

More like 10 years

It’s funny that he hasn’t been seen since the game. You can be sure though had they played well he would have been on gloating he was right, there is a plan and Port are revolutionising football.