Opinion 2021 Non-Crows AFL 3: Things Fall Apart!

[skam85]

My wife (who is a Port supporter) asked me the other day, "Surely you would be happier with a Port premiership than Dangerfield winning one".

Considering we have been together for 20+ years I would have thought that she would know me better than that !!!!

I'd take Danger and/or Lever winning 5 consecutive flags before I could stomach Port winning one.

I only casually read your posts and I know better than that

 

[BRL121]

Geelong are stacked with mature, finals-hardened bodies. They have the superior coach (low bar that that might be). Any lack of leg speed in their older players will be more than offset by experience, quick and accurate ball movement and hard physical pressure. Hawkins will kick 6. Parfitt will have 30 possies and 2 goals.

<Whoever Geelong's #1 KPD is> will give Dixon a towelling up. Dixon will give away 4x 50 metre penalties snipe aforementioned KPD and be suspended for the SF.

Scott will play Dangerfield forward and Hinkley will have no answer.

It'll be over at half time.

It was over at halftime last week.

 

[ABAB]

If this all goes the way I'm dreading I think ABAB will have a lot more takers for his * theory

Win or loss, there is arguing this is already an ** season. As Hinkley said, they've earnt the right to play a Qualifying Final at home, so did Melbourne....

 

[Maddogmetro]

Zero Adelaide or Port players named in the Best 22 under 22

How old is Butters? He's better than most players on that team.

 

[arrowman]

It was over at halftime last week.

 

[pjcrows]

Sunny Day in Adelaide, Dry Fast conditions at AO tonight.

Port will roll the Cats.

I agree.

 

[flashcrow]

 

[ThePrideOf]

So Port Adelaide are the 8th team in the top 8 era to finish top 4 with a 0% win% vs top 4 teams

Teams before them

1994 North Melbourne - Lost Preliminary Final
1996 North Melbourne - Premiers (Grand Final at home vs a higher placed side)
1997 St Kilda - Lost Grand Final
1999 Brisbane - Lost Preliminary Final
2008 Hawthorn - Premiers (Grand Final at home vs a higher placed side)
2010 Western Bulldogs - Lost Preliminary Final
2018 Collingwood - Lost Grand Final
2021 Port Adelaide - TBD

History shows me that Port Adelaide has a 57% chance to fluke their way to a grand final.
However, without the advantage of playing said Grand Final at home, they wont be able to win it.

Love these stats

 

[GameofSloanes]

Looking at the trends in the Rising Star and 17 of the 23 Nominees are from Top 8 clubs, interestingly (perhaps unsurprisingly) 17 of the 23 nominations were earned against teams that missed the finals.

The Crows coughed up 5 Nominations followed by Richmond with 4. The Roos, Saints, Bulldogs, Swans and Hawks 2 each and singles against The Lions, Carlton, West Coast and Geelong.

The Rising Star was once dominated by developing teams now it seems to have gone the way of every other award/reward system in the AFL bias towards favouring the teams at the top of the table.

Good pickup. Much easier to dominate and rack up stats when your team is well on top

 

[ABAB]

Sunny Day in Adelaide, Dry Fast conditions at AO tonight.

Port will roll the Cats.

Hawkins and Cameron will like the dry condition.

 

[ams4crows]

I'm thinking we may need a seperate thread for Port's final series, so this one doesn't get clogged up..... Should I make one??

 

[relapse]

I'm thinking we may need a seperate thread for Port's final series, so this one doesn't get clogged up..... Should I make one??

it's up to you, maybe create a generic 2021 finals gameday thread rather than a Port specific one

 

[Crow till I die]

I'm thinking we may need a seperate thread for Port's final series, so this one doesn't get clogged up..... Should I make one??

put a 2 week time limit on it - that should cover it

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Sunny Day in Adelaide, Dry Fast conditions at AO tonight.

Port will roll the Cats.

Wasn't it dry when they played here earlier in the year?

 

[GROTTO]

it's up to you, maybe create a generic 2021 finals gameday thread rather than a Port specific one

The laughs belong in here in this thread, its been tradition since 1870 before the internet.

 

[GROTTO]

Hawkins and Cameron will like the dry condition.

Port have speed.

Speed kills.

I would have been happy for a rainy windy day in Adelaide. Mature bodies prefer these conditions, Cats have this by the bucketful.

 

[GROTTO]

Just over an hour to go before Port's game.

Here we go, here we go, Camry Crows.

 

[GROTTO]

Backed Boak to kick a goal at $3.10 tonight.

Also for 2+ paying $8 and 3+ paying $170

Actually backed a few of their campaigners to score 2+ goals, Fanta,Rozee, Butters,Gray




Blood Money.

 

[1970crow]

Port have speed.

Speed kills.

I would have been happy for a rainy windy day in Adelaide. Mature bodies prefer these conditions, Cats have this by the bucketful.

If Cats deploy that stupid keepies off strategy I can't see them scoring enough.

 

[gtrxuone]

Backed Boak to kick a goal at $3.10 tonight.

Also for 2+ paying $8 and 3+ paying $170

Actually backed a few of their campaigners to score 2+ goals, Fanta,Rozee, Butters,Gray




Blood Money.

Grotto who do you think Allir Allir will line up on.Hawkins or Cameron.

 

[GROTTO]

Grotto who do you think Allir Allir will line up on.Hawkins or Cameron.

Oh so posting on here has started early for Port posters.

 

[GreyCrow]

Sunny Day in Adelaide, Dry Fast conditions at AO tonight.

Port will roll the Cats.

Multi with Geelong , GWS, Bullies and Melbourne paying $13

 

[GROTTO]

gtrxuone so tell me at what stage does the Power start looking at Ross Lyon as a coach for the Power?

 

[gtrxuone]

gtrxuone so tell me at what stage does the Power start looking at Ross Lyon as a coach for the Power?

Hasn't he replaced Teague at Carlton?
Ross flogs his players to hard.His time as an AFL coach has passed.

 

[BRL121]

Backed Boak to kick a goal at $3.10 tonight.

Also for 2+ paying $8 and 3+ paying $170

Actually backed a few of their campaigners to score 2+ goals, Fanta,Rozee, Butters,Gray




Blood Money.

I see one of these campaigners has been described as Gray: that's dangerously close to a 6-week suspension.