AFL 2017 - R21 - Port Adelaide v Collingwood 16:10 ACST Adelaide Oval

[VictorianCrow85]

Mediocrity in the middle of the road clubs sees a boring set up take place, one side manages to sneak a few ahead, early then the other tries like hell to come back and looks great , a la Hawks v North, Melb v Saints, Port v Coll, you just know that the three teams playing catch up won't win, not good enough even with Norths blistering third quarter , you just knew they'd lose.
Now Saints tried, but just the same couldn't, and now the Pies try and try , just can't do it, they'll lose to Port, it is a forgone conclusion of mediocrity .
You sit and watch and hope for a miracle , and these days it is a miracle, if a middle road club can get back into a game, generally they can't, and with all the defensive backward and sideways football now , well its boring , Essendon tried and tried just couldn't break the difference , the skill difference that is , and with skill levels at their least, in today's club inflated game , your really will see this for a long long time.

Any way its still the best game in the world , but it is changing dramatically, and some times it is mediocre.

It's nothing new, there's terrible games, poor sides every year. I think you are just jaded because Hawthorn are no longer the pinnacle of the sport.

 

[DazalenkoUBewty]

 

[JoondalupJ]

not convincing but I'll take it

thanks all

Me too. My Hawks , un satisfactory win , got massacred in the third, its just a win ,I'll take it.

 

[SportsNut2017]

With the way other matches of the round had fallen, the Power knew a loss to the Pies would see them fall to be level on points with Melbourne, West Coast and the Bulldogs and at risk of missing the finals. After last week’s humiliation at the hands of their bitter rivals, Port Adelaide always looked in control in this one. They were never behind at all and welcomed back Chad Wingard with a comfortable 27 point win, which looks to have secured them a finals berth. Wingard was the star in his return with 32 possessions and 8 marks. In a game with not too many highlights, that is probably good enough for three votes. Teammate Ollie Wines receives two votes for his 29 possessions and 9 clearances whilst the final vote goes to Collingwood’s Taylor Adams who had 31 touches, 14 of which were contested, 9 tackles and 8 clearances.

3: Wingard, 2: Wines, 1: Adams

https://downtheguts.com/2017/08/16/afl-brownlow-review-round-21/