AFL Round 23: Port Adelaide v Essendon Friday 7:20pm ACST @AO

[10571z]

All mature age recruits too and look at where that has got them, nowhere.

Essendon picked up Saad, Stringer & Smith, also mature age recruits and look where it got them ...... nowhere also.

Wonder why so many "experts" are saying Carlton need mature age recruits right now ??

Lol... both have won over 11 games Carlton have won 2.

 

[parano1a]

Port are utterly pathetic.

Soft *****.

They were competitive for 3 quarters against Collingwood then just gave up in the 4th. Looks like they carried that form over into tonight's game. Very pissweak way to end a season with a finals berth on the line.

 

[Anzacpaul]

Robbie Gray 7 disposals to QT, 3 since. Nightmare. I’m a massive fan but that’s shithouse.

On the bright side, Essendon have screwed up another year when they were actually good. Dodoro can win as many trade periods as he wants, but without inside mids (and maybe a ruck) it’s not going to happen.

Amazing talent, when he's on probably in the top ten players in the game. Just doesn't deliver often enough unfortunately.

 

[Forest Bomber]

All mature age recruits too and look at where that has got them, nowhere.

Essendon picked up Saad, Stringer & Smith, also mature age recruits and look where it got them ...... nowhere also.

Wonder why so many "experts" are saying Carlton need mature age recruits right now ??

Really? You do know once we got rid of Neeld we have been far far better. So if we picked up Saad, Stringer & Smith and not had Neeld for the whole season fair to say your story would be different.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Kenny going off

 

[DapperDon]

All mature age recruits too and look at where that has got them, nowhere.

Essendon picked up Saad, Stringer & Smith, also mature age recruits and look where it got them ...... nowhere also.

Wonder why so many "experts" are saying Carlton need mature age recruits right now ??

What age do you consider mature?
Saad Stringer and Smith still have a good 8-10 years of footy left.

 

[Acinath]

Kenny got his bake on

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Kenny got his bake on

Look like he had a buit of spit on his chin haha

 

[Knox Harrington]

Ken hinkley must go.
Clearly lost the players.

 

[LordLucifer]

Lol... both have won over 11 games Carlton have won 2.

Port & Essendon played finals last year and have gone backwards this year after recruiting mature age players who were supposedly going to make all the difference.

 

[catpremier 07]

Good bake. Bit late though

 

[catman2006]

Ken hinkley must go.
Clearly lost the players.

Doesnt have the cattle in the first place

 

[Donakebab]

Robbie Gray 7 disposals to QT, 3 since. Nightmare. I’m a massive fan but that’s shithouse.

On the bright side, Essendon have screwed up another year when they were actually good. Dodoro can win as many trade periods as he wants, but without inside mids (and maybe a ruck) it’s not going to happen.

Bellchambers has been fantastic for us this year. As for inside mids, our young kids have stepped up and are really cracking in, we've been one of the best clearance and contested teams in the competition since the shitfight that was the Carlton game. That said we should still target one more gun mid, hence the big play for Shiel.

 

[citizen-erased]

Robbie Gray 7 disposals to QT, 3 since. Nightmare. I’m a massive fan but that’s shithouse.

On the bright side, Essendon have screwed up another year when they were actually good. Dodoro can win as many trade periods as he wants, but without inside mids (and maybe a ruck) it’s not going to happen.

1/2 year of good, 1/2 year of equally terrible.

Add Daniher, Fantasia, Gleeson to this side.
Perhaps Shiel.
full season of what we're getting out of Parish and Langford.

We are here for flags, not finals wins.

 

[DapperDon]

Robbie Gray 7 disposals to QT, 3 since. Nightmare. I’m a massive fan but that’s shithouse.

On the bright side, Essendon have screwed up another year when they were actually good. Dodoro can win as many trade periods as he wants, but without inside mids (and maybe a ruck) it’s not going to happen.

Good for half a season. We were doggies level of bad early on.

 

[Acinath]

Port & Essendon played finals last year and have gone backwards this year after recruiting mature age players who were supposedly going to make all the difference.

In fairness, Carlton can’t go any further backwards, so why not give it a crack?

 

[mrmonkey]

Gee Port are frustrating. Expected more tonight.

You would think having a chance to make finals they would have put up a fight. However I'm not suprised thought bombers would win comfortably.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Frampton looks good

 

[evo]

How does Neade still get games?

Amazing. I've never seen him do anything at all.

Seems barely SANFL level

 

[Forest Bomber]

Port & Essendon played finals last year and have gone backwards this year after recruiting mature age players who were supposedly going to make all the difference.

Unlike Carlton when it is hard to go backwards when you are already at the bottom.

 

[JackFlash]

This will be an interesting week in Adelaide....Kochie has a certain look on his face tonight and was he talking to the bean counters ?

 

[LordLucifer]

In fairness, Carlton can’t go any further backwards, so why not give it a crack?

Port & Essendon have just proven that bringing in mature age players doesn't always work why so why would we want to replicate that recruiting rationale ??

 

[Andronicus]

Port & Essendon played finals last year and have gone backwards this year after recruiting mature age players who were supposedly going to make all the difference.

You dont know football if you dont think the bombers are better off with them.

 

[Acinath]

Port & Essendon have just proven that bringing in mature age players doesn't always work why so why would we want to replicate that recruiting rationale ??

It doesn’t always end bad, it depends on team needs. Sydney made a habit of it for 10 years and it kept them in the running for flags.

 

[Dwhale44]

TIME TO PUT GODDARD AT FULL FORWARD