AFL to consider abandoning GWS game!!!

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Port baulks at GWS clash: Caroline Wilson


THE strange decision by the AFL to field an underdone, unprepared under-19 team against grown men - the best footballers in the land - just weeks before the home-and-away season has come back to haunt it.

Port Adelaide has protested to the AFL, requesting it shelve next week's NAB Challenge game against Greater Western Sydney scheduled for Willaston near Gawler in South Australia, and the AFL has agreed to consider it.

While it would seem rare for a club to complain about a pre-season fixture so close to home in its last official pre-season hitout, Port's football boss Peter Rohde reportedly told the AFL's Adrian Anderson two days ago that neither side wanted to go ahead and that the Power - keen to field a near full-strength side - would be better served against an SANFL side.

''Peter Rohde has contacted us about the issue and we'll look at it over the next few days,'' Anderson told The Saturday Age, pointing out that all clubs had been aware of the GWS scenario late last year and not one had voiced a complaint.

Giants chief executive Dale Holmes, whose young team lost by 26 goals against Carlton last week and faces North Melbourne in Lavington tonight, said the club would defer any decision until seeing how it ''pulled up'' after tonight but added ''at this stage we're expecting to go to play Port Adelaide''.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/port-baulks-at-gws-clash-20110304-1bi7a.html
 

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Port baulks at GWS clash: Caroline Wilson


THE strange decision by the AFL to field an underdone, unprepared under-19 team against grown men - the best footballers in the land - just weeks before the home-and-away season has come back to haunt it.

Port Adelaide has protested to the AFL, requesting it shelve next week's NAB Challenge game against Greater Western Sydney scheduled for Willaston near Gawler in South Australia, and the AFL has agreed to consider it.

While it would seem rare for a club to complain about a pre-season fixture so close to home in its last official pre-season hitout, Port's football boss Peter Rohde reportedly told the AFL's Adrian Anderson two days ago that neither side wanted to go ahead and that the Power - keen to field a near full-strength side - would be better served against an SANFL side.

''Peter Rohde has contacted us about the issue and we'll look at it over the next few days,'' Anderson told The Saturday Age, pointing out that all clubs had been aware of the GWS scenario late last year and not one had voiced a complaint.

Giants chief executive Dale Holmes, whose young team lost by 26 goals against Carlton last week and faces North Melbourne in Lavington tonight, said the club would defer any decision until seeing how it ''pulled up'' after tonight but added ''at this stage we're expecting to go to play Port Adelaide''.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/port-baulks-at-gws-clash-20110304-1bi7a.html
LMAO!:eek:

Yeah can't blame Port for not wanting to.
 

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would be better served against an SANFL side.
Really? We're better off playing North Adelaide (the other 8 teams have SANFL trials) in their first hitout of the year? They may be a little better but anything less than a 15 goal win would still be disappointing.

What the AFL should've done is give the Crows (because they have the R2 bye) next week off and set up a trial between them and GC in the week everyone else has off.
 

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GWS game confirmed and Matty said something along the lines of "this will make this weeks and next weeks training and preparation a little bit more important"... that is a good thing, if playing a weaker side means we'll be training even harder and more seriously for the season then I can deal with it.
 

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I feel sorry for the poor kid that has to line up on Treggers next week, its going to be an absolute blood bath
 

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only play 13 at a time against them
5 man defence
4 man forward
4 man midfield

practice rotations and specific lay off drills
 

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Here's the schedule for next week's (12th March) SANFL trial games. It would probably be difficult to have the clubs re-arrange this so I presume if we were to play an SANFL club it would be with the club not scheduled - North Adelaide.

Norwood v Glenelg
Central v Sturt
South v West
Port Magpies v Eagles
 

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Here's the schedule for next week's (12th March) SANFL trial games. It would probably be difficult to have the clubs re-arrange this so I presume if we were to play an SANFL club it would be with the club not scheduled - North Adelaide.

Norwood v Glenelg
Central v Sturt
South v West
Port Magpies v Eagles
With Mr Francou as coach he might say 'yes' ... but we got GWS, so its a moot point now.
 
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Lol imagine playing the team that tried to block the one pafc merger

Matt Thomas would be snapping people in half haha

Wouldn't be hard to play centrals and have centrals opponent play gws
 

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This GWS debacle is similar to having to go with your cousin to a Prom!

Seriously, the AFL has gone about this all wrong. The teams who have byes in the opening three rounds should have to play the Giants.

This would mean GWS should play the Gold Coast at the weekend, not us.

As we know, the AFL neven thinks straight.
 

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This GWS debacle is similar to having to go with your cousin to a Prom!

Seriously, the AFL has gone about this all wrong. The teams who have byes in the opening three rounds should have to play the Giants.

This would mean GWS should play the Gold Coast at the weekend, not us.

As we know, the AFL neven thinks straight.
So the Gold Coast would have to play GWS twice in the preseason? And what happens if those with byes in the first three rounds stay in the nab cup?
 
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