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[JimmyBC]

We seem to always have really sore players at this time of year well moreso than other clubs anyway.

 

[JakeNeadeFan]

f**ck you donuts:

this clip explains how several of our best players played the game injured:

JHF-Back
Aliir-Ankle who apparently did not want to play, but Daddy donut's forced him too
Butters- Ribs

'You reap what you sow': Brad Hardie's worrying intel on several Port Adelaide players

3AW Football broadcaster and 1985 Brownlow Medallist Brad Hardie has spoken on the intel he’s received on two Port Adelaide players playing while injured on Thursday night against Geelong. The Power were thumped by the Cats by 84 points in the qualifying final, with Hardie stating the club lost...

www.3aw.com.au

Brad Hardie is wrong just about everything so I would take this with an atom of salt.

Also, even if these players are 60 or 70%, is there literally anyone of the list who will perform better?

Who are you going to replace Jason Horne Francis with? Or Aliir?

I think people need to understand that every player had injuries and you don't win games by playing SANFL spuds (who are probably injured anyway) over slightly underdone star AFL players

 

[Enviable Tradition]

We seem to always have really sore players at this time of year well moreso than other clubs anyway.

No we don't.

We just have a bunch of weak victims looking for excuses.

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[JimmyBC]

No we don't.

We just have a bunch of weak victims looking for excuses.

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Nah I ain't looking for excuses I think we manage injuries poorly and have for years.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Medical and fitness team need a big review too.

Second year in a row where players are cooked/injured at finals.

 

[Sheeds]

Medical and fitness team need a big review too.

Second year in a row where players are cooked/injured at finals.

I am sure we will do an internal review and the findings should lead to an internal promotion for someone already at the club working in this department.

 

[240volt]

Medical and fitness team need a big review too.

Second year in a row where players are cooked/injured at finals.

Last year we had that mystery illness that started about 4 games before the season ended.
When our players get injured there out for ages, definitely feels like there’s a problem at Port.

 

[Macca_1870]

Medical and fitness team need a big review too.

Second year in a row where players are cooked/injured at finals.

I'll absolutely pay that re. 2023. Not sure about this year.

Farrell/Pep our only serious injures come finals time, who would make our 23.

Dixon isn't injured, he can no longer move in a way that meets the needs of a league standard KPF and has been that way for 2 years now. That rests solely on the coaching group for continuing to play him despite everyone being able to see this limitation. Marshall fit and able to play, just no backing.

Butters ribs either pays off or it doesn't, but you take the risk given his importance to the side.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Nah I ain't looking for excuses I think we manage injuries poorly and have for years.

I wasn't talking about you Jimmy.

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[OnTheRocks]

Sorry if im intruding but I do have a serious question. I'm confused as I genuinely don't know if the port supporters want to win (keep ken) or to lose so you can sack Kern?
Any ways hope you guys bounce back but not too much
Cheers

 

[Doctor Feel]

Sorry if im intruding but I do have a serious question. I'm confused as I genuinely don't know if the port supporters want to win (keep ken) or to lose so you can sack Kern?
Any ways hope you guys bounce back but not too much
Cheers

Oh we want to lose.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Sorry if im intruding but I do have a serious question. I'm confused as I genuinely don't know if the port supporters want to win (keep ken) or to lose so you can sack Kern?
Any ways hope you guys bounce back but not too much
Cheers

For my take - my #1 preference is to win the next three games, and win the flag.

My #2 preference is to lose convincingly on Friday and get rid of Ken.

What's scary is the idea of winning against your lot, but then losing to the Swans anyway, forcing us in to another season with Ken but with nothing to show for it.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

f**ck you donuts:

this clip explains how several of our best players played the game injured:

JHF-Back
Aliir-Ankle who apparently did not want to play, but Daddy donut's forced him too
Butters- Ribs

'You reap what you sow': Brad Hardie's worrying intel on several Port Adelaide players

3AW Football broadcaster and 1985 Brownlow Medallist Brad Hardie has spoken on the intel he’s received on two Port Adelaide players playing while injured on Thursday night against Geelong. The Power were thumped by the Cats by 84 points in the qualifying final, with Hardie stating the club lost...

www.3aw.com.au

This is the whole issue with being a team of individual brilliance rather than a team with structure.

Well-managed teams can have injuries and find ways to cover for them while still being competitive.

We have no gameplan or structure so when we lose Houston and Butters we go from a top 4 to a bottom 4 team.

 

[Windy Cindy]

In round 16 we lost to Brisbane by 79 points then won narrowly the next week against St Kilda in Melbourne and followed up by beating the Western Bulldogs in Adelaide by 48 points. As Ken points out it can be done. The question is can we repeat the trick?

the saints side at the time was putrid.

a good side would have beaten us easily

 

[Capital Power]

Sorry if im intruding but I do have a serious question. I'm confused as I genuinely don't know if the port supporters want to win (keep ken) or to lose so you can sack Kern?
Any ways hope you guys bounce back but not too much
Cheers

What is it about 120,000 posts you're confused about?

 

[JUSTWORK]

f**ck you donuts:

this clip explains how several of our best players played the game injured:

JHF-Back
Aliir-Ankle who apparently did not want to play, but Daddy donut's forced him too
Butters- Ribs

'You reap what you sow': Brad Hardie's worrying intel on several Port Adelaide players

3AW Football broadcaster and 1985 Brownlow Medallist Brad Hardie has spoken on the intel he’s received on two Port Adelaide players playing while injured on Thursday night against Geelong. The Power were thumped by the Cats by 84 points in the qualifying final, with Hardie stating the club lost...

www.3aw.com.au

So Hinkley learned nothing from playing Rozee injured earlier in the year.

 

[#Port Patriot#]

the saints side at the time was putrid.

a good side would have beaten us easily

Yeah... every team port beats is apparently "putrid" or just garbage nonsense

What, were the Swans so bad at the time that North or Eagles could beat them by that much?

We're the dogs sooooo out of form and blah blah blah that Port dominated the alleged "In form team" that was also predicted at that time to win the flag?

Carlton at their home too? The 5 day excuse?

Turn it up. No different to the sack of crap Victorian media w***ers talking smack and never giving credit where it's due.

 

[#Port Patriot#]

f**ck you donuts:

this clip explains how several of our best players played the game injured:

JHF-Back
Aliir-Ankle who apparently did not want to play, but Daddy donut's forced him too
Butters- Ribs

'You reap what you sow': Brad Hardie's worrying intel on several Port Adelaide players

3AW Football broadcaster and 1985 Brownlow Medallist Brad Hardie has spoken on the intel he’s received on two Port Adelaide players playing while injured on Thursday night against Geelong. The Power were thumped by the Cats by 84 points in the qualifying final, with Hardie stating the club lost...

www.3aw.com.au

Give it a rest.. his Intel may not even be FACT and just some people who aren't even apart of the internal port club talking nonsense.

You're just looking for anything to have a dig at Ken and/or players. They lost and played bad. Simple. Move on.

 

[Ported]

Sorry, but are the same supporters ripping into butters for not playing out the second half also saying we shouldn't have played our best player in a QF because of a vaguely defined 'sore back'. I can guarantee that Aliir also never stated he 'didn't want to play'. Haha such crap!

Lade's back was stuffed after the prelim in 04 too. Dangerfield knows he can't bend over in a certain way or his hamstring explodes. Every player would be nursing something. I'd like every opportunity to drag Ken too, but Brad Hardie sounds like Brad Softie to me.

 

[Ported]

You tryin to trust a guy that looks like this

 

[Janey]

Sorry, but are the same supporters ripping into butters for not playing out the second half also saying we shouldn't have played our best player in a QF because of a vaguely defined 'sore back'. I can guarantee that Aliir also never stated he 'didn't want to play'. Haha such crap!

Lade's back was stuffed after the prelim in 04 too. Dangerfield knows he can't bend over in a certain way or his hamstring explodes. Every player would be nursing something. I'd like every opportunity to drag Ken too, but Brad Hardie sounds like Brad Softie to me.

Michael Wilson in the GF, couldn't raise his arms above shoulder height.

 

[JimmyBC]

You're just looking for anything to have a dig at Ken and/or players. They lost and played bad. Simple. Move on.

Have you been asleep for a decade?

 

[Dazalinko1988]

If Dixon plays we riot

 

[Flog111]

We’ve got too many outs as is. They would have to play inexperienced players if they were to rest anyone.

Farrell

Powell pepper

Finlayson

Houston


Strange we’re not playing Todd Marshall

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Todd Marshall

Age

27

Ht

198cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.0

2star

K

6.4

3star

HB

2.5

2star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

8.9

2star

K

7.1

3star

HB

1.8

1star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.0

4star

G

1.1

5star

D

9.6

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.6

5star

. Could put Dixon in ruck which we did in rd 9 when we narrowly beat hawks.

Wonder if Horne Francis will play forward this week?

Missing Houston is hurting us.

Besides that we don’t really have any excuses to lose.

 

[FishingRick04]

Give it a rest.. his Intel may not even be FACT and just some people who aren't even apart of the internal port club talking nonsense.

You're just looking for anything to have a dig at Ken and/or players. They lost and played bad. Simple. Move on.

It could be guess work.

Didn’t Alir go off against Freeo with an ankle? Also AA were intimating JHF may be carrying a groin.

It would be the first time ever I’ve heard speculation a player has said don’t play me this game and he is played to boot lol