Preview Changes & Preview - Ports vs Carlton Round 12 Thursday May 30th @ Adelaide Oval

[JohnHinckleyJr]

Old Voss is bitching to the umpires about the frees on the gold coast game..

Expectd a generational arse ****ing Thursday night

 

[all seeing eye]

10mm of rain, Rozee and Rioli out , may go smaller with expected rain.

 

[sobrave]

Button out for the love of God

Sack Ryan Bootsma

 

[PAFC66]

Should be a decent crowd for this one, 45k+ surely, close to 50 even, Carlton have a big following.

It's sold out isn't it?

 

[JimmyBC]

It's sold out isn't it?

Weather forecast isn't great.

 

[PAFC66]

Weather forecast isn't great.

Nevertheless should be 40+

 

[JimmyBC]

Nevertheless should be 40+

If it's pelting down there won't be.

 

[PAFC66]

If it's pelting down there won't be.

So despite it being near sold out you think if it rains 15k will forfeit their seats ? Carlton also have a huge following and probably their best chance ever beating us at home in years. They'll all go.

 

[JimmyBC]

So despite it being near sold out you think if it rains 15k will forfeit their seats ?

It happens everywhere they don't rock up at the G if it's pissing down either.

 

[Portmagpies36]

If you ever want it to rain just put a Port game on at Adelaide Oval.

 

[simba_]

rest assured there will be like 43k people there ok relax they'll attend

 

[WillemDaDrew]

Operation employ short people.

Evans & McEntee to terrorise Carlton.

Forth coming torrential monsoon Portcastered for Thurdsay nights blockBUSTER!!!

HECKING PUMPED!!!

 

[PowerBaz]

Weather forecast isn't great.

How’s our luck? I’ve always said we should be sponsored by some farm association.

Well it’s been dry…. 4-15mm, throwing darts…..

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

 

[Coobk001]

Honestly thank **** for the rain. Forget the footy, the state needs the rain. I hope it is a huge downpour. Will definitely mean a potential sell out crowd will be lucky to hit 40k, be kidding yourself to think otherwise.

On the footy though, it's clearly going to be a bit of a washout. It'll make Soldo playing extremely important and I almost feel like we would be more likely to sit Georgiadies and play Finlayson in such conditions, despite Finlaysons bad form. Unless we 2nd ruck Dixon which would seem stupid from a risk perspective.

This is a pretty crucial game for finding out where we are at. I hope we win, I hope we're good enough, but personally I don't feel like we'll be able to handle their pressure or their rebound off half back. Their tall forwards might be nullified by the weather, but Curnow will be a massive handful off the ground regardless. Midfield battle should be pretty even, depending upon Rozees availability and fitness. Losing our best goal sneak for a night in the wet is a big hit though, not sure how we're going to line up in the forward half to compensate for no Rioli or SPP. A group of DBJ, McEntee and Evans, isn't exactly inspiring. Maybe we play Drew and Wines more inside and leave Rozee forward?

Win and I'll start to consider we're a top 2 chance, but lose and we'll be back exactly in the mid pack position it feels like we deserve to be.

IN: Dixon, Soldo, Evans
OUT: Sweet, Georgiadies, Rioli

 

[The Hobo]

Keeps getting hurt in weird ways..both injuries caused by jumping awkwardly

The hammy was caused by a kick. The media never picked up on it, but if you watch about 30 seconds before he landed awkwardly, he is the one kicking the ball into the 50 and he pulls up immediately after the kick. The ball rebounds out of the 50 and he contests the mark, landing awkwardly (presumably due to awareness of his hammy) and then grabs it again.

As he talks to the physio/docs, he also shows a kicking motion to them which confirms what I said.

 

[Bump Bailey]

Has Hinkley gotten a win against Voss yet

He has not recorded a win against Voss or McCrae since they took over their respective roles in 2022.

0-6.

 

[Lefti93]

Finlayson has been pretty shit, could come out for Dixon if they're going to bring him in. For Rioli, I don't know. Not overly hyped about an Evans inclusion, not sure if Anastasopoulos is ready, perhaps Narkle?

 

[Lefti93]

Finlayson has been pretty shit, could come out for Dixon if they're going to bring him in. For Rioli, I don't know. Not overly hyped about an Evans inclusion, not sure if Anastasopoulos is ready, perhaps Narkle?

Or D Will if he remembers how to forward.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Matildas won't be happy with us either. They're playing the next night at Adelaide Oval.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

So in Caleb Ernst or Oskar Smartt?

There's a real Deutschland vibe going on there.

 

[Rash]

i think this game will be won in the midfield, the expected rain on thursday night further confirms this.

they have a great midfield, good inside and out, but so do we.

Tagging
-Hewett will tag JHF around stoppages.

-Cincotta will play on the wing for carlton and tag butters after the centre bounce. a bit like what liam shiels

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Liam Shiels

Age

33

Ht

184cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.2

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

8.5

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.9

5star

CL

3.4

5star

D

17.4

4star

K

10.4

4star

HB

7.0

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

4.1

5star

CL

1.9

4star

D

12.2

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.8

5star

did to butters and jhf. he held Noah anderson

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Noah Anderson

Age

23

Ht

192cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

6.0

4star

M

2.0

2star

T

0.0

1star

CL

0.0

1star

D

12.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

6.0

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

0.0

1star

CL

0.0

1star

D

12.0

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

0.0

1star

CL

0.0

1star

to low 20 touches last week

Other midfield Match ups
-Drew has been pushed out of the midfield a little bit when rozee came back, even though rozee spent the majoirty of the time forward. he will see a increase in midfield minutes if the coaches want him to play a defensive role on one of the carlton mids

-Wines i think goes head to head with cripps

-i dont think carlton put to much time into rozee as he is coming off of a injury and will play a decent amount of forward time

-Mead i think plays a 50/50 mid/fwd

Contested ball Domminace
- Carlton are the best contested ball team in the comp averageing 141 per game, in compariosn port are the 6th worst averaging 130

clearences
Carlton are once again the best team in the comp at winning centre clearence averaging 1.6 more per game, port are the 4th best team in centre clearences. however port are the 6th best stoppge clearance team compared to carlton who are the 9th best.

i think carlton will win the contested ball, but we will smash them in stoppage clearences, although carlton are the best centre clearence team in the comp port score the most goals from centre clearences.

i think we win the midfield battle.

 

[Windy Cindy]

Should win this especially at home,
we are better than they are

However have to factor in the hinkley in big games factor, the hinkley is on 360 and will no doubt say something stupid and ruin our prep and we will get stage fright on the big stage.. it’s scary

Port by 30

 

[Lefti93]

Matildas won't be happy with us either. They're playing the next night at Adelaide Oval.

Oh well, build a purpose built soccer stadium that holds more than 16,500 to host friendlies.

 

[simba_]

Not The Tillies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!