Preview Changes: R8 vs Port Adelaide, 2024 - Curtin Call?
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As soon as Jon Ralph made a comment on Dan Curtin yesterday completely out of the blue for any journo in Victoria, you just knew it was happening!
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LISAN Al GAIB!!!
Gut feel is Jones and Hamill go out, Curtin comes in at HB and Smith goes back up to the wing like the end of last season
Then it’s a matter of whether we bring in Schoenberg, Berry or Murphy for Pedlar, my preference in that order
Home showdown. Sloaney lap of honour. Curtin debut. Hope the boys are all ready to run through a wall.
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If he plays on Dixon at any point, I'll melt. Needs to be half back flank, maybe with some wing.
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Is his parents traveling for the game?
What a baptism of fire for the kid, a debut in a Showdown.
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There's no chance he plays on Dixon unless it's a rotation thing for a few minutes or something. Butts/Borlase, Keane and Worrell will all be more likely to get a strict defensive role.
He'll be half-back and I'm sure he'll get some sort of defensive duty but it won't be permanently marking a key forward.
In hindsight, holding off debuting him away in Tasmania is probably the first ounce of common sense the club has shown in a while.
This is the perfect week for it, particularly as it's our home Showdown.
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Any chance they will send him occasionally deep forward and stretch the Power with Aliir out?
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So happy that Curtin is in. Lets get right behind him and let him know how much we want him to succeed.
Oh, and I saw Rozee passed a fitness test with his nick in the hamstring - if he plays, I am tempted to see if i can get a bet that he badly injures it early on and missed weeks in recovery
Oh, and I saw Rozee passed a fitness test with his nick in the hamstring - if he plays, I am tempted to see if i can get a bet that he badly injures it early on and missed weeks in recovery
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Surly Rozee will be late out, Port playing mind games, Has a scan on the Saturday showing minor hamstring strain but fit to play 6 days later? I smell desperation from port and imagine if he does it proper and misses 3-6 what's more important the showdown or your season. To be fair doesn't surprise me with ports track record with their medico's
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Curtin currently $101 for Rising Star. 
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Nicks only doing this for the feel good video he will insist goes out.
Lets hope the club have reminded Nicks that this inclusion comes with a no-dropping clause.
Lets hope the club have reminded Nicks that this inclusion comes with a no-dropping clause.
When has there ever been a 6 day hamstring injury? Even at the lower end of the scale it’s always at least one week, otherwise chance of turning it into a severe tear are super high. Can’t imagine he will be able to run at full speed either.
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Even Brett Burton would insist on an extra weeks rest
A baffling call that could potentially impact their season if he does it properly
Will be be interesting to see if it is mind games, and if he does play, if he looks restricted. If he cant stretch out / is hampered, they would be better off playing someone else.
This Curtin bloke must be a gun mid, yes? Surely we wouldn't have drafted him otherwise?
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Then it works great for us that he plays
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Once again Port show they have zero faith in anyone outside the 23. Why anyone sticks around there is beyond me. They also have a history of being cavalier with injuries so there is little surprise here.
Or maybe they are feigning to stay relevant in a newsweek dominated by the Crows.
Great news on the debut.
Although I had a great gif idea if he wasn’t selected.
Although I had a great gif idea if he wasn’t selected.
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There will be a lot of positive momentum going into this Showdown:
Won the past 2 Showdowns as underdogs
Won last week
Emotional send off of a respected Club player in Sloane
Debut of Curtin
Won the past 2 Showdowns as underdogs
Won last week
Emotional send off of a respected Club player in Sloane
Debut of Curtin
