Opinion Changes vs Geelong

[Lagooner]

Happy with the changes.

As a forward flanker Neade > Rockliff.

As a KPD Hombsch > McKenzie.

Yeah pretty much my thoughts too. It’s not perfect, but it should be an improvement.

 

[manureid]

Atley will probably look elsewhere at season end.

And Amon better provide more or he must certainly have pictures of selection panel members in compromising positions.

 

[Us against the rest]

Dixon 2.3 hit outs to advantage, 48% Hit out win, 16.4% Hit out to Advantage
Howard, 2.0 hit outs to advantage, 38.6% Hit out win, 36.4% Hit out to Advantage.

Vs Essendon
Hit outs
Howard 21, Dixon 13, Westhoff 5.

Similar hit out to advantage and hit out win percentage but Howard is vastly better at getting a hit out to advantage.

I have no doubt We'll be going the same as last week and hoping that our midfielders do a little more than the thumbing of their assholes that they did for the last 2 weeks,

Time will tell I suppose.

 

[PatientMental]

time will tell i suppose.

Ken doesn't want Charlie to play ruck, and Chalie doesn't want to waste away as a ruckman.

 

[HinkleysHeroes]

Great to see Neade brought back in to his CHF position.

 

[Us against the rest]

Ken doesn't want Charlie to play ruck, and Chalie doesn't want to waste away as a ruckman.

Oh yeah that's right, we have 3 rucks sitting at the Magpies that are not ready.

 

[Byrons Firen]

No Snelling PMSL Ken!. what more does he have to do?

1st melt of the season.

Gave up pushing Will's barrow. When Sammy Gray was spudding it up 1st 1/2 of last yr Will was turning in stellar
performances with the Magpies. Gets car crashed by Paul Stewart after a lazy hospital ball from Todd and isn't part
of any conversation since.

 

[Doctor Feel]

I guess rather than ****ing with two players continuity in Dixon and Howard, we're now only ****ing with one in Howard.

Dix has forgotten how to forward since being flicked around.

 

[PJ Power]

I guess rather than ******* with two players continuity in Dixon and Howard, we're now only ******* with one in Howard.

Dix has forgotten how to forward since being flicked around.

Dixon certainly isn’t playing to 2017 forward form.

 

[Byrons Firen]

Good to see Marshall get up.

Hope he's switched on coz weez a gunna need him. Jack is a good in well deserved, been playing well and so has Jake.

 

[Lagooner]

Dixon certainly isn’t playing to 2017 forward form.

And he won’t for as long as Ryder is out of the side.

 

[Freak Dodgeball Accident]

Happyish with the ins, just think Ken has gone the wrong way about it.

As much as I love Houston, I'd have dropped him due to form and kept McKenzie in for another week and still brought in Hombsch.

Would have rather Neade came in last week instead of Amon. Needed Atley to come in this week for Rocky. Danger is going to kill us on the inside.

 

[JUSTWORK]

Happyish with the ins, just think Ken has gone the wrong way about it.

As much as I love Houston, I'd have dropped him due to form and kept McKenzie in for another week and still brought in Hombsch.

Would have rather Neade came in last week instead of Amon. Needed Atley to come in this week for Rocky. Danger is going to kill us on the inside.

Ebo to run with him all game id say.

But yea, Atley defiantly should have come in. SPP and Rocky out no additional midfeilder in ? Keep this shit up and wouldn't surprise me if he demands a trade.

 

[Doctor Feel]

One thing we've historically done is backed players in so far as to be detrimental to their long term form. Sometimes you see players (like Jonas in 2016) that we just keep playing even though they are screaming out for a spell. They get their confidence destroyed that it takes them a full season to come back to good form.

Houston has this week and if not he's gotta go.

 

[Powerade 08]

Well, we’ve reached peak stupid again.

Only a matter of time till Toumpas and Trengove get a run.

 

[JUSTWORK]

Well, we’ve reached peak stupid again.

Only a matter of time till Toumpas and Trengove get a run.

Trengove is a gun, deserves a chance.

 

[Byrons Firen]

Team selected lacks some hardness and ball getting ability.

Two inside mids are out (Rockliff and SPP) without even one of that type coming in.

That is particularly baffling with Ryder out.

We will get thrashed around the ball Saturday night and lose by 4-6 goals.

Despite my confidence in a win ^ scares me. Ebo is gunna have to have a blinder yet I swear he looked dazed at one stage
last week. We also need a big one from our skipper.

 

[dirty2]

I just don't know...

 

[snozulu]

Rocky hasn't done shite so far so no real loss ATM until he hits form. Hombsch in returns better balance down back with dougs in the ruck. Neade replaces Rocky's role up forward and will have more of an impact ATM. Gray, Wines, Ebert and co should be able to match Geelong if they work hard enough.

 

[Us against the rest]

Not having a

Dixon certainly isn’t playing to 2017 forward form.

Dixon at training....er Ken do go stand with the forward line group, or the center square group.

 

[woffy]

One of Atley, Snelling or even Trengove should have come in for Rockliff.
And Pittard in for Houston.

 

[mic59]

Would have liked to see Hombsch start instead of Clurey. Of course that is still possible, the 22 players rarely all start where they are named. Although I would have also liked to see Pittard come in for Amon. Sure he had no pre-season but the one SANFL game I saw showed enough of his running form.

 

[pastmyprimus]

I think Neade could hold one record for Port. The most number of times a player has been promoted to the 1sts and the most number of times a player's dropped from the 1sts.

 

[Us against the rest]

I just don't know...

Nor does Ken.

 

[1954]

I have no issue with the inclusion of Hombsch, if he is over the injury problems that plagued him last year he is ( with the possible exception of Doogs ), at least the equal of any other tall defender on our list.

With Neade it will depend on how he is used, if he is parked in a forward pocket and the ball is put on his head he will almost certainly be a bust, if he is used as a link ( run and carry ) player then he can be effective.

Taking all of the above into account, I have a feeling that this is the game that will tell us where we are at re the coaching of the team.
Let's hope we don't end up gnashing our teeth at the thought of 4 more seasons of Kern and his not so merry men.