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Teams always look fractured when they're not playing well.
A month ago Collingwood and Richmond were the teams under fire, being questioned. They've both turned things around on the field and all of a sudden the pressure gauge has loosened. A few weeks ago there were rumours of a personal rift between Boak and Hartlett that were supposedly the cause of Port's form. Three wins from four weeks later, is anyone talking about those rumours anymore?
It is unfathomable to think that there could be some internal problems within the club just a fortnight after a six game winning streak.
Simply, we were slack against Collingwood early and it cost us the game. We outplayed them for the majority of the game after that but our costly start hurt us in the end.
Against Carlton the intent was OK in the first quarter. We made some terrible turnovers (Motlop's poor play leading to their first goal, a hack kick from Enright deep in defense that landed in a Carlton player's arms) and missed some shots at goal. We didn't sustain the pressure in the second quarter and Carlton did. They put work into some key playmakers - Motlop, Blicavs and Selwood.
These seem to be fixable problems. If we win on Saturday, there'll be no talk about disharmony.
A month ago Collingwood and Richmond were the teams under fire, being questioned. They've both turned things around on the field and all of a sudden the pressure gauge has loosened. A few weeks ago there were rumours of a personal rift between Boak and Hartlett that were supposedly the cause of Port's form. Three wins from four weeks later, is anyone talking about those rumours anymore?
It is unfathomable to think that there could be some internal problems within the club just a fortnight after a six game winning streak.
Simply, we were slack against Collingwood early and it cost us the game. We outplayed them for the majority of the game after that but our costly start hurt us in the end.
Against Carlton the intent was OK in the first quarter. We made some terrible turnovers (Motlop's poor play leading to their first goal, a hack kick from Enright deep in defense that landed in a Carlton player's arms) and missed some shots at goal. We didn't sustain the pressure in the second quarter and Carlton did. They put work into some key playmakers - Motlop, Blicavs and Selwood.
These seem to be fixable problems. If we win on Saturday, there'll be no talk about disharmony.

