Review Gold Coast SUNS v Port Adelaide Round 9 2018 Review

[GremioPower]

We owe the Bye one from 2011...

Man, this is great! Especially now that those days are far behind us.

Grêmio was on the verge of bankruptcy in 2005. We were on the second division (relegated in 2004) and had only 5 players in our roster. I know the feeling.

 

[MrPortAdelaide]

Port did a professional job on the suns and still should have won by a few more goals even in a game where GC flodded our forward line. i'd give them 7.5 out of 10

 

[pastmyprimus]

Kyle Chalmers has a nice kicking action. He was never going to miss the pre-match ceremonial goal. He would have nailed the goals Wingard and S. Gray missed straight out in front.

 

[Macca19]

The game was a better spectacle than people give it credit for. Was a good win in wet conditions.

Weve put ourselves in a good position to really attack top 4 after the bye

 

[Valentino]

**** off Stephen Marshall. Piss off back to The Parade.

Why? He is a one eyed Port supporter and doesn't hide it from his norwood constituents.

 

[RossFC]

Why? He is a one eyed Port supporter and doesn't hide it from his norwood constituents.

I think he also said before last years grand final "Go the crows because they are South Australian."

 

[Valentino]

I think he also said before last years grand final "Go the crows because they are South Australian."

I don't have a problem with that from a Leader of the Opposition wanting to win an upcoming election.

 

[*PAF]

Why? He is a one eyed Port supporter and doesn't hide it from his norwood constituents.

Uh?
When did BF change campaigners to constituents?

 

[Valentino]

Before the game I thought if there is just a bit of rain it was going to be a 120~130 pts v 60~70pt game.

The rain changed that. If it was 130 v 60 our percentage would be 111.99% ie 822 for v 734 against. Instead its 774 v 714 and 108.10%. So no big deal.

What is a big deal is missing 4 goals from between 12-20m out. That was ratshit and lazy. Gotta get better than that. Its not like they were kicking a ball that had been waterlogged and full of mud and they were kicking from 40m out.

8 missed shots from inside 50 from 8 different players.

 

[Macca19]

Jonas was awesome. Boak very good as well. I dont think SPP was as good as others have said but he was still very good. Just needs a cooler head at times and still gives away too many free kicks that he just shouldnt. Rockliff was a beast and i'm so happy its now clicking for him. Wingard was great but just a bit wasteful.

The only player who really struggled was Motlop.

 

[DazalenkoUBewty]

Jonas was awesome. Boak very good as well. I dont think SPP was as good as others have said but he was still very good. Just needs a cooler head at times and still gives away too many free kicks that he just shouldnt. Rockliff was a beast and i'm so happy its now clicking for him. Wingard was great but just a bit wasteful.

The only player who really struggled was Motlop.

Motlop did appear to struggle a bit, but I was happy to hear the commentators (at the end of the game) say how Motlop worked his butt off all day.

 

[rogerjames]

Love Boak but how the hell did he win the medal.

I'd love to know who was responsible for that decision. Defintely politically correct.

 

[MrPortAdelaide]

Jonas was awesome. Boak very good as well. I dont think SPP was as good as others have said but he was still very good. Just needs a cooler head at times and still gives away too many free kicks that he just shouldnt. Rockliff was a beast and i'm so happy its now clicking for him. Wingard was great but just a bit wasteful.

The only player who really struggled was Motlop.

motlop has a specific job of standing wide of the congestion to be the receiver if we can get it to him, with that job you are always going to have bad days because the style of game dictates to a large degree your influence on the game, yesterday the conditions were slippery that didnt allow much clean ball from the congestion, as well as a lot of kicking long down the line Motlop was left out of position. From a coaching point of view you look at the work rate and you ask yourself would have he been better being placed behind the ball or forward of the ball down the line and make his wide receiver role redundant for that game. If the game was close then maybe the move would have been made but i think the coaches would rather keep the structure they want and let the team perfect its own game style rather than changing it to suit the conditions.

 

[shewho]

When Rockliff plays like Rockliff it makes a huge difference to us.

 

[MrPortAdelaide]

I'd love to know who was responsible for that decision. Defintely politically correct.

no one was standout and id have Boak in the top 3

 

[rogerjames]

Love Boak but how the hell did he win the medal.

Because SPP couldnt and Jonas would have to kick 5 being a defender and all.

 

[jdeezy]

They probably had to pick someone 15 minutes into the last, at that point I couldn't really pick a BOG for my mind either. It was probably only when SPP kicked his goal that I decided he was my best on.

 

[JAlexG]

Bar 5 seconds of heroics last week, Motlop has been bog average thus far this season.
The occasional flare but wow is it few and far between.

 

[MrPortAdelaide]

When Rockliff plays like Rockliff it makes a huge difference to us.

im just so glad we finally have a midfield accumulator that isnt Robbie Gray, we have tried a lot of guys over the years to be that player

 

[chiwigi]

Thank god for the bye.

I need a week off after this garbage.

SPP was fantastic (horrid miss aside). Boaky stole his medal.

To be fair, Boak had most possessions and a goal.

 

[PepeSilvia]

Bar 5 seconds of heroics last week, Motlop has been bog average thus far this season.
The occasional flare but wow is it few and far between.

Nonsense.

 

[*PAF]

Bar 5 seconds of heroics last week, Motlop has been bog average thus far this season.
The occasional flare but wow is it few and far between.

No, cannot agree with that. Not everything is measured in stats or highlight packages. He has done is job and provided us with a massive list improvement. His running patterns, pressure acts and generally forcing the other team to keep an eye on him has been of great benefit.

EDIT: Our i side 50s aren't the best and haven't been for quite some time. It's probably fair to say that both Motlop and Watts have improved our team wrt that.

 

[GreyPower]

Why? He is a one eyed Port supporter and doesn't hide it from his norwood constituents.

Im pretty sure that in the SANFL he now follows Norwood.

FWIW

 

[pastmyprimus]

Being close to the boundary line at the game I could hear the players shouting to each other. A couple of times I heard Motlop shout instructions to team-mates about where to position themselves on the ground. I think he's taken more a leadership role at the club and all that experience at Geelong has helped.

Heard Dougal shouting a couple of times. You can see the leadership potential there

 

[Macca19]

I'd love to know who was responsible for that decision. Defintely politically correct.

Boak was slightly better than SPP for mine.