Is Rockliff a good fit for Port?

[OnceKicked50]

Interested to get peoples view how Rockliff fits in at Port Adelaide.

 

[Deep]

Well he being there will make Motlop a better player for sure because he will be less midfield. Motlop becomes the icing on the cake now so Rocky is a decent fit.

I wonder how he will fare with his 40 touch matches in a good side. A higher DE% for sure.

 

[adammania9]

I think Rockliff will be a great pick-up but Motlop will bust

 

[The Bomb]

Boak, Wines, Grey, Powell-Pepper, Rockliff looks awesome on paper, but could be very slow combined together.

 

[schmuttt]

Rockliff swapping with Gray up forward is a very tantalising prospect.

 

[blitzer]

I think he'll be a good fit. It will work similar to how Sydney used to make it work with Hanneberry, Parker, Kennedy and Mitchell (although I don't think it will match that quality). Having too many inside ball winners doesn't tend to hurt you as much as having too many outside ones.

The good thing is that SPP and Wines aren't too slow - they aren't speedsters but they aren't real slow. Its when you have to carry 2 really slow players that you're midfield starts to have issues defensively.

Motlop also seems like the perfect guy to complement Rockcliff when you think attributes.

Port will be a stronger team for the changes they've made.

 

[00Stinger]

Boak, Wines, Grey, Powell-Pepper, Rockliff looks awesome on paper, but could be very slow combined together.

I guess thats why they got Motlop in

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[_jrtp09_]

Rockliff would’ve been a good get for any club with a strong culture. I rate his footy skills .

 

[ShooterMcGavin8]

This is a bloke who was 30 clearances in front of 2nd after 8 rounds. Still spewing we didn't go after him.

 

[Pee Tear Griffin]

Good fit. Then again he'd be a good fit for any team imo. Genuine gun.

 

[Dazb86]

Interested to see how he goes in a good side.

 

[LFC2010]

Boak, Wines, Grey, Powell-Pepper, Rockliff looks awesome on paper, but could be very slow combined together.

This is what I'm worried about the most, as long as we draft a few outside mids who have some speed in the next 2 seasons It'll be okay I hope. Not sure if there are any of those type in this draft though?

 

[OnceKicked50]

Good time to revisit this.

 

[OnceKicked50]

Think it's safe to say Rockliff was a poor fit for Port. They have enough inside mids and it has ultimately forced SPP out of the side.

On another note, neither Watts or Motlop have proven anything beyond their inconsistency.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Poor recruiting really. Port needs to phase out Boak as he is useless as well.

Need some inside/outside mids which they have none of

 

[jackenny]

Poor recruiting really. Port needs to phase out Boak as he is useless as well.

Need some inside/outside mids which they have none of

 

[kaiserchief13]

He is purely outside

 

[jackenny]

He is purely outside

No, not really.

If you want to see what a 'purely outside' player looks like, look at Brad Hill's Contented Possessions / Uncontested Possessions from last year (the year he won his team's Best and Fairest). For instance, in Brad Hill's most contested game for the season he got '8 Contested Possessions, 17 Uncontested Possessions'. Hell, in one game he got '4 Contested Possessions, 29 Uncontested Possessions'. Basically, you'll struggle to find games from Brad Hill where his Uncontested Possessions aren't at least double his Contested Possessions. That's what a 'purely outside' player looks like. Nonetheless, you'd be remiss to say he wasn't a quality player considering those numbers are from a standout year from him.

reference: https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Bradley_Hill.html#20170

In comparison, Jared Polec gets far more Contested Possesions, so using one game this year as an example, he managed to get '16 Contested Possessions, 10 Uncontested Possessions' in Round 12 against Richmond. In that game, Port Adelaide managed to beat Richmond - and Jared Polec received coach's votes for his pretty dominant performance in that game.

reference: https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jared_Polec.html#20180

 

[00Stinger]

talk about a disappointment.

I thought at the time he was a massive pickup by Port but he has been very ordinary

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[schmuttt]

talk about a disappointment.

I thought at the time he was a massive pickup by Port but he has been very ordinary

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So did I...

Rockliff swapping with Gray up forward is a very tantalising prospect.

Pity this didn’t work out.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Shame about Rock. May come good in 2019 though.

Port's recruiting reminds me of those super groups such as Asia. The whole is less than the sum of its parts

 

[The Blue Baggers]

Despite the Blues poor year pretty happy we missed out on him !!

 

[kerrazy]

If it means anything, Redden's first two years at the eagles were woeful before he came good. Maybe he needs to get used to the environment and team chemistry before we judge him.