Club Focus Port Adelaide 2023

[Taylor]

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[Elmer_Judd]

I think Duursma would be a good player for Port to move on. Has shown more than enough at times to have decent value but his record in finals - even factoring in he is young - is deplorable. Has an impeccable record of shrinking on the big stage.

They should cut their losses and extract some value out of him


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Would like to see how he would go under a new coach (be it at Port or elsewhere)

Clearly he has tuned out of Hinkley and his very flawed gameplan

Problem for Port is right now they would be selling him for unders/whilst his currency is at its lowest.

They gain nothing trading him right now unless a club offers absurd overs

 

[ABAB]

Let's check in on the Sav-Hogan match up from may

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Ratagolea is better than BZT but never are good defenders when they need to play on their tall forward which is the same as Aliir. GWS was s**t in the 1st half of the season.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Ratagolea is better than BZT but never are good defenders when they need to play on their tall forward which is the same as Aliir. GWS was s**t in the 1st half of the season.

They beat us at Kardinia, their midfield stomped ours. Defence under siege

 

[ABAB]

They beat us at Kardinia, their midfield stomped ours. Defence under siege

Still had a very good game, 19 disposals with 10 marks, 5 inside 50 and 6 tackles so doesn't look like he was playing KPF?

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Still had a very good game, 19 disposals with 10 marks, 5 inside 50 and 6 tackles so doesn't look like he was playing KPF?

I honestly don't even remember

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Would like to see how he would go under a new coach (be it at Port or elsewhere)

Clearly he has tuned out of Hinkley and his very flawed gameplan

Problem for Port is right now they would be selling him for unders/whilst his currency is at its lowest.

They gain nothing trading him right now unless a club offers absurd overs

Yeah, it's in Duursma's best interests to look for a change of scenery.

Forgot he was playing last night until mid way through the 2nd quarter.

Reckon there is a strong chance he is traded if Port land all of Sweet, Sav & BZT as he will provide them picks they will need for the national draft.

 

[HBFlanker]

I think Duursma would be a good player for Port to move on. Has shown more than enough at times to have decent value but his record in finals - even factoring in he is young - is deplorable. Has an impeccable record of shrinking on the big stage.

They should cut their losses and extract some value out of him


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Yep. A pick in the 20s should get it done i would imagine.

 

[Foxman98]

Yep. A pick in the 20s should get it done i would imagine.

No one is paying a pick in the 20's for Duursma now

 

[Couch Coach]

No one is paying a pick in the 20's for Duursma now

I wouldn't be so sure about that.
This years draft is weak outside of the Top 20 or so.

Teams like Collingwood with an aging midfield (Pendles, Sidey, Mitchell, Adams, Crisp, etc.) might decide a young known quality is better than a speculative late draft pick.

In saying that Port would be better off backing themselves to get him back to his best unless they need the pick for another identified player (BZT, Rat, Sweet, Etc.)

 

[Foxman98]

I wouldn't be so sure about that.
This years draft is weak outside of the Top 20 or so.

Teams like Collingwood with an aging midfield (Pendles, Sidey, Mitchell, Adams, Crisp, etc.) might decide a young known quality is better than a speculative late draft pick.

In saying that Port would be better off backing themselves to get him back to his best unless they need the pick for another identified player (BZT, Rat, Sweet, Etc.)

I would he has done nothing for 3 years now

 

[Playthekids76]

No one is paying a pick in the 20's for Duursma now

You can say that again. 3rd rounder at best. He has shown he is not up to finals footy which has devalued his worth. Thats 3 years of terrible finals performances from him.

 

[Son_Of_God29]

You can say that again. 3rd rounder at best. He has shown he is not up to finals footy which has devalued his worth. Thats 3 years of terrible finals performances from him.

Straight swap for Esava

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Straight swap for Esava

6 months ago I would have bitten your hand off. Now Port fans would bite off ours

 

[Son_Of_God29]

6 months ago I would have bitten your hand off. Now Port fans would bite off ours

Question is how bad do/if they want to trade him - id take him in a heart beat

 

[Sphynx]

I wouldn't be so sure about that.
This years draft is weak outside of the Top 20 or so.

Teams like Collingwood with an aging midfield (Pendles, Sidey, Mitchell, Adams, Crisp, etc.) might decide a young known quality is better than a speculative late draft pick.

In saying that Port would be better off backing themselves to get him back to his best unless they need the pick for another identified player (BZT, Rat, Sweet, Etc.)

Same people said last years top 10 was weak and 2023 was a super draft.

Well it turns out that 2022 looks like the super draft.

 

[DazzaTys]

We are in trouble. 14-23 ranked players are poor and we don’t have depth. The three that have nominated us certainly aren’t going to fill our holes. I with Hinkley also signed for another two years not even sure how we go about looking like a competitive finals team.

 

[bird_man]

The key defender role has been a missing link on Ports list for years. Strange that they haven't worked harder to fill that hole.

They can add a ruck and key forward to that list. Their midfield is terrific but in all honestly Hinkley did very well to get them to top 4 this year.

 

[tiger_tough]

How would Jordan Sweet be feeling about Port supposedly chasing Soldo to be their 1st ruck?

 

[Foxman98]

How would Jordan Sweet be feeling about Port supposedly chasing Soldo to be their 1st ruck?

Sweety will be a Tom Campbell type 10+ year career but rarely play 10+ games in any of them,

Fantastic back up but nothing more

 

[tiger_tough]

Sweety will be a Tom Campbell type 10+ year career but rarely play 10+ games in any of them,

Fantastic back up but nothing more

Fair enough. If he's happy I guess....

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Yep. A pick in the 20s should get it done i would imagine.

Hawks pick 29 looks about right.

 

[Foxman98]

Fair enough. If he's happy I guess....

He has no chance of getting a game with us unless English is injured

 

[tiger_tough]

He has no chance of getting a game with us unless English is injured

Yeah but he probably has little chance of getting a game ahead of Soldo too...

 

[Foxman98]

Yeah but he probably has little chance of getting a game ahead of Soldo too...

He has significantly more chance of getting a game over Soldo then English though,

Soldo is a good player English was the best ruck all year

 

[tiger_tough]

He has significantly more chance of getting a game over Soldo then English though,

Soldo is a good player English was the best ruck all year

I'm not disputing that but I thought he'd want to go somewhere he is likely to be the main man.