Review Port Adelaide vs Crows - Trial Match 1 @ Alberton

[RossFC]

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Friday 20th of February, 5:30pm at Alberton Oval.

A squad of 25 will be selected for the match sim, to play four quarters of 20 minutes each, plus time on.

Fans can attend the game free of charge, with access granted on a first-in, best-dressed basis until the venue reaches capacity.

Gates open at 2.55pm. Game starts 5:30pm, with a live stream available for those unable to attend.

Pending the injury list: JHF (foot/shoulder), Durdin (foot), Farrell (illness) all should be back here. Butters and Georgiades (hamstring awareness) will be managed after coming back from State of Origin. Not 100% if Wines can play here due to his suspension. Train-on players are permitted to play here.

Team
F: Whitlock - Lord - Horne-Francis
HF: Byrne-Jones - Lukosius - Richards
C: Wehr - Brodie - J.Burgoyne
HB: Farrell - Aliir - Rozee (C)
B: Marshall - Ramm - Jones
R: Visentini - Drew - Bergman
INT: Berry - Moraes - Sinn - Lorenz - Mead - Durdin - Evans

 

[Scodges]

Marshall will definitely play.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Going to be interesting now we have a coach who likes to beat the crows and was coached by a guy who liked to beat the crows.

 

[Coobk001]

For anyone that was there last night, how was the capacity? Is the Eastern side completely off limits? Feel like this could be choc a bloc and people could be turned away?

 

[afl2004]

Going to be interesting now we have a coach who likes to beat the crows and was coached by a guy who liked to beat the crows.

And an assistant who oozes sex

 

[Ford Fairlane]

For anyone that was there last night, how was the capacity? Is the Eastern side completely off limits? Feel like this could be choc a bloc and people could be turned away?

Was crowded but we were all pulled around to the grandstand side and behind the Port end goals. Where they had bean bags!

 

[jac147]

For anyone that was there last night, how was the capacity? Is the Eastern side completely off limits? Feel like this could be choc a bloc and people could be turned away?

It could be tricky. We will certainly require space along the eastern side. How they do it in the confines of a building site I don’t know. Best chance is to be there real early

 

[jackag24]

Going to be interesting now we have a coach who likes to beat the crows and was coached by a guy who liked to beat the crows.

So you're saying he doesn't hate Showdowns? They don't give him butterflies in his stomach?

 

[Interstater]

I see no point in playing DBJ in this game.
Have a good look at some snappy small forwards.

Stephensen, Barrett, hell I'd play Nick Moore in this game.
Visentini must play, and Marshall will have to cover one of the trio of tall turds.

Defensive matchups will be very interesting, as of course will it be Ports smalls or talls that do most of the scoring.

 

[RossFC]

The DBJ hate is way over the top.

 

[RossFC]

Georgiades now in doubt due to hamstring awareness.

 

[Addy23]

Georgiades now in doubt due to hamstring awareness.

Think this was pre-planned, think that's why he was training in pink cap before departing. Port know how important he is and don't want to risk it.

 

[SureBuddy]

I see no point in playing DBJ in this game.
Have a good look at some snappy small forwards.

Stephensen, Barrett, hell I'd play Nick Moore in this game.
Visentini must play, and Marshall will have to cover one of the trio of tall turds.

Defensive matchups will be very interesting, as of course will it be Ports smalls or talls that do most of the scoring.

lol Nick Moore is not even on our list, how is he playing in this game? I just don’t get the DBJ hate, it’s way over the top.

 

[kgerlach01]

Everyone talking about capacity. Just makes me say "bring back the outter!"

 

[davesnothere]

Butters had a really solid hit out for Victoria. Travelled a bit. At this stage of the year, I’d be saving him for the following week rather than having him go around against the Crows.

Just management. We have to travel again the following week against Fremantle. He’ll get a decent hit out there.

 

[Addy23]

Butters had a really solid hit out for Victoria. Travelled a bit. At this stage of the year, I’d be saving him for the following week rather than having him go around against the Crows.

Just management. We have to travel again the following week against Fremantle. He’ll get a decent hit out there.

He's not going to agree with that, the club would have to force that

 

[Rigs]

Butters had a really solid hit out for Victoria. Travelled a bit. At this stage of the year, I’d be saving him for the following week rather than having him go around against the Crows.

Just management. We have to travel again the following week against Fremantle. He’ll get a decent hit out there.

Play him
Travel is all part of it. I’m sure he knows how to rest and recover properly

 

[FrankDrebin]

Stephensen, Barrett, hell I'd play Nick Moore in this game.
Visentini must play, and Marshall will have to cover one of the trio of tall turds.

Maybe we should give Steve Summerton a look?

 

[Scholz Supremacy]

Going to be interesting now we have a coach who likes to beat the crows and was coached by a guy who liked to beat the crows.

And someone who isn’t scared of the Crows!

 

[Interstater]

lol Nick Moore is not even on our list, how is he playing in this game? I just don’t get the DBJ hate, it’s way over the top.

You assume I said it out of hate, I didn't.
We know exactly what we get from DBJ, and we only have a certain period of time to make decisions on other players.
That was my point.

I assumed Nick Moore could play as a train on player, that may be incorrect.

 

[Interstater]

Maybe we should give Steve Summerton a look?

 

[240volt]

DBJ is not our worst forward but we need more than he offers if we want to be a real premiership chance moving forward.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

DBJ is not our worst forward but we need more than he offers if we want to be a real premiership chance moving forward.

He's also 30 - he's likely to drop in output pretty soon and the Carr era is just getting started.

I agree with others who say he will still be important this year though - we are just so weak in small forwards after all the development games that should have gone to good smalls instead went to guys who are no longer on the list.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Unless Byrne-Jones kicks another goal a game or ups his disposals significantly, you would think, in general, Carr would be eyeing off the next premiership side and he ten towards the younger players like Berry and Durdin to see what they can do.

 

[Waspy79]

is Horne fit to play?

also kudos to Ross for persisting with correctly naming forwards at the top of the team lists.