Rumour Port are s**t

[Nemisis]

lol the dude is still fairly fit. bit on the midget side though. late rookie pick at best

****ing hate these ultra-melt threads. We're Richmond-like all right, consistently inconsistent, predictably frustrating, talented enough, inexplicably poorly skilled, forever mentally suspect, seemingly coached to an unfathomable or over-ambitious game plan, setting team rules that some players don't buy into every week, not selecting firmly to said team rules anyway, cruelled by injury, smacked by WADA, imagining every pre-season that some new Savior type recruit will lead us to the Promised Flag and that ineffable quality called "respectability"... but we're not Port 2011-2012 bad, nor are we Brisbane 2016 bad.

It's totally unacceptable, but let's not burn down the house while stripping the **** out of the walls, eh? Leave horse poo level stunts to Richmondians.

Didn't Ross kick 11 from a flank one game?

 

[Janus]

This was the guy that picked us to finish 14th, so I guess he's got some credibility with his opinion based purely on results. And what he says is exactly right - our main failure is the lack of outside run and the ability to gather cheap uncontested linking possessions. That lack of run comes from a lack of faith in teammates to move the ball accurately, so players are stagnant so as not to be caught too far away from their opponent in case of a turnover.

You can either change the gameplan to a more scrappy style, full of big bodies and contested possesions - which is what a lot on here want - that doesn't rely on either skill or run...or you can stick with the current plan and keep working on skills, drafting players that are good users of the ball like Bonner.

Either way you go is going to take time. The fact that Gary "Put every player behind the ball at a centre bounce" Hocking and his pragmatic views are getting the flick should tell you exactly which direction the club has decided to go.

 

[Pappagallo]

This was the guy that picked us to finish 14th, so I guess he's got some credibility with his opinion based purely on results. And what he says is exactly right - our main failure is the lack of outside run and the ability to gather cheap uncontested linking possessions. That lack of run comes from a lack of faith in teammates to move the ball accurately, so players are stagnant so as not to be caught too far away from their opponent in case of a turnover.

You can either change the gameplan to a more scrappy style, full of big bodies and contested possesions - which is what a lot on here want - that doesn't rely on either skill or run...or you can stick with the current plan and keep working on skills, drafting players that are good users of the ball like Bonner.

Either way you go is going to take time. The fact that Gary "Put every player behind the ball at a centre bounce" Hocking and his pragmatic views are getting the flick should tell you exactly which direction the club has decided to go.

Was his prediction of 14th before or after the WADA smackdown?

If it was before then he's just another Richmond supporter with sour grapes and a wrecked a-hole from the 2014 EF and got lucky.

 

[*PAF]

... She has been here since fairy floss and Roy Orbisan. ...

Did the title give it away?
Would have you guessed that if the title had been "Is we s**t?"

 

[Dalphonso]

"Travis Boak has never been silky"

rolleyes

I don't know who Cameron Rose is but he is pretty much spot on.

 

[thundercloud]

My point being regarding this thread, that those with long standing Port Adelaide football memory, could well be aghast that a thread of this obvious lack of Port ethos could be posted and to a degree represent the port 2016. Since when has defecating on the Port players and by implication the Port club been a show of support. What has that got to do with supporters showing guts and determination which we typically like to recognise and espouse from our club and team. I take offence at this thread for that reason and look for more resilience.

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[Powerade 08]

What has that got to do with supporters showing guts and determination which we typically like to recognise and espouse from our club and team.

I'm not sure we need to spoil them with blind support on top of the 300k+ mostly tax free pay packets they receive. The money should be enough motivation to perform.

As for the club showing guts and determination, not in the lifetimes of some of our supporters.

 

[Doctor Feel]

The revisionist history on Travis Boak in this thread and the Boak Captain thread is deplorable. Two years ago he was the captains captain, the best captain in the league, has scored two AA's and also very nearly won a brownlow. To claim he has never been silky is objectively wrong.

Not to say he is not a shell of that former self currently, though.

 

[Schulzenfest]

The revisionist history on Travis Boak in this thread and the Boak Captain thread is deplorable. Two years ago he was the captains captain, the best captain in the league, has scored two AA's and also very nearly won a brownlow. To claim he has never been silky is objectively wrong.

Not to say he is not a shell of that former self currently, though.

And since when is being 'silky' the mark of a good player? Patrick Dangerfield and Nathan Fyfe are probably the two best players in the league and you wouldn't describe either of them as silky. Chris Yarran is silky but he's also a fat spud who can't get a kick.

 

[manureid]

Once owned a Silky Bantam Rooster. Aggressive little fecker. Nothing 'silky' about his demeanour.

 

[tribey]

And since when is being 'silky' the mark of a good player? Patrick Dangerfield and Nathan Fyfe are probably the two best players in the league and you wouldn't describe either of them as silky. Chris Yarran is silky but he's also a fat spud who can't get a kick.

It's like the old criticisms of Craig Bradley. "He can't win his own ball".

Never mind he actually could, but what on earth's wrong with 25-30 linebreaking, precision touches from the outside?

*cries*

 

[Dylan8]

I objected to saying he was "never silky" when Travis has often pulled off some really slick moves on the field. This guy seems to think he was a 'roided Matt Thomas for a couple of seasons or something.

 

[*PAF]

The only question mark I have wrt Boak being captain is the position/role he plays.
Captains lead by example, makes sure instructions are followed plus would have a licence to call a few shots when necessary.

Apart from the odd down game he certainly leads by example but the role is such that he would be too busy trying to get the ball out of stoppages to notice if other players are set up correctly etc.

If he is captain then the VC needs to be on the HBF or HFF and not scared to make calls when necessary.

The Polec incident is a good example.

 

[edgie]

On the news talking about how Dixon is in doubt, they showed a clip from the weekend game of the ball being returned to him for a mark or free kick. He even dropped that.

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[PAFC66]

id rather butchers s**t kicking than Dixons s**t marking

 

[edgie]

Well considering Dixon's kicking recently, he no longer holds that over Butcher.

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[Changaneen]

Port Club tomorrow night for dinner. I'll be the one wearing the druggy flannelette shirt. Feel free to say hello. Always up for a talk about our club.