port crows match day thread

[PJ Power]

Im prepared to give Primus more time, I understand what you are saying, but I really think it is too early to be judging Primus and the structures he implement, especially considering the personnel issues we have. We need to accept that we played a very ordinary team tonight, but we also need to take the positives out of it - we smashed them for three quarters - and if our attack on the ball and the man continues like that for the rest of the season we should all be content supporters I reckon!

I'm very content with the win and really pleased to have produced an 11 goal turn around after quarter time. I'm really pleased that the selections worked out for us. I posted at the start of the week, that a win tonight might be the tonic to get our year kick-started, and to at least get us moving in the right direction.

Just hope that our guys continue to work hard and that through their intensity and effort, Matty's coaching strengths can become manifest.

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

Oh, and a few more of my drunk observations

-Thank god Symes is no longer on our list

-Matt Thomas would be a bloke you would have liked at Gallipoli

-That desperation today FFS PLEASE bring that every week

-Everyone better do their best to support the club and get along to the games if they can. Anyone know todays crowd?

 

[PJ Power]

-Everyone better do their best to support the club and get along to the games if they can. Anyone know todays crowd?

33,000 apparently.

 

[SwampRat]

Alot of it has to do with intensity and hard running. Maybe most of it.

Agreed. It's also mental as well. When you start dropping the intensity and take your mind off the game, structures break down. Things like positioning at stoppages, etc.

 

[Portmanteau]

Great win, it's amazing what some guys can do when we get our ends up.

Trengove really lifted us, Brogan responded. Rodan, Boak, Westhoff all very good.

I have no voice. A lot of Port fans in the Northern Stand that you don't see every week - keep turning up! Great atmosphere up there tonight.

 

[Waspy79]

The one negative of the game for mine was O'Shea. My support for his continued inclusion ends now.

On a positive note it was great to see Mots and Surj embrace each other after one of our goals.

 

[jaxx]

Boy I like Pittard. I dont know why some of you blokes are so hard on him, he's a twig atm, he's played less games than Neil Craigs had sensible press conferences, and I recon he shows real promise. I've seen poise, skill, heart, courage, speed and importantly for this club, a brain. More often than not takes the right option. Sure he stuffs it from time to time, but there's plenty to work with. Great game today Pittard.

And to my buddy the Grew, I thought he was very solid down back. Did ok early and showed poise that tends to be our barometer. When the grew has a good game, we often do too.

Well done Matty, I dont care what anyone says, we got a win, so I'm backing the selection decisions

And the courage and tenacity that our blokes showed, that came from Primus, whatever he said, they felt it and played their @sses off. That was a Port Adelaide win, courage and never say die.

Sorry for the rant but I'm drunk and my god I love this football club. Supported em my whole life, just like my dad and his dad, and I dont wanna see em go anywhere.

Love every word of that!

 

[PJ Power]

The one negative of the game for mine was O'Shea. My support for his continued inclusion ends now.

He's a tricky one though. For every poor mistake, he did something that looked of AFL quality - the workrate to create that lead and mark in the third and then the quality of finish was impressive. He was pretty effective in negating Vince and worked into space well up-field - unfortunately his skill execution let him down, but I think that's about him panicking as a young player, rather than not having skills that are AFL standard. He did some desperate things - diving near loose balls and trying to push it our way. I thought it was his best game (not saying much, I know) and he showed enough to say he will be decent at this level, but it will take a season or two to eradicate his clangers.

 

[PortBrillance]

powwwweeeerrrrrrrrrr

 

[Waspy79]

He's a tricky one though. For every poor mistake, he did something that looked of AFL quality - the workrate to create that lead and mark in the third and then the quality of finish was impressive. He was pretty effective in negating Vince and worked into space well up-field - unfortunately his skill execution let him down, but I think that's about him panicking as a young player, rather than not having skills that are AFL standard. He did some desperate things - diving near loose balls and trying to push it our way. I thought it was his best game (not saying much, I know) and he showed enough to say he will be decent at this level, but it will take a season or two to eradicate his clangers.

Agree with every word of this, and will add that he never drops his head. He is obviously a bloke willing to get stuck in and its players like that you can never have enough of. Should he add some polish over the next few years he will become a valuable member of the team. I just hope we have someone with that little bit of compusure and skill we can bring in to replace him, although another game against GC probably wouldn't hurt his confidence (with all due respect to GC here for obvious reasons)

 

[PJ Power]

Although he only had a few touches and conceded two first half goals to his direct opponents, Pettigrew was a bloody important inclusion for us today. He looked assured in defence, used his body well to create room and space for teammates, shielded the ball well from the opposition when it was bobbling at ground level and offered a hint of his trademark rebound. Most importantly, he allowed Chaplin to play as the intercepting loose man in defence.

The backline we took in tonight had a better look to it. It meant O'Shea played up-field and that's not such a bad thing given his endurance and the fact his mistakes don't cost us as directly as they do in defence.

Keep the Grew in.


Only player who I didn't think impacted at all tonight, was Paul Stewart. Not sure what to make of his or Broadbent's roles at present. Neither are playing well enough.

 

[Triple E]

It was pretty funny watching Dangerfield trying to break through all our players, get tackled and subsequently giving away the ball.

 

[PJ Power]

I just hope we have someone with that little bit of compusure and skill we can bring in to replace him, although another game against GC probably wouldn't hurt his confidence (with all due respect to GC here for obvious reasons)

Jacobs and Moore would be candidates to play O'Shea's utility role. I'm an unabashed Moore supporter and think he is crucial to our longterm success - but concede he too makes clangers. Jacobs is probably the class we need.

The game also highlighted how important match fitness and conditioning is for Hartlett. He looked short of a gallop at times in the second half and didn't look capable of chasing when they had the footy. Still he does some great inside and outside things. If his body can hold for the next 6 weeks, we might start to see his real quality.

 

[sydney_crow]

Congratulations Power fans - enjoy the win...thought your boys showed a lot for your club tonight to come back after that 1st quarter. As for my mob the less said the better.

Thought a couple of passages of play spoke volumes tonight:

1. Walker (a man with all the talent in the world) squibbed a contest in the 2nd quarter...put in the short steps and then laid a fairy floss bump from which the Power player easily bounced off and rebounded the ball forward. That was about the time the tide started turning.

2. O'Shea for you (who probably comes more from the honest trier category) went back hard for a marking contest in the Crows forward line. Copped a hit but got a free and stopped what may have been a Crows goal.

Not saying we're more talented across the park but this said a lot about the respective teams' mindsets for me.

 

[Portmanteau]

Yeah Pittard and O'Shea had a couple of clangers each, but were on the whole very good. O'Shea shows good courage now backing back with the flight.

 

[Waspy79]

Only player who I didn't think impacted at all tonight, was Paul Stewart. Not sure what to make of his or Broadbent's roles at present. Neither are playing well enough.

I was also most baffled by Broady's game. Was he tagging someone? Didn't do enough if he wasn't. The pace of the game just seems to be that little bit beyond him unfortunately.

 

[finbarr]

I took a look at the Crows board and their supporters deserve the loss. Crazy threads calling for the sacking of the coach, a thread that says Adelaide Oval will never happen and a game day thread that calls us hacks and soft. They got everything that they deserve tonight.

It's never a good thing to generalise but i agree, they can all go **** themselves. I don't care how nice they want to pretend to be.

We had a group of about 20 of them plonk themselves down next to us and a more obnoxious, frontrunning group of plebs you will never see. When Adelaide were up and about they were poking us with flags, screaming in faces, trying to provoke shit, chanting "look at the scoreboard" 10 minutes into the second quarter. All well and good, but once they started getting hammered barely a murmur was heard from the spineless pricks. Then they resorted to cliche'd mocking of Port supporters, and then, when it was really being served up back at them, it was all "hey man, it's just football, it's not life and death".

Nah, **** 'em all. Hope they're really suffering.

 

[SwampRat]

"hey man, it's just football, it's not life and death".

They're right. It's much more important than that.

 

[Fazualdo]

Great pressure after the first quarter, the Hoff was huge and Ebert showed what he is capable off in the middle (if only he kicked those goals).

D-rod was one who had a huge impact after not being sighted in the first quarter. Mots showed some good things, but a couple of times trying the fancy dribble with the square covered. Might of been better if he centered it.

Very happy with the result!

 

[Shane_Mag]

O'Shea was much better tonight. I actually hope he plays next week as I think he can get a massive confidence boost against the Suns. No disrespect to them as they have alot of talent but they are still new to the game.

Pittard was good tonight too. Sure he made some errors but I liked his second efforts at the ball when he did something wrong. He takes players on and that to me shows he wants to be out there and make the most of the opportunity given to him.

 

[SupportMe]

I'd like to give props to Rodan, Westhoff, Chaplin and Ebert - if these four played to a similar standard each week we'd be a top 8 side. Let's hope they can build on this and just maybe get some consistency in their respective games.

Oh and Ebert in the midfield for a few bursts per match will help too.

 

[dcstkfc]

As an opposition supporter I must say I'm really loving the Hoff's resurrection. He looks a different player under Primus, great to see him getting back to 07 levels.

Also must say Chaplin is one of the most underrated defenders in the comp.

Good luck to you guys, could even be 3-3 (better than my mob)

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I think there are too many harsh calls on Oshea's game on here. I thought he did soem really good things tonight. In particular his mark/free running back in defence. That was superb.

I can handle the kid having a few clangers, how many games has he played? So long as he keeps up that sort of effort and endeavor. His composure will improve.

I thought Trengove and Hoff turned the game tonight. The Hoff's marking was superb and Trengove was sensational in the ruck, what a leap! And the second efforts were amazing.

I also thought Pittard was very good. He is getting better and better.

 

[philthy05]

brogan did awesome!! hoff was killer, pure instinct goal!!

oshea is 19, think of a better 19 yr old playing this w/end that wasnt a first round pick... cause i cant. this is a case of getting game time into a player something we have all wanted, he aint doing us any injustice either.

watch his speed when he opens his stride he covers ground like nobodies business, ild expect he would be one of our fastest across 50-100 metres, also he has a nice low penetrating kick on him, i like the way it travels.

pittard, trengove hartlett oshea boak gray broadbent, that is a very good group of players 23 and under.

still along way to go as it was an under-performing crows, but very good to see some fight in our team!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Spadge]

just got back.... wow....
great game, great atmosphere and Port showed what we are capable of but we need to see alot more of that

Loved Surjans work tagging Johncock. It was a good move by Primus. Most teams have cottoned on to this plan of tagging Johncock because they know if you can hold him up you will stop all their run out of defence and i thought Surj did a fantastic job

Loved Trengoves game and pretty much everyone played well after 1/4 time.

There is one burning question though... how many beers did b0ydman have tonight because his posting was atrocious early on... lol