Mega Thread Port Forum 'General AFL Talk' Thread Part 14

[melanChronic]

Chad Wingard for 6 years or Burton and Duursma for a combined 20?

In b4 Clarkson convinces Chad to go around for a 20th season at age 37.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Now he’s out of the Crows he’s happy to go anywhere

 

[PowerBaz]

Slightly off topic but 2 midfielders in that list kicked 1.11. Could have killed the crows. But danger signs for us Saturday night.

Briz are the real deal.

Rozee, Wines easy miss goals can’t be tolerated this week either, we are getting better but still miss too many simple goals.

 

[MrMeaner]

That we let it get to the point where we pushed Chad out the door still makes me sad. Seeing our kids work well helps salve the pain but I will never be convinced we 'won' that trade.

 

[shewho]

Now he’s out of the Crows he’s happy to go anywhere

We win the flag. Cows win the spoon. Charlie Cameron nominates Port as his preferred club. I laugh for a year.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Gotta feel for them

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

Ted's 3rd quarter heroics not enough to get a vote from his own coach (nor Charlie's hanger for that matter)...


Brisbane vs Adelaide

10 Hugh McCluggage (BL)
5 Jarrod Berry (BL)
5 Lachie Neale (BL)
4 Mitch Robinson (BL)
3 Harris Andrews (BL)
2 Jarryd Lyons (BL)
1 Lincoln McCarthy (BL)

Coaches' votes, R4: Rising Sun's perfect hat-trick, Lion takes lead

Matt Rowell has done it again, while Lachie Neale takes over at the top

www.afl.com.au

But best on ground Ted???

 

[TeeKray]

That we let it get to the point where we pushed Chad out the door still makes me sad. Seeing our kids work well helps salve the pain but I will never be convinced we 'won' that trade.

The other thing that isn't mentioned is that we could've sourced pick 18 and Burton for a much cheaper price than Wingard. Only a year later we moved Dougal freaking Howard for pick 18. Hawthorn clearly didn't rate Burton too highly and could've been moved for a second round pick, probably in 2019 instead of 2018. We didn't absolutely have to give up Wingard to get Duursma and Burton, that's just the path we took.

 

[240volt]

Wish people would get over this Chad moan.
We have some top class lads going around right now.
Much rather talk about them than a ex player.

 

[Harlott]

Wish people would get over this Chad moan.
We have some top class lads going around right now.
Much rather talk about them than a ex player.

Get used to it every time Chad puts in a good one coupled with one, two or all of Rozee, Butters, Duursma and Burton putting in quiet ones or are injured.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Chad Wingard for 6 years or Burton and Duursma for a combined 20?

This is the only thing that makes me somewhat okay with the trade. Wingard is clearly a better footballer than Burton and Duursma, but we'll probably get an extra 10-12 years out of our guys.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Now he’s out of the Crows he’s happy to go anywhere

Tom Browne FFS.

He will have the same story about Butters & Rozee next week. He's a c*ckwomble.

 

[Willsy10]

Duursma is a future captain for mine, he is going to have a very good career. Andrew embley is a very good comparison.


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[Grave Danger]

Now he’s out of the Crows he’s happy to go anywhere

They've left Tom Browne's name off the tweet so that they still get the clicks.

 

[Grave Danger]

#Malcom has lost his marbles as well as one of his Ls - his solution to the congestion blighting the game: make it so you have to tackle the ball, not the player

 

[raman]

Victoria. The USA of Australia.

 

[philreich]

Laughing at Vics talking about how it’s unfair that GCS haven’t left home, so the season is a bust!

if Ports mange to win this season it’ll be won in the most difficult circumstance possible!

My AFL hating boss says this year's premiership means nothing, given what's occurred. But if Port happens to win it, I'll take great delight in repeatedly reminding him about it, long after the season is over.

 

[Vagabond0]

Holding the ball should only ever be about prior opportunity. How much prior opportunity you've had should determine whether dropping the ball is considered an infringement or not, or whether a failed attempt to dispose of the ball is an infringement or not.

Clarke just upset his 6-6-6 rule didn't revolutionise the game for the better but definitely agree any rule should reward the player that attacks the ball. If you've had prior and you drop it out without faith disposal, fair enough. Problem though is consistency with 3 umps on the field.

One pet hate I've got is when the player takes possession, sees the tackler approaching and rather than moving the ball on, they embrace, lock the ball in and because the player is standing the umps rule it as no prior. Happened at least twice on the weekend. Personally it's the equivalent of tucking it in when you're on the ground.

 

[Dav]

Travis Boak drops to 3rd in the AFLCA MVP Leaderboard after collecting 1 vote in the West Coast win for a total of 29. He narrowly trails Lachie Neale (31) and Matt Rowell, who has racked up three consecutive 10-vote performances, only the second player to ever do this.

Current Top 10

Player	Club	Total	GP	1	2	3	4
Neale, Lachie	Brisbane Lions	31	4	6	10	10	5
Rowell, Matthew	Gold Coast	30	3		10	10	10
Boak, Travis	Port Adelaide	29	4	10	8	10	1
Wingard, Chad	Hawthorn	23	3	10		3	10
Pendlebury, Scott	Collingwood	22	3	6	8		8
Adams, Taylor	Collingwood	20	3	4	8	8
Goldstein, Todd	North Melbourne	20	3	4	10		6
Heeney, Isaac	Sydney	19	2	10		9
McCluggage, Hugh	Brisbane Lions	18	2			8	10
Casboult, Levi	Carlton	18	2			10	8
Greene, Toby	GWS Giants	18	2	8			10

Full Port Leaderboard

Player	Club	Total	GP	1	2	3	4
Boak, Travis	Port Adelaide	29	4	10	8	10	1
Dixon, Charlie	Port Adelaide	14	2			4	10
Rozee, Connor	Port Adelaide	10	2	6	4
Byrne-Jones, Darcy	Port Adelaide	9	3	1	5		3
Wines, Ollie	Port Adelaide	8	1			8
Hartlett, Hamish	Port Adelaide	8	1				8
Motlop, Steven	Port Adelaide	7	1		7
Rockliff, Tom	Port Adelaide	5	1	5
Ebert, Brad	Port Adelaide	5	1				5
Duursma, Xavier	Port Adelaide	4	1		4
McKenzie, Trent	Port Adelaide	4	1	4
Gray, Robbie	Port Adelaide	3	1	3
Lycett, Scott	Port Adelaide	3	2	1		2
Amon, Karl	Port Adelaide	3	1				3
Marshall, Todd	Port Adelaide	2	1		2
Westhoff, Justin	Port Adelaide	2	1			2

 

[philthy05]

This is tempting

jesus if you’re really game there’s a lot of money that could be made.

they are absolutely bad enough to go 0-17, it’s just a matter of how complacent do teams get against them. We already saw 4 rounds in Brisbane had written off the game as a training drill before the bounce.

if I had a bit of cash to risk I wouldn’t mind going a couple thousand on that bet. It’s only 13 more games.

the sucky part is there not offering cash out

 

[gbear]

And yet Port is averaging 86 points per game - despite the shortened quarters. Naturally they'll say that's because we've only played crap teams so far, and not because we might actually be a pretty good team.

We haven’t beaten anyone higher than us on the ladder....oh wait

 

[gbear]

Cluck cluck cluck they want to fly away and hide

He is hilarious, so loyal to a team that he played 4 or so games for

 

[Triple E]

If Essendon with all their top up players didn't go winless, than Adelaide have to win a game eventually

 

[philreich]

If Essendon with all their top up players didn't go winless, than Adelaide have to win a game eventually

Maybe this week with Fyfe injured?

 

[Jonts]

The blatantly ignoring of the bias by the media is what says to me it's not going to change

I change this

Catching up on today's radio bits and watching the coverage tonight it's changed to

Its always been unfair what do you want to do about it