Mega Thread Port Forum 'General AFL Talk' Thread Part 17

[El_Scorcho]

Must be weird for Wingard

To go from being so revered here to the point where he was one of the brightest young stars in the comp and then never really being able to settle in for Hawthorn to the point where i'd imagine Hawks supporters are frustrated with the trade.

Meanwhile we really like Duursma and Burton and we've moved on while Hawthorn's list are struggling big time on and off field.

He's just sort of in no-mans land.

Meanwhile we've officially welcomed Jackson Trengove

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Jackson Trengove

Age

33

Ht

197cm

Wt

97kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.5

3star

K

6.3

2star

HB

7.2

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

2.7

4star

MG

167.1

3star

D

8.0

2star

K

2.0

1star

HB

6.0

3star

M

1.0

1star

T

4.0

5star

MG

16.0

1star

D

9.8

3star

K

2.6

1star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.2

3star

T

3.4

5star

back because he feels completely like one of us, even when he was at the Dogs he was a Port man.

 

[backtozero]

I reckon if he was still with us, a large percentage of the supporter base would be questioning his place in the side. Crazy that he's 27 too.

 

[Marmozet]

Chad is away from his family, playing for a bottom team in a sport he doesn’t even like.

There’s no way he could be enjoying himself right now.

 

[Grave Danger]

I saw something last week about each team's "iron man", ie player that had the current longest run without missing a game, and for Hawthorn it was none other than Chadley Wingard with twenty something games!

For us it was DBJ on 49 I think - would have been 106 straight but for that club imposed suspension in 2018 for turning up late.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Bloke who doesn't full commit to trianing/rehab gets soft tissue injuries.

Who would have thought.

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[edgie]

My question is, why is a 120 v 115 game better than an 80 v 75 game? Many of the best games have been low scoring affairs - why the obsession with trying to generate higher scores?

The problem isn't 80 to 75 games.

The problem is when 55 to 45 games in good conditions.

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[Grave Danger]

It was the first of the inter club practice matches today, with Hawthorn beating Western by 15 points. The big boom wowee #1 draft pick Ugle-Hagen played in the ressies.

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

Doesn’t matter to the afl- their TV audiences will still be huge. People won’t switch off because of any rule. The games been s**t for years and they still have daylight between them and any other code.

 

[Garibaldi Red]

Of course it is. That is when the unearned cash starts rolling into your *ing pockets.

 

[PowerBaz]

Crows history.... manufactured corporation manufacturing a permanent base on land that isn’t theirs. You just can’t manufacture authenticity can you.

 

[C4[2]Yo`DooR]

If North finish bottom (or any other Melbourne side) it will add an interesting twist too.

What happens if the Crows finish bottom?

 

[Eddie Dingle]

What happens if the Crows finish bottom?

Hopefully they will but would he be interested in going there knowing it’ll be years before they contend? I’m only guessing but apart from coin we’d be an attractive destination in terms of competing over the next few years.

 

[Duck Farmer]

You just can’t manufacture authenticity can you.

No, but you can consent.

 

[Schulzenfest]

What happens if the Crows finish bottom?

Celebrations in the streets of Alberton?

 

[HinkleysHeroes]

Celebrations in the streets of Alberton?

I refuse to celebrate anything another team does though

 

[SteppingTiger]

Waiting for the mid season report from S Hocking highlighting the higher scores in games.....ignoring the part where all the extra goals are the result of 50m penalties . Huzzah!! It worked!

 

[It Just Is]

Waiting for the mid season report from S Hocking highlighting the higher scores in games.....ignoring the part where all the extra goals are the result of 50m penalties . Huzzah!! It worked!

More like scoring down again but look at the crowd numbers! Up 2000% on 2020!

 

[philreich]

The problem isn't 80 to 75 games.

The problem is when 55 to 45 games in good conditions.

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Understand the point - hopefully there'll be less games like that this season, given the longer quarters. But I'd rather see a low scoring slog, than see this abomination of a rule introduced. Imagine if Port were to lose a final because of it.

 

[Steve Dore]

lol, that's not a new rule.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

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lol, that's not a new rule.

I think the new rule is that they're going to increase the amount of times that they decide to apply the rule.

 

[Grave Danger]

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lol, that's not a new rule.

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"Players must kick the ball without hesitation, without repetition and without deviation."

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Ye olde footy. Cornes gets his face rubbed in the Parade mudheap by Fabulous Phil

 

[RossFC]

Ye olde footy. Cornes gets his face rubbed in the Parade mudheap by Fabulous Phil

The man on the mark barely raised a hand up and it still hit it haha.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

The man on the mark barely raised a hand up and it still hit it haha.

After Cornes decided to go the double bird to the crowd... and we definitely know where Kane got it from then.

 

[chiwigi]

Ye olde footy. Cornes gets his face rubbed in the Parade mudheap by Fabulous Phil

This is basically Cornes every time he tries the 'Port are not Port' nonsense.