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As JimmyBeerCans posted, you have to look at when and how Jenkins kicks most of his goals.

Rarely does he kick a bag of goals when the Crows need a forward to stand up and take control of the game. That is usually left to Walker or Betts. In the few Crows games I watched last season Jenkins mostly seemed to get the ball on a platter in the goal square or kick a few in junk time when the game was already won.

He's not called "Junk Time" Jenkins for nothing.
I wouldn't call Jenkins a naturally good footballer, his size/height with a blend of middling skills is enough to give him game time and a inevitably a few scores on the board. His Hawks final last year is absolutely the epitome of junk time specialist.

Realistically would you call either Ryder or Dixon the commanding, match winning forward/ruck types either though?
 

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So what do we think about Geelong's chances this season? One of the guys at work (a fellow Port fan) said to me this week, "Mark my words - the Cats will not play finals this year." Yet I've seen predictions on the bigfooty main board that they'll win the minor premiership!
 

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Realistically would you call either Ryder or Dixon the commanding, match winning forward/ruck types either though?
I'd have more faith in Ryder and Dixon clunking big moment contested marks than Jenkins.

Jenkins only asset is his speed for a big guy if you ask me, his rucking is barely passable even.
 

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..... Realistically would you call either Ryder or Dixon the commanding, match winning forward/ruck types either though?
Ryder is just "lucky" and Dixon is a poor man's Josh Jenkins ;)

Seriously though, I agree with JimmyBeerCans' above post.
 

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So what do we think about Geelong's chances this season? One of the guys at work (a fellow Port fan) said to me this week, "Mark my words - the Cats will not play finals this year." Yet I've seen predictions on the bigfooty main board that they'll win the minor premiership!
Does this guy realise that Geelong have traded Dean Gore to Adelaide?
 

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I'd have more faith in Ryder and Dixon clunking big moment contested marks than Jenkins.

Jenkins only asset is his speed for a big guy if you ask me, his rucking is barely passable even.
The customers drown the siren out so much that he still kicks goals when the game has ended. Ryder and Dixon don't have that advantage.
 

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So what do we think about Geelong's chances this season? One of the guys at work (a fellow Port fan) said to me this week, "Mark my words - the Cats will not play finals this year." Yet I've seen predictions on the bigfooty main board that they'll win the minor premiership!
7 - 12. Dangerfield is a plus, but they lost a few older star players without quality youngsters (outside Cockatoo) replacing them. Take this along with still a bunch of older players as in the top 10 - 12 that are slowing down more (after mostly average 2015's), more than offsets getting Dangerfield.

The plus side is they are one of the sides gifted Essendon twice, so they should have a good percentage, plus the easy win from that. If all things are equal for injuries for them and teams around them I'd say 8-10, but the larger range 7-12 is for those vagaries of injuries/suspensions to them and close competitors you can't pick.
 

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7 - 12. Dangerfield is a plus, but the combined loss of older star players without quality youngsters (outside Cockatoo) replacing them, along with still a bunch of older players as in the top 10 - 12 that are slowing down more than offsets getting Dangerfield. The plus side is they are one of the sides gifted Essendon twice, so they should have a good percentage, plus the easy win from that. If all things are equal for injuries for them and teams around them I'd say 8-10, but the larger range 7-12 is for those vagaries of injuries/suspensions to them and close competitors you can't pick.
It will be this year or bust.
 

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The customers drown the siren out so much that he still kicks goals when the game has ended. Ryder and Dixon don't have that advantage.

Ah yes, who could forget the biggest sporting event in SA history? A dour clash between 2 middling teams that didn't play finals on a school night in the bye week.
 

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I just want an Anzac Day massacre at Adelaide Oval this year. The Cats have given us a helluva lot of pain over the last decade - time to start giving it back to them!!!
After last year two things I want to see against Geelong (other than them smashed) are:
1. Playing 3 KPD's - not giving up 20kg and 10+ cm to Hawkins again.
2. If Geelong try to go 3rd man up against Lobbe again then bring in Dixon for a few bounces to be 4th man up and smash into Blicavs. They try that shit again and I want to hear the sound of Blicavs ribs cracking from my seat on Level 3 Riverbank.
 

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Guthrie, the spud that seems to reek havoc on our backs.

The most unacceptable thing about lasts year loss to the cats was lobbe making an nobody ruckman in Stanley look like dean cox.
 

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I think Wrinkles has more on his mind .......


Well they in deep shite and I could not care less after what they did to stop Port getting into AFL ........
Is the Glenelg Football Club still a thing?
 

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The most unacceptable thing about lasts year loss to the cats was lobbe making an nobody ruckman in Stanley look like dean cox.
Lobbe was shit last year, but it was Blicavs being free to jump into him as 3rd man up all game that was issue in that game. Poor umpiring to allow and poor tactics to not send in the Hoff to do the same to Stanley. Just poor all round.
 

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I think Wrinkles has more on his mind .......


Well they in deep shite and I could not care less after what they did to stop Port getting into AFL ........
We don't have many avenues to attack the SANFL directly, but if Port fans really want to attack the SANFL, now they can't just gouge us for the sake of it, since we have our license and a fixed contract for AO, stop going to away games in the SANFL. Yes in the short term it means less support for our younger and Magpies only players, but if we can send a few SANFL clubs into deeper financial shit the dickheads at the SANFL will have to spend some time bailing them out rather than having their meetings devoted to screwing us over with the GDV and anything else they can think of.

Heck, with a bit of luck the SANFL clubs might realise Olsen, Whicker and co. are the problem, not us (yeah, yeah, a bridge too far I know).
 

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Jenkins has those qualities that let's you mark in the front row then goal we need more of that
I've posted this image before.

This freeze frame is at the point where Jenkins first makes contact with the ball. The ball and his body are clearly over the goal line with only his back foot still in the field of play. The goal umpire's positioning is actually poor as his head is behind the goal post meaning that his sight line on the point post is well behind the goal line. Should have been a video review.

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Even Crows supporters think he is a Joe the Goose specialist.
 

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I've posted this image before.

This freeze frame is at the point where Jenkins first makes contact with the ball. The ball and his body are clearly over the goal line with only his back foot still in the field of play. The goal umpire's positioning his actually poor as his head is behind the goal post meaning that his sight line on the point post is well behind the goal line. Should have been a video review.

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Even Crows supporters think he is a Joe the Goose specialist.
That game was a disgrace from the bending over backwards pre-game to the lack of appreciation post-game from them for throwing away every advantage a home game brings, at a time our season was on the line. The umpires were clearing buying into the 'Adelaide fairytale' as well and the 50-50 decisions invariably went their way.

Still as long as Port (and particularly Koch) have learnt to never appease Adelaide, as they'll just take and then still spit on you, then it should be a lesson not to be forgotten for many a year.
 

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I've posted this image before.

This freeze frame is at the point where Jenkins first makes contact with the ball. The ball and his body are clearly over the goal line with only his back foot still in the field of play. The goal umpire's positioning is actually poor as his head is behind the goal post meaning that his sight line on the point post is well behind the goal line. Should have been a video review.

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Even Crows supporters think he is a Joe the Goose specialist.
Sit almost in line with the goal line to the right in your pic. Was so clearly over the line, even the Crows supporter in front of me was pissing himself laughing at the non -call.
 
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