Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 26

[Marmozet]

 

[1954]

The whole 'jUsT anOThEr gAMe' thing we run with is a classic example of Hinkley being a dumbass.

You can think it's just another game all you like but if the opposition don't see it that way then they are going to up their intensity level to the point where it isn't just another game and you better be prepared for it (we never are).

Agreed, the `just another game ' BS is one of the major reasons why Hinkley's showdown record is absolutely atrocious!

It would be impossible to imagine Fos or Jack Cahill ever being dumb enough to come up with that crap before any game against any oppo, or Bob McLean's reaction to it if they did.

 

[philreich]

a poor man’s Hinkley

I have a feeling that such a thing doesn't exist.

 

[sobrave]

It's easy to gain metres when you just hack it forward with shank kicks that mostly end up in a turnover

 

[Grave Danger]

Apart from the scoreboard of course, Crows won nearly every stat - I think it was the clangers that clinched the result though, because the umpiring wasn't enough...

 

[philthy05]

It's easy to gain metres when you just hack it forward with shank kicks that mostly end up in a turnover

its my opinion that the only bad kick is the guy who kicks sideways and lets teams set up before the next player has to kick long to what is now a flood.

unless your sideways kick is a kick that switches sides and forces the flood to have to move, or is a sideways kick to a player who is an excellent creative kick out runner prepared to take people on like butters, you're putting yourself in a worse position.

ill take a Dangerfield / wines 40-50m long kick to a contest versus a sideways crab kick to a player who then does the 40-50m kick to a flood.

of course the guy who can pinpoint a kick, run take on play and then kick etc are worth a lot more tho. its what makes rose butters jhf and Houston such a great combo for us.

 

[Jonts]

I think the Crows should watch Oppenheimer, only then will they learn how to come together as a team to build something special.

Don't need to watch it mate just claim you have

 

[Rexie J]

Apart from the scoreboard of course, Crows won nearly every stat - I think it was the clangers that clinched the result though, because the umpiring wasn't enough...

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Just shows the value/relevance or otherwise of stats

 

[tribey]

Nick's gets them bouncing off the walls before they play us though & they come out like dime store superheroes, Kenny has us amble out like a dinosaur rock act at Boomerfest.

It really is absurd that the Crows have a superior H2H record in Showdowns (11-10) during Hinkley’s reign.

Moreso given he started 3-0.

Like, how?!

 

[Grave Danger]

Just shows the value/relevance or otherwise of stats

Supercoach may have more of a clue than Dream Team

 

[Ford Fairlane]

On another note, imagine if Port had kicked straight last week. Massive missed percentage opportunity.

It's such a shallow analysis by the SA media. They rely on putting 15 behind the ball and slingshotting forward. But if they can't get numerical superiority or an advantageous match up, they can't get into good scoring positions. And they're gassed from running from full back to full forward. It's not about tidying up their goal kicking or F50 entries, they have to reboot their whole game plan.

Doesn't help when their next big thing runs into an open goal and hits the post from 5m.

 

[sobrave]

It really is absurd that the Crows have a superior H2H record in Showdowns (11-10) during Hinkley’s reign.

Moreso given he started 3-0.

Like, how?!

Showdowns is scary

 

[philreich]

It really is absurd that the Crows have a superior H2H record in Showdowns (11-10) during Hinkley’s reign.

Moreso given he started 3-0.

Like, how?!

Because spuds like Lachie Gollant kick 4 against us, and then do nothing for the rest of their careers.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

I have a feeling that such a thing doesn't exist.

Id say 2024 Hinkley is a poor mans 2014 Hinkley but it wouldnt even be true. 2014 Hinkley would punch 2024 Hinkley in the face.

 

[gtrxuone]

We will see how Freo go Vs Norfs.
If they win and dont pick up any more bad injuries.
Recon their midfielders leg speed will rip Adelaide apart on Optus oval.
Crows will be 0-3

 

[manureid]

And yet we will still lose to them somehow. The mind boggles.

 

[WillemDaDrew]

I think the Crows should watch Oppenheimer, only then will they learn how to come together as a team to build something special.

Landed on Netflix yesterday actually.
Not much in the way of a footy spectacle tonight.
So Oppenheimer movie night with a glass of red and the misses it is

 

[drcollossimo]

It's such a shallow analysis by the SA media. They rely on putting 15 behind the ball and slingshotting forward. But if they can't get numerical superiority or an advantageous match up, they can't get into good scoring positions. And they're gassed from running from full back to full forward. It's not about tidying up their goal kicking or F50 entries, they have to reboot their whole game plan.

Doesn't help when their next big thing runs into an open goal and hits the post from 5m.

The next big thing is going to follow Flogarty until the day he retires

He just isn’t very good, or should I say a good player but nothing special

He’s in season 6?/7? this is as good as he’s gonna get I think

 

[TeeKray]

How's the guernsey and shorts combo in this North/Freo game Coobk001

 

[NoddyHolder]

Simpkin, coming off a massive concussion, ducks low and leads with his head into a tackler. Umpire rewards him.
Classic afl

 

[JimmyBC]

God North are pointless franchise in a national comp.

 

[Alberton Proud]

Ahhhhhh

The Comedy Crows

The big racist is cooked

The few times he actually ran looked like he had a carrot up his ass

 

[davesnothere]

Landed on Netflix yesterday actually.
Not much in the way of a footy spectacle tonight.
So Oppenheimer movie night with a glass of red and the misses it is

Snap.

 

[davesnothere]

The next big thing is going to follow Flogarty until the day he retires

He just isn’t very good, or should I say a good player but nothing special

He’s in season 6?/7? this is as good as he’s gonna get I think

At the Crows.

Crows need mids could find himself traded.

Can see the Crows trading their 1st round for a decent mid as well.

 

[GoPorts]

On another note, imagine if Port had kicked straight last week. Massive missed percentage opportunity.

Hinkley taught him everything he knows