Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 31

[Willsy10]

There main problem is not drafting enough strong mids.
Forward and back they are pretty well set but the midfield is as good as a bottom half of the table team.
You could get away with that in the old days but now it’s such a midfielders game if you’re not up to scratch it’s going to show up when it counts.

What surprises me is as a club they have never really addressed it.
If they would have they could have easily won a couple of extra flags by now.

For the majority of the 2000’s they had Ricciuto, McLeod, Goodwin, Edwards and Thompson running through the midfield. Their midfield was about as stacked as you can get and they really should’ve got them a flag in the 2000’s.

Close a few times, especially 05 and 06 but Perrie, McGregor and Welsh whilst serviceable weren’t enough to get it done in the forward line.

I can see why they went hard at Carey but that didn’t work for them, and it was too late by the time Tex and Tippet arrived.

 

[240volt]

For the majority of the 2000’s they had Ricciuto, McLeod, Goodwin, Edwards and Thompson running through the midfield. Their midfield was about as stacked as you can get and they really should’ve got them a flag in the 2000’s.

Close a few times, especially 05 and 06 but Perrie, McGregor and Welsh whilst serviceable weren’t enough to get it done in the forward line.

I can see why they went hard at Carey but that didn’t work for them, and it was too late by the time Tex and Tippet arrived.

I was talking mainly recently when they had a run at the bottom end of the table.
Had plenty of good picks but avoided mids of quality.
It really showed up in the finals last year.
Forwards and defenders they are top 4, midfield they are bottom 6.
Your not winning nothing with that equation.

 

[spike101]

If I’m reading correctly, it’s not him, it’s his brother.

Given the coaches reprehensible behaviour at a former club, (why is he coaching again) I don’t expect any impact. 1966 repeat win maybe in 2066 the way things are going by which time many of us will be dead.

 

[Relativity]

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Old mate Dillon must be cracking open the most expensive bottle of French Vintage champagne he can lay his hands on tonight. Because the AFL getting Tasmania into the AFL in a new covered stadium that will end up costing over a billion dollars with only $15m of it coming from the AFL itself (=1.5% of the cost) is the bargain of the century for a corporation that is desperate to lay claim on being the premier fully national sporting competition.

Once they are in the system and the ALF are banking the extra broadcasting bucks they will be bankrolling the Tassie team into viability for years. The $15m lowball up front offer was just to bleed the State Gov. (read tax payers federal and state) for everything they could squeeze. Good business for the AFL trough snouts. Not so much the tax payers.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

The crows have had this big build up to what turned out to be their new home guernsey. But it looks the same to me. What am I missing?

 

[PatientMental]

The crows have had this big build up to what turned out to be their new home guernsey. But it looks the same to me. What am I missing?

Different trimmings by the looks

 

[dav3]

The crows have had this big build up to what turned out to be their new home guernsey. But it looks the same to me. What am I missing?

The massive change is that the cuffs and collar are now blue

 

[Portwrld]

The crows have had this big build up to what turned out to be their new home guernsey. But it looks the same to me. What am I missing?

Its flamming garbage sponsored by Hungry Jacks

 

[Willsy10]

I was talking mainly recently when they had a run at the bottom end of the table.
Had plenty of good picks but avoided mids of quality.
It really showed up in the finals last year.
Forwards and defenders they are top 4, midfield they are bottom 6.
Your not winning nothing with that equation.

You said if they addressed their midfield needs at the draft they could've easily have had another couple flags by now. I assumed you were talking about their entire history as i'm not sure where there easy flags would've come from recently. Last year they didn't have the midfield depth but they were kissed on the dick with a piss easy fixture and bugger all injuries and it still fell a part when it mattered. In the end they were more than just one of two midfielders shy. Prior to that you need to go back to 2017 when they last had a shot.

 

[Willsy10]

To be fair when we changed the collars and cuffs from white to black on the magpies guernsey it was considered a big change from a lot of our supporters.

 

[Doctor Feel]

UNVEIL HISTORIC JUMPER

Bro its literally what you wore last year

 

[backtozero]

As with anything they do, you can't polish a tri-coloured turd.

 

[Andre]

I was talking mainly recently when they had a run at the bottom end of the table.
Had plenty of good picks but avoided mids of quality.
It really showed up in the finals last year.
Forwards and defenders they are top 4, midfield they are bottom 6.
Your not winning nothing with that equation.

I think part of this comes back to them overrating their ability to trade / get free agents. Generally with there many more quality mids, then quality KPP's, they've gone the route of drafting the latter, then hoping to entice the former. That hasn't worked for them. That they are willing to pay so much for AhChee (who doesn't even really address the midfielder issue), shows the flaws of leaving a key ingredient of a side to chance. Port went the polar opposite for many years, not touching quality KPP's most years (i.e. using high picks) and having to overpay to get in.

 

[240volt]

The massive change is that the cuffs and collar are now blue

A real game changer

 

[Coobk001]

The crows have had this big build up to what turned out to be their new home guernsey. But it looks the same to me. What am I missing?

Can see they've clearly leaned into the theme of choking hazard.

 

[240volt]

Can see they've clearly leaned into the theme of choking hazard.

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Madonna, Strike the Pose!

 

[VineValerian]

A real game changer

Be very afraid

 

[Lefti93]

They're ****ing idiots.

 

[bomberclifford]

Can see they've clearly leaned into the theme of choking hazard.

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What's with the asylum haircuts?

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Can see they've clearly leaned into the theme of choking hazard.

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Looks like Keays finally has the confidence to poo in public with his two friends having his back

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[Willsy10]

looks better without the yellow collars and cuffs to be honest.

 

[StueyDaDew]

Can see they've clearly leaned into the theme of choking hazard.

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Looks like they have them worn backtofrontsies

 

[240volt]

Can see they've clearly leaned into the theme of choking hazard.

View attachment 2493098

Madonna, Strike the Pose!