Review Round 15, 2025 vs Sydney

[dirty2]

When’s the last time we got rocked by a seriously good team early and recovered to win?

The 2014 Freo semi?

Was the Freo semi that long ago? Wow

 

[Willsy10]

When’s the last time we got rocked by a seriously good team early and recovered to win?

The 2014 Freo semi?

Despite the finals chokes, in season we still had a lot fight in us last year, the hawks jumped us last year and we came back and won. Unusual for us to comeback like that but not impossible as something like that would seem this year.

We looked like we couldn’t fight our way out of a wet paper bag yesterday.

 

[PortAdelFC1997]

I remember the 2013 and 2014 days when Port managed to mount their comebacks and win.

Good times. Those were the days. Less talented team but they had a never give up attitude.

 

[Powerade 08]

I remember the 2013 and 2014 days when Port managed to mount their comebacks and win.

Good times. Those were the days. Less talented team but they had a never give up attitude.

This current team is not better than 2014 anywhere on the field. They were the 2nd or 3rd best team in the comp.

If Soldo was ever fit he might give an edge over Lobbe in the ruck and around the ground.

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

Wow - team that hasn’t made a grandfinal despite regular top four finishes is not resilient? I’m shocked!!

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Looks like Bergman went into the game with some illness. Berry pulled out due to illness and apparently it had gone thru the club the last week or two.

Heeney said Bergman told him that he said he was crook. Media reported it as early in the game, but Caro tonight said it was in the 3rd quarter and that Port had spoken to Miles and told him not to give the oppo this sort of info. That answers the question I posed why the hell Miles only played on Heeney for about 40% of the 1st quarter.

Caro obviously got on the phone and spoke to one of her good mates, either Ken or CD to get the info.

 

[all seeing eye]

Why did he play at all if he was so crook and cant run a game out, we always play sick or injured players.

 

[IamKeyserSoze]

Why did he play at all if he was so crook and cant run a game out, we always play sick or injured players.

Sure do. Absolutely no faith/trust in others to come into the side and do a job. Says a lot about the faith in player development in Magpies from within own club.

 

[Portmagpies36]

I remember the 2013 and 2014 days when Port managed to mount their comebacks and win.

Good times. Those were the days. Less talented team but they had a never give up attitude.

Less talented? Your kidding.

 

[RossFC]

This list is extremely overrated. Probably only slightly better than 2011/12's lists.

 

[Willsy10]

This list is extremely overrated. Probably only slightly better than 2011/12's lists.

Cmon man. Not much has changed from the list that made a prelim last year.

 

[PAFC66]

Ken probably told him to let him know your sick mate...

 

[Chrizzt]

This list is extremely overrated. Probably only slightly better than 2011/12's lists.

Carn. This is just a ridiculous call. We have better top end talent than we had back then, and aren't carrying nearly as much deadweight. Daniel Stewart, Matt Thomas, Tom Logan, Hitchcock, O'Shea, Irons, and the near-dessicated corpses of Cornes, Cassisi, Brogan and Salopek.

 

[Grave Danger]

Hay, the loss wasn't as bad as all youse are saying!

 

[Stryke]

Carn. This is just a ridiculous call. We have better top end talent than we had back then, and aren't carrying nearly as much deadweight. Daniel Stewart, Matt Thomas, Tom Logan, Hitchcock, O'Shea, Irons, and the near-dessicated corpses of Cornes, Cassisi, Brogan and Salopek.

These were all first 22 players then too

 

[klem22]

Why did he play at all if he was so crook and cant run a game out, we always play sick or injured players.

This is hinkly all over he has played injured players all through his tenor here in order to save his own ar$e .

 

[RangaInTeal]

You get what you deserve!

 

[Minotaur2]

I could not believe it when they announced Finlayson was in - in addition to the two rucks. WTF?

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard Carr say at half time they would hold off on pulling the sub. Again WTF? They had kicked two goals in a half. What they had was clearly not working. Finlayson might not be the answer but what are you waiting for to make a change and try something different when what you had was so clearly not working. THey should have pulled the sub before quarter time it was that obvious. But no, Carr says at half time that strong words were said and they were going to persist with what they had to see if anything changed. Not sure Carr is the solution we want.

The most frustrating bit is with Sydney spraying the ball everywhere we were still in teh game and could have won it with 15-20 minutes of decent football which never came.

As an aside Rioli has been pretty useless for weeks. Sure, there are probably ten blokes who should get dropped before him, but he seriously needs to raise his game.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Everything they do is our of fear.

Fi layson was there because they feared the 2 rucks wouldn't work.

He wasn't activated earlier because they feared an injury that would make them look silly

 

[tribey]

Why did he play at all if he was so crook and cant run a game out, we always play sick or injured players.

It feels like this is the 10th year running where the club squirted out a brutally poor June/July performance only for word to emerge that the entire squad came down with gastric diphtheria or some other old timey communicable disease that one can ordinarily avoid with common sense and basic hygiene.

 

[Powerade 08]

I could not believe it when they announced Finlayson was in - in addition to the two rucks. WTF?

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard Carr say at half time they would hold off on pulling the sub. Again WTF? They had kicked two goals in a half. What they had was clearly not working. Finlayson might not be the answer but what are you waiting for to make a change and try something different when what you had was so clearly not working. THey should have pulled the sub before quarter time it was that obvious. But no, Carr says at half time that strong words were said and they were going to persist with what they had to see if anything changed. Not sure Carr is the solution we want.

The most frustrating bit is with Sydney spraying the ball everywhere we were still in teh game and could have won it with 15-20 minutes of decent football which never came.

As an aside Rioli has been pretty useless for weeks. Sure, there are probably ten blokes who should get dropped before him, but he seriously needs to raise his game.

Rioli should be getting midfield time, our coaches are not smart enough for it

 

[Coobk001]

I remember the 2013 and 2014 days when Port managed to mount their comebacks and win.

Good times. Those were the days. Less talented team but they had a never give up attitude.

New coach bounce Vs staying stable for 13 years.