Review Round 17, 2021 vs Melbourne

[Nelso]

Did that muppet Hinkley go to watch the Melbourne v Giants game last week before the Port game that night?

He would have noticed that the Giants forwards spread out and isolated the Melbourne defenders.

What do we do?

We chip it around and then bomb the ball forward allowing Melbourne to zone back and take intercept mark after mark.

What else would you expect when you have Bassett as a forward's coach who has NFI.

 

[Palpatine_Power]

I personally enjoyed* watching us kick in to the same identical spot all match.










*I did not enjoy.

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Worst game I’ve seen Lycett play btw. Shocking, bent over and took it all night.

 

[Jack_1870]

I personally enjoyed* watching us kick in to the same identical spot all match.










*I did not enjoy.

Not just all match,every fcuking match!

 

[Palpatine_Power]

Not just all match,every match!

It's bloody horrible. On TV (yeah I'm a flog that didn't go) you could see the whole team flood to that spot while a single Dees defender guarded the entire other side of the oval.

 

[philreich]

I can't come to terms with the fact that 2 bottom 4 teams have knocked off this Melbourne team in 2021, but we were lucky to get as close as we did (admittedly the Crows had 25 v 22 on their side when they played the Dees). There's just no logic to it - just like the Hinkley game plan.

 

[Marmozet]

Sydney fans always said to us that Aliir is a confidence player and should not be played out of position.

 

[PJ Power]

I personally enjoyed* watching us kick in to the same identical spot all match.










*I did not enjoy.

We've done the same thing throughout all of 2020 and 2021, and probably even in the years before that. It creates congestion which makes it very hard to clear our defensive zone or get quick ball movement. I don't understand why we are so restricted and obvious in our kick-in routine. It has to be a Montgomery thing, which reflects poorly on his own contributions to our game style.

 

[PJ Power]

I said last night our forward strategy was to kick it to the best intercept markers in the league and hope to spoil them.

We failed miserably at that. Since when does Petty take so many one-on-one marks?

 

[elee]

Not just all match,every fcuking match!

which spot is that? obviously not between the Poles

 

[afl2004]

Turn down the sound system it doesn't need to be that loud , I'm 30 not 99 ffs

 

[Macca19]

Turn down the sound system it doesn't need to be that loud , I'm 30 not 99 ffs

The volume mixed with the horrid reverberation up in the top tier of the riverbank stand that means you can't understand anything at all is like a form of audio torture. Its like being on nangs.

 

[RossFC]

Turn down the sound system it doesn't need to be that loud , I'm 30 not 99 ffs

I had to put my finger in my left ear due to this. Almost busted it.

 

[MrMeaner]

We've done the same thing throughout all of 2020 and 2021, and probably even in the years before that. It creates congestion which makes it very hard to clear our defensive zone or get quick ball movement. I don't understand why we are so restricted and obvious in our kick-in routine. It has to be a Montgomery thing, which reflects poorly on his own contributions to our game style.

Yep. What makes it worse is seeing other teams show that it doesn't have to be that way as they waltz it out of our defence with well-placed short kicks.

 

[ozph1870]

couldn’t be more pathetic if we tried…
We once played proper football. Over the last couple of months we have reverted back to that slow chippy sideways nonsense, at both levels… it’s pathetic..

 

[Doctor Feel]

The volume mixed with the horrid reverberation up in the top tier of the riverbank stand that means you can't understand anything at all is like a form of audio torture. Its like being on nangs.

lol it just sounds like very loud but unintelligible yelling. You can't even understand a word any of the half time talks with Ginever etc. say as it's just white noise.

 

[Tredz]

Sydney fans always said to us that Aliir is a confidence player and should not be played out of position.

But what would they know when we have the "master coach" in our midst!

 

[Tredz]

Ken could say in his press conference that the sky is blue, and I reckon I'd still go outside and make sure.

Ken could say in his press conference that the sky is blue, and I couldn't give a crap!.

 

[70sDinosaur]

I've sometimes wondered whether we're a top-tier team that's badly coached or a mid-tier team that's well coached.

After Thursday night I've now concluded we're a mid-tier team that's badly coached.

 

[philthy05]

For years we have relied on individual brilliance to get goals. Last nigh it was an Amon snap, a Rozee checkside through traffic, a Mckenzie 60m bomb.

Our forward craft is to bomb it to Dixon vs 2 opponents, and half the time we don't even have a crumber front and centre.

True. And our forwards do lack some actual smart forward craft but also it’s kind of a pointless art when instead of running and being at the feet of a contest between tall defenders you’re essentially running into a crowded shopping mall at peak time. Whenever anyone gets it from our forwards who actually do a decent job of bringing it to ground considering the situations our forwards just find themselves surrounded by a mob.

That is spot on. Intercept markers are our downfall.

Most defenders have to think and take some sort of an educated guess / gamble

Are they going to

A) bomb it to the hot spot in front of goal

B) direct a kick to a leading player

C) aim long to a tall target .. which one?

E) kick to a contest near the boundary and take a throw in if they don’t mark it

Defenders v port

Are they going to

A) kick to Charlie

B) kick to the hotspot near goal



It’s just so predictable for defenders

 

[mjen95]

What's he up to? Pissing on our corpse atm

Close to it, part of the Melbourne coaching team now

 

[tribey]

Turn down the sound system it doesn't need to be that loud , I'm 30 not 99 ffs

DFFFFZZZFFF DFFFFZZZFFF DFFFFZZZFFF I LOVE IT

Inner monologue: why do I keep doing this to myself?

 

[drcollossimo]

Not sure about this, beating Port at AO is no easier than Brisbane or West Coast on their grounds.

You should have made the GF last year and your best is good enough when Robbie Gray is playing.

Oh friend this is very magnanimous of you but there’s no need for sunshine n rainbows in here

Sadly most likely by October Simon Goodwin will have achieved something Ken Hinkley never will a GF appearance and even if he doesn’t he has instilled a system and method of playing we’ve not seen at Port since maybe 2014 (and by that I mean his team plays with one)

 

[tribey]

Not sure about this, beating Port at AO is no easier than Brisbane or West Coast on their grounds.

Winning %

• Port @ AO (2014-Pres)*: 60.2%

• WCE @ Optus (2018-Pres)**: 79.0%

• Brisbane @ Gabba (2019-Pres)***: 83.8%

*Redevelopment opened
**Stadium opened
***Premiership window re-opened

Spread the word. Unless you’re Gold Coast or North, you’re like a 50/50 shot of getting the W here.

 

[Harlott]

Listening to McClure commentating on the Freo v Haw game today commending the way Freo are entering their forward line with low penetrating kicks. It was something I was going to bring up regarding our kicking on Thursday night. Most of our longer kicks pretty much anywhere on the field were high floaty drop punts. I only noticed it on Thursday night. It was doing my head in.