Autopsy Round 17 2022 – Port Adelaide vs GWS Giants, Saturday July 9, 7.30PM AEST, Adelaide Oval

[Giant Pete]

Gameday ... anyone in Adelaide with a weather update? BOM forecast says a slight chance of rain until early evening, so hopefully dry for the game so we can bring our recently returned running game to the fore.

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I'm unhappy about Keeffe coming back in and Haynes staying - don't know how that will play out as to who plays in defence in place of Idun. We might put Keeffe to Dixon when he goes forward, Taylor & HH to 2 out of Georgiades/Marshall/Finlayson so I guess it works with no-one really doing the Idun role; smalls & mediums (Ash/Cumming/Wehr) to their small brigade (Gray/Butters/SPP).

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I'd love to knock off Port at home - they haven't been great this year so are vulnerable; but of course, we've been pretty poor - so can McVeigh produce a gameplan capable of knocking them off at home.

Go GIANTS!

Keeffe definitely in for Dixon.

 

[Land of the Giants]

We're just a little bit less predictable than the last few times we've played the Power.

I think this is winnable if we're switched on from the first bounce.

 

[Section226]

'Great'......

Another game where Fox has so very kindly allocated Brereton for special comments.

FFS Fox - for your broadcasts, it's either Brereton or Healy. Give us a break from them.

 

[Land of the Giants]

Port's pressure is immense. We're just hanging on at the moment.

 

[sydney_gws]

We are not playing that well.

 

[Andre the Giant]

Haynes as a forward….brings back memories of Israel Folau

Israel Folau

Age

35

Ht

193cm

Wt

101kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

6.2

2star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.2

3star

M

1.7

2star

T

1.4

3star

G

0.2

2star

No current season stats available

D

5.4

2star

K

2.6

1star

HB

2.8

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.2

3star

G

0.2

3star

.

 

[Orange Agent]

This is woeful.

 

[dlanod]

Haynes as a forward….brings back memories of Israel Folau.

Complete with the "eh, he's a couple of metres away now, not my problem".

 

[dlanod]

This is woeful.

Hopefully this makes them realise McVeigh is just more of the same and got an easy draw to begin.

 

[Danny88]

This is embarrassing

I can’t find a single posotive in that first half

If spike is coach next year I won’t be a member

Horrible

 

[Orange Agent]

We are making Powell-Pepper look like Gary Ablett.

 

[dlanod]

We are making Powell-Pepper look like Gary Ablett.

Right up until he puts the ball on his foot, and then he reminds us he's still Powell-Pepper.

But still, yes.

 

[KevDawg]

Haynes as a forward….brings back memories of Israel Folau.

Superstar down back but no feel for playing in the forwards. Shame. He’s wasted up there in a game like this.

 

[Section226]

Port's pressure = GWS kicking/hand passing in such a way that it's essentially making it someone else's problem.

GWS haven't the 'skills' to overcome or counteract the pressure bombardment that so many of the top teams implement.

 

[fridgeman]

Absolute lack of effort tonight and they should be embarrassed
10 goal + loss coming up

 

[Giant Strides]

Davis

 

[KevDawg]

Complete with the "eh, he's a couple of metres away now, not my problem".

Yeah, I noticed that. Completely flat, wasn’t he.

 

[KevDawg]

Hopefully, Spike swaps Haynes and Brown for the fourth. Not sure it would help. Confidence seems shot.
Wouldn’t pick Lloyd to miss. Normally pretty reliable.

 

[KevDawg]

A boot in the head to Kennedy. Looked to me like a double movement. Am I biased?

 

[KevDawg]

Davis

D’ya think he’ll retire?
What’s a calf/hamstring? 6 weeks?

 

[KevDawg]

Spikes never going to be experienced enough for the replacement, right? I think we all, including Spike, know he ain’t getting the job.
We also know we ain’t playing finals.
Do you think Spike is just moving people around to test things and maybe win a few games, lose a few, but suss out a few player abilities?

 

[Giant Strides]

D’ya think he’ll retire?

Big possibility I think. Injuries are increasing for him.

 

[PaythePerryman]

It's like we are playing for a draft pick. Honestly one of the worst games I've seen is play.

 

[Giant Strides]

Yep, just a completely shithouse game all round.

 

[gee whiz giant]

So vanilla...