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There's not much for me to say about Port Adelaide. I have no feelings towards them good or bad; sure they took Waganeen from us, (oh and Ryder, that one hurt a bit too) but that's about all I've got. I'm not suggesting they are irrelevant, almost that they are Adelaide's little rival; I'm almost willing to say that Kochie as pres was an inspired choice purely on the back of generating hate for the club.
Despite this, one of my earlier football attending memories was, at some point in the 90s, when I went as a youngster to the football with my future brother-in-law and his friends, to see us play Port Adelaide at the MCG. That alone is a bit of a novelty now, given that game would always be at Marvel. As I recall, we were up in the 4th with a decent enough lead so one of the guys (Let's call him Luke, as that was his name) we went with decided to leave 15 minutes early to beat the traffic and get out of the MCG Car Park early. While we were walking to the car, we joked about Luke not being to find his car. Lo and behold when we get to our car, there is Luke's car still parked exactly where it was when we arrived. We called out (literally, this was before everyone had mobile phones) to him and waited a bit just to make sure he was safe, and around 10 minutes later he finally found us and his car.
So there is it, my biggest memory of Port is that some numbnuts couldn't find his car for 25 minutes after a game.
Round 7 Results:
We all expected that loss, and although at times it felt a bit like an older brother who knows his little brother isn't as good as him, so he eases off just enough to give him hope but then puts down any actual chance he has of winning, every time he gets close. As disappointing as some aspects of the game were, we have to be pleased at least with a few things.
- We fought back hard after an atrocious start
- Stringer and Weideman had good games
- We kicked over 100 points
ESSENDON 2.0 7.2 11.6 16.8 (104)
GEELONG 6.3 14.4 17.6 20.12 (132)
GOALS
Essendon: Weideman 5, Stringer 4, Shiel 2, Draper, Caldwell, Redman, McDonald-Tipungwuti, Hobbs,
Geelong: Hawkins 8, Cameron 3, Simpson 2, Henry 2, Bruhn 2, Rohan, Close, Holmes
BEST (Afl.com.au)
Essendon: Stringer, Weideman, Parish, Shiel, Caldwell, Martin
Geelong: Hawkins, Dangerfield, Stewart, Cameron, Holmes, Miers
INJURIES
Essendon: Nil
Geelong: Bowes (calf), Rohan (hamstring)
LATE CHANGES
Essendon: Nil
Geelong: Mitch Knevitt replaced Zach Tuohy (back) in the selected side
SUBSTITUTES
Essendon: Will Snelling replaced Andrew Phillips in the fourth quarter
Geelong: Tanner Bruhn replaced Jack Bowes in the first quarter
Port handed St Kilda their second loss for the year. On a side note, congrats (for his game) and commiserations to Finlayson. Can't imagine what his going through, and wish him all the best.
ST KILDA 5.2 5.6 8.8 11.10 (76)
PORT ADELAIDE 2.2 6.7 9.10 12.11 (83)
GOALS
St Kilda: Owens 2, Gresham 2, Higgins, Cordy, Membrey, Wood, Butler, Steele, Clark
Port Adelaide: Rioli 2, Powell-Pepper 2, Dixon 2, Finlayson 2, Duursma, Boak, Houston, McEntee
BEST
St Kilda: Steele, Sinclair, Marshall, Wanganeen-Milera, Wilkie
Port Adelaide: Horne-Francis, Boak, Butters, Houston, Powell-Pepper
Last time we met
Port essentially spent 2 hours training against witch's hats in Essendon tops. I don't remember much about this game; Collingwood really did break our hearts as well as our season in 1 minute a few weeks prior, and this was just further proof of that. The only notable moment was when Mass kicked his first and second AFL goals back to back in the first quarter.
ESSENDON 3.4 3.5 6.5 9.8 (62)
PORT ADELAIDE 5.0 12.2 14.6 23.8 (146)
GOALS
Essendon: D’Ambrosio 2, Perkins 2, Hind, Langford, Martin, Parish, Wright
Port Adelaide: Powell-Pepper 4, Butters 3, Georgiades 3, Finlayson 2, McEntee 2, Marshall 2, Amon, Bergman, Boak, Drew, Dixon, Houston, Rozee
BEST
Essendon: Shiel, Parish, Perkins, Martin, Ridley
Port Adelaide: Butters, Aliir, Powell-Pepper, Finlayson, Rozee, Houston
INJURIES
Essendon: Nil
Port Adelaide: Nil
MEDICAL SUBS
Essendon: Ben Hobbs (Unused)
Port Adelaide: Jackson Mead (Unused)
Crowd: 20,568 at Marvel Stadium
Tricky this week as our VFL team had a bye.
Possible Ins:
Heppell
Davey Jnr
Snelling
Menzie
Baldwin
Bryan
Possible Outs:
Perkins
Phillips
Massimo
My Tip - I actually have a good feeling about this week... oh no! Disappointment incoming - Dons by 15.
There's not much for me to say about Port Adelaide. I have no feelings towards them good or bad; sure they took Waganeen from us, (oh and Ryder, that one hurt a bit too) but that's about all I've got. I'm not suggesting they are irrelevant, almost that they are Adelaide's little rival; I'm almost willing to say that Kochie as pres was an inspired choice purely on the back of generating hate for the club.
Despite this, one of my earlier football attending memories was, at some point in the 90s, when I went as a youngster to the football with my future brother-in-law and his friends, to see us play Port Adelaide at the MCG. That alone is a bit of a novelty now, given that game would always be at Marvel. As I recall, we were up in the 4th with a decent enough lead so one of the guys (Let's call him Luke, as that was his name) we went with decided to leave 15 minutes early to beat the traffic and get out of the MCG Car Park early. While we were walking to the car, we joked about Luke not being to find his car. Lo and behold when we get to our car, there is Luke's car still parked exactly where it was when we arrived. We called out (literally, this was before everyone had mobile phones) to him and waited a bit just to make sure he was safe, and around 10 minutes later he finally found us and his car.
So there is it, my biggest memory of Port is that some numbnuts couldn't find his car for 25 minutes after a game.
Round 7 Results:
We all expected that loss, and although at times it felt a bit like an older brother who knows his little brother isn't as good as him, so he eases off just enough to give him hope but then puts down any actual chance he has of winning, every time he gets close. As disappointing as some aspects of the game were, we have to be pleased at least with a few things.
- We fought back hard after an atrocious start
- Stringer and Weideman had good games
- We kicked over 100 points
ESSENDON 2.0 7.2 11.6 16.8 (104)
GEELONG 6.3 14.4 17.6 20.12 (132)
GOALS
Essendon: Weideman 5, Stringer 4, Shiel 2, Draper, Caldwell, Redman, McDonald-Tipungwuti, Hobbs,
Geelong: Hawkins 8, Cameron 3, Simpson 2, Henry 2, Bruhn 2, Rohan, Close, Holmes
BEST (Afl.com.au)
Essendon: Stringer, Weideman, Parish, Shiel, Caldwell, Martin
Geelong: Hawkins, Dangerfield, Stewart, Cameron, Holmes, Miers
INJURIES
Essendon: Nil
Geelong: Bowes (calf), Rohan (hamstring)
LATE CHANGES
Essendon: Nil
Geelong: Mitch Knevitt replaced Zach Tuohy (back) in the selected side
SUBSTITUTES
Essendon: Will Snelling replaced Andrew Phillips in the fourth quarter
Geelong: Tanner Bruhn replaced Jack Bowes in the first quarter
Port handed St Kilda their second loss for the year. On a side note, congrats (for his game) and commiserations to Finlayson. Can't imagine what his going through, and wish him all the best.
ST KILDA 5.2 5.6 8.8 11.10 (76)
PORT ADELAIDE 2.2 6.7 9.10 12.11 (83)
GOALS
St Kilda: Owens 2, Gresham 2, Higgins, Cordy, Membrey, Wood, Butler, Steele, Clark
Port Adelaide: Rioli 2, Powell-Pepper 2, Dixon 2, Finlayson 2, Duursma, Boak, Houston, McEntee
BEST
St Kilda: Steele, Sinclair, Marshall, Wanganeen-Milera, Wilkie
Port Adelaide: Horne-Francis, Boak, Butters, Houston, Powell-Pepper
Last time we met
Port essentially spent 2 hours training against witch's hats in Essendon tops. I don't remember much about this game; Collingwood really did break our hearts as well as our season in 1 minute a few weeks prior, and this was just further proof of that. The only notable moment was when Mass kicked his first and second AFL goals back to back in the first quarter.
ESSENDON 3.4 3.5 6.5 9.8 (62)
PORT ADELAIDE 5.0 12.2 14.6 23.8 (146)
GOALS
Essendon: D’Ambrosio 2, Perkins 2, Hind, Langford, Martin, Parish, Wright
Port Adelaide: Powell-Pepper 4, Butters 3, Georgiades 3, Finlayson 2, McEntee 2, Marshall 2, Amon, Bergman, Boak, Drew, Dixon, Houston, Rozee
BEST
Essendon: Shiel, Parish, Perkins, Martin, Ridley
Port Adelaide: Butters, Aliir, Powell-Pepper, Finlayson, Rozee, Houston
INJURIES
Essendon: Nil
Port Adelaide: Nil
MEDICAL SUBS
Essendon: Ben Hobbs (Unused)
Port Adelaide: Jackson Mead (Unused)
Crowd: 20,568 at Marvel Stadium
Tricky this week as our VFL team had a bye.
Possible Ins:
Heppell
Davey Jnr
Snelling
Menzie
Baldwin
Bryan
Possible Outs:
Perkins
Phillips
Massimo
My Tip - I actually have a good feeling about this week... oh no! Disappointment incoming - Dons by 15.
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