Preview Round 9 Friday May 10th - Keninly Foodbowl Cwub vs. Scott's Tots Goodbye (To 2025) New; Have We Lost Yet Discussion @ The Cattery

[yepits2020]

Looks like Jones will be an out.

 

[Ah12]

Nothing will change. The fraud game plan will remain the same. Its now round 9 and theres no chance our game plan can rapidly improve. Its another wasted year, more wasted talent.

if the coaches and even the players arent having crisis meetings about our forward press after less week then theres no hope.

 

[Ah12]

McEntee shouldn’t even be on an AFL list. He wouldn’t get a game for North.

He is the worst player to even wear the guernsey yet he has a golden pass. They loss all credibility selecting him week after week. The most vanilla player i have ever seen in my life. He wouldnt even be a gun at SANFL level.

 

[Kingfish73]

Post game

 

[Powertron]

If we get flogged, like 10 goals plus, any chance of the “has Kenny lost the players?” talk starting?

 

[jdeezy]

If we get flogged, like 10 goals plus, any chance of the “has Kenny lost the players?” talk starting?

Maybe from David King. Kane will talk over the top of him about and the discussion will move on

 

[simba_]

so how can we make sure Ken stays in Geelong

 

[Rash]

we should get absolotuley smashed this game, but this seems like a port vs sydney game from last year.

 

[Marmozet]

we should get absolotuley smashed this game, but this seems like a port vs sydney game from last year.

I’m getting that vibe already too.

 

[davesnothere]

We haven’t won at the cattery in a long time and won’t be any time soon.



This could be a thumping.



Our players or gameplan or both sees us boot it long from the back fifty, creating shallow forward fifty entries. This is exactly where Geelong want it and rebound brilliantly from.



The Geelong talls, who make Adelaide’s talls look like the SANFL side that they are, will have a field day on our talls. Rebounding from their defensive fifty will see us unable to set up our press and our midfield out of place, leaving unpressured kicks to rain down on our back dirty, which will be full of our loose checking defenders.



Port will be without its captain and best player. All of our tall forwards have injury issues. Our list lacks depth. We are down on confidence - that showdown loss felt like the dam breaking - Like the will to keep getting up for the fight slipped away. Hard to get yourself up, to lift when you need. The team won’t see this as a game they can compete in, let alone win. If you don’t believe you can win, then you won’t.



Geelong have the wood on us. The cattery is narrow and hard to play at. Geelong are in form and have a game plan that directly exploits our weaknesses - inability to manage pressure, predictable gameplan, no game day innovation, poor inside fifty entries.



Honestly, if I was Ken, I would ask Chris if Geelong would take a 30 point win and just not play this game.



This has blow out written all over it. Wouldn’t surprise me if we have some goalless quarters again. Anything under a sixty point loss will be a victory for Port.



So, if we can find a way to get the mindset right, to get our players fit and ready then we have to work out a way to win.



What does that require?



1) mix up the midfield.

• Ruck Wines, Marshall, Sav, Finlayson and Dixon, with Sweet as the lead
• Rotate Rioli, Boak, DBJ, Mitch, Houston, Farrell, Bergmann through the middle
• Try a forward or back steaming through the middle after the centre bounce

1. wings must push up and back. We need the wings working their butts off to get up and down. Be the extra out number, particularly in defence
2. Use jones as the last man in defence. He has the wheels to chase most down, he make be able to stop the over the back goals.
3. Have a lockdown on Miers. He is their play maker, shut him down. Houston to play on him, Dan must shut him out and then attack him the other way and force Miers to chase Dan.
4. Have a lockdown on Cameron. He is their other play maker, shut him down. Consider Bergmann for this job.
5. No long kicks from back fifty. Run at them, use overlap, the wings and HFF and HBFs will be critical for this and ensure we are getting deep fifty entries. This will reduce Geelong’s ability to intercept and rebound.
6. Forward line woes. Have a mix of people in front and behind, unlike against the crows where every tall sat behind their defender. Dixon needs to not leave 30m out from goals. Marshall, Mitch and Jezza need to work up the ground - look at Cameron’s role and replicate it. Either this draws their opposing defender out of our forward fifty or means they can support the overlap run up the ground.
7. Have some planned plays. Cluster all forwards together for one centre bounce. Burst all forwards, bar Rioli, at the ball at a centre bounce. Put three talls on Stewart all at once and then lead off him, and kick to our leads. Leave Butters or Rioli one out for a play or two. Get Boak back on ball for some patches. Try a defensive flood for the final five minutes of a quarter to not concede. Try going one on one across the ground for five minutes. Try the Richmond vs crow bots tactic of just holding possession for five minutes. Play Marshall as a key back for a bit. Play Alir as a one out forward.

Look we aren’t winning this game. But Ken and the Coaches can actually get something out of it, if they choose too. It’s a chance to let the team try some things. Mix it up. Changes things. Let the guys enjoy the game, try things, make some mistakes but not get too down because we are giving something new a go. Have the lads relearn that it’s ok to try something, to be daring, to play exciting footy. Honestly try something, get some fun back.

Meanwhile we've still hit that iceberg and the ship is still sinking.

 

[philreich]

young lorenz is elite, also josh sinn needs to come in, if ken doesnt play him i will be so pissed off

It'll be something like McEntee elevated to acting captain, JHF and Burgoyne out (managed).......

 

[bomberclifford]

Roll the dice.
Rest the wounded.
Blood some youth.
Play to win.
Nothing to lose.
Everything to gain.

 

[Rash]

far out we could use a 2013 prime chad wingard

20

Chad Wingard

Age

30

Ht

183cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

7.3

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.9

4star

G

1.5

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.2

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.6

2star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.2

3star

 

[Rising Power]

Angry Geelong. This'll be good lol.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Lol we gonna get ass blasted

 

[Doctor Feel]

The G Ryan Masterclass

 

[PowerBaz]

Roll the dice.
Rest the wounded.
Blood some youth.
Play to win.
Nothing to lose.
Everything to gain.

Like another 2 years for Kenny?

 

[Marmozet]

What are the odds of Hawkins & Cameron kicking 0.4 between them again?

 

[JimmyBC]

We've got this don't worry.

 

[portforever]

What are the odds of Hawkins & Cameron kicking 0.4 between them again?

For a start they will be getting silver service in front of goal as they escape our forward press and our defenders go into panic mode

 

[Launchpad McQuack]

The G Ryan Masterclass

It's gonna get Messi.

 

[crafty_bernardo]

 

[Coobk001]

They will just go bare minimum. They always do.

IN: Finlayson, Aliir, Evans/Sinn (sub)
OUT: Rozee, Jones, Georgiades


We're going to get hammered either way, last night's game pace was at a level we can't compete with. Our defence will not handle that tempo and our ball usage going forward will flounder. The only area we might get on top is in the centre, but even then Geelongs defence will stop our kick it to Dixon plan and kill us in the same way the Crows did on the counter. We may in fact see a near replica of Thursday night, game plan wise.

 

[sobrave]

They will just go bare minimum. They always do.

IN: Finlayson, Aliir, Evans/Sinn (sub)
OUT: Rozee, Jones, Georgiades


We're going to get hammered either way, last night's game pace was at a level we can't compete with. Our defence will not handle that tempo and our ball usage going forward will flounder. The only area we might get on top is in the centre, but even then Geelongs defence will stop our kick it to Dixon plan and kill us in the same way the Crows did on the counter. We may in fact see a near replica of Thursday night, game plan wise.

I for one am looking forward to bombing it to tom Stewart 8000 times

 

[PowerLil]

Who's going to be our Aidyn Johnson

Aidyn Johnson

Age

26

Ht

185cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.7

2star

K

3.7

1star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.4

5star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.4

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

4.8

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.4

5star

G

0.4

3star

? The brilliant-minded Ken Hinkley surely has a plan for Tom Stewart.