Preview Rounds 21-23

[Matchu]

R21 v Sydney (15th) @ AO
R22 v North (13th) @ Marvel
R23 v Fremantle (11th) @ AO

All of our opponents are placed lower than us on the ladder and 2/3 of our remaining H&A season games are at home. It's a pretty nice draw when you consider the teams directly above/below us. We would have to be very unlucky to not make it to September action if we can win all three of those games and I'm optimistic with the way we played against Essendon. What do you guys think?

For context: the Crows (8th) have West Coast (2nd, away), Collingwood (6th, home) and Bulldogs (10th, away). Essendon (7th) have Bulldogs (10th, home), Fremantle (11th, away) and Collingwood (6th, away). Bulldogs (10th) have Essendon (7th, away), and GWS (5th, away), Adelaide (8th, Ballarat).

 

[Ant Bear]

L-W-L

 

[Interstater]

Need to win all 3, it’s that simple.

 

[Kiss from a Rozee]

Win win win

I don’t think we’ll get much further than we did in 2013 but I’d love to see us play finals this year.

I was really hoping to see Watts play but it really feels like he doesn’t have enough time given he’d probably need a couple of weeks at SANFL level.

 

[x_les_x]

win this week lose to pittard/polec mob leading to mini elmination final against freo where duurs will kick the winning goal and bow and arrow walters

 

[Papa G]

L-W-L

Yep. More confident beating North away than Sydney at home.

 

[Magus]

I reckon we win the next two and maybe drop the game against Freo. Should come down to percentage and we just scrape in.

 

[Butters Made Me Do It]

Edit: * it W W W i think

 

[HinkleysHeroes]

Easy run home? Teams above have. Shared draw? Make the finals you say?

This is exactly the type of situation where our club manages to fail to do what is required. When it is actually easy to obtain we seem to fall over ourselves.

We should make the 8 but I am certainly not putting my house on it.

Would be nice for a change.

 

[Andre]

W/L - L - W. I think the last two are largely fixed. This week comes down to if Ken can resist being Ken and not drop a tall or rush back Wines. If he’s able to go George and do the opposite of what he thinks should be done we’ll win otherwise lose.

As for making the eight I’m undecided between we make it, just to wreck us by having more of Hinkley or another case of just miss and instead more spin on ‘Youth! Youth! injuries! And did we say youth! yet?’

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

W-L-L

 

[Papa G]

We are playing 15th, 13th and 11th. 2 at home. If we don't make the 8 with that kind of run, Hinkley deserves to be sacked.

 

[gbear]

I think we would have a better chance if we were playing the teams above us, as Port are mentally fragile.

 

[Ports1870]

Lose this week and it’s over imo.

 

[Leaveit2charlie]

Not making the finals with this playing group against sides with nothing to play for would be a fail.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

W-W-L

Expectation will make us fall at the last hurdle.

 

[Power Raid]

Don’t really care what happens

We are treading water and wasting time

 

[Forzaport]

W-W-W and finish 9th on 12 wins. That seems to be our level.

 

[Magpiespower]

We’re gonna win the next two games to surge into the eight.

Then it’ll be that we just have to beat Freo at home in the last minor round game to book a finals spot.

So, of course, we’ll lose it in some ridiculous way.

And have September off again.

Peak Ports farken...

 

[Marmozet]

Hopefully Freo lose to St Kilda or Essendon so that they’re out of contention by Round 23. Plus, being at home usually means it’s our turn to beat Freo.

Sydney were unlucky to lose last week so they really worry me, especially in the wet and the likelihood of a letdown by us after such a good win last week.

North will be very tough and I’m already having visions of Pittard & Polec kicking goals ala Ben Jacobs in 2014.

We need to win all 3 just to sure and it’s unlikely this team does that. If we don’t get to 12 wins then our best hope is we win 2 more and hope Crows or Bulldogs don’t pass us.

All this...just for a chance to play most probably GWS away. Best case scenario is our young players get a taste of finals action.

 

[Loyal2Port]

I want Walters and Duursma to go goal for goal in rd 23 with Duursma delivering the last

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Should be WWW but

LWW likely given the way we have been going and win when it doesn't matter or

WWL look set for finals, we play the last game of the home and away season on Sunday at 4.40pm 45,000 turn up and we choke under the expectation.

 

[PortWTF]

LLW

Haven't won 3 in a row all year, we aren't going to start now

 

[FishingRick04]

Have we considered that the players have such a connection with the supporters that the pressure to win at home for the fans gets to them?

Any Sydney Freeo should be wins, North who knows.

 

[philreich]

With Schofield as coach, I'd say WWW. With Hinkley as coach, anything but WWW.