Review Showdown 59

[Troncs10]

Very poor we end up with 1 rotation to their 14 in the last quarter and they were down 2 players.

I think you’d find that when you have less fit players you use less rotations?

 

[gbear]

Your club has been spoon fed by umpires for a decade so why don’t you take your hands out of your pants and **** right off champ.

He is still trying to find his microscopic balls.

 

[Contested Marx]

Flashpoint! Ben Keays

Crones by 3

Near enough prediction goddamit

 

[PAFC66]

Thats not a second string Crows side you troll.

They're nearly full strength. Keane for Borlase is a nothing change when Borlase is allowed to scrag just as much as Keane does.

Its just Dawson and Fogarty that's missing.

****ing second string side? Thats more like what we're rolling with injury.

Mitch Hinge, Dawson, Butts, Ahchee , Keane, walker, Fogarty

In addition to a 5 day break coming back from Brisbane

Their midfield is shit and they scored more from stoppages than we did. Dawson is their only good midfielder and he didn't play.

-2 rotations after QT

No excuses.

Hawthorn beats Adelaide by 60+ tonight.

 

[Dentshop]

Should never lose a game with 37 seconds.

Welcome to footy

 

[Powerade 08]

As I said up-thread, that’s why I was unsurprised by his braindead thump into space at the last ball up.

He goes at 40 hitouts a game in 2025/26 and is still a borderline AFL player so that tells you everything about his taps

 

[StartTheCarr]

Thats not a second string Crows side you troll.

They're nearly full strength. Keane for Borlase is a nothing change when Borlase is allowed to scrag just as much as Keane does.

Its just Dawson and Fogarty that's missing.

****ing second string side? Thats more like what we're rolling with injury.

And players just returning from injury undone. And no bench left.

That was nowhere near a full strength side after half time.

I call that a choke. I'm honest and true to my PAFC beliefs.

PAFC wins those games. Or maybe we are not them anymore?

 

[Adam_23]

I thought Marshall had some really poor efforts tonight, just can’t trust him in an intense game in defence. With Jones, Bergman and to a lesser extent Lai’s and Evans’ ability to play tall, i wouldn’t be playing Todd, Aliir and Sav together like we did first two games this year. Sav in for Marshall due to his superior size and marking. Our defence is shaping up nicely imo.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Would've been nice to watch that mob lose, but can't say I'm upset. We were the better team for all but a patch of about five minutes, the kids in Whitlock Berry Evans and Lai all stood up really well, and we maintained our draft pick. Like the Hawks game, another perfect long term result.

One negative comment; drop Jacob Wehr to the Port Districts reserves, pay out his contract and delist him. Offers nothing offensively, and directly responsible for two goals including the winner defensively.

 

[Portmagpies36]

And it’s a concern

Why is Carr and the new coaching staff unable to identify the issue?

Why are our players not learning from close losses?

It’s not luck anymore, it’s legitimately a trend.

It’s footballers lacking composure and making stupid decisions at critical times.
I also put it down to lack of leadership on the ground over the years.

 

[Us against the rest]

Loved it.. even yesterdays presser he looked angry.

He should have been angry yesyerday he never got to soeak for 7 minutes in to the presser, Nicks wouldn't shut up and media made it a mini crows show.

 

[PAFC66]

Welcome to footy

It's just port under Carr this year.

 

[Portmagpies36]

Would've been nice to watch that mob lose, but can't say I'm upset. We were the better team for all but a patch of about five minutes, the kids in Whitlock Berry Evans and Lai all stood up really well, and we maintained our draft pick. Like the Hawks game, another perfect long term result.

One negative comment; drop Jacob Wehr to the Port Districts reserves, pay out his contract and delist him. Offers nothing offensively, and directly responsible for two goals including the winner defensively.

He wouldn’t be tough enough for the Port Districts reserves.

 

[Willsy10]

Didn't say we were out of gas, i said that Butters was out of gas.

He needs to get fitter then, because Sam Berry pantsed him and horny. Sam flipping Berry

 

[Chrizzt]

You want a medal for participating as well?

Ok boomer.

No. I want my high draft pick that the AFL has now made the sole focus of this season.

I didn’t write these stupid rules, but this is the only way to play the game.

 

[ClintEastwood]

I'm heading to the Ramsgate

Give Ricciuto one for me.

 

[Coobk001]

I would have understood if we lost because their forwards and backline obliterated us as they usually do but the fact that it was the midfield that got pooped on makes it hard to accept

100%

Their backline dominated us off the back of their midfield controlling the game and them having the territory battle won.

Positive is just that we held up down back and were in the game despite -20 x i50s.

Negative is just the fact that our mids never showed the right intensity and allowed themselves to be bullied out of it.

 

[PAFC66]

Would've been nice to watch that mob lose, but can't say I'm upset. We were the better team for all but a patch of about five minutes, the kids in Whitlock Berry Evans and Lai all stood up really well, and we maintained our draft pick. Like the Hawks game, another perfect long term result.

One negative comment; drop Jacob Wehr to the Port Districts reserves, pay out his contract and delist him. Offers nothing offensively, and directly responsible for two goals including the winner defensively.

We were the better team for all but a patch of 5 minutes?

Huh?

They smashed us in territory

We were lucky to even come close. We were efficient early , yes. The better side , no.

 

[Portwon]

Lost by a point when I reckon we have a fair bit of improvement in us.

That was a bloody good game to watch. End to End pressure. Close finish.

Just couldn't get clean ball use into the forward line often enough. Errors in ball handling in key moments.

Found out a bit about players that have the ability to stand up Whitlock Berry in particular.

Disappointed. Angry but realistic that it is a journey.

 

[240volt]

It’s what we’ve wanted from drew and wines for years in these showdowns.

Drew is the sort of guy we should be trading out.
Wines is just about finished and will ride off into the sunset.

 

[Portmagpies36]

And players just returning from injury undone. And no bench left.

That was nowhere near a full strength side after half time.

I call that a choke. I'm honest and true to my PAFC beliefs.

PAFC wins those games. Or maybe we are not them anymore?

We used to win those games, that stopped years ago.

 

[Coobk001]

We were the better team for all but a patch of about five minutes,

Bizarre take. Im assuming you meant they were.

We were outplayed all night.

 

[theouthouse]

What’s our deal in showdowns? It’s like we write the fairytale scripts for the crows.

When you haven't won a final for over 8 years you need fairytales

 

[Troopsy]

One thing I noticed is I thought our ball movement was far more stagnant than against Hawthorn and Geelong. Less use of the corridor and less risk taking.

 

[PAFC66]

What world beaters did you think we had out there? We had more first choice players miss today than they did.

Atleast we had a bench. Their only good midfielder didn't play and we still got beaten in that area.