Review Showdown 59

[PAFC66]

Didn’t we play the “better sides” in the last two games?

Are they? Seem middle of the road both Adelaide and Geelong

 

[rogerjames]

If Tex didn't get injured I reckon we had a better chance of winning

Quite possibly but we will never know

 

[Troncs10]

Are they? Seem middle of the road both Adelaide and Geelong

Was more referring to Hawthron and Geelong, should have worded it better.

 

[philreich]

Bullshit, our future looks brighter.

Yep. The way we dismantled Geelong last week gave me great hope for the future.

 

[rogerjames]

If Marshall and Lukosius never played another AFL game for Port Adelaide it would make absolutely no difference to us developing as a side.

It would certainly make me far less frustrated although I would miss their kicking skills. This however does not compensate for everything else they are poor at.

 

[philreich]

Channel 7 news going to review the umpiring decisions that could have changed the result.

Here we go ...

Poor Richmond next week.......

 

[rogerjames]

When Carr and the bench started high fiving when we hit the front, I cringed.

They should have been barking instructions to the players on field, getting them to focus on setting up, etc.
Not prematurely blowing a load.

People may think this is insignificant, but Josh blamed himself for the lacklustre loss to the Roos, so I think he may agree with that observation?

Save the eruption of emotion for when we’ve actually got the chocolates!

Yep. I felt the club as a whole overdid the celebrations of the Cats win. Too much social media hype. Also way too much hype around Georgies 100th game & I felt it put more pressure on him. Carr needs to limit this & keep everyone on an even keel. Good clubs take great wins in their stride & focus on killing off the next opposition. I'm sure the club will learn from this.

 

[240volt]

To be fair the camera panned to the bench the moment the ball went through, I find it odd that people expect the bench to not celebrate a potential match winning goal. Don’t think that is what cost us the game.

Carr jumping up and down didn’t cost us the game.
Us having no plan whatsoever at the last centre bounce plus some panic when they went forward did cost us the game.
We played the centre bounce like it was halfway through the game.
The coach should have an installed plan for this situation with 40 seconds to go.
If he did the players made a hack of it.

 

[Troncs10]

Carr jumping up and down didn’t cost us the game.
Us having no plan whatsoever at the last centre bounce plus some panic when they went forward did cost us the game.
We played the centre bounce like it was halfway through the game.
The coach should have an installed plan for this situation with 40 seconds to go.
If he did the players made a hack of it.

Wouldn’t put it past some of the players to make a hack of it. Idk what sweet was thinking

 

[240volt]

Wouldn’t put it past some of the players to make a hack of it. Idk what sweet was thinking

Well that’s it ,Sweet doing what he did is exactly what the Crows needed to have any chance.
You need to keep it tight not out in the open.
Don’t make sense to me.

 

[#Port Patriot#]

Well that’s it ,Sweet doing what he did is exactly what the Crows needed to have any chance.
You need to keep it tight not out in the open.
Don’t make sense to me.

Is that on Carr or Lobbe as ruck coach? Or just Sweet not knowing or panic.. You'd think runners would of been out and Sweet and mids would of spoke about it before the ball up. Terrible decision though and just put more panic on Port players and not so much crows players. Too many mistakes though after that by experienced players unfortunately.

 

[JUSTWORK]

Is that on Carr or Lobbe as ruck coach? Or just Sweet not knowing or panic.. You'd think runners would of been out and Sweet and mids would of spoke about it before the ball up. Terrible decision though and just put more panic on Port players and not so much crows players. Too many mistakes though after that by experienced players unfortunately.

Sweet is 28 years old and is in his 8th season. When we are up by less than a kick, he shouldn't need anyone telling him to drop the ball on his feet to create another stoppage, rather than smashing the ball into space (near Rankine) when all our mids are on the defensive side and we have 2 of our least explosive mids at the contest to top it off.

 

[allrozee]

We’re on the right track, dominated a good team last week. Could have easily won last night against another good team

 

[PAFC66]

There's more chance of Port winning next week's free kick count.

I've said they're a bottom 8 side this year. Their midfield is absolutely terrible yet still manages to beat ours every game.

 

[Windy Cindy]

Medal votes;

Kane Cornes (SEN)

3 S Berry
2 Milera
1 Wines

Tom Wilson (ABC)

3 S Berry
2 Aliir Aliir
1 Milera

Monique Van Der Heyden (FiveAA)

3 Milera
2 Aliir Aliir
1 S Berry

Shaun Burgoyne (Fox Footy)

3 S Berry
2 Aliir Aliir
1 Milera

Bernie Vince (Triple M)

3 Aliir Aliir
2 Milera
1 S Berry

Is anyone surprised that Kornes is the only one that didn't give Aliir any votes?

What a ****ing parasite he is..

Can they scrub his name from the club..

Like all cornes think they are smarter anyone else.

 

[PAFC66]

What a ****ing parasite he is..

Can they scrub his name from the club..

Like all cornes think they are smarter anyone else.

Allir was clearly better than wines. He's ****ing clueless

 

[Traveling_Power]

Allir was clearly better than wines. He's ****ing clueless

he always has been ...

 

[Traveling_Power]

Medal votes;

Kane Cornes (SEN)

3 S Berry
2 Milera
1 Wines

Tom Wilson (ABC)

3 S Berry
2 Aliir Aliir
1 Milera

Monique Van Der Heyden (FiveAA)

3 Milera
2 Aliir Aliir
1 S Berry

Shaun Burgoyne (Fox Footy)

3 S Berry
2 Aliir Aliir
1 Milera

Bernie Vince (Triple M)

3 Aliir Aliir
2 Milera
1 S Berry

Is anyone surprised that Kornes is the only one that didn't give Aliir any votes?

Berry got 11 votes
Aliir got 9 votes
Milera got 9 votes

if Kane put Aliir down for 2 votes he would have been equal with Berry

 

[Willsy10]

Who gives a shit about the medal, the only thing that matters is who wins the game.

 

[Teal Leviathan]

It is probably the most diplomatic I have felt over a Showdown loss.

I think it is because I feel so confident we are actually going somewhere under Carr.

Add another year of experience and exposure to the game plan and we win that game for sure.

So feeling confident in the future in don't mind getting the picks for Dougie and letting the Showdown loss burn until the 2nd one of the year.

Basically my take on it too. It was a loss, but not a bad one. Crows were the better team across most of the night but at no point did it feel like the game was getting away from us. There's a lot of youth out there finding their way, or not as the case may be. We can see the path. Would've been a bit of a hollow victory if we'd managed to scrape home in the end, like Hawthorn did a couple of weeks back. 3-5 at 110% is a bit of an outlier.

I listened to the post-game callers on FiveAA last night. When I got back in the car this morning, they were talking about the correct technique for putting the garbage bins out. Riveting stuff.

Allir was clearly better than wines. He's ****ing clueless

Pretty sure Kornes has previously described Aliir as Port's most important player, so it's not like he doesn't rate him in general. Bit of an odd one though.

 

[Us against the rest]

Neither of our rucks have much of a football brain. Are the ruck coaches helping develop these players?

Lobbe is the ruck coach, that may explain a few things.

 

[philreich]

It is probably the most diplomatic I have felt over a Showdown loss.

I think it is because I feel so confident we are actually going somewhere under Carr.

Add another year of experience and exposure to the game plan and we win that game for sure.

So feeling confident in the future in don't mind getting the picks for Dougie and letting the Showdown loss burn until the 2nd one of the year.

Which is why I still can't understand why Hinkley saw out his contract. If Carr had taken over at the start of 2025, who knows how much further advanced this team would be by now?

 

[Power freak 2008]

The criticism of Port's recruitment strategy by Cornes is of course sour grapes .

But developing a team to win the flag is the priority. Not taking part last year was a show of long term thinking.

That showdow was a good experience for where we're at. Invaluable for all the inexperienced kids

 

[Port 2004]

The criticism of Port's recruitment strategy by Cornes is of course sour grapes .

But developing a team to win the flag is the priority. Not taking part last year was a show of long term thinking.

That showdow was a good experience for where we're at. Invaluable for all the inexperienced kids

100% correct. Corn is twisted little prick. If his brother was still employed by our club he wouldn’t have a negative thing to say. Also our performances are highlighting what a dickheads he and melon head King are.

 

[tribey]

Which is why I still can't understand why Hinkley saw out his contract. If Carr had taken over at the start of 2025, who knows how much further advanced this team would be by now?

We’re all aware of this tidbit here, so more for the benefit of any lurking neutrals: it should never be forgotten that in-house they genuinely believed he was the best thing going for the club, and the OuTSiDe NoIsE (members and club legends included) suggesting we could fundamentally do better were written off as deluded agitators demanding change for the sake of it.

To wallop Geelong at the first time of asking and then come within 40 seconds of upsetting the Crows with what is our weakest list since 2011 and an injury list as long as your arm, speaks for itself.