Review Showdown 59

[Ford Fairlane]

Mark Ricciuto

Mark Ricciuto

Age

50

Ht

184cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.1

5star

K

12.8

5star

HB

8.3

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.2

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.2

3star

has turned into Hester Blumenthal

 

[Port 2004]

Just watched the replay of the Showdown.
Despite the skill errors on both sides.Pressure around the footy was, enormous.
With am amazing finish to the match.Just wonder if Ollie had of soccered the ball.In the dying seconds.
Commentary was hilarious.Ken can't help but support his boys.And Draino Russles love for the Crows

Makes you wonder about Russell. He represented the PAFC as a player. How could he even favour the Crom above Port.

 

[ctpower]

Two big positives from the last three weeks are:
1) the way we are defending. Against Geelong we defended the whole ground very well. Against the Crows we defended the back 50 well.
2) Efficiency of getting scores for inside 50 entries. Goal conversion would bolster this further.

Tackling to create HTB decisions is also working well.

I’d also argue the crows game was done without butters carrying us.
If we lose him we can move on if the structure is ok.

 

[gtrxuone]

Makes you wonder about Russell. He represented the PAFC as a player. How could he even favour the Crom above Port.

Thats weird with Draino
But his voice elevates louder after every Crows goal.
He lost it when Rankine got done for running to far without a bounce

 

[PortAdelFC1997]

This is what bothers me when others are talking about it being good for our drafting prospects.

This is where footy IQ comes into play. I don’t think the players knew how to close the game.

Sweet trying to belt the ball to space to the midfield consisting of two plodders and Butters with him on the furthest side of the centre square when JHF needed to be in the middle to at least have a chance at winning the ball.

Bergman and Butters trying to dispose the ball instead of absorbing the tackle and balling up instead.

 

[Port 2004]

Thats weird with Draino
But his voice elevates louder after every Crows goal.
He lost it when Rankine got done for running to far

I agree. Cannot work it out.

 

[bow and arrow]

We will never dominate the Crows again like we did in the early 2000's. I miss the days when we actually knew how to play Football.

I think we have a chance to learn and change that now though.

 

[afl2004]

Said it 10 years ago , would happily lose 100 showdowns in a row and win a flag then win 100 showdowns in a row and not win a flag.

As long as we use this game to show the coaches what we need to do and what players need to be let go , I'll live

 

[Schulzenfest]

I wish he was average. He was rated as our second worst player on the ground behind Moraes.

His fans (or is it just fan at this point?) will tell you about the great defensive game he played and how you just don't understand football, but if challenged to explain what he actually did that made it a great defensive game won't be able to provide any examples.

Sam Berry showed last night what a good defensive midfielder actually looks like.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Just watched the replay of the Showdown.
Despite the skill errors on both sides.Pressure around the footy was, enormous.
With am amazing finish to the match.Just wonder if Ollie had of soccered the ball.In the dying seconds.
Commentary was hilarious.Ken can't help but support his boys.And Draino Russles love for the Crows

I watched Wines and thought he struggled to extend any part of his body the whole night. He looks a touch old that way.

With that last play, all he had to do was pick the ball up and kick it to the hot spot. It would've been nice if he gathers it like Andrew McLeod off the deck and ran in and kicked the goal but I know he can't do that. Just get it on the boot and give the forwards a freaking chance. I mean Whitlock was marking well late.

A goal or a point would've been a win or a draw.

 

[PowerLil]

They had 2 rotations down for 3 quarters , coming off a 5 day break with a second string side out there and won territory all night. We shouldn't have even got that close. What world are you in? You can't compare it to last years games. Any half decent side beats the crows tonight by 10 goals. We are still a rabble.

Stop with the second string side bs. You're being a d*ck.

 

[Port 2004]

Stop with the second string side bs. You're being a d*ck.

The clown along with his other account Hinckley Out, should be permanently banned.

 

[StueyDaDew]

Pissed we lost, but it was what I expected, a narrow loss. Just go to grit the teeth & bear it.
Crows are only just slightly ahead of us atm so they’re not much better.
The one positive, I think there’s more upside for us moving.

 

[jackag24]

Some pros:

Early days but i really like the way our defense is building. No longer do they stand 10 meters off their opponents and give up easy out the back goals.

I love to see Bergman, Evans, Jones and Lai stand shoulder to shoulder with their opponents and actually defend, and then rebound.

Jones is beginning to make me eat my words a bit and i'm all for it. Keep it up

They're setting up beautifully and making it really hard to move the ball against us.

 

[Drunk_off_R0zee]

Why are most people on here so positive and not p!ssed off? I seriously don't understand it, I barely got any sleep.

Yep I second this, I’m still fuming

 

[gtrxuone]

I agree. Cannot work it out.

He was a Port Magpie.
But he's never been an AFL Power.
Played for Geelong.And supports the Crows.

 

[jackag24]

Why are most people on here so positive and not p!ssed off? I seriously don't understand it, I barely got any sleep.

Try and enjoy your weekend a bit

 

[soafraid]

Why are most people on here so positive and not p!ssed off? I seriously don't understand it, I barely got any sleep.

We're realistic about where we're at currently.

We missed the finals last year and got flogged half a dozen times. We have a young list with a few guns, and a new coach attempting to coach 10 years of mental failure out.

We're going pretty ok.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

I didn't notice the game of Wines.
Game high 30 possessions, 18 contested, 7 clearances.
Team high 7 scoring involvements, 7 tackles.
Kicked a goal, 58% CBA and 64% game time!!!

Moraes only played half a game for 15 possessions as well.
He's trending well.

 

[philthy05]

The one positive, I think there’s more upside for us moving.

We had 5 players 20 and under
Crows had zero

We had 8 players 22 and under
Crows had 3

The high end (all-aus level players) core of ours going forward is
25,25,22,24, 31 (rozee butters jhf Mitch and Alir)
Most of that group isn’t in what is considered peak years

Crows is
26,25 , 32, 23, 36 29 (rankine worrell laird thilthorpe walker and dawson)
Half that group is at the end of their careers.


The crows are meant to be contending right now. We’re meant to be rebuilding.

 

[Scholz Supremacy]

At least it’s nice to actually care again and feel something.

When Jordan Dawson

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Jordan Dawson

Age

29

Ht

190cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

5.7

4star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.8

4star

CL

0.6

3star

D

15.7

4star

K

10.9

4star

HB

4.9

3star

M

2.9

3star

T

2.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

D

11.8

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.0

5star

CL

0.6

3star

goaled after the siren in 2022, I wasn’t even that bothered by it because Hinkley, Koch, Davies etc. honestly all deserved that, but last night completely shattered me.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Sucks we lost, sure. However I was over it an hour later.

 

[TazD]

His fans (or is it just fan at this point?) will tell you about the great defensive game he played and how you just don't understand football, but if challenged to explain what he actually did that made it a great defensive game won't be able to provide any examples.

Sam Berry showed last night what a good defensive midfielder actually looks like.

I'm not unconvinced Drews defender isn't doing a bit.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Why are most people on here so positive and not p!ssed off? I seriously don't understand it, I barely got any sleep.

Your life sounds pretty terrible if a game of football has that effect on you. You should seek therapy.

 

[pastmyprimus]

Short term pain, long term gain.

Last night was painful as but you can already the see the gains, and that's just the start. Was pleased with the performance of some of our younger players, especially Evans, Lai, Berry and Whitlock. They are only going to get better.