Opinion Team Barometer 2016

[charcolechaddy]

Jacko and the Sargent.

All thought Chad and Ollie are great at getting us out of the shit.

 

[1954]

There are numerous players on the Power list that can be the team barometer on any given day, but the two most obvious to me are Carlile and Jonas.
When they are up and about the team usually plays well, but when they aren't the wheels don't just wobble for the back 6, they fall off!

It has been said before, but TJ's fall from grace, from borderline AA in 2014, to the absolute rubbish he served up week after week last season had to be seen to be believed.
He showed all the the awareness, agility, and decision making skills of a traffic cone that had just been run over by a Mack truck, and anyone attending a game for the first time could be forgiven for thinking Port were short of players and had pulled some bloke out of the crowd and stuck a jumper on him, he was that bad!

If Tommy Jonas can regain his 2014 form Port can go deep into the finals, so he is the barometer for me.

 

[Kingfish73]

Ollie & Robbie. My reason being our engine room will have to fire without dominance in the ruck.

Agree. Ollie and Robbie

 

[Andre]

Really though the players aren't the barometer. Two things are the barometer and both rest with Hinkley. Firstly being willing to drop underperforming players (especially senior players) quick enough. Secondly realising that the risk of a soft suspension by playing on the edge for toughness is more than worth the risk. If we see the Coaches barometer for those two measures as 'healthy' the rest should fall into place.

 

[Kingfish73]

Ollie and Robbie have been huge in our big games and final wins

 

[Alberton Proud]

So, according to all above ^ the barometer is everything and nothing

 

[chiwigi]

I've never disagreed with Chiwigi before but the "barometer" is a stupid concept and I hate it.

 

[chiwigi]

Dis.

One player doesn't make a team.

Of course not, but it does often seem that the form of certain players flows through a team. It is obviously a co-incidence but one that seems to recur.

 

[DaTBird187]

So, according to all above ^ the barometer is everything and nothing

 

[philreich]

Of course not, but it does often seem that the form of certain players flows through a team. It is obviously a co-incidence but one that seems to recur.

Which is why our skipper is one of the best captains in the AFL. By his actions on the field, Boaky often says, "Follow me boys", which is precisely what a captain should do. We're blessed to have him.

 

[Tibbs]

Those knocking the "Barometer" concept in favour of a "team" concept are missing the point! The point is that as a team, we play well and win. Certain players though are great even when we lose, eg; Boak. He just keeps giving his all, win or lose. So he, and similar stars, are NOT a "barometer" of the team success. Thinking about it, the Hoff is a great example of a winning barometer. His style of game lends itself to a team that is in front and in control. When we are losing, his game is one of scrambling around the ground trying to fill gaps and plug leaks. But when he is free to roam, and the team is playing well, he comes into his own, and normally has a blinder. Generally if we win, he always has a great game... As mentioned, this is not elevating one player, it is a result of the style of player he is,

So in retrospect after reading all the strange opinions of the ideal Port "Barometer", I change mine to the Hoff

 

[raptalia]

Those knocking the "Barometer" concept in favour of a "team" concept are missing the point! The point is that as a team, we play well and win. Certain players though are great even when we lose, eg; Boak. He just keeps giving his all, win or lose. So he, and similar stars, are NOT a "barometer" of the team success. Thinking about it, the Hoff is a great example of a winning barometer. His style of game lends itself to a team that is in front and in control. When we are losing, his game is one of scrambling around the ground trying to fill gaps and plug leaks. But when he is free to roam, and the team is playing well, he comes into his own, and normally has a blinder. Generally if we win, he always has a great game... As mentioned, this is not elevating one player, it is a result of the style of player he is,

So in retrospect after reading all the strange opinions of the ideal Port "Barometer", I change mine to the Hoff

If I can take you back a few years to the days of Danyle Pearce. If Pearce played well the rest of the side was going well. It was not that Pearce made it happen but that he was 'the receiver and finisher' on the end of the hard ball getting of others. Invariably if the side struggled in the first quarter that was Pearce gone for the day. I cannot recall Pearce playing too many good games in a losing side. Pearce was a barometer. That said I do not think we have a Danyle Pearce in this side and I for one am happy with that.

 

[Duck Farmer]

And for mine its been the Hoff for a long time. He he plays really well we win.

This.

 

[Steve Dore]

*bump*

.... So in retrospect after reading all the strange opinions of the ideal Port "Barometer", I change mine to the Hoff

AFL: Westhoff the barometer?

 

[Turiyasangitananda]

Goes to the downhill skier doesn't it? How many good games has the Hoff played that have resulted in losses?