Game Day The Dumont-Polec Shield, North v Ports R9

[Capital Power]

.. except neither is playing.

Port by 100 or so and Richmond lose, which puts us in the eight and Koch extends Ken for life ...

Meanwhile back in the real world if we have any desire at all to be at the pointy end, this will need to be a solid showing. The next few are tough.

 

[PortWTF]

First goals in our games this year
Rnd 1: Brisbane
Rnd 2: Hawthorn
Rnd 3: Port Adelaide
Rnd 4: Melbourne
Rnd 5: Carlton
Rnd 6: West Coast
Rnd 7: St Kilda
Rnd 8: Western

 

[Prison bar Pete]

If we play in Tassie next year I might just go to the game & do some touring as well. Us by a gazillion.

 

[philreich]

A good win and no injuries is the order of the day, but nothing that happens today will in any way have any bearing on next week at the Cattery.

 

[Visenfest]

Us by around 10 goals.

 

[JimmyBC]

Clash of the titans in Hobort eh

 

[Marmozet]

Port by the amount of free kicks these campaigners got against us last time in Hobart.

 

[RangaInTeal]

genuine danger game

 

[Powertron]

Will be a scrap early and if we give them a sniff could be a hard day at the office.

Really need to be up 3-4goals at the first break and kill them off before cruising to Hinkleys version of a 100pt win - 37-45pts.

 

[DaTBird187]

Will be a scrap early and if we give them a sniff could be a hard day at the office.

Really need to be up 3-4goals at the first break and kill them off before cruising to Hinkleys version of a 100pt win - 37-45pts.

Up by 60 at three quarter time then a goalless last quarter, Nth Melbourne kicks 5.5

 

[jdeezy]

Port by a very unconvincing 3 goals, purely off the back of one player having a blinder - let's say Motlop - after being down at quarter time, to put us "one win out of the 8" and bring on the chorus of "Where are the Hinkley haters now?".

Meanwhile Simpson will get sacked the next day and two teams will be ahead of us in the coaching race.

It's truly predictable.

 

[Mr Taswegian]

Could be the lowest ever AFL crowd in Hobart today, ticket sales are probably looking like a crowd of about 2500.

 

[JimmyBC]

Could be the lowest ever AFL crowd in Hobart today, ticket sales are probably looking like a crowd of about 2500.

Can you blame them?

 

[Mr Taswegian]

If we play in Tassie next year I might just go to the game & do some touring as well. Us by a gazillion.

I don't the Tasmania government government will be signing a new deal. The public is no longer interested in North down here sadly,presales are pointing to probably only around 2500 today which will be Hobart's lowest ever AFL crowd.

 

[Mr Taswegian]

Can you blame them?

I suppose not but it's disappointing to see so few of Tassie's 6000 north members attending the games these days when north really need our support.

 

[JimmyBC]

I suppose not but it's disappointing to see so few of Tassie's 6000 north members attending the games these days when north really need our support.

You guys are in a rebuild & they want their own team it was bound to drop off.

 

[Powerade 08]

New avatar new me. Go Port go ken hinkley go kochie

port by 120

 

[jdeezy]

I suppose not but it's disappointing to see so few of Tassie's 6000 north members attending the games these days when north really need our support.

Maybe the AFL needs to look at bringing down some Vic clubs for the match up. The added benefit would be the radical idea of making some of those clubs have to do additional travel instead of the SA/WA/QLD teams all the time.

You guys are in a rebuild & they want their own team it was bound to drop off.

It's interesting, I wonder if the crowds dropping off helps or hinders the cause for a Tassie team. I could see the AFL pulling a "see? It's not commercially viable to have games every second week". But then I could also see them pushing the idea that Hawks and North are enough for that market if they were pulling in big numbers. So it could go either way. Ultimately I know the AFL will essentially do whatever is best for the "big" Vic teams and broadcasters anyway so crowd numbers is probably moot.

 

[Interstater]

New avatar also, Prison Bars in 1914.

I want us to be above Collingwood and would like to see us have a win there.
With all expectation on us I'm tipping North by 36 points.

 

[Manhattan Bronx]

If we play in Tassie next year I might just go to the game & do some touring as well. Us by a gazillion.

Do it. It's a beautiful state. Went there in January for my honeymoon. I'll definitely be going back again.

Also, ports by 38

 

[Mr Taswegian]

You guys are in a rebuild & they want their own team it was bound to drop off.

I underst

Maybe the AFL needs to look at bringing down some Vic clubs for the match up. The added benefit would be the radical idea of making some of those clubs have to do additional travel instead of the SA/WA/QLD teams all the time.


It's interesting, I wonder if the crowds dropping off helps or hinders the cause for a Tassie team. I could see the AFL pulling a "see? It's not commercially viable to have games every second week". But then I could also see them pushing the idea that Hawks and North are enough for that market if they were pulling in big numbers. So it could go either way. Ultimately I know the AFL will essentially do whatever is best for the "big" Vic teams and broadcasters anyway so crowd numbers is probably moot.

Well the last game was a Victorian team in Geelong and still it only attracted 8700. The big thing I noticed was Geelong had way more supporters in attendance even though north has nearly 6000 members in Tassie.

 

[Steve Dore]

Carn Ports, just win farken!

Ports by 11

Win and Kenny Hinkley's superhero status is confirmed, lose and "we've got a long way to be as good a footy club as North Malbun"

 

[Us against the rest]

I don't the Tasmania government government will be signing a new deal. The public is no longer interested in North down here sadly,presales are pointing to probably only around 2500 today which will be Hobart's lowest ever AFL crowd.

The public are not interested in North any where lol.

 

[1954]

I'm envisaging a 50 plus lead at about the half way mark of the 3rd term and then the usual `job done ' cue in the rack, followed by a somewhat disappointing 30-35 point win and the loss of valuable percentage.

 

[Mr Taswegian]

The public are not interested in North any where lol.

Yet a lot of people think Tasmania will definitely sign a new deal next season, but I just don't see the government getting a lot out of the deal anymore.