Jason Porplyzia

[Baron Greenback]

I think it's safe to say Jonathon Griffin had the worst game.
11 touches, 4 frees against and 8 clangers.
Ordinary.

[NFC]

One word...

WOW!

[Thiele]

one of his best game the club tonight

[Mulligain]

Porplyzia's Perfect Quarter
Author: Katrina Gill
12:11 PM Sun 04 May, 2008

Jason Porplyzia was on fire against North Melbourne

ADELAIDE’S round seven fixture against North Melbourne was billed as a celebration of the club’s 1998 Grand Final win, so it was only fitting one Crow should put on a Darren Jarman-like performance.

Jarman booted five classy goals in Adelaide’s second premiership and, in slippery conditions at AAMI Stadium on Saturday night, Crows fans saw glimpses of their former hero in the form of silky half-forward Jason Porplyzia.

Porplyzia, who looked like his night could’ve been over in the first quarter when he grimaced clutching his sore shoulder, set the Crows alight in the third term with 11 touches, four goals and two scoring assists.

The 23-year-old made a mockery of the tricky conditions at the start of the third term when he juggled a mark from a Scott Thompson kick and played on just inside 50m to slot through his first goal of the evening.

His second came two minutes later with a clever of a long-range crumbing goal.

By then, even the Kangaroos defenders were mesmerised by Porplyzia’s brilliance, as he took a casual one-handed mark from an errant North Melbourne kick-in.

The 33-gamer set-up a goal to Goodwin and then finished the quarter the same way he started it, with his fourth goal extending the Crows’ lead to 59 points.

“'Porps' is a freak. I don’t know how he does it,” teammate Nathan van Berlo said after the game.

“He must have glue on his hands or something. It’s fantastic for us to have him up forward because he’s so clean with his possessions and he finished the goals beautifully tonight.

“They say the cream rises to the top in the wet, and 'Porps' definitely showed that tonight.”

Porplyzia revealed after the game he had been troubled by a nagging shoulder injury which has restricted his time in the midfield and is likely to require surgery at the end of the season.

But the pain from an early knock subsided on Saturday night, and the former West Adelaide junior helped inspire his team to its fifth win of the season.

Coach Neil Craig was delighted with Porplyzia’s performance, which helped cement Adelaide in fourth spot on the AFL ladder.

“He was a really influential player in that third quarter,” Craig said.

“He was clean, did everything with a minimum of fuss and I think kicked four goals. It was just an exceptional quarter of football.”

[The Wuss]

How long do you think it will be before opposition coaches’ start paying Jason more attention and putting a closer checking player on him???

Or is it just him getting better and better each week that is diminishing the defenders ability?

[Mulligain]

Jason Porplyzia looks to be shaping up as a future star. Has been touted as Tyson Edwards' long term replacement, but I think he'll be better.

At SANFL level he was silky smooth, and as he gets fitter he'll destroy teams off his own boot.

What does everyone else think>?

What do we think about the Edwards call a season on???

[silicone skyline]

Think they're different players, both brilliant, but Porplyzia seems to do things Tyson Edwards can't.

[Stumps]

Think they're different players, both brilliant, but Porplyzia seems to do things Tyson Edwards can't.

the big difference is edwards has done it over 15 years

[Mulligain]

Think they're different players, both brilliant, but Porplyzia seems to do things Tyson Edwards can't.

the big difference is edwards has done it over 15 years

Thanks for that insight but I'm looking for predictions not observations.

[Stumps]

My prediction is porplzia wont be remembered as a better player than edwards in 15 years

[Old but Smart Dog]

hopefully Porps shoulder comes good..hes has certainly shown quite a bit this year!

[Old but Smart Dog]

And as for Edwards..well what can you say..mr reliable, mr consistent..a wonderful player & hopefully gets to play 300 for us next year, he sure deserves it! Thank god for players like Tyson Edwards!

[bobster]

i think they should try and play him in the centre more this year if his sholder is right to go... i know he can dominate cames up forward, as seen against sydney and kangaroos last year, but i think he could become a match winner and one of those BLUE CHIPPED midfeilders as craigy calls them

[Sorry Dude]

My prediction is porplzia wont be remembered as a better player than edwards in 15 years

IMO if Porplyzia can stay injury free he could go to the same heights as edwards. i think he would have made a push for All Australian but injury did make it hard for him. We will just have to wait and see what comes of Porplyzia in the coming years. I think this season will show wether he has it or not.

[Stumps]

All fair calls HH. Longevity is underrated though- if you can be one of the first picked for a decade you are a hell of a player. I reckon porps is a gun though and hope he has a huge year

[Sorry Dude]

totally agree stumps. i think it will be a big year for the crows if he does play. even though the team isnt about 1 player but i think he is an impact player in the crows line up.

[HH3]

totally agree stumps. i think it will be a big year for the crows if he does play. even though the team isnt about 1 player but i think he is an impact player in the crows line up.

I heard you want to have a love child with him HH...and that you are getting a custom guernsey with No 40 on it for yourself to play in....

[Sorry Dude]

totally agree stumps. i think it will be a big year for the crows if he does play. even though the team isnt about 1 player but i think he is an impact player in the crows line up.

I heard you want to have a love child with him HH...and that you are getting a custom guernsey with No 40 on it for yourself to play in....

you better believe it vag. the 40 is going to be tearing it up on 2 ovals a week this year.

[The Jack]

Bump!

Without wanting to scare anyone, but have I missed something? I was getting an MRI done yesterday at St. Andrews, and The Porpoise (capital letters for respect!) came out as I was waiting to go in. Has there been any reports of an injury? I hope whatever it is, it's not too serious. Although I'm an Essendon supporter, I'm a big fan of his. One of my favourite players to watch. When they're not playing the Bombers that is!

[Moe]

His hands are outstanding.Clean and accurate.He could play a small forward like Ebert and be a 40+ goal kicker but the Cows need him in the guts.

He is a gun in the making IMO.

Do not mention Ebert in the same sentence. Brett has been a major dissappointment. It's a long way off calling J.Porps a brownlow medallist too. Crikeys!