port v eagles

[Mickyj]

The players' name is Ivan Maric, mickyj!!!

Anyway, I'd like to know where you were - I was at the northern side of the headquarters in the last half, and in the last quarter, this big Port fan was ropable. He half turned around once, and I could see his face was red - him exploding was a possibility. The ball went out of bounds right in front of him and Ah Chee was right there. This 'fan' gave him a spray as well and Ah Chee gave him a dirty look. FFS, the Port players were trying - they didn't give up - and this dickhead was berating them something chronic.

Spelly I knew who he was .
I was sitting on the fence just up from the Magpies caravan .Isn't that funny they have to use a caravan at their oval or is the power oval .lol lol

Most of the Port fans where getting red in the face in the last quarter .
And lets call a spade a spade here when the Eagles lost to West by 4 points.it was the eagles fualt that the eagles lost .As their fans we didn't attack wests fans after the loss .So why is it that Port fans can not take a loss or are they in fact dare i say this more Feral than Centrals fans .
And yes by me the Women who sit on the fence were having ago at all the Port Players .You would have thought that Hargraves had killed someone from the way the Port fans hated him today.

And for all the Port fans yes i know the Eagles won by just two points .
BUT A WIN IS A WIN.And beating Port makes it so much better.

Port fans more feral than centrals , I DONT THINK SO!!
This sort of crap happens everywhere.
Get over it!
And hargraves is crap no doubt about it, why do you think north got rid of him for!!

True and I was just having some fun.
Just didn't like being followed and told off at my car thats all

[woodwt]

The players' name is Ivan Maric, mickyj!!!

Anyway, I'd like to know where you were - I was at the northern side of the headquarters in the last half, and in the last quarter, this big Port fan was ropable. He half turned around once, and I could see his face was red - him exploding was a possibility. The ball went out of bounds right in front of him and Ah Chee was right there. This 'fan' gave him a spray as well and Ah Chee gave him a dirty look. FFS, the Port players were trying - they didn't give up - and this dickhead was berating them something chronic.

Spelly I knew who he was .
I was sitting on the fence just up from the Magpies caravan .Isn't that funny they have to use a caravan at their oval or is the power oval .lol lol

Most of the Port fans where getting red in the face in the last quarter .
And lets call a spade a spade here when the Eagles lost to West by 4 points.it was the eagles fualt that the eagles lost .As their fans we didn't attack wests fans after the loss .So why is it that Port fans can not take a loss or are they in fact dare i say this more Feral than Centrals fans .
And yes by me the Women who sit on the fence were having ago at all the Port Players .You would have thought that Hargraves had killed someone from the way the Port fans hated him today.

And for all the Port fans yes i know the Eagles won by just two points .
BUT A WIN IS A WIN.And beating Port makes it so much better.

Port fans more feral than centrals , I DONT THINK SO!!
This sort of crap happens everywhere.
Get over it!
And hargraves is crap no doubt about it, why do you think north got rid of him for!!

True and I was just having some fun.
Just didn't like being followed and told off at my car thats all

Oh well

[Macca19]

Lets look at the game the Eagles were bad today but they came good .It took the Eagles until 3/4 time to kick ports first 1/4 score (or around it).And after 1/4 time the Eagles kicked 7 goals with no big name Full forward from last year .No CHB from last year .ETC ETC
Port after 1/4 time kicked 4 goals .Port should have had the Eagles on Toast .

Correct....with no big name Full Forwad from last year and no CHB from last year. I dont get your point?

Our forward line is a disgrace. Yours wasnt much better but it switched on at the important part of the day.

[Macca19]

Spelly I knew who he was .
I was sitting on the fence just up from the Magpies caravan .Isn't that funny they have to use a caravan at their oval or is the power oval .lol lol

Most of the Port fans where getting red in the face in the last quarter .
And lets call a spade a spade here when the Eagles lost to West by 4 points.it was the eagles fualt that the eagles lost .As their fans we didn't attack wests fans after the loss .So why is it that Port fans can not take a loss or are they in fact dare i say this more Feral than Centrals fans .
And yes by me the Women who sit on the fence were having ago at all the Port Players .You would have thought that Hargraves had killed someone from the way the Port fans hated him today.

I judge by these comments that you werent standing on scoreboard hill at Woodville earlier this year against us? If you were, you wouldnt make such comments.

[Macca19]

This thread could easily be called Rowston v Eagles. Unbelievable particularly in the second quarter - could name half a dozen blantantly wrong call against us. Then we got a couple of lucky ones from the other umpires in the second half, before they remembered they hadn't paid their usual soft ones against Lindsay, and proceeded to do so at crucial times and spots.

See the Port supporters around us, myself included, thought he gifted you guys an easy ride today.

Its usually one of those things where both sets of supporters think they get a rough deal....but I havent seen both sets of supporters as seriously angry at the umpiring of todays game in a very very long time. If not ever.

Those three umpires need to take a good hard look at themselves. They were a disgrace. Just absolute laughable decisions and non decisions and their consistency was probably the worst ive seen.

[pipers]

LOL @ No.29.

I guess you don't recognise Crows players unless they come from the Eagles like some many of them do (although god knows why!!!).

btw - your No.51 is a sniper and your No.11 has a dirty mouth...

BTW this is the SANFL not the AFL .who gives a you know what about afl listed players .And the way he kicked you could tell he was a crows player.

It might be 2007 but your sounding very much like Port fans from 2006 sitting in the stand blaming everything on the Crows and the Power.

Thanks for the heads up about the competition I was watching today, but I reakon I had that sussed pretty early on based on the lack of skill and tactical nous displayed by both teams.

I don't recall blaming anything on the Power or Crows. Quite happy to have Maric with us.

And I never sit in the stands. That sounds very much an AFL thing to me...

Sorry to hear that you were followed to your car. Must have been that West fan again.

Oh, and No.51 is still a sniper and No.11 still has a dirty mouth...

[woodwt]

I know another sniper fatalberton , hes called Jeremy Clayton hes a classic!

[pipers]

I know another sniper fatalberton , hes called Jeremy Clayton hes a classic!

Nah, snipers never get pinged for their dirty work.

Jezza gets busted every time!

[spell_check]

Every club has a yapper, most clubs have snipers, call it evens, ok?

[Mickyj]

Lets look at the game the Eagles were bad today but they came good .It took the Eagles until 3/4 time to kick ports first 1/4 score (or around it).And after 1/4 time the Eagles kicked 7 goals with no big name Full forward from last year .No CHB from last year .ETC ETC
Port after 1/4 time kicked 4 goals .Port should have had the Eagles on Toast .

Correct....with no big name Full Forwad from last year and no CHB from last year. I dont get your point?

Our forward line is a disgrace. Yours wasnt much better but it switched on at the important part of the day.

My point was the Eagles were without last years Ken farmer medalist at FF and last years CHB etc. etc.
And yes your bigger name forward line ie Hargraves was disappointing seeing he would kick between 5 -10 against us when he played with North.That says something about the way Port entered the forwardline and the Eagles backline pressure.

At the end of day the move of Lomas and Cica (no 51 ) onto the ball were the match winning moves .So it should be said that once again Fuller out coached Tim the chin .

No hard feelings guys Grinners are winners and back in the five.

[Macca19]

Lets look at the game the Eagles were bad today but they came good .It took the Eagles until 3/4 time to kick ports first 1/4 score (or around it).And after 1/4 time the Eagles kicked 7 goals with no big name Full forward from last year .No CHB from last year .ETC ETC
Port after 1/4 time kicked 4 goals .Port should have had the Eagles on Toast .

Correct....with no big name Full Forwad from last year and no CHB from last year. I dont get your point?

Our forward line is a disgrace. Yours wasnt much better but it switched on at the important part of the day.

My point was the Eagles were without last years Ken farmer medalist at FF and last years CHB etc. etc.
And yes your bigger name forward line ie Hargraves was disappointing seeing he would kick between 5 -10 against us when he played with North.

Sorry, what I meant was, we were also without our key forward in Waterhouse.

At the moment, we are obviously a 1 man forward line. No Waterhouse, no Port. Hargraves isnt up to league standard anymore....not as the no.1 focal point anyway.

[MightyEagles]

Eagles v Port junior results from yesterday at Woodville.

U17s
Eagles 3.5 6.6 10.10 14.14.98
Port 5.2 6.4 11.4 15.7.97
Was a very good game, never more then 2 to 3 goals difference the whole game.

U19s
Eagles 2.1 2.2 3.3 5.3.33
Port 2.2 5.6 9.14 12.18.90

[Mickyj]

Lets look at the game the Eagles were bad today but they came good .It took the Eagles until 3/4 time to kick ports first 1/4 score (or around it).And after 1/4 time the Eagles kicked 7 goals with no big name Full forward from last year .No CHB from last year .ETC ETC
Port after 1/4 time kicked 4 goals .Port should have had the Eagles on Toast .

Correct....with no big name Full Forwad from last year and no CHB from last year. I dont get your point?

Our forward line is a disgrace. Yours wasnt much better but it switched on at the important part of the day.

My point was the Eagles were without last years Ken farmer medalist at FF and last years CHB etc. etc.
And yes your bigger name forward line ie Hargraves was disappointing seeing he would kick between 5 -10 against us when he played with North.

Sorry, what I meant was, we were also without our key forward in Waterhouse.

At the moment, we are obviously a 1 man forward line. No Waterhouse, no Port. Hargraves isnt up to league standard anymore....not as the no.1 focal point anyway.

Perhaps this is a problem for both teams both are to reliant on Passador and Waterhouse.
Then again Grocke is playing the best footy of his career so maybe the light at the end of the tunnel isn't very far away for the eagles.

[Aerie]

We shouldn't be reliant on Passador. He is not in the same class as Waterhouse or Chambers. Salter looks ok up there at times. Schwarze looks ok up there at times. Grocke is looking really good at half forward. I read in the paper this morning Fuller was wondering how his side could kick a goal at half time. Well, I'm glad he is at least thinking about it.

At the moment Grocke is having to do EVERYTHING at half forward. I've lost count the number of times he has had to take on 3 or 4 opposition on his own. I've lost count the number of times he has had to lead and then double back and lead again because there is no one else in the Eagles team working as hard. Only Symmons is working at the same rate, but he is not a tall and he should be at the feet of the big men to get it forward. The man who did this so well last year, as the third tall option, was Westbrook.

IMO we don't have the luxury of good players to afford to have Lindsay and Dabrowski swapping on the bench. We need another tall forward option and I'd be swapping Dabrowski and Lindsay out of the forward pocket. Salter may be a better option at Full Forward than Schwarze because he is a better kick at goal. Schwarze may be able to be used at half forward with Grocke. They are similar players and if we have two here then we may actually be able to reward the effort of the defence.

Also, at the moment, we are playing numbers behind the ball, as are the opposition. The problem is, the opposition has numbers behind the ball from our half forward line to the wing. We have numbers behind the ball from our half back line to full back. Therefore, most of the play is being played in the oppositions attacking half of the ground, making it bloody hard for our forward line to function.

We need a goal sneak in the forward line and also someone who will work hard to keep the ball in the area. Rugolo and Fitzgerald are disappointing every time I see them. Their opponent runs it out with ease and they're not mentally (and physically in Fitzgerald's case) strong enough to keep the ball in the area. Why not use Cooper in this role. He is clearly carrying an injury and may benefit from a slightly less workload than being in the midfield. Lomas and Pavlich proved yesterday they can be used as options in the midfield so we can cover Cooper.

Fuller did change some things up in the forward line yesterday and to his credit did manage to get 5 goals out of his team in the last quarter. However, he needs to have something in place that is going to work at the beginning of the game because lately we've been 3 goals down and pushing sh*t up hill from the start.

We must win this week against West. We then have a bye and another must win game against Glenelg. It will be this group of players that will have to do it. If we can still be around the mark after this we can then look forward to having the options of McKenzie, Powell, Passador, Inkster, Fairclough, Batsanis, Paul Stewart, Colville, Petrenko, Hall and Geddes to bring back into the team. Mind you, young players such as Redden, Duncan, J Stewart, Giuffreda and Pavlich will not be giving up there spots if they play as well as they did yesterday.

[Mickyj]

We shouldn't be reliant on Passador. He is not in the same class as Waterhouse or Chambers. Salter looks ok up there at times. Schwarze looks ok up there at times. Grocke is looking really good at half forward. I read in the paper this morning Fuller was wondering how his side could kick a goal at half time. Well, I'm glad he is at least thinking about it.

At the moment Grocke is having to do EVERYTHING at half forward. I've lost count the number of times he has had to take on 3 or 4 opposition on his own. I've lost count the number of times he has had to lead and then double back and lead again because there is no one else in the Eagles team working as hard. Only Symmons is working at the same rate, but he is not a tall and he should be at the feet of the big men to get it forward. The man who did this so well last year, as the third tall option, was Westbrook.

IMO we don't have the luxury of good players to afford to have Lindsay and Dabrowski swapping on the bench. We need another tall forward option and I'd be swapping Dabrowski and Lindsay out of the forward pocket. Salter may be a better option at Full Forward than Schwarze because he is a better kick at goal. Schwarze may be able to be used at half forward with Grocke. They are similar players and if we have two here then we may actually be able to reward the effort of the defence.

Also, at the moment, we are playing numbers behind the ball, as are the opposition. The problem is, the opposition has numbers behind the ball from our half forward line to the wing. We have numbers behind the ball from our half back line to full back. Therefore, most of the play is being played in the oppositions attacking half of the ground, making it bloody hard for our forward line to function.

We need a goal sneak in the forward line and also someone who will work hard to keep the ball in the area. Rugolo and Fitzgerald are disappointing every time I see them. Their opponent runs it out with ease and they're not mentally (and physically in Fitzgerald's case) strong enough to keep the ball in the area. Why not use Cooper in this role. He is clearly carrying an injury and may benefit from a slightly less workload than being in the midfield. Lomas and Pavlich proved yesterday they can be used as options in the midfield so we can cover Cooper.

Fuller did change some things up in the forward line yesterday and to his credit did manage to get 5 goals out of his team in the last quarter. However, he needs to have something in place that is going to work at the beginning of the game because lately we've been 3 goals down and pushing sh*t up hill from the start.

We must win this week against West. We then have a bye and another must win game against Glenelg. It will be this group of players that will have to do it. If we can still be around the mark after this we can then look forward to having the options of McKenzie, Powell, Passador, Inkster, Fairclough, Batsanis, Paul Stewart, Colville, Petrenko, Hall and Geddes to bring back into the team. Mind you, young players such as Redden, Duncan, J Stewart, Giuffreda and Pavlich will not be giving up there spots if they play as well as they did yesterday.

Very very true Aerie .How much of a different game it would have been yesterday if we had kicked more goals than points in the third quarter.
To come away yesterday with a win was a gift from the footy gods .

[eaglesfan]

That really was a great, team-lifting mark and goal by Grocke in the last quarter to give us the lead.

Now we need to continue on with that good last quarter form into the game against West at Thebarton and score a big win.

[centrecirclelegend]

Ron Fuller's 1/2 time address was inspiring......he told the story of the white and black kids in the crowd at a baseball game in the US and the ball got hit in the crowd and both the boys grabbed the ball at the same time but the black kid ended up with the ball.......when asked later how was it that he ended up with the ball....the black kid said he wanted it more!.....after half time our 50/50 efforts lifted......we just needed to kick goals.......

at 3/4 time credit must be given to forward line coach Shane Reardon......his talk to the forward line guys at 3/4 time was also inspiring......and the guys reacted to it......once again we gave away too many frees ahead of centre (16 from memory) but in the last quarter apart from 1 and the 25m penalty they stopped and the ball was kept in our forward line and we was able to score.....a great come from behind win and our backline was outstanding for such a young bunch of lads......

yes the umpiring was very poor!

[Mickyj]

Ron Fuller's 1/2 time address was inspiring......he told the story of the white and black kids in the crowd at a baseball game in the US and the ball got hit in the crowd and both the boys grabbed the ball at the same time but the black kid ended up with the ball.......when asked later how was it that he ended up with the ball....the black kid said he wanted it more!.....after half time our 50/50 efforts lifted......we just needed to kick goals.......

at 3/4 time credit must be given to forward line coach Shane Reardon......his talk to the forward line guys at 3/4 time was also inspiring......and the guys reacted to it......once again we gave away too many frees ahead of centre (16 from memory) but in the last quarter apart from 1 and the 25m penalty they stopped and the ball was kept in our forward line and we was able to score.....a great come from behind win and our backline was outstanding for such a young bunch of lads......

yes the umpiring was very poor!

I noticed some of the guys off to the side at 3/4 time .
We need to carry this spirit onto the field next week as well.

[ferret]

Magpies have not won a game for six matches in a row. This reminds me of an incident several years ago when S Williams was coaching the magpies and they lost their seventh game in a row, their seventh loss was against the Eagles at Woodville. At the end of the game S Williams ripped a wall phone from its mountings and threw it at an unsuspecting Eagles fan hitting him squarely in the back of the head. I hope that if the magpies loose their next matche that tim ginever doesn't resort to this type of gutless action to vent his frustration. S williams semed to escape without penalty or apology for this incident.

[Jackal]

Yes Ferret, that incident was very disturbing as I happened to be sitting about 3 metres from the poor fellow that got hit by the flying phone. I happen to know the gentlemen that was assaulted and he is always a passive observer and just did not deserve what he got. In my opinion the fellow who wore the phone should have reported it to the police and Port Adelaide should have issued a public apology.
I have seen this chap at the footy since and whenever the Eagles play Port he wears a hard hat and a suit of armour so that he is not assaulted again. Also he just walks around in ever decreasing circles muttering ''its for you".
One of this chaps best friends is a former very rugged Port Adelaide centre half back from the nineties and they have recently discussed this incident again. He felt that the Eagles gentleman was hard done by and helps to support him with councilling whenever he can.
Ferret please pass on my best to this poor fellow and such fine gentlemen do not deserve to be treated in this manner by overrated thugs.
Interesting to note that in keeping up the tradition of bad manners the Port Adelaide team left Alberton oval without shaking hands with the Eagles team on Saturday...very poor form from poor losers.