stan wrote:therisingblues wrote:I have a feeling Port will not make the grand final.
Eagles will definitely be there. Probably be premiers.
Want South to win it.
I think Port will also struggle in the finals. With 2 of there key defenders out for the season now this means Clurey wont be back, Jonas will go back to the AFL side and Lobbe wont be there finals time as well.
And they'll have Butcher.......
What Im saying is I think they be very beatable. Neade and Ah chee will be probably play out the year and be ineligible for finals. So how they go this weekend will likely be as good as they'll get.
Other than Logan, Butcher, Moore, Stewart and Redden, Port's team will virtually be an U21's side. Gray, Clurey, AhChee and probably Mitchell aren't likely to qualify. Neade is already ineligible. I'm expecting at least 6, possibly even 10, of the top ups to be playing, so definitely won't be a 'stacked' side. It's fine to run fast and keep it up over 2 hours but if you can't kick or you panic under pressure, fitness isn't worth much - particularly in finals and when we supposedly don't care about winning.