Port Adelaide 2019

[Dutchy]

Club will say dropped
Happy clappers will say rested/injured
And then he'll play next week after no game in the 2s

Duursma all over again.

He's been rested or is injured mate.

Why doesn't the club come out and say that then?

Also how come the ins/outs are being leaked early the last few weeks?

[Booney]

Club will say dropped
Happy clappers will say rested/injured
And then he'll play next week after no game in the 2s

Duursma all over again.

He's been rested or is injured mate.

Why doesn't the club come out and say that then?

Also how come the ins/outs are being leaked early the last few weeks?

I don't know why he's been left out, I was playing on MW's happy clapper comment.

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Club will say dropped
Happy clappers will say rested/injured
And then he'll play next week after no game in the 2s

Duursma all over again.

He's been rested or is injured mate.

Why doesn't the club come out and say that then?

Also how come the ins/outs are being leaked early the last few weeks?

I don't know why he's been left out, I was playing on MW's happy clapper comment.

[MW]

Someone lock the Port thread... page count is on point!

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Someone lock the Port thread... page count is on point!

Well spotted Wedgie!

[MW]

Someone lock the Port thread... page count is on point!

Well spotted Wedgie!

Surely this type of insult gets deleted?

[Booney]

Someone lock the Port thread... page count is on point!

Well spotted Wedgie!

Surely this type of insult gets deleted?

That's freaking brutal.

[Booney]

WALKING 16 kilometres in ten years may not sound like much, especially for an elite athlete like Justin Westhoff, but his efforts have made a huge difference for homeless people in South Australia.

Westhoff is an ambassador for Hutt St Centre, which has long worked to help those who are doing it tough, including the approximately 6,000 people experiencing homelessness in South Australia every year.

Each year it runs its fundraiser Walk a Mile in My Boots to allow South Australians to experience what it’s like for people facing homelessness.

The walk will take place on Friday 9 August from Victoria Park to the southern parklands in the Adelaide CBD, and Westhoff will be there with some of his Port Adelaide teammates, taking a brisk winter’s walk.

At the end of the one mile (1.6 km), participants will get something to eat, a hot drink and some friendly faces to offer their thanks.

Westhoff says by taking part, it helps people doing it tough know that they are not alone.

“I’ve been involved with Hutt Street for around 10 years now… and looking back I didn’t realise the extent of what Hutt Street does and the overall extent of homelessness in South Australia,” he told portadelaidefc.com.au.

“Seeing first hand people coming in at 6:30 in the morning when it’s been five degrees outside for a warm meal and someone to talk to makes me realise it’s an idea we can change – especially with over 6,000 people homeless in this state.

“Homelessness is not just people living on the streets; it’s a wide spectrum of people doing it tough like single parents, people living out of cars or couch surfing – it’s not the stereotypical homeless person, so it’s important to show that to as many people as possible and change the circumstances for those people.

“Walk a Mile is Hutt Street’s biggest fundraiser for the year. They’re hoping to raise over $250,000 so that’s a lot of money for the centre that will go a long way to helping as many people as possible.”

As well as giving up his time to serve lunch and breakfast at Hutt St, Westhoff’s business Forage Supply Co has also donated meals and employed more than 15 of Hutt Street’s clients.

Hutt St Centre’s CEO Ian Cox told portadelaidefc.com.au that it showed the 32-year-old’s passion for helping those most at need.

“Justin has been coming to Hutt Street for many years now and came in with his mate Scott Rogasch looking to set up food trucks that would offer employment to our client groups,” he said.

“Just to have that opportunity is phenomenal for those people and we’ve seen the growth of those people because they’re given a chance.

“Westy is everything that embodies the goodness in the community.

“He could go off and be the footy superstar that he is and not give it another thought but he’s just a genuine, humble, values-based person who fits in with out culture and every time he walks in it’s like a breath of fresh air.

“People look up to him, not just because he’s 6’10 but because he’s someone who people aspire to be like as well.”

Westhoff and Port Adelaide players and staff will take on the walk on 9 August and are encouraging others to get involved as well.

You can click here to donate to Walk a Mile with Westy.

If you want to take part in the walk, click here to register. Use the discount code WESTY39 and get 30% off the cost of registration.

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Someone lock the Port thread... page count is on point!

Well spotted Wedgie!

Surely this type of insult gets deleted?

Nah you can say what you want during the day it’s only later in the day you have to watch your P’s and Q’s.

[Booney]

Club will say dropped
Happy clappers will say rested/injured
And then he'll play next week after no game in the 2s

Duursma all over again.

I love Adelaide at the moment....

Port fans trying to work out Kenny's selections, then Crows announce Betts comes back after one week, apparently kicking 4 against Glenelg is better than 6 against the Suns.

Great fodder

Well it is!

#GFC2019Premiers

[Booney]

I think Lycett is two fold, he's not been right since he hurt his knee in the win over Adelaide, has been laboring around and as such has faded late in games. The Magpies have the weekend off so he'll get a week off.

Marshall is a really interesting selection given it's Essendon under the roof.

Considering the Bombers are using a 3rd string Ruck at best, it won't matter who Port choose to Ruck with - they are going to win that battle.

Looks like Ryder will lead the ruck with Howard staying forward with Dixon and Marshall.

Still shuffling the magnets.

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Our company donates time and money to the Hutt Street centre.
I’ve served brekky and lunch to the homeless several times now.

You certainly walk away from it with a different perspective on life and appreciate what you have.

I encourage anyone to spend some time there.

[Booney]

As a fan you'd be filthy if he was being rested... massive game this week. I would be anyways

You can't help it if he's injured...

He's been hobbling for a few weeks, playing on a carpark will see him miss finals.

I couldn't believe he finished the Adelaide game with how he hobbled off at half time.

[Booney]

Our company donates time and money to the Hutt Street centre.
I’ve served brekky and lunch to the homeless several times now.

You certainly walk away from it with a different perspective on life and appreciate what you have.

I encourage anyone to spend some time there.

I'll be going along next Friday, my third time.

[Booney]

IN THE four years since retiring from a 300-game, two-time All Australian, four-time best and fairest, and premiership-winning career with Port Adelaide, Kane Cornes has continued to create headlines.

His strong opinions on many media platforms regularly cut through the general media noise, often annoying the game's biggest name players, coaches and media rivals.

In the latest In The Game podcast with Damian Barrett, Cornes goes behind the opinions and also reveals the one regret he has from his time in mainstream media.

Cornes said he played his 300 AFL matches "on fear", using that emotion to will himself to success. He also revealed the hurt attached to his attempted 2011 axing by Port coach Matthew Primus.

"I was really disappointed with Matthew Primus' dealings with (brother) Chad and myself," Cornes said. "I thought (Chad) was really harshly treated, as were a couple of the other older guys."

Cornes won his fourth best and fairest in 2012, the season after Primus tried to force him to retire.

"It was difficult to play for a coach who didn't want you to be there for that 2012 season, and I don't think we spoke for the pre-season," Cornes said.

"I remember walking straight past him in the corridor. I was angry. He was angry, probably from not getting his way from the board, which had guaranteed him that it would pay out my contract.

"So I wasn't talking to a coach in the pre-season, and eventually he lost his job halfway through that year, and Ken Hinkley came in, thankfully, and the past couple of years of my career were as enjoyable as any."

Also in this week's In The Game, Cornes reveals he still has in his phone the final text message sent to him by Phil Walsh, a man who helped shape his career before his tragic death in 2015.

For the full Cornes In The Game interview, listen here ...

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-08-01/ ... d-him-gone

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Our company donates time and money to the Hutt Street centre.
I’ve served brekky and lunch to the homeless several times now.

You certainly walk away from it with a different perspective on life and appreciate what you have.

I encourage anyone to spend some time there.

I'll be going along next Friday, my third time.

Have you ever served children there?
I did last time I was there.

Bought a tear to my eye.

I slipped the dad $20.

[Booney]

Our company donates time and money to the Hutt Street centre.
I’ve served brekky and lunch to the homeless several times now.

You certainly walk away from it with a different perspective on life and appreciate what you have.

I encourage anyone to spend some time there.

I'll be going along next Friday, my third time.

Have you ever served children there?
I did last time I was there.

Bought a tear to my eye.

I slipped the dad $20.

No mate, never been in there, just done the walk.

A mate does the Singapore Airlines blankets at his dry cleaners, they used to chuck them away when they were stuffed, I've managed to get hold of some bags from him and I'll be taking them next week.

[Booney]

Someone lock the Port thread... page count is on point!

You're a desperate man, aren't you?

[Spargo]

Someone lock the Port thread... page count is on point!

You're a desperate man, aren't you?

He’s spreading it over a number of threads...

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Our company donates time and money to the Hutt Street centre.
I’ve served brekky and lunch to the homeless several times now.

You certainly walk away from it with a different perspective on life and appreciate what you have.

I encourage anyone to spend some time there.

I'll be going along next Friday, my third time.

Have you ever served children there?
I did last time I was there.

Bought a tear to my eye.

I slipped the dad $20.

No mate, never been in there, just done the walk.

A mate does the Singapore Airlines blankets at his dry cleaners, they used to chuck them away when they were stuffed, I've managed to get hold of some bags from him and I'll be taking them next week.

Yeah it all helps.
It’s a real eye opener there.

I’ve never done the walk but will look at it next year now.