AFL Finals Week 2

[wenchbarwer]

If Port are looking like losing late in the game, I get the feeling Charlie will go down swinging ala Alastair Lynch in 04

Yeah, got a real long history of being suspended.

In his defence, don't think Lynch did either. But they changed the punishments to include big fines these days.

Doubt big Charlie would be the type, to be honest. Plays it hard but fair.

[mighty_tiger_79]

If Port are looking like losing late in the game, I get the feeling Charlie will go down swinging ala Alastair Lynch in 04

Yeah, got a real long history of being suspended.

In his defence, don't think Lynch did either. But they changed the punishments to include big fines these days.

Doubt big Charlie would be the type, to be honest. Plays it hard but fair.

he almost decapitated Blicavs last week... thug

[Corona Man]

Gotta catch up with one of them to throw one…

[UK Fan]

I think Sinn and Williams will be in. McEntee out.

In : Marshall Sinn

Out: Burton (calf) Mcentee

Port going in tall

[mighty_tiger_79]

Gotta catch up with one of them to throw one…

Behind the play, ala Dipper

[Brodlach]

Anyone with more knowledge on Port explain to me why they are adding an extra tall forward in a night game?

Going to be a late withdrawal?

[Corona Man]

Gotta catch up with one of them to throw one…

Behind the play, ala Dipper

ala Mark Yates who ran through Dermie in ‘89

[Corona Man]

I think Sinn and Williams will be in. McEntee out.

In : Marshall Sinn

Out: Burton (calf) Mcentee

Port going in tall

Yeah coz that worked for the Dogs last week…

[FlyingHigh]

Port by 29 points
Brisbane by 3 points

Disappointing it won't be a Brisbane GWS GF. At their besr they are the two best teams IMO, just been horribly inconsistent.
I wonder how much playing so late into last season and then having to start so early in Round 0 BS has affected them, Collingwood and Carlton, both physically and mentally.

[Booney]

While I don't agree with selection I'm not sure what options they had when it comes to smalls, particularly defensively.

With Farrell, Burton and Houston out, Jones, Bergman and Evans in the only real option was to bring Sinn in. Williams is too slow and any of the remaining smalls on the list are forward/mids, Lorenz, Charleson, Anastasopoulos, Jackson etc. They're not defenders. One option would have been to move Byrne-Jones back but that would only mean another coming in and they've lost faith in McEntee so it's all in on the tall forwards but that's not where the heat is now placed.

The heat is now entirely on the midfield, either you win enough of it and deliver it with purpose into our forward half or we're cooked. With Dixon who can't move, Ratugolea who struggles to turn and Marshall forward any ground balls are going to bounce out and expose our undermanned defence as Geelong did last week.

It's a massive gamble but one I don't think they had many options but to take.

[am Bays]

Mate for your sake I hope they get up, it will be one of your clubs wins if they do.

I agree Kennys rolled the dice he's banking on keeping it up in the air. He had to play Dixon to give Sweet a chop out in ruck. However if he is unsuccessful watch the Port Socials for the vitriole regarding his selection choices for this week

It's not so much if your mids get the ball it's going to be can they and the small forwards create a enough dirty ball to get turnover in the midfield. It's their defensive action that the Ports mids have to stand up with tonight.

However, as an entity I hate you pr!cks so I know I want the opposite to occur and reckon it will be close to half time but Hawthorn will break the game open in the 2nd half and get the chocolates so Ginni can catch up with his old Collingwood mate next Friday.

Listening to Bucks and Kane this morning I note a Hawthorn fan who is probably at the Big Koala by now was stating he has done a Ginni and brought his tickets to Sydney too!

[Wedgie]

Listening to Bucks and Kane this morning I note a Hawthorn fan who is probably at the Big Koala by now was stating he has done a Ginni and brought his tickets to Sydney too!

I assume you mean plane tickets as game tickets don't go on sale till next week?

[Booney]

My guess is Ratugolea is a late out and McEntee comes back in.

[Brodlach]

Interesting comment made about last Thursday night’s game, three of Ports players were former Cats players that couldn’t get a game there. Hadn’t considered that until it was mentioned

[Booney]

Interesting comment made about last Thursday night’s game, three of Ports players were former Cats players that couldn’t get a game there. Hadn’t considered that until it was mentioned

It's quite pointless in todays AFL world with the amount of moves made off season. Every club has someone recycled, it's simply an anomaly from last week.

[Booney]

Interesting comment made about last Thursday night’s game, three of Ports players were former Cats players that couldn’t get a game there. Hadn’t considered that until it was mentioned

It's quite pointless in todays AFL world with the amount of moves made off season. Every club has someone recycled, it's simply an anomaly from last week.

[Wedgie]

Interesting comment made about last Thursday night’s game, three of Ports players were former Cats players that couldn’t get a game there. Hadn’t considered that until it was mentioned

Main reason Esava R moved was because he wanted to play in defence (and more regularly), would have been interesting to know how he felt when Port moved him up forward during the season.
Narkle was never good enough which is a shame since he's a ripper bloke, always stoked to see him getting a game for the Power.
Evans was never good enough either.
They were both delisted and not traded.

[Brodlach]

Interesting comment made about last Thursday night’s game, three of Ports players were former Cats players that couldn’t get a game there. Hadn’t considered that until it was mentioned

It's quite pointless in todays AFL world with the amount of moves made off season. Every club has someone recycled, it's simply an anomaly from last week.

I wasn’t having a dig at Port, was just something I hadn’t thought of

[Booney]

Didn't take it that way mate, all good, more pointing out with the amount of player movement and recycling of players with the talent pool getting thinned out it's bound to happen more and more. Narkle was a mid season draft pick up, Evans a delisted free agent and Ratugolea traded for making it the full trifecta!

[wenchbarwer]

One coach's trash is another's treasure, happens in every team. Some coaches get focused on what a player can't do, rather than what they offer (looking at you, Stewie Dew), or others fit into a different team's system.