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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Trader » Tue Jul 01, 2025 3:43 pm

With Bergman off the table, or the picks we might have gotten for him, that means the NWM deal now will either:
1) require more creative moves to get it done ("more layers"), or
2) has less options available to get it done ("less layers" to how it can play out)

In my eyes to are both saying the same thing.
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby am Bays » Sun Jul 06, 2025 9:37 am

Got to feel for players you can’t help but respect like Powell-Pepper when they do a second ACL
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Booney » Sun Jul 06, 2025 1:41 pm

am Bays wrote:Got to feel for players you can’t help but respect like Powell-Pepper when they do a second ACL


I was saying to Mrs Boon the emotional roller coaster that he's on.

New baby on Wednesday. ACL away from home. Fly home today
Get home to 4 day old baby wife and 2 little girls.

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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Booney » Mon Jul 07, 2025 10:30 am

Not good news, Ratugolea looks like 4 weeks minimum with hamstring and Visentini suspect the dreaded syndesmosis and could be 6-8 weeks as SPP has his ACL surgery this morning.
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Booney » Mon Jul 07, 2025 1:07 pm

FFS...We just got (almost) everyone back...

Sam Powell-Pepper’s season has ended early, with scans confirming an anterior cruciate ligament rupture to his left knee.

It’s a heartbreaking result for the 27-year-old, who suffered the same injury to his right knee less than 15 months ago.

“It’s such a disappointing outcome for Sam, and for the club," Port Adelaide Head of Medical Services Tim O'Leary said.

"Sam is so courageous and hard-working, and was incredibly diligent with his previous knee rehab. There is no doubt he will approach this rehab with his usual high level of commitment, attacking it in the same way he attacks the footy."

Meanwhile, Esava Ratugolea and Dante Visentini also won't feature for the rest of the season after being involved in separate incidents during the first half at The Gabba on Saturday.

Ratugolea sustained a high-grade hamstring during a spoil and Visentini suffered a high-grade syndesmosis injury in a ruck contest.

Visentini will undergo surgery this week to repair his syndesmosis, while Ratugolea's treatment plan will be determined over the coming days.
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby UK Fan » Tue Jul 08, 2025 1:29 pm

The Season is over anyway re: making finals, it’s the smart play to put them on ice in readiness for 2026.
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Lightning McQueen » Tue Jul 08, 2025 1:43 pm

UK Fan wrote:The Season is over anyway re: making finals, it’s the smart play to put them on ice in readiness for 2026.


Dante needs games into him and Esava plays like his on ice sometimes anyway.

Can't see us having much of a tilt at the cup next season, the saving grace will be that we'll finish 2025 in the bottom 5-6 which should see us getting a slightly easier draw.

I'm not real sure what the plan will be moving forward, we're neither here nor there in regards of a rebuild vs being competitive on a regular basis, I don't think we'll bottom out but a top 4 finish seems 4-5 years away IMO.

I don't think we played enough kids along the Kenny journey and the ones we trialed we either were too spasmodic or they just weren't up to it, I hope we just don't continue to go down the recycled 24-26 year old path and expect miracles, we get good games out of those in that category but no consistency. Our success rate with that thought process would have to be less than 30%.
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Brodlach » Tue Jul 08, 2025 2:16 pm

Do Port people think there will be an instant improvement with Carr next season?

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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Booney » Tue Jul 08, 2025 2:24 pm

2017 - Farrell, 26, 107 games, Hayes, Garner, Barry, Patmore - Only Patmore didn't play an AFL game
2018 - Rozee, 25, 145. Butters, 24, 132. ( Added Lukosius ) Duursma traded for BZK, Grundy and Woodcock didn't play a game
2019 - Bergman, 23, 99. Georgiades, 23, 85, Williams and Mead. Williams probably to be delisted.
2020 - Jones, 23, 68 and Lord
2021 - Sinn, 22, 24. Jackson, 22, 5. Visentini, 22, 14. Burgoyne, 21, 52. ( Added JHF ) that's all drafted that year.
2022 - Absolute spud draft - none of the 3 spuds played a game
2023 - Lorenz, 20, 3 Charleson and Anastasopoulos yet to be seen
2024 - Berry, 19, 7. Moraes, 19, 8. Whitlock unseen.

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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Booney » Tue Jul 08, 2025 2:27 pm

Brodlach wrote:Do Port people think there will be an instant improvement with Carr next season?

Not trolling, genuine question.


My reasons are detailed in the post above.

We also spent our summer working with Marshall, Georgiades and Lukosius in the front half and haven't had all 3 together at all this year and we saw Georgiades and Lukosius together for the first time on the weekend.

I don't think we bounce from 10-12th to top 4 but I expect to be right in finals calculations next year.
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby bertiebeatle1 » Tue Jul 08, 2025 2:37 pm

CC confirmed gone = minor premiership next year
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Booney » Tue Jul 08, 2025 2:39 pm

bertiebeatle1 wrote:CC confirmed gone = minor premiership next year


Chad Cornes for those wondering.

Cornes out.
Mattner in.

It's a start.
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Brodlach » Tue Jul 08, 2025 2:49 pm

Booney wrote:
bertiebeatle1 wrote:CC confirmed gone = minor premiership next year


Chad Cornes for those wondering.

Cornes out.
Mattner in.

It's a start.

Mattner is a good get!


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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Lightning McQueen » Tue Jul 08, 2025 2:50 pm

Brodlach wrote:Do Port people think there will be an instant improvement with Carr next season?

Not trolling, genuine question.


No.
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Brodlach » Tue Jul 08, 2025 2:52 pm

Booney wrote:
Brodlach wrote:Do Port people think there will be an instant improvement with Carr next season?

Not trolling, genuine question.


My reasons are detailed in the post above.

We also spent our summer working with Marshall, Georgiades and Lukosius in the front half and haven't had all 3 together at all this year and we saw Georgiades and Lukosius together for the first time on the weekend.

I don't think we bounce from 10-12th to top 4 but I expect to be right in finals calculations next year.

Agreed that the forwards have not been together but your backs are still ordinary. Sixth highest points against and not difficult to work out 3 of the 5 below

Even Carlton has conceded less
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Lightning McQueen » Tue Jul 08, 2025 2:57 pm

Booney wrote:
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I don't think we played enough kids along the Kenny journey


2017 - Farrell, 26, 107 games
2018 - Rozee, 25, 145. Butters, 24, 132. ( Added Lukosius )
2019 - Bergman, 23, 99. Georgiades, 23, 85
2020 - Jones, 23, 68
2021 - [b]Sinn, 22, 24. Jackson, 22, 5. Visentini, 22, 14. Burgoyne, 21, 52. ( Added JHF )
2022 - Absolute spud draft
2023 - Lorenz, 20, 3
2024 - Berry, 19, 7. Moraes, 19, 8.
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10 of the players drafted from 2017 - 2021 are all under 26 ( add Lukosius and JHF ), you'd argue that 7 of them are our best players ( Farrell, Rozee, Butters, Bergman, Georgiades and the two traded in ).

Half our side on the weekend ( 12 actually ) under 26, Powell-Pepper*, Ratugolea, Zerk-Thatcher, Sweet and Drew all 27.

12th oldest list with a 36 year old and Aliir, Wines, Rioli and soon to be DBJ are 30.

What for do you mean?


The red period is very unsuccessful, how many players aren't listed over the whole 8 years that you used as an example? That is what I mean, 5 good players over 8 years I wouldn't call a raging success.
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Lightning McQueen » Tue Jul 08, 2025 2:59 pm

Booney wrote:
Brodlach wrote:Do Port people think there will be an instant improvement with Carr next season?

Not trolling, genuine question.


My reasons are detailed in the post above.

We also spent our summer working with Marshall, Georgiades and Lukosius in the front half and haven't had all 3 together at all this year and we saw Georgiades and Lukosius together for the first time on the weekend.

I don't think we bounce from 10-12th to top 4 but I expect to be right in finals calculations next year.


We're a better team without Marshall in it, the other two floating around in the forward line excites me though.
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Booney » Tue Jul 08, 2025 3:03 pm

Brodlach wrote:
Booney wrote:
Brodlach wrote:Do Port people think there will be an instant improvement with Carr next season?

Not trolling, genuine question.


My reasons are detailed in the post above.

We also spent our summer working with Marshall, Georgiades and Lukosius in the front half and haven't had all 3 together at all this year and we saw Georgiades and Lukosius together for the first time on the weekend.

I don't think we bounce from 10-12th to top 4 but I expect to be right in finals calculations next year.

Agreed that the forwards have not been together but your backs are still ordinary. Sixth highest points against and not difficult to work out 3 of the 5 below

Even Carlton has conceded less


Zerk-Thatcher came into the side in round 12 and Ratugolea has played 13 of the 17, his last month probably the best of career. Both of them came into a system last year and we moved to a new system this year. They're both 26.

Sinn, Burgoyne, Jones, Bergman the oldest one is 23.

Our defence has been under the pump all year because our forward line has been a shell.
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Brodlach » Tue Jul 08, 2025 3:06 pm

Can’t rely on Esava week in week out with both his body and how he plays and Allir will be 32 next year.

I can see your drop off coming as quickly as Adelaide in 2019 with few high picks in this draft and not really being able to bring players in unless you move on a bigger name.
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Re: PAFC 2025

Postby Booney » Tue Jul 08, 2025 3:12 pm

Lightning McQueen wrote:
Booney wrote:
Lightning McQueen wrote:
I don't think we played enough kids along the Kenny journey


2017 - Farrell, 26, 107 games
2018 - Rozee, 25, 145. Butters, 24, 132. ( Added Lukosius )
2019 - Bergman, 23, 99. Georgiades, 23, 85
2020 - Jones, 23, 68
2021 - [b]Sinn, 22, 24. Jackson, 22, 5. Visentini, 22, 14. Burgoyne, 21, 52. ( Added JHF )
2022 - Absolute spud draft
2023 - Lorenz, 20, 3
2024 - Berry, 19, 7. Moraes, 19, 8.
[/b]

10 of the players drafted from 2017 - 2021 are all under 26 ( add Lukosius and JHF ), you'd argue that 7 of them are our best players ( Farrell, Rozee, Butters, Bergman, Georgiades and the two traded in ).

Half our side on the weekend ( 12 actually ) under 26, Powell-Pepper*, Ratugolea, Zerk-Thatcher, Sweet and Drew all 27.

12th oldest list with a 36 year old and Aliir, Wines, Rioli and soon to be DBJ are 30.

What for do you mean?


The red period is very unsuccessful, how many players aren't listed over the whole 8 years that you used as an example? That is what I mean, 5 good players over 8 years I wouldn't call a raging success.


What do you mean 5 in 8 years? Sinn, Burgoyne and Evans ( mid season ) were the back line in a prelim final, Visentini was leading the rucks and Lorenz, Berry and Moraes came into the club in the last 18 months, not every kid plays 20 games in their first year.
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