PAFC 2025

[wenchbarwer]

Club Honours

- Fos Williams Medal (2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

What's this, thought that was the state BOG medal?

[Booney]

Club Honours

- Fos Williams Medal (2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

What's this, thought that was the state BOG medal?

Best Team Man as voted by the players.

[Booney]

"He won't be" going anywhere this year.

"He'll be playing at Port (Adelaide) in 2026"

Kapital Sports Group's John Meesen on Zak Butters (via Gettable).

So we're getting really creative to get NAS in then.

[Jim05]

"He won't be" going anywhere this year.

"He'll be playing at Port (Adelaide) in 2026"

Kapital Sports Group's John Meesen on Zak Butters (via Gettable).

So we're getting really creative to get NAS in then.

Unless you have another A grader willing to leave I just can see how it gets done this year. Will need 2-3 firsts as an absolute minimum I’d think. Can see him signing on for 2 years at the Saints and then trying to get back after that

[Brodlach]

Mentioned yesterday that any deal with the Saints that Bergman would be a part of it.


Good player NAS but I’d be targeting key forwards and backs before him.


Rohan Marshall would be perfect as a replacement for Finlayson.

[UK Fan]

Mentioned yesterday that any deal with the Saints that Bergman would be a part of it.


Good player NAS but I’d be targeting key forwards and backs before him.


Rohan Marshall would be perfect as a replacement for Finlayson.

MArshall signed for 2 more years and would be first choice ruck at Port

[Booney]

Mentioned yesterday that any deal with the Saints that Bergman would be a part of it.
Good player NAS but I’d be targeting key forwards and backs before him.
Rohan Marshall would be perfect as a replacement for Finlayson.

Sorry, you think Port should be chasing key forwards / back before NAS or St Kilda should be chasing key forwards / back for him?

[Brodlach]

Mentioned yesterday that any deal with the Saints that Bergman would be a part of it.
Good player NAS but I’d be targeting key forwards and backs before him.
Rohan Marshall would be perfect as a replacement for Finlayson.

Sorry, you think Port should be chasing key forwards / back before NAS or St Kilda should be chasing key forwards / back for him?

I think Port should be. I don’t think Port, other than Georgiadies, have much up forward. Rohan Marshall wants to be a forward who second rucks.

Backs, Aliir Alirr is a standout but is 32 next year, other than that I don’t see much else. ZT is ok, never rated Esava.

[am Bays]

Ports problem is that they have very few players who can kick well of effectively.

They are one of the wors teams for opposition scores from turnovers. And conversely only North melb and Richmond are worse than them in scores from turnover. And they are 4th worst for kick retention according to Wheelo ratings. They cant transition the ball in the modern game

Nas is absolutely what they need, someone who can kick it to the forwards (why all bar Georgeardis look sh!te) and why their defence looks worse as more often than not they are trying to defend clean ball.

[Booney]

Ports problem is that they have very few players who can kick well of effectively

They are one of the wors teams for opposition scores from turnovers. And conversely only North melb and Richmond are worse than them in scores from turnover. And they are 4th worst for kick retention according to Wheelo ratings. They cant transition the ball in the modern game

Nas is absolutely what they need, someone who can kick it to the forwards (why all bar Georgeardis look sh!te) and why their defence looks worse as more often than not they are trying to defend clean ball.

We spent the last 6 years using the same system. Win the ball at the contest ( have regularly been in the top 6 for clearances ) and bomb it to Dixon in the pockets. This did two things. If the opposition marked it was deep in the pockets, if not it brought the ball to ground where smalls could swarm and pressure the opposition and that gave our defensive zone time to set up behind the ball. Someone who did reviews on here would often talk about repeat entries. That's great, lots of I50's, not when it's crowded like that though. This didn't require accurate kicks, it required long penetrating kicks.

In one summer, post Dixon retirement, we tried to transition from that style to flicking the ball around in the back half, eyes down to mobile Lukosius, Marshall and Georgiades up front. Now, whether that new style could be adapted in one summer we won't ever know as we've not seen Marshall at all and Lukosius has been interrupted. Defensively Zerk-Thatcher and Ratugolea weren't seen until round 12 and 4 and then have been playing catch up.

The new style required the likes of Farrell, Sinn, Burgoyne, Bergman to lower the eyes and pick the moving targets. They are our best kicks but they spent too much time scrambling from the ball screaming out of our forward line after the poor entries, not having time or personnel to set up the zone.

Lots to work on this summer.

[Booney]

*Edit - any forward line would relish the opportunity to look up to Bergman, Wanganeen-Milera, Burgoyne, Farrell and Sinn coming at them with the ball.

[MW]

you're in the know at Port Booney...what % do you put on Port landing NAS?

[Booney]

you're in the know at Port Booney...what % do you put on Port landing NAS?

St Kilda have played their hand, he hasn't signed so I think the game knows what his intentions are and it would be naive to think Cripps hasn't aired a deal to St Kilda at this point through the management teams.

[MW]

you're in the know at Port Booney...what % do you put on Port landing NAS?

St Kilda have played their hand, he hasn't signed so I think the game knows what his intentions are and it would be naive to think Cripps hasn't aired a deal to St Kilda at this point through the management teams.

So its Port or staying at Saints if a deal cant get done?
Going to be fascinating if a deal cant be reached and Adelaide can somehow get enough capital to tempt Saints and NAS

[Booney]

you're in the know at Port Booney...what % do you put on Port landing NAS?

St Kilda have played their hand, he hasn't signed so I think the game knows what his intentions are and it would be naive to think Cripps hasn't aired a deal to St Kilda at this point through the management teams.

So its Port or staying at Saints if a deal cant get done?
Going to be fascinating if a deal cant be reached and Adelaide can somehow get enough capital to tempt Saints and NAS

Yes, I think it's stay for 2 at St Kilda or gets to Alberton.

[amber_fluid]

Friends aside why would he choose Port over the Crows?

[MW]

Friends aside why would he choose Port over the Crows?

this will not end well...

[Jimmy_041]

Travis Boak has told his teammates he's retiring at the end of the year.

384 games* ( 7th All time )
214 goals*
8910 disposals* ( 5th All time )

AFL Honours

- All-Australian (2013, 2014, 2020)
- All-Australian nominee (2019)
- Runner-up Brownlow Medal (2020)
- Runner-up AFLPA MVP (2020)
- Runner-up AFLCA Champion Player of the Year (2020)
- Peter Badcoe Medal (2014, 2015, 2019)
- Showdown Medal (2013, 2020, 2021)
- Shanghai Medal (2018, 2019)
- Jim Stynes Community Leadership Award (2021)
- International Rules (2014, 2017)
- Rising Star nominee (Round 19, 2007)

Club Honours

- John Cahill Medal (2011, 2019)
- Runner-up Best & Fairest (2013, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- Captain (2013-18)
- Fos Williams Medal (2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- Gavin Wanganeen Medal (2009)
- John McCarthy Award (2019, 2021)
- Life Member (2016)
- Coaches’ Award (2008)

Great player, very loyal servant, got everything out of his body, if anyone deserved a flag its him.

Not sure they need to list the 2 Shanghai medals, didnt even know that was a thing

They were plastic & from Temu

[MW]

If Port did not have Josh Carr signed for next year, and Hinkley was finishing up in 3 weeks, would Port appoint Josh Carr still?
Some bloody good candidates available right now

[Booney]

If Port did not have Josh Carr signed for next year, and Hinkley was finishing up in 3 weeks, would Port appoint Josh Carr still?
Some bloody good candidates available right now

Those bloody good candidates were on the market before Carr got appointed. Simpson, Longmire, Buckley....they were all there if someone really wanted to head hunt them.

I think there's more changes to come in the coaching panel at Alberton, the SANFL coach rumor is more than that I reckon and there's a former one in the wind too.