PAFC 2025

[gadj1976]

Boon’s best – Boak, Wines, Rozee, Sweet

Good write up Booney. Just checking, your mids didn't work hard enough but were your best. Is that because the rest were really bad or did they work their way back into the game?

[Jimmy_041]

Port and Richmond's efforts have made tipping a nightmare for the next game
Richmond do well in Adelaide but Port must bounce back or they are in all sorts in 2025 if they drop their heads and lose

[Booney]

Boon’s best – Boak, Wines, Rozee, Sweet

Good write up Booney. Just checking, your mids didn't work hard enough but were your best. Is that because the rest were really bad or did they work their way back into the game?

They didn't work hard enough in both aspects, they were willing to lay off and look for the ball going forward but didn't work back to help out the backs and when the ball was deep they didn't work hard to enough to create an avenue out.

Boak, on the wing mainly, was the only one prepared to work in both directions.

Wines ( 34 touches, 10 clearances ) worked away as he does.

Rozee ( 35, 5 ) worked his way into the game too late when the damage was done.

Sweet battled all night and had the better of Cameron.

The mids I talked of JHF, Mead, Burgoyne and support crew ( Richards, Bergman, SPP ) had no impact. Drew probably had the better of Daicos in the first half but that blew out in the third term.

[Jimmy_041]

Boon’s best – Boak, Wines, Rozee, Sweet

Good write up Booney. Just checking, your mids didn't work hard enough but were your best. Is that because the rest were really bad or did they work their way back into the game?

Credit where its due - Collingwood worked out of their skin
I like Booney's take on them being too old last week and egg on face for some commentators this week
Sometimes the opposition just dont let you play how you want.

I didn't see last week's GWS v Collingwood but I watched both on the weekend.
My view from last week is GWS are top 2 this year (some would note I picked GWS) so I just wrote it off as 1st game + in Sydney

As I said previously, I thought Collingwood by 60 points+ this week
I like our team placements & set up & couldn't see how Port could match us; almost anywhere on the ground

Melbourne looked the winner for most of the day but GWS actually proved that they are right up there this year
Love him or hate him; Toby Greene is great to watch

I liked Sweet's work
I'm just not sure Port have the cattle this year

[Booney]

Like most sides you need your best on the park to compete and the one area we got hurt the most, the middle, is missing Butters who most would have in their "A" grade list ( you're wrong if you don't ). He's not easy to replace and the loss of Houston is going to hurt as much as everyone expected despite the talk from Alberton that it wouldn't. He's back to back AA, 28 and at the top of his game as an elite intercept defender for his size and an exceptional user of the ball.

Two of our best weapons of last year not there, one of them moved on.

[UK Fan]

Where do you start?

So much has been written about the Port Adelaide off season from the loss of Dan Houston in the trade period to the announcement of the succession plan with Hinkley handing over to Carr at seasons end (?) then an injury interrupted start to the year being covered ad nauseam. It’s widely acknowledged that ducks need to line up and planets drop into formation for a club to contend and even more needs to go right to hold the cup aloft at the end of the year

No wonder port hasn’t won a flag in 20 years.

Planet formations ?? Totally Clueless.

[Lightning McQueen]

Where do you start?

So much has been written about the Port Adelaide off season from the loss of Dan Houston in the trade period to the announcement of the succession plan with Hinkley handing over to Carr at seasons end (?) then an injury interrupted start to the year being covered ad nauseam. It’s widely acknowledged that ducks need to line up and planets drop into formation for a club to contend and even more needs to go right to hold the cup aloft at the end of the year

No wonder port hasn’t won a flag in 20 years.

Planet formations ?? Totally Clueless.

I'm glad you changed the post, you do realise that you label ALL Port supporters when you post the shit you posted yesterday?

[Booney]

Where do you start?

So much has been written about the Port Adelaide off season from the loss of Dan Houston in the trade period to the announcement of the succession plan with Hinkley handing over to Carr at seasons end (?) then an injury interrupted start to the year being covered ad nauseam. It’s widely acknowledged that ducks need to line up and planets drop into formation for a club to contend and even more needs to go right to hold the cup aloft at the end of the year

No wonder port hasn’t won a flag in 20 years.

Planet formations ?? Totally Clueless.

I'm glad you changed the post, you do realise that you label ALL Port supporters when you post the shit you posted yesterday?

He changed his post because he probably realized that 2014 wasn't yesterday and his mob only made something of themselves when the SANFL was at it's weakest point ever.

[UK Fan]

Where do you start?

So much has been written about the Port Adelaide off season from the loss of Dan Houston in the trade period to the announcement of the succession plan with Hinkley handing over to Carr at seasons end (?) then an injury interrupted start to the year being covered ad nauseam. It’s widely acknowledged that ducks need to line up and planets drop into formation for a club to contend and even more needs to go right to hold the cup aloft at the end of the year

No wonder port hasn’t won a flag in 20 years.

Planet formations ?? Totally Clueless.

I'm glad you changed the post, you do realise that you label ALL Port supporters when you post the shit you posted yesterday?

He changed his post because he probably realized that 2014 wasn't yesterday and his mob only made something of themselves when the SANFL was at it's weakest point ever.

You do realise Centrals have won 6 flags since ports last one. 20 years ago.

Hard to compare really.

The greatest dynasty the sanfl has ever witnessed was at the Weakest point in sanfl history ?? Are u sure. Didn’t port win SANFl flags in the 1800s when there was like 5 goals a game. Secondly port competed in the sanfl whilst centrals tore the comp apart for a decade. If the comp was so weak why didn’t you win a flag/make a grand final in that time??

Isnt this right now Ports most unsuccessful period In its history??

Maybe stick to happy clapping/astrology cos your sanfl history is shithouse.

[dedja]

[wenchbarwer]

[Booney]

Nothing to see here mate, little guy pops out from under his bridge once in a while to come in here and bash me and Port Adelaide then disappears again and contributes nothing other then key board warrior type posts. It'd be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.

[mighty_tiger_79]

Nothing to see here mate, little guy pops out from under his bridge once in a while to come in here and bash me and Port Adelaide then disappears again and contributes nothing other then key board warrior type posts. It'd be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.

Were you the 3rd Juror?

[mots02]

Where do you start?

So much has been written about the Port Adelaide off season from the loss of Dan Houston in the trade period to the announcement of the succession plan with Hinkley handing over to Carr at seasons end (?) then an injury interrupted start to the year being covered ad nauseam. It’s widely acknowledged that ducks need to line up and planets drop into formation for a club to contend and even more needs to go right to hold the cup aloft at the end of the year. By any measure the happenings at Alberton from October last year to the start of season 2025 were hardly ideal, none of that matters though when the ball is bounced for season proper but it’s hard to put any of that aside when what was dished up Saturday night is to be reviewed.

The first thing that comes to mind is effort. A summer spent preparing a new game plan with new personnel and the promise of an attacking game plan to a mobile forward line means nothing if there isn’t the effort put in to make this come to fruition. You’ve had 4 months to set yourself for the opening game of your season and you don’t bring effort? I’ll excuse forward line chemistry, it’s a work in progress. Beyond that there’s nothing that could be said by way of explanation to satisfy questions surrounding the effort on Saturday night. It was unacceptable.

Media types jump the shark in a matter of moments and the “too old, too slow” Collingwood bashing after round 0.5 was premature even by the fickle standards of AFL shock jocks as they were over run by a slick GWS unit, they won’t be the only ones. Less than a week later and the wave of Collingwood run from the back completely destroyed Port on the expanses of the MCG where old and slow should have been vulnerable to the slick new ball movement under the Hinkley/Carr regime. Instead it was Collingwood who looked like a group of fleet footed youngsters willing to take the game on and run at the opposition, sadly that opposition offered little by way of resistance.

With new recruit Jack Lukosius opening his account with the first goal of the match inside the first minute the opening couldn’t have been better for Port, from there it couldn’t have been worse. Collingwoods midfield took complete control of the contest and while Drew was watching Daicos closer than Elon Musk was government spending the attacking weapons of Rozee and Horne-Francs were completely outgunned. By the end of the first term the game was effectively over, goals to Sweet and Rioli kept the margin to 21 points but the damning numbers around the ball meant the contest wasn’t one at all. 17-6 clearances gave the home side a 21-9 inside 50 advantage and some howlers in defence from Jones (3 in 5 minutes), Finlayson and Evans had their heads down adding to being under the pump.

Ports stand out for the night, Travis Boak who equalled the clubs game record of Russell Ebert on 392 games on the night opened the second term with the first major but that was it, from here on it was only a matter of time before the oddly subdued home crowd burst into chorus and the stadium filled with that horrid sound. Clearances started to even up as Rozee got moving but the ball lived in Ports back half, so much so that they registered 31 uncontested marks in the back half alone in the first half. What does that tell you? It tells you there was no run and gun, there was (here we go again) no effort from the midfield to offer avenues out of defence or from the forwards to create a contest and bring the ball to ground. Old habits die hard and the long down the line bail out kick to Charlie Dixon who isn’t there anymore filtered back in and the likes of Maynard, Moore and McInnes took control of the air and like we needed to have it demonstrated to us how good Dan Houston is he controlled the half back line for his new club just as he did his old. Strong in the air, brilliant with ball in hand. Gut churning stuff.

The run of 10 goals either side of half time was built from the pressure, dare I say effort, the Collingwood side showed. 12 tackles to 4 in this time and 7-0 inside 50. Port were defenceless to the attack and nobody, bar Boak and to an extent Wines, were willing to show the effort required to turn that around. With the margin beyond 10 goals at ¾ time there was only one way this was headed and that was a mauling. Spectators outside the fence were as active as some of the spectators inside the fence who simply watched on in the last term and if not for the heat in the air and the heat coming out of Collingwood late the 91 point thrashing, the largest of Ken Hinkleys coaching tenure, could well have been far more.

I mentioned jumping to conclusions too early and I won’t fall victim to that here and now, those who wrote Collingwood off 7 days ago won’t admit to it but they’d be wiping the scrambled off their faces this morning. In turn I’ll wait to see how this group responds on Saturday afternoon but given the off field happenings at Alberton in summer any loss will compound the “When?” and everyone has the right to ask that question. You get what you deserve?

Boon’s best – Boak, Wines, Rozee, Sweet

I was too scared to ask for it….. but here it is

[Brodlach]

If we don’t be wankers and ask for it within 5 minutes of the game ending it might appear weekly

[Booney]

If we don’t be wankers and ask for it within 5 minutes of the game ending it might appear weekly

Now there's a challenge.

[mots02]

If we don’t be wankers and ask for it within 5 minutes of the game ending it might appear weekly

Removing our wankerdness doesn’t leave us with much left to contribute though

[Brodlach]

If we don’t be wankers and ask for it within 5 minutes of the game ending it might appear weekly

Now there's a challenge.

Speak for yourself

[Brodlach]

If we don’t be wankers and ask for it within 5 minutes of the game ending it might appear weekly

Removing our wankerdness doesn’t leave us with much left to contribute though

True

[dedja]

If we don’t be wankers and ask for it within 5 minutes of the game ending it might appear weekly

Removing our wankerdness doesn’t leave us with much left to contribute though

True