Port Adelaide 2018

[LMA]

Lucky for him Collective Minds reared its head and was forgotten about

[Booney]

Hearing SPP has asked if he can be traded home

Later curfew?

Do find it interesting that the club told the media ahead of the cutoff that he would be dropped. That would not sit well.

Not without precedence, Hinkley has advised of selection changes in his Thursday presser several times this year.

[Booney]

Out - Bonner Hombsch Powell Pepper

In - S Gray Howard Johnson

SPP rested I assume and not dropped?
I understand you can’t play Jonas, Clurey, Howard and Hombsch all down back but I’d be keeping Hombsch in the side somehow.

Kenny certainly puts a lot of faith in Clurey, Hombsch will be out of there at the end of year you would think.

I'd imagine I watch Port closer than your good self, maybe not, but Clurey is well ahead of Hombsch right now. Well ahead.

Our best backline this year has been Howard, Jonas and Clurey as the talls.

[JK]

Out - Bonner Hombsch Powell Pepper

In - S Gray Howard Johnson

SPP rested I assume and not dropped?
I understand you can’t play Jonas, Clurey, Howard and Hombsch all down back but I’d be keeping Hombsch in the side somehow.

Kenny certainly puts a lot of faith in Clurey, Hombsch will be out of there at the end of year you would think.

I'd imagine I watch Port closer than your good self, maybe not, but Clurey is well ahead of Hombsch right now. Well ahead.


I have been (and still am) a big Hombsch fan, but reckon you're spot on mate. Clurey always looked a player to me, and he's been pretty good this year and I expect, will only keep getting better.

[MW]

Thought more would be made of Dusty being dropped...

[Lightning McQueen]

Out - Bonner Hombsch Powell Pepper

In - S Gray Howard Johnson

SPP rested I assume and not dropped?
I understand you can’t play Jonas, Clurey, Howard and Hombsch all down back but I’d be keeping Hombsch in the side somehow.

Hombsch is the new Lobbe.

[Booney]

Out - Bonner Hombsch Powell Pepper

In - S Gray Howard Johnson

SPP rested I assume and not dropped?
I understand you can’t play Jonas, Clurey, Howard and Hombsch all down back but I’d be keeping Hombsch in the side somehow.

Dropped, been ordinary the last two weeks.

Hombsch was nearly Adelaide's best last week and he's looking slow compared to our other 3 talls, Clurey well ahead of him in the big bodied defender role.

[Dutchy]

I must admit I thought Jenkins was pretty good last week (and Im not his no. 1 fan).

[JK]

I must admit I thought Jenkins was pretty good last week (and Im not his no. 1 fan).

That will shock a few on here

[bennymacca]

As I’ve been saying

Jenkins > Dixon

[Dutchy]

As I’ve been saying

Jenkins > Dixon

I wouldn't go that far....

[stan]

As I’ve been saying

Jenkins > Dixon

I wouldn't go that far....

I would. Jenkins has been ok. Dixon has been garbage.

[amber_fluid]

Out - Bonner Hombsch Powell Pepper

In - S Gray Howard Johnson

SPP rested I assume and not dropped?
I understand you can’t play Jonas, Clurey, Howard and Hombsch all down back but I’d be keeping Hombsch in the side somehow.

Dropped, been ordinary the last two weeks.

Hombsch was nearly Adelaide's best last week and he's looking slow compared to our other 3 talls, Clurey well ahead of him in the big bodied defender role.

Hombsch should never have stood Jenkins in the first place.
Clurey should have gone to Jenkins and Jonas to Tex IMO or vice versa.
Leaving Hombsch as the 3rd defender to help both when needed.

We’ll have Hombsch and SPP at Carlton and you can have Lobbe and O’Shea back.

[Wedgie]

Interested in Port fans opinion on whats going on with Sam Powell-Pepper, earlier in the year I was thinking how he'd be one of the first footballers I'd select for my side if possible.

[Corona Man]

Not a port fan but I’d have SPP in my team every day of the week.

[tigerpie]

Not a port fan but I’d have SPP in my team every day of the week.

Same!

He just looks cooked physically and mentally.
He may want out and the pressures got to him.
Even at 70% he's a great player.

[carey]

Interested in Port fans opinion on whats going on with Sam Powell-Pepper, earlier in the year I was thinking how he'd be one of the first footballers I'd select for my side if possible.

His for the last 2 weeks have been horrible. Something like 11 and 12 touches the last 2 weeks.

Went head to head with Crouch in the last 1/4 of the showdown and got absolutely towled! Crouch had something like 13 last quarter kicks.

I rate SPP but he is a kid and looks burnt out for mine, with the game style he plays a week off will do him no harm.

[David Brent]

Not a port fan but I’d have SPP in my team every day of the week.

Same!

He just looks cooked physically and mentally.
He may want out and the pressures got to him.
Even at 70% he's a great player.

Not for me, think Port will be better off without him. Most sides can afford one “bull” with not great skills, Wines is that guy at Port for now.

I know SPP is only a second year player & he may well prove me wrong but I see him getting to the level of say an Armitage type. Think he’s been over hyped a little early in his career.

[tigerpie]

Not a port fan but I’d have SPP in my team every day of the week.

Same!

He just looks cooked physically and mentally.
He may want out and the pressures got to him.
Even at 70% he's a great player.

Not for me, think Port will be better off without him. Most sides can afford one “bull” with not great skills, Wines is that guy at Port for now.

I know SPP is only a second year player & he may well prove me wrong but I see him getting to the level of say an Armitage type. Think he’s been over hyped a little early in his career.

He's a 50:50 ball winner. Skills are OK. Every side needs a him.
Probably suffering 2nd year blues.

[Ruben Carter]

He needs 1-2 Weeks for rest/recovery. He'll be back for finals.