Another Thursday night game, at Adelaide Oval at 19:30.
I doubt I'll get home in time to see the beginning.
This is going to be ugly, unless we can really turn things around.
Every chance we will - just see which soft-cocks get selected.
3 weeks ago many on here ticked this game off as a win. they are another team that have had a crap year but at home i trust them more than us to rise for this game and perform.
our fans and the club internally have the ‘injury excuses’ locked and loaded and our organisation will use it turn up our toes and lose against an average team.
if we were a serious football club we would go there and crush them. Sadly it wont happen.
We'll win.
Just to add more confusion to the state we're in.
Part of me wants any 'statistical' possibility of finals to be done and dusted so we can get to the serious business of some hard decsion making, and seeing some kids get a run with an eye to the future.
We are broken now. Will struggle to win another game.
Yep, if its not this game, it will be another game we are more likely to lose, but somehow manage a win.
Just when you think you've got this team worked out, they throw a curveball at you and suck you back in.
Port are flakey, have injuries and are struggling with the Kenny vs Carr coaching fiasco, I think we are good chance if we pick the right team and Ports injuries dont come up ok and players like the Hornet, Wines, Alir etc are still missing.
If it was at Marvel or the MCG I would be very confident but being a home game for Port makes it a bit more difficult because we have a horrible interstate record, still Im backing us to rebound and while finals are probably off the table there will be few players needing to impress. Id be adding some younger players and doing a better job with our matchups too, Cincotta has to play on Butters or Rozee.....was wasted on Caleb Daniel who got plenty of the ball but isnt a Nth prime mover or major threat imo and its these odd moves that can feck up your team when things are tough.
Indeed. We need to stop either Butters or Rozee and Cincotta should have the job.
One of our tactical errors was not playing through Cincotta, as Caleb Daniel is loose. Make him man up and they lose their drive from defence.
Cincotta is a better player when he is shadowing a guy who can play mid.
Our forward line: I would be playing through Aliir's opponent as much as possible, assuming we can hit a target. Aliir zones off well, but is loose, especially to a leading forward.
Billy Wilson has to get a game soon...before he goes off the boil ::)
We cant beat the Adelaide teams at The AO nor can we beat an egg at the moment. Port may be flakey and rubbish but we are flakier and more rubbish so I give us no chance.
60 point loss coming up.
Port beat the Giants in Canberra a few weeks ago.
We haven't beaten a decent team all year apart from the Cats who were napping at the time (pardon the pun).
Can't see us winning this, but then again who would know with this group ?
It's one we can win out of contrite for last week's embarrassment.
Normal service them resumes the week after and get pumped. That after we lead at half time, where we sit on top of the ladder at 11-3 and 130%. Really shows how our 2nd halfs suck. Bash and crash for 45 min, exhaust ourselves, then watch sides who can run and transition, something our game plan hasn't kept up with, and just run all over us.
We keep beating Geelong for some reason. Even managed to play 4 qtrs.
Can we put in a request to play Geel, NM, Ess and West Cost 6 times each next year?
We actually thumped Port last year in Adelaide. The days our when last qtrs were very powerful.
Pity they returned the favour in Melbourne. We have one mighty 8 goal qtr, the rest crap and got run over. More familiar for us....lol.
If we get a response and win this game I think it's a sugar hit type fake.
I guess need to start from somewhere...
Some are saying the club doesn't need to make irrational and big decisions in the offseason and will be measured and methodical.
They said that last time and hired an assistant coach that was sacked from his previous senior coaching gig.