Port Adelaide 2015 / 2016 Discussion

[PowerBug]

out of all those, Lobbe's probably makes the most sense :P If an umpire's technique is slightly off it could favour a direction :P

They're all still silly :P



Although we have lots of rebounding defender, nice to see Travis Cloke add to our defensive stocks for the week ;) Is Cloke any more than a rich man's John Butcher? He will probably come out and 'tear us apart' ;) now that I've said that :(

[T Dog]

out of all those, Lobbe's probably makes the most sense :P If an umpire's technique is slightly off it could favour a direction :P

They're all still silly :P



Although we have lots of rebounding defender, nice to see Travis Cloke add to our defensive stocks for the week ;) Is Cloke any more than a rich man's John Butcher? He will probably come out and 'tear us apart' ;) now that I've said that :(

Yep  ;D

[powersuperkents]

Collingwood should trial Cloke at fullback  :P

It's worked well for Jesse White and Cloke's defensive contributions are more significant than the fullbacks he's matched up against hahaha

[PowerBug]

Well, that was a very nice win and well worth the trip to Melbourne to see it :)

Team defence the focus yet again. Even more undersized than usual with Stewart, O'Shea playing lockdown roles on Cox and White with Austin on Cloke, the way we constantly got that 3rd man back to help out was great. Also great that the Pies decided to do nothing about it! :D small forwards were awesome, being beaten in the ruck is still a worry moving forward but I think it's been working so far.

Up against a similar but better performing team in the Doggies at home, hopefully we can go 7-5 :)

[powersuperkents]

Well, that was a very nice win and well worth the trip to Melbourne to see it :)

Team defence the focus yet again. Even more undersized than usual with Stewart, O'Shea playing lockdown roles on Cox and White with Austin on Cloke, the way we constantly got that 3rd man back to help out was great. Also great that the Pies decided to do nothing about it! :D small forwards were awesome, being beaten in the ruck is still a worry moving forward but I think it's been working so far.

Up against a similar but better performing team in the Doggies at home, hopefully we can go 7-5 :)

I think being beaten in the ruck has caused Boak to recapture form

I loved Robbie Gray up forward and Dixon is really starting to show that he is worth the money

Logan Austin was fantastic on debut

[powersuperkents]

Port Adelaide.com.au asked me which debutant had impressed me the most this season and I was sad to rank it;

1. Charlie Dixon
2. DBJ
3. Dougal Howard
4. Logan Austin
5. Jimmy Toumpas

Jimmy T really needs to lift, I know he's young but he hasn't shown anything at the Demons or the Power. Hopefully it only takes a year or two to unlock his potential, or fellow supporters, like the rest of the comp., will begin to doubt whether there is any potential to unlock at AFL level.

In other news, Aaron Young confirms his contract extension  :)

Hopefully Monfries will provide some much needed depth when he returns because Young has easily pushed ahead of him in the HFF role

[PowerBug]

So Polec dropped, I wonder who comes in?

[PowerBug]

Amon in :-\ Colquhoun wil be the travelling emergency he's not named in the SANFL side. Toumpas and Ah Chee the other two emergencies named for the Magpies.

Jay Schulz also named for the Magpies :D

[Atto]

Jay Schulz also named for the Magpies :D

I'm rapt about this! Schulz and Dixon in the same forward line (hopefully round 15 we'll see the first of it) will take some effort to stop!

[PowerBug]

You can just see that losing to Carlton is going to cost us a finals spot yet again ::)

Not expecting finals as we need to beat two of Crows/Swans (A)/Giants (H) to be a chance, then need North to lose three of their remaining games (They have Eagles, Dogs, Hawks and Giants all to come so it's possible, even Pies might trouble them this week) and we should jump them on % if we finish level.

Would be pretty hilarious if North dropped out the 8, but I think they will hold on.

[GM]

We are a good chance this week and against the fruit tingles.

[powersuperkents]

You can just see that losing to Carlton is going to cost us a finals spot yet again ::)

Not expecting finals as we need to beat two of Crows/Swans (A)/Giants (H) to be a chance, then need North to lose three of their remaining games (They have Eagles, Dogs, Hawks and Giants all to come so it's possible, even Pies might trouble them this week) and we should jump them on % if we finish level.

Would be pretty hilarious if North dropped out the 8, but I think they will hold on.

+1

Like losing to Carlton & Brisbane cost us last season

Losing to Carlton & Freo will cost us this season

It's a shame because the only thing keeping us out the 8 seems to be the team itself - you just cannot afford to be inconsistent in this comp (esp. with teams like the Eagles, Crows etc. who will always easily beat the teams they should beat - our boys just haven't been able to do that and throwing games has been a common theme over the last two seasons  :-\ )

[fanTCfool]

Does Lobbe resume #1 ruck position now? Surely not!

[PowerBug]

Does Lobbe resume #1 ruck position now? Surely not!

I hope not. Port Magpies are a chance of making the SANFL finals would surely be smart to make sure Lobbe plays there to get them into the SANFL finals (And thus qualifies for the finals) instead of coming into the AFL side and disrupting the structure like he did when he went down with injury. What we having with Trengove is working! It will also depend on whether Dixon plays, any news on that I missed the TV news tonight, is he fit? :-\

[nas]

Hearing Dixon will miss a week
all though
http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2016-07-18/injury-update-round-17