Port v South Rd 6 Match Review

[JK]

Port played on the night of Anzac Day, so only had an extra days rest than South .. Whether it was a factor I can't comment, just pointing out the discrepancy between breaks wasn't as large as mentioned.

[HeartBeatsTrue]

Well done Port.South back to old ways not putting in for 4 quarters. After half time didnt really want the ball and Port did. Rollercoaster this year. Hopefully back on next week against West. I think it was really evident that the boys didnt have the legs coz of the 5 day break. Whoever came up with Port v South
on Saturday against Power/Crows and giving South just 5 days to recover with Port 8 days needs to have a look at themselves. Not good enough and probably cost South 2 points and Magpies thousands in lost revenue due to low crowd. Would have been over 4000 if played on Sunday which should have been. Back to the training track for South. Dont want to pick on any players but a lot are not consistent. Very good one week, ordinary the next.

A few points on your gripe on the scheduling of this match.

Port had 6 days not 8 and played at night

South would have seen the draft fixture and didnt say anything then. They didnt have to host eagles on a Monday either.

Which match should have been scheduled on Sat afternoon? A question those who have complained hasnt answered yet.

I reckon the SANFL should have asked the ABC to televise the Nwd v St match and replayed it on Sat afternoon, and scheduling PA v SA on Sun afternoon.

[Big Phil]

Well done Port.South back to old ways not putting in for 4 quarters. After half time didnt really want the ball and Port did. Rollercoaster this year. Hopefully back on next week against West. I think it was really evident that the boys didnt have the legs coz of the 5 day break. Whoever came up with Port v South
on Saturday against Power/Crows and giving South just 5 days to recover with Port 8 days needs to have a look at themselves. Not good enough and probably cost South 2 points and Magpies thousands in lost revenue due to low crowd. Would have been over 4000 if played on Sunday which should have been. Back to the training track for South. Dont want to pick on any players but a lot are not consistent. Very good one week, ordinary the next.

A few points on your gripe on the scheduling of this match.

Port had 6 days not 8 and played at night

South would have seen the draft fixture and didnt say anything then. They didnt have to host eagles on a Monday either.

Which match should have been scheduled on Sat afternoon? A question those who have complained hasnt answered yet.

I reckon the SANFL should have asked the ABC to televise the Nwd v St match and replayed it on Sat afternoon, and scheduling PA v SA on Sun afternoon.

I would have though the more logical choice would be to have played North v Central on the Saturday and the Port v South game on the Sunday. Speaking to Maggies CEO Greg Edwards pre-game at Alberton, he agreed that that would have been the common sense option ?

Back to the game at hand, must say I was very impressed with young Terry Milera from the Magpies, is he from Port Lincoln ?

[HeartBeatsTrue]

I would have though the more logical choice would be to have played North v Central on the Saturday and the Port v South game on the Sunday. Speaking to Maggies CEO Greg Edwards pre-game at Alberton, he agreed that that would have been the common sense option ?

Well Port aren't holding much of a grudge against North are they?

Common sense? Why? Why should North suffer and get a crowd of 1500 instead? Coz they earn more and they can handle the loss of revenue?

Every club hosts matches in direct competition with Crows home games. It was Port's turn.

The SANFL do enough by scheduling Magpie games away from Power home games.

[Big Phil]

I would have though the more logical choice would be to have played North v Central on the Saturday and the Port v South game on the Sunday. Speaking to Maggies CEO Greg Edwards pre-game at Alberton, he agreed that that would have been the common sense option ?

Well Port aren't holding much of a grudge against North are they?

Common sense? Why? Why should North suffer and get a crowd of 1500 instead? Coz they earn more and they can handle the loss of revenue?

Every club hosts matches in direct competition with Crows home games. It was Port's turn.

The SANFL do enough by scheduling Magpie games away from Power home games.

Do you know for a fact that North would have got a crowd of 1500, I'd say there would have been 1500 Doggies supporters there alone, regardless of what day it was played, surely North would have 1000 loyal fans that go to the SANFL over the AwFuL?

[HeartBeatsTrue]

I would have though the more logical choice would be to have played North v Central on the Saturday and the Port v South game on the Sunday. Speaking to Maggies CEO Greg Edwards pre-game at Alberton, he agreed that that would have been the common sense option ?

Well Port aren't holding much of a grudge against North are they?

Common sense? Why? Why should North suffer and get a crowd of 1500 instead? Coz they earn more and they can handle the loss of revenue?

Every club hosts matches in direct competition with Crows home games. It was Port's turn.

The SANFL do enough by scheduling Magpie games away from Power home games.

Do you know for a fact that North would have got a crowd of 1500, I'd say there would have been 1500 Doggies supporters there alone, regardless of what day it was played, surely North would have 1000 loyal fans that go to the SANFL over the AwFuL?

Sorry Phil, but disagree here. How many of the 1500 dogs fans went to the Showdown? How many North fans went to the showdown? Much more than Magpie supporters as after all it was a Crows HOME match. If it was a Power home game then yes I would agree, but it wasnt.

For the Magpies CEO to even suggest North (or any other club) should have hosted the game on Sat arvo reeks of dummy spitting. Regardless of what financial positions clubs are in, we should all play on a level playing field both on and off the park.

In saying that I would like to point out that I reckon no SANFL match should be scheduled directly against a match at AAMI. Either that or the SANFL to grow some and tell the AFL not to schedule Sat arvo at AAMI at all, which was the case in the 90s.

Anyway enough of this.. It was perfect scheduling by the SANFL considering the circumstances.

[topsywaldron]

I'd say there would have been 1500 Doggies supporters there alone

Everyone knows Doggies supporters don't travel in numbers BP.

For all of their success their crowds aren't ever anything to write home about.

[topsywaldron]

I reckon the SANFL should have asked the ABC to televise the Nwd v St match and replayed it on Sat afternoon, and scheduling PA v SA on Sun afternoon.

Hopefully the ABC is exploring this option at some stage later this year. After all Norwood do now have 'broadcast quality' lights.

[whufc]

I'd say there would have been 1500 Doggies supporters there alone

Everyone knows Doggies supporters don't travel in numbers BP.

For all of their success their crowds aren't ever anything to write home about.

Ask the North supporters who were at the game yesterday, there was a fair portion of Dogs supporters there,

[Lynwood]

Other clubs have had to have games live against a crows or Power home game. The issue that has to be raised is with the agreement with the ABC. The sanfl needs to be sure to add something into it where games can not go against an AFL match at footy park. The idea of a replay of a friday night game is the way to go. It will also help promote night footy even more at the same time.

[HeartBeatsTrue]

Other clubs have had to have games live against a crows or Power home game. The issue that has to be raised is with the agreement with the ABC. The sanfl needs to be sure to add something into it where games can not go against an AFL match at footy park. The idea of a replay of a friday night game is the way to go. It will also help promote night footy even more at the same time.

Exactly. I cant see why replaying a Friday night game on Sat afternoon cant happen. I'm certain its happened before where the game at Norwood on Fri night was the televised game. Anyway thats digressing from the match itself. (sort of)

[topsywaldron]

I'm certain its happened before where the game at Norwood on Fri night was the televised game

Almost certain it was an Adelaide Oval match versus Port HBT.

[on the rails]

Having spoken to alot of North and Centrals people - we would have still got around the same crowd on a Saturday as we got on the Sunday maybe 500 less. I would have preferred Saturday regardless of the showdown as I hate Sunday football and I think North perform with a better mindset on Saturdays! At least I could have got hammered to lessen the pain of having to watch another soft insipid Roosters performance and had Sunday to recover!

To be honest the crowd figures between North and Centrals in recent years hasn't been that good - especially at Prospect. North seem to average the same amount of supporters but other than Port, Sturt and Norwood - the other clubs really struggle to get numbers to their away games at Prospect. Centrals you would think would draw well at Prospect, considering it is the closest away ground to Elizabeth plus the Dogs 9 out of 10 times belt us at home.