Sturt vs Port game review thread

[The Sleeping Giant]

I think it's time for a

[SANFLnut]

Is that the Glenelg team song from the weekend?

[smithy]

Is that the Glenelg team song from the weekend?

Now I'm trying to work out which one would be Stampy.

[ORDoubleBlues]

Was an ordinary performance but think it's far too early to be calling for Norman's head as I personally feel he's up against it at the moment with the amount of players lost since the 2009 grand final, a grand final we were said not to be able to make because of personnel losses from the previous year.

What I will say though - again - is there seems to be a real reluctance to kick long when under pressure and on Saturday I felt this was magnified due to the conditions and you get the impression the opposition coaches base their game plans around this reluctance.

[whufc]

Was an ordinary performance but think it's far too early to be calling for Norman's head as I personally feel he's up against it at the moment with the amount of players lost since the 2009 grand final, a grand final we were said not to be able to make because of personnel losses from the previous year.

What I will say though - again - is there seems to be a real reluctance to kick long when under pressure and on Saturday I felt this was magnified due to the conditions and you get the impression the opposition coaches base their game plans around this reluctance.

My knowledge of Sturt is pretty ordinary which players who were named against Port played in the 09 GF

would it be
-Thomson
-Plant
-Gum
-Crane
-Sheedy
-Cubillo
-McLeay
-Kurtze?
-Evans

[CUTTERMAN]

Your wording of that is a bit unclear but if I understand you properly, I reckon nearly all of those guys would've played bar Thomson who was still in Victoria.

[HOORAY PUNT]

Was an ordinary performance but think it's far too early to be calling for Norman's head as I personally feel he's up against it at the moment with the amount of players lost since the 2009 grand final, a grand final we were said not to be able to make because of personnel losses from the previous year.

What I will say though - again - is there seems to be a real reluctance to kick long when under pressure and on Saturday I felt this was magnified due to the conditions and you get the impression the opposition coaches base their game plans around this reluctance.

My knowledge of Sturt is pretty ordinary which players who were named against Port played in the 09 GF

would it be
-Thomson
-Plant
-Gum
-Crane
-Sheedy
-Cubillo
-McLeay
-Kurtze?
-Evans

No Thomson or Kurtze . Another strange move leaving out a ruckman and going with only Bowen.

[whufc]

Was an ordinary performance but think it's far too early to be calling for Norman's head as I personally feel he's up against it at the moment with the amount of players lost since the 2009 grand final, a grand final we were said not to be able to make because of personnel losses from the previous year.

What I will say though - again - is there seems to be a real reluctance to kick long when under pressure and on Saturday I felt this was magnified due to the conditions and you get the impression the opposition coaches base their game plans around this reluctance.

My knowledge of Sturt is pretty ordinary which players who were named against Port played in the 09 GF

would it be
-Thomson
-Plant
-Gum
-Crane
-Sheedy
-Cubillo
-McLeay
-Kurtze?
-Evans

No Thomson or Kurtze . Another strange move leaving out a ruckman and going with only Bowen.

Fair enough they were the two i really wasnt sure about. For comparison sake only Central had 8 players on the weekend who played in the 09 GF

[HOORAY PUNT]

Good comparison to be honest .But I suppose Sturt has lost more quality and in 1 year.

[whufc]

Good comparison to be honest .But I suppose Sturt has lost more quality and in 1 year.

yeah definatly!

cant really compare the situation as well as Central had two players Gunston and Henderson who they got through the mini draft.

[CUTTERMAN]

From memory we had huge injury doubts surrounding many of our talls. Chambers, Thurstans and I think Kurtze and Herring may have been under a cloud

[HOORAY PUNT]

Herrinng got dropped and Kurtze was dropped for the Prelim against Glenelg , just clear my throat ,so Norman thought it would work again with 1 ruckman. Good move as Cenntrals only had hacks as ruckman that year I think. McKenzie and Giles.

[mickey]

2009 Grand Final Team

F Trengove Chambers Evans
HF Herring Johncock Gum
C Bode Sheedy Bratton
HB Cubillo Coad Wark
B McGlone Thurstans McLeay
1R Bowen Nelson Crane
int (from): Kurtze, Fittock, Jaensch, Payne, Plant.

2011 vs Port Adelaide

F Thomson Duldig Miles
HF Crane Wundke Tambling
C Sheedy Evans Martin
HB Anderson McLeay Gum
B Pfeiffer Plant Hansen
1R Kurtze Cubillo Riley
int (from): Twopeny Greenslade McDonald Crocker Stephens

[Jimmy]

A lot of quality missing...disappointing

[mickey]

The good thing for Port is we get to play Sturt again before the end of the season

[Jimmy]

The good thing for Port is we get to play Sturt again before the end of the season

The bad thing is, I'll be there and I haven't seen a win since rd 2 2005. Albeit I have only seen about 5 games.

[therisingblues]

What's the relevance of this photo

That's a Port bloke in the SANFL state guernsey. Point is no matter how they are dressed, nor where they go, they'll still attract the cops.

[therisingblues]

The good thing for Port is we get to play Sturt again before the end of the season

The bad thing is, I'll be there and I haven't seen a win since rd 2 2005. Albeit I have only seen about 5 games.

Hell Jimmy, probably better if you stay home!
My record is I haven't seen a loss since 2000. But I have only been to 1 game in that time, which was West at Unley in the mid 2000s, the year where the only team we beat was West and everyone else pummeled us.

[Jimmy]

The good thing for Port is we get to play Sturt again before the end of the season

The bad thing is, I'll be there and I haven't seen a win since rd 2 2005. Albeit I have only seen about 5 games.

Hell Jimmy, probably better if you stay home!
My record is I haven't seen a loss since 2000. But I have only been to 1 game in that time, which was West at Unley in the mid 2000s, the year where the only team we beat was West and everyone else pummeled us.

That would be 2006. Shocking year, similar to this one.

It will also be the 2nd time watching them v port too. Crap.

[sturtpeter]

Fantastic performance by the Magpies.

We are going to be inconsistent given the huge changes which have been incurred. Keep heart Sturt fans. 2006 was more ordinary than now