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Arm across wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:

Password Please wrote:Sporting Pulse = GARBAGE.
Sort it out please you fools.
PISS POOR.

Agree.
How hard can it be.

How about an app FFS!?!?

There is an app. Gameday

Mr Beefy wrote:

Arm across wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:

Password Please wrote:Sporting Pulse = GARBAGE.
Sort it out please you fools.
PISS POOR.

Agree.
How hard can it be.

How about an app FFS!?!?

There is an app. Gameday

Well FMD.

Dols wrote:What’s the rules these days? 3 forfeits and then removed from competition?


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If Portland forfeit then opposition only get a 60 point win? This will have to put gather opponents percentage at a fairly big disadvantage considering other sides are winning by 200. It may not come into play at seasons end but percentage could play a role and cost sides ladder positions, leading goal kicker or medal by not being able to play.

pureclass wrote:

Dols wrote:What’s the rules these days? 3 forfeits and then removed from competition?


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If Portland forfeit then opposition only get a 60 point win? This will have to put gather opponents percentage at a fairly big disadvantage considering other sides are winning by 200. It may not come into play at seasons end but percentage could play a role and cost sides ladder positions, leading goal kicker or medal by not being able to play.

would the scores for the games played then get adjusted at all?

Adelaide Footy League club Portland Thunder vows to keep fighting amid on-field struggles

It’s been beaten by an average of 32 goals this season and forfeited its reserves last round – but this Adelaide Footy Club is “trying its guts out” fighting for its future.

An Adelaide Footy League team facing a serious battle against low player numbers and huge losing margins has vowed to keep fighting for its future.

Portland Football Club has been beaten by an average of 32 goals per game in its A grade division three matches so far this season and on Saturday was forced forfeit its B grade match.

It comes after the Thunder elected to sit out last year after failing to retain enough players to put two senior sides on the field following the COVID-19 shutdown.

President Ron Chapman, who took on the role this year, said Portland and its people were “fighting like hell” for the future of the club.

“We’re trying our guts out,” Chapman said.

“After last year it was always going to be difficult but we’re lucky enough to have some loyal players.

“We haven’t gone out and opened the purse to chuck money at players, that’s for sure.

“And It’s taken some very good work from our football director Ashley Cranwell to secure the services of our coach Craig Smith, who also played for Riverside and Ethelton in his day.”

It was just six years ago the Thunder were competing in the highest level of the Adelaide Footy League, division one, following a second tier flag in 2013.

Portland, which was formed in 1997 from a merger of the Alberton United, Ethelton and Riverside football clubs, has been on a steady decline since.

It has been more than 600 days since its last A grade win, with heavy defeats to Flinders Park (219 points), Gaza (193 points) and Golden Grove (171 points) in the opening three rounds.

However, they were tough early season fixtures as the Reds and Kookaburras were last season’s grand finalist and Gaza has shown it should play finals.

Chapman said the club could have approached the league to drop down to another division but chose not to.

“It’s hard enough to get there (division three) … we knew this would be a tough year and a year we have to consolidate,” he said.

“The philosophy we have is we’ll be stronger and more competitive in the second half of the season because the players will be fitter and match-hardened.”

Life member Peter Wareing, who also serves on the committee, said the club’s battle for both senior and junior players partly related to its location in Port Adelaide.

The Thunder are based nearby several large western suburbs clubs, including Port District, North Haven, SMOSH West Lakes and Rosewater.

“We have an area issue where the demographic of our area is mainly industrial and commercial,” Wareing said.

“The people who do live there are generally older than me – and I’m a fossil.

“It’s difficult to get the kids that walk around after school who live around the corner.”

Wareing said the club had reasonable senior numbers in pre-season but had 16 injured players unavailable for last Saturday’s matches and fell short by a few players, forcing the B grade forfeit.

“We’re hoping like hell to get things back on and fill that team,” he said.

Wareing and Chapman called on anyone involved with the club past or present to come and help out, with restarting the junior program a big focus.

The Thunder travel away to tackle Modbury in their next match this Saturday.

tips for round 4

Flinders Park
Gaza
Golden Grove
Modbury
Towns

So Portland slaughtered again. Played 17 in the reserves and 20 in their A’s. Big big trouble.


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Dols wrote:So Portland slaughtered again. Played 17 in the reserves and 20 in their A’s. Big big trouble.


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Stating the obvious really.
Hopefully they keep hanging on and fight their way out.

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Dols wrote:So Portland slaughtered again. Played 17 in the reserves and 20 in their A’s. Big big trouble.


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Stating the obvious really.
Hopefully they keep hanging on and fight their way out.

We had some of the Portland Committee in our club rooms at half time for a chat on Saturday and they are very much determined to keep fighting. Really good people who are doing all they can to survive and also keen to hear what others have done to bounce back from the harder years. They seem to be taking some really good steps in the right direction off field and this was evident by their travelling support.

Despite the enormous margins, a lot of their ressies players still hung around and watched their A Grade and supported our canteen and BBQ.

I believe they had a handful of their more experienced senior players missing through injury on Saturday and have played a lot of last years finalists (or potential finalists) so far. I'd expect them to be much more competitive when they get a few back and come up against some of the teams that finished lower on the ladder last season.

Should Portland have started the year in div 4 or 5, not Div 3?

Went and watched a few ex Salisbury boys at Golden Grove on the weekend.
North Haven really struggled in the lower grades and in the B and C grade games copped massive losses.
Always thought Jack Banwell was the better of the two Banwell brothers so was surprised to see him playing in the early game. The ball didn’t go down the back line much so it will be hard for Jack to push for A grade selection unless there is injuries. Golden Grove must be going alright to have Valor Thach running around in the B’s, he dominated in the middle.
Glad the A grade game was a good contest. Was worried the big losses would continue for North Haven but they were evenly matched sides in the A’s. North Haven lead throughout and it was only a few points in it all game and really close. Golden Grove finished strong and ran over the top of North Haven in the last and were way too fit. Rowe just keeps on keeping on for North Haven and was very good for them. North Haven just seemed to run out of steam but they can definitely mix it with the premiers. Luke Barmby still not playing and seemed to be doing a lot of the coaching on the sideline. Be a very handy inclusion for them once he’s back. Huge game against local rivals Modbury this week. Have to be the match of the round

Pretty good summary there, can’t argue with any of that

pureclass wrote:Went and watched a few ex Salisbury boys at Golden Grove on the weekend.
North Haven really struggled in the lower grades and in the B and C grade games copped massive losses.
Always thought Jack Banwell was the better of the two Banwell brothers so was surprised to see him playing in the early game. The ball didn’t go down the back line much so it will be hard for Jack to push for A grade selection unless there is injuries. Golden Grove must be going alright to have Valor Thach running around in the B’s, he dominated in the middle.
Glad the A grade game was a good contest. Was worried the big losses would continue for North Haven but they were evenly matched sides in the A’s. North Haven lead throughout and it was only a few points in it all game and really close. Golden Grove finished strong and ran over the top of North Haven in the last and were way too fit. Rowe just keeps on keeping on for North Haven and was very good for them. North Haven just seemed to run out of steam but they can definitely mix it with the premiers. Luke Barmby still not playing and seemed to be doing a lot of the coaching on the sideline. Be a very handy inclusion for them once he’s back. Huge game against local rivals Modbury this week. Have to be the match of the round

Didn’t come and say hi mate?

A grade game was definitely a good contest, margin flattered GG by the final siren. A bit too much class in the end but Havens didn’t deserve to lose by what they did. Feel like Havens didn’t have a genuine winner up forward with McInerney having to kick four from the midfield (easily Havens best I thought) to keep them in the game til late, but that told eventually. Some quality sitting on the sidelines for both teams from what I could see (Barmby, Morris, Pederson, Cocchiaro, Haythorpe).

pureclass wrote:Went and watched a few ex Salisbury boys at Golden Grove on the weekend.
North Haven really struggled in the lower grades and in the B and C grade games copped massive losses.
Always thought Jack Banwell was the better of the two Banwell brothers so was surprised to see him playing in the early game. The ball didn’t go down the back line much so it will be hard for Jack to push for A grade selection unless there is injuries. Golden Grove must be going alright to have Valor Thach running around in the B’s, he dominated in the middle.
Glad the A grade game was a good contest. Was worried the big losses would continue for North Haven but they were evenly matched sides in the A’s. North Haven lead throughout and it was only a few points in it all game and really close. Golden Grove finished strong and ran over the top of North Haven in the last and were way too fit. Rowe just keeps on keeping on for North Haven and was very good for them. North Haven just seemed to run out of steam but they can definitely mix it with the premiers. Luke Barmby still not playing and seemed to be doing a lot of the coaching on the sideline. Be a very handy inclusion for them once he’s back. Huge game against local rivals Modbury this week. Have to be the match of the round

Thachy's wardrobe would resemble a rainbow, cracking lad though.

Gaza score super surprising?! Beat wos by 20 goals last week and lost to plympton this week!

Flinders park with a good inclusion. Dakota Nixon named from North Adelaide (reserves magarey medallist)

beef wrote:Flinders park with a good inclusion. Dakota Nixon named from North Adelaide (reserves magarey medallist)

I wonder why he has left the Roosters for then

beef wrote:Flinders park with a good inclusion. Dakota Nixon named from North Adelaide (reserves magarey medallist)

Good luck to Dakota Nixon. Awesome pick up by Flinders Park. Will destroy this division. Is also a very good bloke and very humble. Wouldn't be surprised if he polls well at the end of the season even coming into the season late.

beef wrote:Flinders park with a good inclusion. Dakota Nixon named from North Adelaide (reserves magarey medallist)

Is he a Flinders Park junior?

Bluedemon wrote:

beef wrote:Flinders park with a good inclusion. Dakota Nixon named from North Adelaide (reserves magarey medallist)

Is he a Flinders Park junior?

No. FP played with just the 3 points on the park last week and those 3 points were Nixon.