Port v Bulldogs Round 10

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Port v Bulldogs Round 10

Postby Booney » Thu May 30, 2013 2:18 pm

Port head to Darwin for a must win match against the lowly Bulldogs who last weekend mustered up enough emotion to get over the line against a very poor St.Kilda. Lets face it, St.Kilda are one of those teams that can surprise ( like the win over Carlton ) but in all reality are a team finishing 10-12th. Not too far above the Bulldogs, so it wasn't THAT much of an upset.

The Bulldogs do boast one of the competitions in form big men with Will Minson and I hope Lobbe is fit to come back this week to support Redden in the ruck in hot, humid Darwin.

Port are on the back of a 4 game losing streak and at 5-4 with the bye to follow and then GWS simply must win this one to keep any finals aspirations alive. The 4 weeks after that includes Collingwood, Sydney, Essendon and Hawthorn so the next two are critical.

Butcher ( for those who were at the ground last week ) was not Ports worst player. Sure he missed some sitters, dropped a sitter in front of goal but his work rate was good and better kicking and take a grab would have seen him kick 3-4. Instead he has two OOF and no score involvement but I for one am willing to be patient with him to build a forward half of Sculz, Westhoff, Butcher, Wingard ( who has simply been sensational this year and along with Boak would be leading our BnF at the moment ) Monfries, Neade ( when back, after the bye I would think ) and midfielders rotating through.

On the midfielders, Ebert and Harlett need to lift their output. Hamish has been judged harshly over the last 3 weeks, rightly so, but this ( I think ) will be the first time he has put together 10-12 weeks of AFL football back-to-back and as much as anyone I think he would be looking forward to the bye. Ebert has been playing more of an outside role with Ollie Wines ( more on him ) taking the inside roles with Boak and Gray.

I think Wines is looking for the break too ( overwhelming how many of our blokes look tired, but the NAB Cup was good to us and so were the first 5 weeks of season proper, they have been "up" for about 12 weeks now ) and will enjoy the fortnight off.

Gray and Wingard kept Port from being stung by a big margin last week against Geelong and I think the form the two of them are in, along with Boak will help Port win the midfield battle.

Schulz has been getting further up the ground in recent weeks looking for the ball, I hope the mids give him enough supply this week to keep him inside the forward 50.

Port have more to lose in this one. Port 28 points.
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Re: Port v Bulldogs Round 10

Postby RustyCage » Thu May 30, 2013 4:23 pm

Great write up Booney.

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Re: Port v Bulldogs Round 10

Postby valleys07 » Thu May 30, 2013 8:38 pm

Hitchcock, Hombsch and Neade in, Thomas, Moore and Colquhoun omitted.
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Re: Port v Bulldogs Round 10

Postby carey » Fri May 31, 2013 9:56 am

valleys07 wrote:Hitchcock, Hombsch and Neade in, Thomas, Moore and Colquhoun omitted.


Why do we bother with this spud. :twisted:

Can Hitchcock and Neade play in the same line up? I'm guessing 'Spudcock' might be the sub
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Re: Port v Bulldogs Round 10

Postby kickinit » Sat Jun 01, 2013 12:21 pm

carey wrote:
valleys07 wrote:Hitchcock, Hombsch and Neade in, Thomas, Moore and Colquhoun omitted.


Why do we bother with this spud. :twisted:

Can Hitchcock and Neade play in the same line up? I'm guessing 'Spudcock' might be the sub


I was thinking the same thing carey, but we do need to give him a shot under ken. A lot of players have changed the way they play under ken, so it's only fair to see what he's got. I don't think he will do much and this will more then likely be his last game for the power.
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Re: Port v Bulldogs Round 10

Postby RustyCage » Sun Jun 02, 2013 3:06 pm

Flogged in the ruck and midfield again.
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Re: Port v Bulldogs Round 10

Postby Hazbeen » Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:37 pm

pafc1870 wrote:Flogged in the ruck and midfield again.


Redden hurt, back to Lobbe or is Renouf fit?
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Re: Port v Bulldogs Round 10

Postby kickinit » Mon Jun 03, 2013 12:02 am

Hazbeen wrote:
pafc1870 wrote:Flogged in the ruck and midfield again.


Redden hurt, back to Lobbe or is Renouf fit?


hopefully after the bye both will be fit to play, sounds like redden is out for the year
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Re: Port v Bulldogs Round 10

Postby Trader » Mon Jun 03, 2013 1:09 pm

Huge pressure on our Rd 12 fixture against the Giants now.

Having dropped the last 5, if we can't get over the Giants (often see sides returning from the bye a little off), we could perceivably go 14 straight without a win...

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Re: Port v Bulldogs Round 10

Postby NO-MERCY » Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:05 pm

If they can't beat GWS then i can't see them winning another game.
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