Port V Eagles trial game today

[Mickyj]

Anyone's thought on todays game and the win by the Eagles.
I thought the eagles looked better than this time last year due to being fitter.
Cheep showed signs
Banner showed signs
Both Fiacchi boys in defence looked good (even giving up one goal)
A fit passador looked great kicking 6 goals 1

And Port Adelaide had a cast of thousands playing in both teams today
Sorry didnt write the score down

[cd]

Was a good first hit out for the boys.

Scores:
1. Eagles 2-3 Port 3-1
2. Eagles 6-5 Port 3-1
3. Eagles 10-6 Port 7-3
4. Eagles 11-9 Port 10-5

Goals: Passador 6, Cheep or Cica 1, Rimington 1, Symmons 1, Redden 1, McKenzie 1

Reserves also won.

For Magpie fans your 2 teams had very big benches thus lots of chances to change players and experiment a bit. We played 22 in each team so our boys had longer on field to show what they could do - I reckon both clubs/coaching panels were pleased with how the trial went for what they wanted to see/try out.

Get on board Eagles fans - those in attendance today saw a good effort by the boys - join up now - get your season tickets and get ready for the year.

[matt1]

The Eagles were pretty good I thought.

Cheep showed some good things and has some sh*t in him! Passador was brilliant with the chances he had.

Reckon the Eagles fans are happier than the Port fans.

[Big Phil]

Trial Game – Port v Eagles @ Alberton – Sat 28/2/09

After watching the Redlegs take care of Glenelg at Coopers Stadium last night, I headed down to Alberton Oval this afternoon to catch the action from the Port v Eagles trial game starting at 1pm. I was pretty impressed with what I saw from both sides in the end.

RESERVES FINAL SCORE:

EAGLES 7.3 = 45
PORT 6.6 = 42

I only managed to catch the last quarter of the reserves clash which was a bit of a low scoring affair. The Eagles managed to hold on for a 3 point win despite a desperate comeback by the Maggies late in the game. Former North Adelaide player Paul Campbell has transferred over to the Eagles and did a couple of nice things from what I saw of the game.

LEAGUE SCORES:

EAGLES 2.3 6.5 10.6 11.9 = 75
PORT 3.1 3.1 7.3 10.5 = 65

BETTER PLAYERS:

EAGLES: Passador, Broadbent, Cicolella, Mckenzie, Stewart, McGregor, P.Fiacchi
PORT: Dolling, Young, Murray, Clayton, Ah Chee, Mercer, Batson

Port Adelaide started the game with a number of their new recruits on display and got off to a great start with 2 quick goals to the impressive Jarrod Young. Jordan Barham started in the forward lines but was well held for the first 3 quarters by former Crow Ken McGregor before spending the rest of the game on the bench. Tim Ginevar was keen on seeing as many of his charges as possible giving 34 players an opportunity throughout the game while Ron Fuller only had the 22 players on display.

Power listed Matthew Lobbe started the game well both up forward and rucking around the ground, before a heavy collision with Power team mate Paul Stewart led to Lobbe being dazed and not knowing where he was. The home side controlled the first stages of the opening term before the Eagles took control in the latter stages. Justin Cicolella was winning plenty of the ball for Woodville West Torrens while new recruit Jay Cheep was showing he isn’t afraid of a hard contest, showing a bit of grunt.

The Eagles got off to a fast start in the 2nd term with Mark Passador proving to be a major focal point up forward kicking 3 quick goals, ending up with 4 first half majors and finishing with 6 for the game. Impressive Power draftee Matthew Broadbent was controlling the half back line for the visitors, providing plenty of run and drive while Tom Corbett was also handy both on the ball and off a half back flank. Matthew Lokan was moved onto Passador to try and quell his influence while the Eagles managed to keep the Magpies scoreless for the entire 2nd term whilst kicking 4 goals themselves.

The Magpies kicked off the 2nd half with an early goal to veteran Clive Waterhouse but the Eagles answered straight back with 2 of their own, through Cicolella and Passador. Another Power listed player in Paul Stewart was a solid contributor across half back and through the midfield while impressive Port youngster Brad Mercer popped up with 2 goals in the 3rd term throughout a 10 minute period that was controlled by the Magpies. With a large number of interchange players, the Magpies were rotating plenty of their senior group, giving game time to some of their more younger players, while both sides kicked 4 goals a piece in the 3rd quarter giving the visitors a 21 point lead at lemons.

Calling it a day at ¾ time for players like Jeremy Clayton, Ah Chee, Summerton, Dolling, Lokan, Saunders, Elstone and DePasquale, the Magpies had a fairly inexperienced line up out on the park to finish the game off. The skills from both sides eventually dropped off in the game causing it to be a fairly scrappy affair throughout the last term, but with the 2 quick goals to youngster Jay Shannon, the Magpies were a chance to sneak an unlikely win late but eventually ran out of time. James McEntee had a few good moments for the Eagles playing across half forward while skipper Mark Mackenzie showed his class all over the ground. In the end, the Eagles did enough to win comfortably and will be happy with their performance.

[Mickyj]

Can anyone tell me if it was Cheep or Banner who did a huge kick to hit Passador on the chest .I think it was in the second quarter .

[eaglehaslanded]

Thankyou for your thorough recap BP. I couldn't get their today but by all accounts there was some promising signs from us today. It's only early days but winning form is good form.

[Wedgie]

Time to start planning for 2010 Port.

[Mickyj]

Trial Game – Port v Eagles @ Alberton – Sat 28/2/09

After watching the Redlegs take care of Glenelg at Coopers Stadium last night, I headed down to Alberton Oval this afternoon to catch the action from the Port v Eagles trial game starting at 1pm. I was pretty impressed with what I saw from both sides in the end.

RESERVES FINAL SCORE:

EAGLES 7.3 = 45
PORT 6.6 = 42

I only managed to catch the last quarter of the reserves clash which was a bit of a low scoring affair. The Eagles managed to hold on for a 3 point win despite a desperate comeback by the Maggies late in the game. Former North Adelaide player Paul Campbell has transferred over to the Eagles and did a couple of nice things from what I saw of the game.

LEAGUE SCORES:

EAGLES 2.3 6.5 10.6 11.9 = 75
PORT 3.1 3.1 7.3 10.5 = 65

BETTER PLAYERS:

EAGLES: Passador, Broadbent, Cicolella, Mckenzie, Stewart, McGregor, P.Fiacchi
PORT: Dolling, Young, Murray, Clayton, Ah Chee, Mercer, Batson

Port Adelaide started the game with a number of their new recruits on display and got off to a great start with 2 quick goals to the impressive Jarrod Young. Jordan Barham started in the forward lines but was well held for the first 3 quarters by former Crow Ken McGregor before spending the rest of the game on the bench. Tim Ginevar was keen on seeing as many of his charges as possible giving 34 players an opportunity throughout the game while Ron Fuller only had the 22 players on display.

Power listed Matthew Lobbe started the game well both up forward and rucking around the ground, before a heavy collision with Power team mate Paul Stewart led to Lobbe being dazed and not knowing where he was. The home side controlled the first stages of the opening term before the Eagles took control in the latter stages. Justin Cicolella was winning plenty of the ball for Woodville West Torrens while new recruit Jay Cheep was showing he isn’t afraid of a hard contest, showing a bit of grunt.

The Eagles got off to a fast start in the 2nd term with Mark Passador proving to be a major focal point up forward kicking 3 quick goals, ending up with 4 first half majors and finishing with 6 for the game. Impressive Power draftee Matthew Broadbent was controlling the half back line for the visitors, providing plenty of run and drive while Tom Corbett was also handy both on the ball and off a half back flank. Matthew Lokan was moved onto Passador to try and quell his influence while the Eagles managed to keep the Magpies scoreless for the entire 2nd term whilst kicking 4 goals themselves.

The Magpies kicked off the 2nd half with an early goal to veteran Clive Waterhouse but the Eagles answered straight back with 2 of their own, through Cicolella and Passador. Another Power listed player in Paul Stewart was a solid contributor across half back and through the midfield while impressive Port youngster Brad Mercer popped up with 2 goals in the 3rd term throughout a 10 minute period that was controlled by the Magpies. With a large number of interchange players, the Magpies were rotating plenty of their senior group, giving game time to some of their more younger players, while both sides kicked 4 goals a piece in the 3rd quarter giving the visitors a 21 point lead at lemons.

Calling it a day at ¾ time for players like Jeremy Clayton, Ah Chee, Summerton, Dolling, Lokan, Saunders, Elstone and DePasquale, the Magpies had a fairly inexperienced line up out on the park to finish the game off. The skills from both sides eventually dropped off in the game causing it to be a fairly scrappy affair throughout the last term, but with the 2 quick goals to youngster Jay Shannon, the Magpies were a chance to sneak an unlikely win late but eventually ran out of time. James McEntee had a few good moments for the Eagles playing across half forward while skipper Mark Mackenzie showed his class all over the ground. In the end, the Eagles did enough to win comfortably and will be happy with their performance.

Campbell is very pacey and added something up forward in the two's.
Mcentee was named in the two's but played in the league as Salter was called up for the Power.
Was very happy to see the Eagle boys attack the ball or hunt the ball in large numbers .
And Port fans the scoreline in both games was very flattering to your club.Your seconds kicked the first goal and then did nothing until 6 players were brought on after half time .eagles were very quick in the two's.
And before i have Port up in arms .I thought when Port kicked its third goal they had started the way they ended the Eagles season last year .But Eagles soon kicked into gear .what saved Port was the large numbers on the bench and this like the seconds game almost won the day.
Plus the scoreboard attendant had a small amount of trouble adding up the score at 1 point.
you had to love new boy Cheep giving as good as he got from Port players .And I would think Power officials would have had their hearts in their mouths watching Paul Stewart going down and being unable to get up for a small amount of time.I was laughing at the thought of one Port Adelaide sending a please explain to the other Port Adelaide

thanks for the great review BP

[Mickyj]

Time to start planning for 2010 Port.

Would think many of those Port players will be playing in their local sides this year .with around 28 or 30 in the seconds game and about 35 in the league side.
And they still didnt win .

[centrecirclelegend]

Mickyj.......it was Banner who did the long pass to Passador

Banner is solidy built and will be very handy this year.....

Cheep is a goer too.....

McGregor was outstanding.....

a good win but it was only a trial.......

[Mickyj]

Mickyj.......it was Banner who did the long pass to Passador

Banner is solidy built and will be very handy this year.....

Cheep is a goer too.....

McGregor was outstanding.....

a good win but it was only a trial.......

thanks CCL
Yep just a trial.And talking with and listening to some of the injured guys today .We will improve on today's performance.as will Port .
Banner is solid and short but he was hard at the ball when on the field .Cheep was very hard at it for such a lightly built lad .and he threw a very big punch or two
Fairclough seems to have bulked up a bit as well.
Redden looks like he has done an AFL preseason

[NO-MERCY]

Port could of kept their "guns" on for the last qtr to win the game but decided on looking at youngsters as theirs nothing to gain in a "trial" other than to identify areas of weakness.
Yes Port may have played alot more players than the Eagles but thats because Port has more depth to pick from.
If Port had picked 22 for both As & Bs they would of won both grades convincingly.
Surely you Eagle supporters arn't talking premiership already?

[ubeauty]

Port could of kept their "guns" on for the last qtr to win the game but decided on looking at youngsters as theirs nothing to gain in a "trial" other than to identify areas of weakness.
Yes Port may have played alot more players than the Eagles but thats because Port has more depth to pick from.
If Port had picked 22 for both As & Bs they would of won both grades convincingly.
Surely you Eagle supporters arn't talking premiership already?

i think that they might be thinking of entry into the afl....:):):)

[Mickyj]

Port could of kept their "guns" on for the last qtr to win the game but decided on looking at youngsters as theirs nothing to gain in a "trial" other than to identify areas of weakness.
Yes Port may have played alot more players than the Eagles but thats because Port has more depth to pick from.
If Port had picked 22 for both As & Bs they would of won both grades convincingly.
Surely you Eagle supporters arn't talking premiership already?

Nope No Mercy just a first up trial game .A win which doesnt count for anything except it breaks ports winning streak over the Eagles .
MMM Kept players on in the seconds to win .The starting 18 for port seconds kicked the first goal then Port went to sleep until they put on six fresh guys after half time .and they still didnt get in front.
The league was slightly different with around 4 players always going on and off .and the first change was between the five and ten minute mark of the first quarter.And as I wrote Port started the game the way they ended the eagles season last year.In total and overwhelming control.
Pleasing signs for the eagles .Banner/cheep on the ball and in packs.
Macentee a second string chf (no offence meant but groecke and staples out injured)almost controlling the half forward line .
And the eagles hunting in packs .The Macs working well done back .
I could go on but the Eagles have a long way to go to get into the final five a very long way.
Keep an eye on Campbell in the twos he might play a stokes like role in the league .that will put the mokers on him

[Mickyj]

Port could of kept their "guns" on for the last qtr to win the game but decided on looking at youngsters as theirs nothing to gain in a "trial" other than to identify areas of weakness.
Yes Port may have played alot more players than the Eagles but thats because Port has more depth to pick from.
If Port had picked 22 for both As & Bs they would of won both grades convincingly.
Surely you Eagle supporters arn't talking premiership already?

i think that they might be thinking of entry into the afl....:):):)

MMM seeing as WWT had more fans yesterday than PAM could well happen NOT

[centrecirclelegend]

another to keep an eye on in the reserves is Brodie Smith

will play a league game this year..........

[Mickyj]

Really thinking about yesterday's game .It was fairly certain that port was not taking that game seriously .With all those players being tried in both levels and the "stars" going off to use the Powers Pool .And not seeing the end of the game .
Smells like the game was not being taken seriously,pity with a little more effort they may have won both games.

[Mickyj]

another to keep an eye on in the reserves is Brodie Smith

will play a league game this year..........

Yep the Name Smith was being called out a few times by the League guys sitting near me .Sanford was being mentioned by many in the stand as well.Watch out for young Goss tall lanky kid another Redden/Jacobs.
And hats off to Mark Jefferies .I could hear some of what he was saying to Luke Powell the runner over his head phone set .Very good signs in my eyes he could turn into a very good league coach.

[purch]

Did Fitzgerald play for Port? If so, how did he go?

[Iron Fist]

did pepe play for eagles??
Im guessing he played reserves if he did. How did he go??
did he do much??