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Pickett back training.
Eichner still set for R1
Mickeljohn injured knee, will be fine for R1

Great to hear.
Pickett was havin a kick and catch at internal Friday night, a good sign
Eichner looked liked he's moving well.
Thank Christ Mickeljohn is ok

Eich's will start in the 2's I would think.A big mental hurdle for him to get over,despite the countless physical one's he has endured recently.

I think if he plays well in the trials (which is a big ask i admit) he could be used in the early rounds, particularly if they want to try Achee at CHF. If Eichner finds it hard though, yeah probably best to put him in the B's.

[BUZZ]

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Pickett back training.
Eichner still set for R1
Mickeljohn injured knee, will be fine for R1

Great to hear.
Pickett was havin a kick and catch at internal Friday night, a good sign
Eichner looked liked he's moving well.
Thank Christ Mickeljohn is ok

Eich's will start in the 2's I would think.A big mental hurdle for him to get over,despite the countless physical one's he has endured recently.

I think if he plays well in the trials (which is a big ask i admit) he could be used in the early rounds, particularly if they want to try Achee at CHF. If Eichner finds it hard though, yeah probably best to put him in the B's.

Bluey struggled a little y'day i rekon, hasnt got the build to play f/back, the knee seemed to hold up ok but i think they need to run him off the h/back line. Achee was my best at CHF....

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Who do you think can play Full Back for the Maggies if Achee plays CHF, Buzz?

[BUZZ]

Who do you think can play Full Back for the Maggies if Achee plays CHF, Buzz?

Not sure mate, i thinks that an issue we have to solve quickly.
May have to leave Achee at Fullback, a lad who played the internals, Saunders i think his name was, looked ok at CHF so he may have to carry the position.

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Who do you think can play Full Back for the Maggies if Achee plays CHF, Buzz?

Not sure mate, i thinks that an issue we have to solve quickly.
May have to leave Achee at Fullback, a lad who played the internals, Saunders i think his name was, looked ok at CHF so he may have to carry the position.

Thurgood if he can get fit might be the man for fullback buzz.

[BUZZ]

Who do you think can play Full Back for the Maggies if Achee plays CHF, Buzz?

Not sure mate, i thinks that an issue we have to solve quickly.
May have to leave Achee at Fullback, a lad who played the internals, Saunders i think his name was, looked ok at CHF so he may have to carry the position.

Thurgood if he can get fit might be the man for fullback buzz.

Needs to get in the gym i think mate, i think bluey has him covered just in the weight division, just......

[leonidis]

I think if he plays well in the trials (which is a big ask i admit) he could be used in the early rounds, particularly if they want to try Achee at CHF. If Eichner finds it hard though, yeah probably best to put him in the B's.

i can't quite work out why port wouldn't be looking at the quality younsters to blood in some of these key positions. for instance how about young hall that's playing in the ressies he could play at either end at CHB or CHF and hold his own once given the opportunity and time to learn his craft. Harder is another who should be a definate starter and also like Hall should be given a chance and time to prove his quality and worth. Harder could replace Dolling comfortably, and i also wish him a speedy recovery as he can also play a bit.

Who do you think can play Full Back for the Maggies if Achee plays CHF, Buzz?

why can't Achee play at CHB, Hall at CHF and give another young ep lad in Schreiber a chance at FB? what ya reckon? i just feel port really need to start a rebuilding process and that includes blooding some of their quality young players that they have at the club before these young lads start to look elsewhere when not given any opportunities!

and on the topic of "choppy" pickett has anyone heard that his cousin "bubbles" johncock is considering returning to the club from sturt to play with him? he could possibly be our answer at CHF? but i haven't seen him at training.

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If those youngsters perform well in the early rounds no doubt they'll get a chance, but i doubt i dont think they could just be put in straight away and be expected to perform, especially in key positions. Theres a fair bit of depth in the magpies squad this year, as seen by Jay Shannon playing in an under 19's trial on the weekend.

These lads could turn into quality league footballers, but there is a fair gap between junior and country footy and they need to get acclimatised to the bigger bodies and the quicker pace before playing senior footy in the SANFL.

[Macca19]

I think if he plays well in the trials (which is a big ask i admit) he could be used in the early rounds, particularly if they want to try Achee at CHF. If Eichner finds it hard though, yeah probably best to put him in the B's.

i can't quite work out why port wouldn't be looking at the quality younsters to blood in some of these key positions. for instance how about young hall that's playing in the ressies he could play at either end at CHB or CHF and hold his own once given the opportunity and time to learn his craft. Harder is another who should be a definate starter and also like Hall should be given a chance and time to prove his quality and worth. Harder could replace Dolling comfortably, and i also wish him a speedy recovery as he can also play a bit.

Who do you think can play Full Back for the Maggies if Achee plays CHF, Buzz?

why can't Achee play at CHB, Hall at CHF and give another young ep lad in Schreiber a chance at FB? what ya reckon? i just feel port really need to start a rebuilding process and that includes blooding some of their quality young players that they have at the club before these young lads start to look elsewhere when not given any opportunities!

and on the topic of "choppy" pickett has anyone heard that his cousin "bubbles" johncock is considering returning to the club from sturt to play with him? he could possibly be our answer at CHF? but i haven't seen him at training.

Hall is a great kid and has a lot of talent. He'll get his chance in time. Harder played pretty well and could get some games but hes not going to be the answer to anything.

You cant just chuck in a whole bunch of kids who havent even played reserves footy yet and expect them to hold their own, whilst their stronger, fitter, better more experienced teammates play reserves footy.

As for Johncock....pass thanks.

[heater31]

yeah chuck in a heap of kids leo and Port will be bigger whipping boys than Westies have been for the last 3 years

I have come to the conlusion that Leo knows nothing about football and is only pumping up the tyres of his mates.

[roosters1]

Anyone seen any of Ports trial games.
How has TIm Lobby played?

[leonidis]

Hall is a great kid and has a lot of talent. He'll get his chance in time. Harder played pretty well and could get some games but hes not going to be the answer to anything.

You cant just chuck in a whole bunch of kids who havent even played reserves footy yet and expect them to hold their own, whilst their stronger, fitter, better more experienced teammates play reserves footy.

As for Johncock....pass thanks.

i never said Harder would be the answer to anything i simply stated he could replace Dolling whilst he is out injured. On that he seems to be recovering well and should resume full training shortly.

What are you talking about Macca19....Hall has been playing and playing well in the ressies! And Harder has shown in the trial that he is a good enough talent to skip ressies footy given our current list. And he is super strong for his age. these so strong, fit and better footballers you talk of have done nothing for us in the last few years, we mose well, and should've been, blooding more youngsters. and on the fitness thing, that comment shows you know very little about these players.

Johncock is now superfit and would be an asset as we have a lack of big, strong key position forwards. I don't believe he was given the right opportunities last time he was here. why would you pass Macca19?

yeah chuck in a heap of kids leo and Port will be bigger whipping boys than Westies have been for the last 3 years

I have come to the conlusion that Leo knows nothing about football and is only pumping up the tyres of his mates.

ok heater31 who apparently knows so much about footy and in particular sanfl and port and also a lot of rebuilding phases.....can i put this simple question to you....how have port gone the last few years and why is this? istead of finishing 6 or 7th every year, it wouldn't hurt if we were the whipping boys as you put it for a couple years while we start a proper rebuilding process and start blooding a lot of young talented players who could be the future stars of our club! Or as you obviously want it just continue on how we are currently going and nothing changes and finish 6th or 7th again.........but don't worry at least we won't be whipping boys though! I can just tell you know so much about footy with your broad minded and long term vision of the PAFC maybe you should take on the CEO role?
here give this a whipping

[BUZZ]

Hall is a great kid and has a lot of talent. He'll get his chance in time. Harder played pretty well and could get some games but hes not going to be the answer to anything.

You cant just chuck in a whole bunch of kids who havent even played reserves footy yet and expect them to hold their own, whilst their stronger, fitter, better more experienced teammates play reserves footy.

As for Johncock....pass thanks.

i never said Harder would be the answer to anything i simply stated he could replace Dolling whilst he is out injured. On that he seems to be recovering well and should resume full training shortly.

What are you talking about Macca19....Hall has been playing and playing well in the ressies! And Harder has shown in the trial that he is a good enough talent to skip ressies footy given our current list. And he is super strong for his age. these so strong, fit and better footballers you talk of have done nothing for us in the last few years, we mose well, and should've been, blooding more youngsters. and on the fitness thing, that comment shows you know very little about these players.

Johncock is now superfit and would be an asset as we have a lack of big, strong key position forwards. I don't believe he was given the right opportunities last time he was here. why would you pass Macca19?

yeah chuck in a heap of kids leo and Port will be bigger whipping boys than Westies have been for the last 3 years

I have come to the conlusion that Leo knows nothing about football and is only pumping up the tyres of his mates.

ok heater31 who apparently knows so much about footy and in particular sanfl and port and also a lot of rebuilding phases.....can i put this simple question to you....how have port gone the last few years and why is this? istead of finishing 6 or 7th every year, it wouldn't hurt if we were the whipping boys as you put it for a couple years while we start a proper rebuilding process and start blooding a lot of young talented players who could be the future stars of our club! Or as you obviously want it just continue on how we are currently going and nothing changes and finish 6th or 7th again.........but don't worry at least we won't be whipping boys though! I can just tell you know so much about footy with your broad minded and long term vision of the PAFC maybe you should take on the CEO role?
here give this a whipping

Well said

[Macca19]

What are you talking about Macca19....Hall has been playing and playing well in the ressies!

Where did I say he hasnt? Hes one of my favourite players and Ive been talking him up for 2 years now. I think he has a huge future and thought he could have been a very smart rookie pick for an AFL team. If you had bothered to read the post properly before going on your rant you would have noticed where i said he is a GREAT TALENT and that his time will come.

And Harder has shown in the trial that he is a good enough talent to skip ressies footy given our current list.

I disagree. I dont think he has shown that he can bypass the reserves at all.

Johncock is now superfit and would be an asset as we have a lack of big, strong key position forwards. I don't believe he was given the right opportunities last time he was here. why would you pass Macca19?

It would be his 4th crack at an SANFL club. Everytime he joins a new SANFL club he gets talked up something massive. Hes one of the most overhyped reserves players ive come across. He hasnt proved anything at any time across 3 different SANFL clubs. All he has proved is that he is a top notch amateur.

yeah chuck in a heap of kids leo and Port will be bigger whipping boys than Westies have been for the last 3 years

ok heater31 who apparently knows so much about footy and in particular sanfl and port and also a lot of rebuilding phases.....can i put this simple question to you....how have port gone the last few years and why is this? istead of finishing 6 or 7th every year

We finished 6th once. Before that we made the finals. The year before that we made a Prelim. Last year we had a terrible injury run and lost a lot of games by under a couple of kicks. We werent far away at all.

We played a lot of youngsters last year. A hell of a lot more than previous years. My point is you cant just dump a whole bunch of players and throw in 16 youngsters whove never played league before. Not only for the reason that we will be pantsed on the field but we will also go over the salary cap.

[heater31]

yeah chuck in a heap of kids leo and Port will be bigger whipping boys than Westies have been for the last 3 years

ok heater31 who apparently knows so much about footy and in particular sanfl and port and also a lot of rebuilding phases.....can i put this simple question to you....how have port gone the last few years and why is this? istead of finishing 6 or 7th every year

We finished 6th once. Before that we made the finals. The year before that we made a Prelim. Last year we had a terrible injury run and lost a lot of games by under a couple of kicks. We werent far away at all.

We played a lot of youngsters last year. A hell of a lot more than previous years. My point is you cant just dump a whole bunch of players and throw in 16 youngsters whove never played league before. Not only for the reason that we will be pantsed on the field but we will also go over the salary cap.

Now read what Macca said Leo very carefully. a mix of youth and oldler guys is what is needed to rebuild a side. Port have lost a few youngsters from the draft who were walk up starters. They need to replace them with some others. Not axe half the team to play youth and leave the older blokes out. There would be more blokes leaving than you would believe. I know that Port had a few off field issues with some fringe squad members last season.


Kids from the country just don't waltz in from country footy and play league from the first game. Look at Ryan Darling from Sturt came down from Snowtown did the hard yards and struggled then this season goes home citing a loss of passion.

[BUZZ]

The Port 19's have won the last 2 flags and the 17's have played in finals for the last 2 yrs, Port have now woken up and decided to give these guys a go, not recruiting imports who get 'homesick' after 1 year, rape the club of coin and go home.
Watch for a kid by the name of Kirkland, only u17's but been given the chance in A grade trials, these guys are the future.......

[leonidis]

Where did I say he hasnt?

here....

You cant just chuck in a whole bunch of kids who havent even played reserves footy yet

The Port 19's have won the last 2 flags and the 17's have played in finals for the last 2 yrs, Port have now woken up and decided to give these guys a go, not recruiting imports who get 'homesick' after 1 year, rape the club of coin and go home.
Watch for a kid by the name of Kirkland, only u17's but been given the chance in A grade trials, these guys are the future.......

well said BUZZ! this was the point that i was sort of trying to get across. i'm with you in that i'm sick of these interstate lads taking our coin and denying our young lads the opportunity of getting a go in the senior ranks to prove their worth!

[Magpies_Forever]

The Port 19's have won the last 2 flags and the 17's have played in finals for the last 2 yrs, Port have now woken up and decided to give these guys a go, not recruiting imports who get 'homesick' after 1 year, rape the club of coin and go home.
Watch for a kid by the name of Kirkland, only u17's but been given the chance in A grade trials, these guys are the future.......

Saw Kirkland in the trails and he showed alot of promise.

[BUZZ]

The Port 19's have won the last 2 flags and the 17's have played in finals for the last 2 yrs, Port have now woken up and decided to give these guys a go, not recruiting imports who get 'homesick' after 1 year, rape the club of coin and go home.
Watch for a kid by the name of Kirkland, only u17's but been given the chance in A grade trials, these guys are the future.......

Saw Kirkland in the trails and he showed alot of promise.

Will play A grade footy this year, back to the old days, Wanganeen, Buckley, McLeod etc. All young guys who got a start with us and look where they went, not back to Vic or WA because they missed Mum?

[Macca19]

Where did I say he hasnt?

here....

You cant just chuck in a whole bunch of kids who havent even played reserves footy yet

Hall has been playing reserves for two years. He is ready to make the step up.

So what exactly is your point?