Round 6: Port Adelaide vs St. Kilda

[hearts on fire]

PORT ADELAIDE v ST KILDA

PORT ADELAIDE
B: Michael Pettigrew, Alipate Carlile, Jacob Surjan
HB: Peter Burgoyne, Toby Thurstans, Domenic Cassisi
C: Travis Boak, Chad Cornes, Kane Cornes
HF: David Rodan, Warren Tredrea, Brett Ebert
F: Daniel Motlop, Justin Westhoff, Brendon Lade
Foll: Dean Brogan, Steven Salopek, Shaun Burgoyne
I/C: Troy Chaplin, Nathan Krakouer, Tom Logan, Adam Thomson
EMG: Danyle Pearce, Paul Stewart, Greg Bentley

No changes

ST KILDA
B: Matt Maguire, Max Hudghton, Jason Gram
HB: Shane Birss, Sam Fisher, Brendon Goddard
C: Sean Dempster, Luke Ball, Xavier Clarke
HF: Nick Dal Santo, Nick Riewoldt, Robert Harvey
F: Steven Baker, Justin Koschitzke, Stephen Milne
Foll: Michael Rix, Lenny Hayes, Leigh Montagna
I/C: Charlie Gardiner, Leigh Fisher, Jason Blake, David Armitage
EMG: Jarryd Allen, Jarryn Geary, Matthew Ferguson

In: Birss, Baker, Rix
Out: Clinton Jones, Steven King (hamstring), Sam Gilbert (shoulder)

[RustyCage]

No King is a huge loss for them. Brogan is in dominant form.

[hearts on fire]

I think this will be a fairly even match, but i think Port will do enough to get over the line.

[Psyber]

Although I am primarily a Crows man, I'll be supporting Port in this one.
As a somewhat removed observer I would like to see Port developing a younger ruckman by giving one some AFL game time and preparing for Lade's eventual move to a more or less permanent forward position.

[Booney]

My sentiments exactly Psyber.DeLuca looks to show something and I would like to see Lade up forward to give the marking contest near the square instead of Motlop or Ebert and allow them to crumb more.Brogan is in good nick as mentioned above and Deluca could come in.

At the expense of who? Not sure.

[brod]

This would be the time, up against Michael Rix. What odds that Kossie will end up in the ruck or even give Matt Maguire a go, hed do just as well if not better than Rix, especially around the ground

[GWW]

With the likelihood of rain though i'm not sure Port could afford to go with 3 ruckmen, i think the club would also be mindful of the fact that 3 ruckmen hasn't worked in the past. There certainly is a need to develop Deluca though given the ages of Lade and Brogan, so hopefully Fabian will be given some opportunities soon (more than likely if/when a position in the final 8 becomes mathematically impossible, which as a Port supporter i hope doesn't happen, but given current inconsistent form is a concrete possibility obviously).

[Thiele]

Go Saints

[jackpot jim]

Go Saints

GO **** off back to Melbourne u mean?

[the joker]

every one talking about poprt being back and in the hunt again. will let their supporters down again. remember how well they played in the rain. in the second half of the lions game

[hearts on fire]

every one talking about poprt being back and in the hunt again. will let their supporters down again. remember how well they played in the rain. in the second half of the lions game

Who has said Port are back again? I haven't and I can not recall anyone saying their back?

Looking for a bite are we?

[the joker]

every one talking about poprt being back and in the hunt again. will let their supporters down again. remember how well they played in the rain. in the second half of the lions game

Who has said Port are back again? I haven't and I can not recall anyone saying their back?

Looking for a bite are we?

G Healy, and all the commentators from 5aa

[hearts on fire]

3 QUARTER TIME:

Port Adelaide: 10. 7. 67

St. Kilda: 7. 5. 47


GOALS:

Port Adelaide: Boak 2, D. Motlop 2, Tredrea 2, Ebert 1, Lade 1, S. Burgoyne 1, Pettigrew 1

St. Kilda: Riewoldt 3, X. Clarke 1, Gram 1, Armitage 1, Koschitzke 1

QUARTER TIME: 31:03

[stan]

every one talking about poprt being back and in the hunt again. will let their supporters down again. remember how well they played in the rain. in the second half of the lions game

Who has said Port are back again? I haven't and I can not recall anyone saying their back?

Looking for a bite are we?

G Healy, and all the commentators from 5aa

Well to be honest thats not really saying much then.

[hearts on fire]

FULL TIME:

Port Adelaide: 12. 10. 82

St. Kilda: 9. 7. 61


GOALS:

Port Adelaide: D. Motlop 3, Boak 2, Tredrea 2, Ebert 1, Cassisi 1, Lade 1, S. Burgoyne 1, Pettigrew 1

St. Kilda: Riewoldt 3, Koschitzke 2, X. Clarke 1, Gram 1, Armitage 1, Montagna 1


QUARTER TIME: 29:08

[Thiele]

I was wrong Well Done Port

[Dutchy]

That was a terrible game of footy....

[saintal]

Went along for my once a year trip to footy park.

Pretty average game. Watching an AFL game live you realise just how different it can be to the sanfl. Give me the sanfl any week

Both teams didnt show much. I was a little bemused to hear how 'impressed' the boys on 5aa were with the power. Solid win undoubtably, but St Kilda were pitiful once again. How the media can rate us as a 'great' team is bewildering

K. Cornes, Cassisi, Salopek, Treadrea and Carlile good for port. I thought that Gram was our best.

Havent seen St Kilda beat Port at footy park since 1997

[RustyCage]

Pretty average game. Watching an AFL game live you realise just how different it can be to the sanfl. Give me the sanfl any week

Exactly. Imagine how much worse the game would have been if two SANFL teams were out there.

[jackpot jim]

For the most part it was an ordinary standard game, just that the Power made better use of their opportunities up forward than the Saints.
Umps were Crap esp. in the 3rd term where they almost got the saints back into the game.
The Power NEED to go more direct to goal in future as they often go out wide to the flanks and pockets which play right into their opponents hands.
Chad Cornes is officially the WORST kick of a Football in the Comp, Just undoes too much of his good work with poor kicking week in week out.