Port 2014 - Pre-Season/General Discussion

[Pup]

Port will beat Fremantle this week.

Ballantyne, Barlow in doubt with other key players really struggling.

Tell me how no players got suspended this week? (Hawkins and Sandilands surely had cases to answer)

[Jim05]

Hawkins deservedly let off.
Nothing wrong with a couple of jumper punches, should be more of it

[JK]

Hawkins deservedly let off.
Nothing wrong with a couple of jumper punches, should be more of it

Think most footy supporters agree, just need for it to be consistently judged that way

[Pup]

Hawkins deservedly let off.
Nothing wrong with a couple of jumper punches, should be more of it

Not really deservedly, Cant be suspensions for some people for similar incidents then different rules for others.

[bennymacca]

thought he would have got a reprimand given he has a good record

[kickinit]

If he didn't have hold of his jumper and threw the punches with the same force he would of got games. I can't understand how have hold of someone's jumper gets him off

[Rik E Boy]

Port will beat Fremantle this week.

Ballantyne, Barlow in doubt with other key players really struggling.

Tell me how no players got suspended this week? (Hawkins and Sandilands surely had cases to answer)

Disagree. Port look fantastic whenever they are allowed to play their game. However I can't see Freo letting Port play their game. Freo played well at Cat park and did very well to against Hawthorn and Port. So they can't beat Port at home becuase they lost to Sydney in Sydney? The lack of pressure that Richmond applied to Port was laughable. Freo will be all over them this week and Port will come up short.

regards,

REB

[valleys07]

Port will beat Fremantle this week.

Ballantyne, Barlow in doubt with other key players really struggling.

Tell me how no players got suspended this week? (Hawkins and Sandilands surely had cases to answer)

Disagree. Port look fantastic whenever they are allowed to play their game. However I can't see Freo letting Port play their game. Freo played well at Cat park and did very well to against Hawthorn and Port. So they can't beat Port at home becuase they lost to Sydney in Sydney? The lack of pressure that Richmond applied to Port was laughable. Freo will be all over them this week and Port will come up short.

regards,

REB

Have to agree at this early stage REB. Its too easy to get caught up in elimination final wins vs qualifying final losses. 2012 is a prime example:

That year WCE won their elimination final by 15 goals against North, and were trounced by Collingwood the week after. Adelaide, who had suffered a disappointing loss against Sydney, come out and beat a Fremantle side, cock-a-hoop after an impressive win against Geelong.

I do believe that If any side can challenge the Top 4, it is Port. However, the top 4 sides are there for a reason- and Ill be expecting the Cats/Dockers to earn their rights to a preliminary final.

[valleys07]

On another note- today marks the 2nd anniversary of John McCarthy's passing.

Glad to see his memory still shines through the playing group- I'm hoping he can inspire the boys to get the job done this weekend and beyond.

[MatteeG]

Hawkins deservedly let off.
Nothing wrong with a couple of jumper punches, should be more of it

Just lucky Stratton laughed off the blows instead of collapsing to the turf.

[Pup]

Port will beat Fremantle this week.

Ballantyne, Barlow in doubt with other key players really struggling.

Tell me how no players got suspended this week? (Hawkins and Sandilands surely had cases to answer)

Disagree. Port look fantastic whenever they are allowed to play their game. However I can't see Freo letting Port play their game. Freo played well at Cat park and did very well to against Hawthorn and Port. So they can't beat Port at home becuase they lost to Sydney in Sydney? The lack of pressure that Richmond applied to Port was laughable. Freo will be all over them this week and Port will come up short.

regards,

REB

Have to agree at this early stage REB. Its too easy to get caught up in elimination final wins vs qualifying final losses. 2012 is a prime example:

That year WCE won their elimination final by 15 goals against North, and were trounced by Collingwood the week after. Adelaide, who had suffered a disappointing loss against Sydney, come out and beat a Fremantle side, cock-a-hoop after an impressive win against Geelong.

I do believe that If any side can challenge the Top 4, it is Port. However, the top 4 sides are there for a reason- and Ill be expecting the Cats/Dockers to earn their rights to a preliminary final.

WCE certainly did not get "trounced" we lost by 2 goals.

[valleys07]

Trounced, by definition Pup, is synonymous with overcome.

Collingwood came from behind that night to beat West Coast after trailing at half time. Hence the use of the word.

[bennymacca]

By definition valleys, I agree with pup

trounce
traʊns/
verb
past tense: trounced; past participle: trounced

defeat heavily in a contest.

"Essex trounced Cambridgeshire 5–1 in the final"
synonyms: defeat utterly, beat hollow, win a resounding victory over, annihilate, drub, rout, give someone a drubbing, crush, overwhelm, bring someone to their knees; More
rebuke or punish severely.
"insider dealing has been roundly trounced"
synonyms: thrash, beat, whip, flog, lash, birch, cane, leather, spank, chastise, lambaste; More

[valleys07]

That I now agree with- my explanation is based on why I used the word.

Believe it or not, Trounced is a synonym with overcome. That's why I used it.

By definition as you have listed, it does mean crushed also.

Anyway im not going to get into grammatical arguments with people. Grammar is hardly a strong point of mine (clearly )!

[valleys07]

Anyway the point stands- its unlikely for elimination final victors to progress beyond the 2nd week of the finals.

[bennymacca]

Anyway the point stands- its unlikely for elimination final victors to progress beyond the 2nd week of the finals.

Yep

[bennymacca]

hope they bring the banhammer down nice and hard

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-pre ... witterfeed

[helicopterking]

So does this mean we can't use Mark Thompson's nickname anymore?

[dedja]

Just as well Milan Faletic isn't playing anymore ...

[bennymacca]

So does this mean we can't use Mark Thompson's nickname anymore?

well thats because he played for the bombers.... not that it needed to be spelled out