Round 16: Port Adelaide vs Adelaide

[Footy Smart]

Best on hill what cage have you crawled out of.....

Adelaide were never going to be able to kick a winning score today. Loosing our 2 best forwards from an already struggling backline the job was always going to be tough. We had plenty to play for and gave it a crack and the best team on the day won...... supporters like you do nothing but add insult to the Port supporters already bad name.

Hopefully your doll check doesnt clear and you cant pay for you internet so we dont have to listen to your crap.

no dole check here FS, get ready here come the excuses from all those crows supporters, every team has there injury worries just look at geelong thay had a great win against WB with out ling and ablett a lot better players than bird brain and porps

No doubt Ablett and Ling are amongst the best players in the AFL but we are infact talking about Adelaide v Port and in the context of Adelaide's frail forward structure loosing those 2 gave us little chance of kicking a winning score. Adelaide dont have a good enough squad to play finals and it is a credit to the young lads that had stood up and played well this year.

What has happened to your team after making the grand final last year???? That should be your concern not the Adelaide Football Club.

[best on hill]

Best on hill what cage have you crawled out of.....

Adelaide were never going to be able to kick a winning score today. Loosing our 2 best forwards from an already struggling backline the job was always going to be tough. We had plenty to play for and gave it a crack and the best team on the day won...... supporters like you do nothing but add insult to the Port supporters already bad name.

Hopefully your doll check doesnt clear and you cant pay for you internet so we dont have to listen to your crap.

thats the problem with crows supporters you think you are high society with you chardenay drinking supporter base. once again more excuses from crows supporters.

[best on hill]

Best on hill what cage have you crawled out of.....

Adelaide were never going to be able to kick a winning score today. Loosing our 2 best forwards from an already struggling backline the job was always going to be tough. We had plenty to play for and gave it a crack and the best team on the day won...... supporters like you do nothing but add insult to the Port supporters already bad name.

Hopefully your doll check doesnt clear and you cant pay for you internet so we dont have to listen to your crap.

no dole check here FS, get ready here come the excuses from all those crows supporters, every team has there injury worries just look at geelong thay had a great win against WB with out ling and ablett a lot better players than bird brain and porps

No doubt Ablett and Ling are amongst the best players in the AFL but we are infact talking about Adelaide v Port and in the context of Adelaide's frail forward structure loosing those 2 gave us little chance of kicking a winning score. Adelaide dont have a good enough squad to play finals and it is a credit to the young lads that had stood up and played well this year.

What has happened to your team after making the grand final last year???? That should be your concern not the Adelaide Football Club.

all im hearing is excuses excuses excuses

[Footy Smart]

Best on hill what cage have you crawled out of.....

Adelaide were never going to be able to kick a winning score today. Loosing our 2 best forwards from an already struggling backline the job was always going to be tough. We had plenty to play for and gave it a crack and the best team on the day won...... supporters like you do nothing but add insult to the Port supporters already bad name.

Hopefully your doll check doesnt clear and you cant pay for you internet so we dont have to listen to your crap.

no dole check here FS, get ready here come the excuses from all those crows supporters, every team has there injury worries just look at geelong thay had a great win against WB with out ling and ablett a lot better players than bird brain and porps

No doubt Ablett and Ling are amongst the best players in the AFL but we are infact talking about Adelaide v Port and in the context of Adelaide's frail forward structure loosing those 2 gave us little chance of kicking a winning score. Adelaide dont have a good enough squad to play finals and it is a credit to the young lads that had stood up and played well this year.

What has happened to your team after making the grand final last year???? That should be your concern not the Adelaide Football Club.

all im hearing is excuses excuses excuses

Excuses they are Best on Hill and what are your excuses for the inispid display by the power this year after making a GF last year and having the same team???? Glass houses mate keep those stones on the ground

[Psyber]

Best on hill what cage have you crawled out of.....
Adelaide were never going to be able to kick a winning score today. Loosing our 2 best forwards from an already struggling backline the job was always going to be tough. We had plenty to play for and gave it a crack and the best team on the day won...... supporters like you do nothing but add insult to the Port supporters already bad name.
Hopefully your doll check doesnt clear and you cant pay for you internet so we dont have to listen to your crap.

thats the problem with crows supporters you think you are high society with you chardenay drinking supporter base. once again more excuses from crows supporters.

At least we can spell Chardonnay old chap!
However, those with taste moved on to Viogner and Verdelho, when the masses caught up with Chardonnay. Sauvignon Blanc also had its moment.
I'm actually hoping Traminer makes a comeback - it's a bit hard to get a good one at present.

No excuses, the Crows are not even good enough to beat Port and may as well start working on next year now....

[best on hill]

[quote="Footy Smart[/quote]


Excuses they are Best on Hill and what are your excuses for the inispid display by the power this year after making a GF last year and having the same team???? Glass houses mate keep those stones on the ground[/quote]
as it stands im not offering excuses for the power this year but every time the crows lose it sooks like you who coff up more excuses!!!!!!!!!!

[Footy Smart]

[quote="Footy Smart

Excuses they are Best on Hill and what are your excuses for the inispid display by the power this year after making a GF last year and having the same team???? Glass houses mate keep those stones on the ground[/quote]
as it stands im not offering excuses for the power this year but every time the crows lose it sooks like you who coff up more excuses!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

How is saying my opinion and defending my football club Sooking??? thats right your a port supporter who goes underground when the times get tough....

The facts not excuses are as Psyber said the team we had on the field today is not good enough to play finals and wasnt good enough to beat Port today. Your excuses as you call them are the reason why we didnt have a good enough team on the part and arnt a good enough team to contend the finals!!!

did you expect the crows to play finals this year BOH? i sure didnt

[best on hill]

[quote="Footy Smart

Excuses they are Best on Hill and what are your excuses for the inispid display by the power this year after making a GF last year and having the same team???? Glass houses mate keep those stones on the ground

as it stands im not offering excuses for the power this year but every time the crows lose it sooks like you who coff up more excuses!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

How is saying my opinion and defending my football club Sooking??? thats right your a port supporter who goes underground when the times get tough....

The facts not excuses are as Psyber said the team we had on the field today is not good enough to play finals and wasnt good enough to beat Port today. Your excuses as you call them are the reason why we didnt have a good enough team on the part and arnt a good enough team to contend the finals!!!

did you expect the crows to play finals this year BOH? i sure didnt[/quote]

i thought the crows would finish in the top 5 but neil craig has got no insinct for the game, his side are very mechanical and dont run on passion which today is what won it for the power just before 3/4 time the powers passion for the game was show and thats what won it for them. both the crows and the power at the end of the year will be disappointed with how the year turned out!!

[best on hill]

Best on hill what cage have you crawled out of.....
Adelaide were never going to be able to kick a winning score today. Loosing our 2 best forwards from an already struggling backline the job was always going to be tough. We had plenty to play for and gave it a crack and the best team on the day won...... supporters like you do nothing but add insult to the Port supporters already bad name.
Hopefully your doll check doesnt clear and you cant pay for you internet so we dont have to listen to your crap.

thats the problem with crows supporters you think you are high society with you chardenay drinking supporter base. once again more excuses from crows supporters.

At least we can spell Chardonnay old chap!
However, those with taste moved on to Viogner and Verdelho, when the masses caught up with Chardonnay. Sauvignon Blanc also had its moment.
I'm actually hoping Traminer makes a comeback - it's a bit hard to get a good one at present.

No excuses, the Crows are not even good enough to beat Port and may as well start working on next year now....

who needs spell check.ive got psyber check

[GWW]

I posted this on the YouTube thread, but may be appropriate on here now too

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y35Lewh-LM

edit: swearing in sub titles.

[Footy Smart]

i thought the crows would finish in the top 5 but neil craig has got no insinct for the game, his side are very mechanical and dont run on passion which today is what won it for the power just before 3/4 time the powers passion for the game was show and thats what won it for them. both the crows and the power at the end of the year will be disappointed with how the year turned out!![/quote]


Really top 5 well you had more faith than me going into the year thats for sure hahaha
I agree with your point on Craigy re: no instict for the game but think he is the best at getting the players ready to play mentally.

The Power will be very dissapointed but i think they found out alot about certain players who maybe got carried a bit in recent years.....

The Crows will be dissapointed with what has happened after the promising start. The positice from the year is definatly the development of Vince, Maric, Tippet, Mckay, VB, Douglas and porpas. They have taken big steps and think they can become very good AFL players.

[Psyber]

I think the real difference in the end was that Port had players who could take a grab inside 50 and the Crows didn't.
All this year the Crows have been making do with forwards who are not big enough and strong enough, and they have now lost 2 of the best 3 of them.

I do think some of this problem comes back to a culture and style that favours tall midfielders over stronger but less moble key position players, and which plays the "stars" regardless of fitness. Mind you Port tend the do the latter too.

PS: I tried to quote what I was replying to here but it kept coming out scrambled in Preview. I think the site may have a malfunction.

[Footy Smart]

I think the real difference in the end was that Port had players who could take a grab inside 50 and the Crows didn't.
All this year the Crows have been making do with forwards who are not big enough and strong enough, and they have now lost 2 of the best 3 of them.

I do think some of this problem comes back to a culture and style that favours tall midfielders over stronger but less moble key position players, and which plays the "stars" regardless of fitness.
Mind you Port tend the do the latter too.

PS: I tried to quote what I was replying to here but it kept coming out scrambled in Preview. I think the site may have a malfunction.

Definately the recruiting policy of Athletes which was used for a while at the AFC is biting the crows on the ass.... Also not finishing low and enough on the table to get top draft picks doesnt help with the fact a key position player is hard to find.

[the observer]

The biggest problem with the Cows is that when the coach has no idea why how or when they will be succesful he blames structure thats his answer to everything I m sure he cannot hold a press conference without saying had a breakdown in structure . You would thik that the structure would work he's been there long enough Go back to school teaching.The boottom line is they struggle under pressure and too many players go missing. The best players are just about finished and they have not got a consistent forward. Blighty found something when it didnt work

[hawkseye]

I just think too many crows didnt stand up when it counted. surely there was more on the line for them. All port were playing for was to go 1 up in Showdown tallies. very dissapointing effort from those that didnt deliver in a game that will have big consequences for the Crows. I actually think Showdowns are a bit overrated and all the hype doesnt help anyone.

[Psyber]

I just think too many crows didnt stand up when it counted. surely there was more on the line for them. All port were playing for was to go 1 up in Showdown tallies. very dissapointing effort from those that didnt deliver in a game that will have big consequences for the Crows. I actually think Showdowns are a bit overrated and all the hype doesnt help anyone.

I agree with you there. The media fan the hostility to push their broadcast ratings or sell papers, and turn it quite nasty at times among those easily led enough to be stirred up by it. I support the Power against anyone but the Crows, regardless of the fact that I didn't think they should have been given the second licence, because they are at least an SA based team and I rate that above local club rivalries from my perspective over here in Victoria, and because of my wife's family connection to Port.

It is a bit ridiculous. Players from Port Magpies play for the Crows and players from Glenelg and Norwood play for the Power. When I'm in Adelaide, I can kid my Port Magpies supporting mates and still have a beer with them at the Port Dock - although I'd keep my mouth shut about supporting Norwood and the Crows while there, as not all fans there are as tolerant as my mates of differences like that.

[hawkseye]

I just think too many crows didnt stand up when it counted. surely there was more on the line for them. All port were playing for was to go 1 up in Showdown tallies. very dissapointing effort from those that didnt deliver in a game that will have big consequences for the Crows. I actually think Showdowns are a bit overrated and all the hype doesnt help anyone.

I agree with you there. The media fan the hostility to push their broadcast ratings or sell papers, and turn it quite nasty at times among those easily led enough to be stirred up by it. I support the Power against anyone but the Crows, regardless of the fact that I didn't think they should have been given the second licence, because they are at least an SA based team and I rate that above local club rivalries from my perspective over here in Victoria, and because of my wife's family connection to Port.

It is a bit ridiculous. Players from Port Magpies play for the Crows and players from Glenelg and Norwood play for the Power. When I'm in Adelaide, I can kid my Port Magpies supporting mates and still have a beer with them at the Port Dock - although I'd keep my mouth shut about supporting Norwood and the Crows while there, as not all fans there are as tolerant as my mates of differences like that.

I think a little different to that as i am a Hawthorn, Centrals supporter. The AFL system allows Victorians to play interstate, Sth Aussies and whoever play for any AFL club no matter where they are from. If State of Origin was in place thats when i would support Sth Australia. I dont see playing Adelaide or Port any different to playing Melbourne or collingwood.

[Courtney Fish]

[quote="Footy Smart"]

Adelaide were never going to be able to kick a winning score today. Loosing our 2 best forwards from an already struggling backline the job was always going to be tough. [quote]
Your backline is pretty good I would have thought. And wouldn't you lose 2 forwards from a forward line?

[s m skinner]

I just think too many crows didnt stand up when it counted. surely there was more on the line for them. All port were playing for was to go 1 up in Showdown tallies. very dissapointing effort from those that didnt deliver in a game that will have big consequences for the Crows. I actually think Showdowns are a bit overrated and all the hype doesnt help anyone.

Was at the game and crows fans were giving it to port for not coming and supporting their team , i would have thought that with the crows needing to win to stay in the finals race more would have turned up . Neil Craig is the worst coach in the AFL and it showed on sunday , crows lack of natural instinct like a geelong when their game plan doesnt work , not giving the younger players a go . At least Chocko haas blooded the younger group with them being better off for next year , cant say the same for the crows . GET RID OF CRAIG

[hawks21]

I just think too many crows didnt stand up when it counted. surely there was more on the line for them. All port were playing for was to go 1 up in Showdown tallies. very dissapointing effort from those that didnt deliver in a game that will have big consequences for the Crows. I actually think Showdowns are a bit overrated and all the hype doesnt help anyone.

Was at the game and crows fans were giving it to port for not coming and supporting their team , i would have thought that with the crows needing to win to stay in the finals race more would have turned up . Neil Craig is the worst coach in the AFL and it showed on sunday , crows lack of natural instinct like a geelong when their game plan doesnt work , not giving the younger players a go . At least Chocko haas blooded the younger group with them being better off for next year , cant say the same for the crows . GET RID OF CRAIG

Great call! makes me laugh about how little some people know about football!!