Rd 1 - Easter Thursday Geelong v Port

[Wedgie]

A serious question for Port fans.

Is Brett Ebert's head getting bigger or is his body getting smaller?
They should make a bobble head of him, it'd be the only person they'd have to downsize the dimensions of the head for.

[Booney]

Mega head is looking a bit top heavy,yes.

What about the front page of yesterdays 'Tiser?

(one of the better full time small forwards going around mind you)

[Psyber]

Has the Port MO checked him for Paget's Disease?

[Wedgie]

Mega head is looking a bit top heavy,yes.

What about the front page of yesterdays 'Tiser?

(one of the better full time small forwards going around mind you)

I prefer the back page of today's showing Captain Couragous feigning for a free kick when getting tackled around the middle of his body.
Didn't bother about yesterday's Advertiser after seeing a picture of a Port player with a Lion, WTF? Do they take a picture of a Port player with a tabby cat when the play Brisbane?
Morons.

Also I'd like to congratulate Toby Thurstans on giving Lingy a run for his money in the ugliest player stakes, his head looks like he's had recent skull surgery! (Apologies if he has)

[hearts on fire]

A serious question for Port fans.

Is Brett Ebert's head getting bigger or is his body getting smaller?
They should make a bobble head of him, it'd be the only person they'd have to downsize the dimensions of the head for.

hahaha, i think his heads getting bigger.
i noticed that last night whilst watching the game and on the advertiser.

[stan]

Watching last I thought that the standard was good. It was some good hard football at times. Cats looked great in the middle. You can try and shut down bartel and Ablett but then theres Joel Selwood who in my opinion is going to be as good or better than these guys.
The Cats looked strong and fast up forward. Looks like there in for another good year.

As for Port well it simple beaten by a team that is better and is the best in the comp. Thought Treadrea was looking better and fitter than last season. Salopek was good and Boak looked like he was going to step up to another level this year. But Some of the skill errors early was poor but in saying that the standard from this game compared to the tigers and blues games was much better.

[carey18]

72,500 to a game between the bottom two clubs and only 28,00 to a grand final rematch? Ummm

[woodwt]

well done to Matthew Stokes, another great game.
Well done to Stewy on his debut
Both great talent from oval ave

Did you expect anything less from them both?

[woodwt]

Port had plenty of chances to win in the last quarter

[Pup]

Port had plenty of chances to win in the last quarter

Realistically Port could have pinched it, If they had kicked straight and got a few other things right. Sometimes i wonder what goes through Daniel Motlops head on the footy field.

Geelong are a brilliant side. Selwood, Ablett, Kelly and Corey were all fantastic, Gary Ablett is in the top 5 players in the AFL IMO. Chad Cornes was as good as he always his, Salopek was decent and Boak showed some good signs.

[Wedgie]

Port had plenty of chances to win in the last quarter

Realistically Port could have pinched it, If they had kicked straight and got a few other things right.

Did some people forget that the scoreline was 10.8 to 6.1 at one stage and that Geelong hit the post 5 times?

[Pup]

Port had plenty of chances to win in the last quarter

Realistically Port could have pinched it, If they had kicked straight and got a few other things right.

Did some people forget that the scoreline was 10.8 to 6.1 at one stage and that Geelong hit the post 5 times?

No i did not forget, there is no doubt the game could have been well and truly over by half time.

But the game could have also been pinched in the last 5 minutes by Port if they had taken their chances. You know that as well as i do.

[Wedgie]

Port had plenty of chances to win in the last quarter

Realistically Port could have pinched it, If they had kicked straight and got a few other things right.

Did some people forget that the scoreline was 10.8 to 6.1 at one stage and that Geelong hit the post 5 times?

No i did not forget, there is no doubt the game could have been well and truly over by half time.

But the game could have also been pinched in the last 5 minutes by Port if they had taken their chances. You know that as well as i do.

Very hypothetical, if an earthquake had occurred and swallowed up the Geelong side you might have had a chance too.
Im sure if Port had kicked straighter in the 2nd half then Geelong would have lifted a cog and gone back to the attacking footy that got it the lead in the first place.
Perhaps teach Daniel Motlop how to kick over 30 metres before worrying about accuracy.

[Rik E Boy]

Port missed a great opportunity to defeat the Cats last night. Ottens is a huge omission from our side, I would rate him the second most important man in the team behind Cam Mooney. In hit outs to advantage Geelong were getting smacked all night long but only during that third quarter did the Port rucks appear to work hard enough around the ground to generate momentum for the Power.

That third quarter showed the very best and the very worst of Port Adelaide all within a 15 minute period. Port came out hard and showed they had the ability to match the Cats for hardness and skill but then a couple of funny things happened. First there was the momentum sapping 50 metre penalites given away by the men who had scored two goals for the Power to get them back in it..that was mentioned ad nausem by the commetators. What was NOT mentioned was the number of times Port players committed the fundamental sin of taking your eyes off the ball. I saw this happen about four times during that third quarter. Many will look back and say this is where Port got back into the game but I would suggest this is in fact where they lost it.

Having a look at the stats one thing that stands out is the huge of amount of clangers. Pearce was credited with six, Bartel five and Gary Ablett four. This was the Grand Final the AFL was robbed of last year but I'm personaly glad we got the twenty goal belting. A match like that on September 29 last night wouldn't have been great for the nerves.

Plenty of positives for both sides out there and the ten day rest will be welcomed by both sides after that clash but there is a sobering thought for Port: Geelong have now won 6 of our last seven matches against Port and our last three at AAMI Stadium and next time we can look forward to welcoming back Ottens, Egan, Wojinskci and Rooke.

Oh yeah...doesn't Chappy just love Port!!

GO THE CATS.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Good game last night.

Geelong showing they will be the team to beat this year,and not too many missing for them.Ottens and Wojinski come back in,Rooke and maybe Egan if they have room for him.

Not many missing? I call five missing from the granny side plus Matty Egan a long way short of the full roll call. How would Port go without just Brendan Lade? I wasn't expecting a victory at AAMI Stadium last night but very happy to be proven wrong.

regards,

REB

[Booney]

Port had plenty of chances to win in the last quarter

Realistically Port could have pinched it, If they had kicked straight and got a few other things right.

Did some people forget that the scoreline was 10.8 to 6.1 at one stage and that Geelong hit the post 5 times?

No,nobody forgot that,but with 10 mintues to go it was a 3 goals game,and we missed a few shots late.Not that silly a statment by Pup,in all reality.

[Booney]

Good game last night.

Geelong showing they will be the team to beat this year,and not too many missing for them.Ottens and Wojinski come back in,Rooke and maybe Egan if they have room for him.

Not many missing? I call five missing from the granny side plus Matty Egan a long way short of the full roll call. How would Port go without just Brendan Lade? I wasn't expecting a victory at AAMI Stadium last night but very happy to be proven wrong.

regards,

REB

I said not many missing,and named them.Some real quality in the missing group,but there isnt many...

[Wedgie]

No,nobody forgot that,but with 10 mintues to go it was a 3 goals game,and we missed a few shots late.Not that silly a statment by Pup,in all reality.

Ahh OK, I forgot the game starts 18 minutes into the last quarter, my mistake.

Full marks to Rucci for his comedy gold in the paper this morning praising Williams as a coach and insinuating that Port should have won. Did the fact that Ports structure, delivery and skills were crap and the fact they got beaten ever occur to this moron? (all of which are the responsibility of the coach?)
No mention of the fact Geelong had several key players out but Ports only missing player was a bloke I'd never heard of?
Did he not realise the game was played at Port's home ground?
His side can play terribly and he'll write that it was fantastic, the Crows can win a game by 20 goals and he'll have a go at Neil Craig and explain how lucky the Crows were.
How the hell does this guy get a job?
At least people like Sam Newman only act like they're an arsehole whilst having played the game.
North and Central draw a bigger crowd at Aami and should get more press coverage than the Powder accordingly.

PS Note to Choke-o, if you're going to drag the side over near the outer, don't do it every week or in Round 1, perhaps save it up for a special occasion as straight after the break it worked in Geelong's favour, may have cost Port the game. I don't blame the supporters for being deadly quiet when he did it, Im sure they're bored of it too. Choke-o, grab a copy of the Rd 23 Friday Night SANFL game from last year and see what sort of situation calls for it and you'll also notice that the supporters and players respond accordingly. WADH!:roll:

[Macca19]

No,nobody forgot that,but with 10 mintues to go it was a 3 goals game,and we missed a few shots late.Not that silly a statment by Pup,in all reality.

Ahh OK, I forgot the game starts 18 minutes into the last quarter, my mistake.

So what exactly is your point, apart from being difficult?

You could have been 10 goals up at half time. You werent.

We could have won it in the last quarter. We didnt.

We both missed many chances when having the run of the play.

If you want to be difficult then both are invalid, as you kick the first of those posters as a goal then everything after that never happened.

[Wedgie]

No,nobody forgot that,but with 10 mintues to go it was a 3 goals game,and we missed a few shots late.Not that silly a statment by Pup,in all reality.

Ahh OK, I forgot the game starts 18 minutes into the last quarter, my mistake.

So what exactly is your point, apart from being difficult?

You could have been 10 goals up at half time. You werent.

We could have won it in the last quarter. We didnt.

We both missed many chances when having the run of the play.

If you want to be difficult then both are invalid, as you kick the first of those posters as a goal then everything after that never happened.

My point is that Port were never in that game and it was only blind luck (ie 5 posters) and the players out for the Cats that kept the scores as close as they were.
To bring up an "if we kicked straight we MAY have won the match" is about as relevent as "if Martians landed at Aami Stadium last night and all were super athletes and put turquoise guernseys on we MAY have won the match".
(Actually less relevent when taking into account the other side had 5 posters, ie they'd only have to be 1 metre straighter as opposed to being 10 metres straighter, it's not rocket science)
Perhaps a more relevent point may have been "if we had a decent coach, a decent captain and didnt have so many brain dead supporters we MAY have won the match".
None of it happened, Port are crap and can't even draw the same crowd as North and Central, get over it, the expirement is a failure, can't draw a crowd, lose Grand Finals by record amounts, have a bigger reputation for choking than Glenelg and are a joke, time to shut the blinds and bring in another composite side.
The Crows may be the "pride of South Australia" but the Powder are the "joke of South Australia". Should have played the old circus theme over the loud speakers when they were in full flight at times last night.
Choke-o should be brought before the AFL Commission for bringing the game into disrepute, the Port supporters around me were joking that if the goals were on the wings his game plan might have a chance.
That backwards sideways rubbish is bringing stuff all supporter to the game whilst embarassing himself and his club.
Take a leaf out of Mark Thompsons book who has single handedly brought supporters back to the game with an exciting style of football instead of this flooding rubbish that Port love.
Port are a waste of space and are sending the game backwards in the poorer suburbs of Adelaide.
That's my point Macca.

PS Not to mention the Port supporter morons telling me on the way out that the umpires were the only reason Geelong won that game and the grand final, looks like they have the same education as Choke-o, ie none.