WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

[jazzadogs]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

O?Brien did two really bad things but was pretty very good otherwise. You?ve gotta put it on the mids not having the ability to put it in park.

Port shut the game down with like 9 minutes to go which is a play we don?t have and it?s why we didn?t win.

We lost clearances 17-8 in the final quarter. We were 8 points up 10 minutes in.

I strongly agree that our mids (and having Lobb in the ruck for an extended period) lost us the game, not O'Brien.

[Go_Dogs]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

He kicks those two goals and we would have done his job. Both gettable. But if he is missing those and then not having an impact around the ground he is a liability.

Spot on. If he can kick those 2 each week we take that return. He’s going to be a 10-12 tops possession player and maybe have 3 shots on goal and needs to be super effective. I think his ruck contest has been OK.

[Eastdog]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

Aliir only took four marks for the game. It felt like he took 40.

Certainly felt like it. Would be great a player like Allir Allir in our side.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

We lost clearances 17-8 in the final quarter. We were 8 points up 10 minutes in.

I strongly agree that our mids (and having Lobb in the ruck for an extended period) lost us the game, not O'Brien.

Yes. That is also a fair assessment. But when we had complete control in the first 10 minutes of the last quarter their backline stood tall and denied us. Ours coughed up goals on the first entries for the quarter. So yes, midfield did switch off, but so did theirs at the start of the quarter.

In the end, they won as they took their chances when they had the momentum when it counted.

[Happy Days]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

Which he wasn?t!

You more of a Zaine Cordy guy?

[merantau]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

Very disappointing. We dominated the first 7 mins of the last for Weightman's goal and then it was same old, same old. They get it down their end and goal.
Why was English off the ground for so long? Bont? Did not see much of him in the last either. It's obvious we are leaving too much to too few and we don't have enough players who can seize the moment and produce that bit of magic when it's needed.
That being said, I am a prisoner of hope - as always.

[JanLorMill]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

Aliir only took four marks for the game. It felt like he took 40.

He had about 40 spoils on a wet night

[JanLorMill]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

Can’t win games against half decent sides games with 3/4 non contributors and 3/4 others very quiet

[jeemak]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

I am kinda looking forward to seeing how this thread evolves into an argument about whether we gave Schache or Lew Young enough of a fair run.

[Happy Days]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

I am kinda looking forward to seeing how this thread evolves into an argument about whether we gave Schache or Lew Young enough of a fair run.

You know who would’ve killed it in those wet conditions with his booming left and low centre of gravity? Pat Veszpremi.

[SonofScray]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

I am kinda looking forward to seeing how this thread evolves into an argument about whether we gave Schache or Lew Young enough of a fair run.

Now that you mention it…..


Do you think our losses tend to feel as familiar as that conversation does?

[jeemak]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

You know who would’ve killed it in those wet conditions with his booming left and low centre of gravity? Pat Veszpremi.

Mid-season draft is imminent, and I'm convinced if he ramped up his training now he'd be a massive chance to make it.

[jeemak]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

Now that you mention it…..


Do you think our losses tend to feel as familiar as that conversation does?

Outside of mids dropping off, exposure of our defenders, not enough frontal pressure, forwards forced to work in congestion and missed chances I don't really know what you're talking about.

[Bornadog]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

Even though we lost clearances in the last, I think the turning point really was when Bruce was subbed out of the game. Jones had his measure while Bruce was on Dixon. Those two goals in the conditions killed the game.

I mentioned in the thread Treloar was very disappointing and even though he had 35 disposals he ended up at 48.6%DE.

[macca]

Re: WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R5 2022 Saturday April 15 7:50PM, Adelaide Oval

Certainly felt like it. Would be great a player like Allir Allir in our side.

Alir has good ability to impact contests and stop marks from being taken. So not sure if that sort of thing is considered a disposal or stat but he does stop our forwards from taking marks , his just a very good player