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

[lemmon]

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

Opinion might be a big contrarian, but I'm actually fairly comfortable with last night's performance.

Going over there and beating a good Port Adelaide side on their home deck during the first Gather Round was going to be a huge task, the Bruce injury let Marshall get on a roll and Horne-Francis carried Port over the line with the crowd behind them.

I thought the effort was good, we had our moments but Port took back the momentum when it mattered. A loss is never good, but I feel a lot better after that than the mess we saw in the first two rounds.

[JanLorMill]

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

Between them, Naughton, Lobb, Ugle-Hagan = 1 Goal. Hannon and Weightman = 5 goals. 3 Decoys ?

Don?t worry 3 tall forwards is going to click anytime soon.

[GVGjr]

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

Steven May 193cm
Adam tomlimsom 193cm
Nick murray 194cm
Alex pearece 197cm

TOB 192 cm - not really KPD??

Too much is focused on the height of a player to pigeonhole them into a role and I don't agree with the narrative that a player giving up 2 or 3 cm's is at a distinct disadvantage. Some of the best defenders in the competition regularly give up some height to their opponent.

TOB was okay last night and his height or perceived lack of it wasn't the issue.

[D Mitchell]

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

Too much is focused on the height of a player to pigeonhole them into a role and I don't agree with the narrative that a player giving up 2 or 3 cm's is at a distinct disadvantage. Some of the best defenders in the competition regularly give up some height to their opponent.

TOB was okay last night and his height or perceived lack of it wasn't the issue.

EG Dale Morris

[azabob]

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

You more of a Zaine Cordy guy?

Nah, more of an in Bruges guy.

You were happy with Lobb?s effort in the last quarter?

[GVGjr]

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

EG Dale Morris

Exactly but there are also a number of them.
It's such an easy excuse to use much like using stats to explain how a player is performing. We apply differing standards or measures to players as well ie Bont errors won't be called out like Treloar ones.

[SquirrelGrip]

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

Busslinger and Gards. If we land Croft in the National Draft he might be developed as a KPD.

And maybe O’Donnell?

[GVGjr]

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

And maybe O’Donnell?

Good point. Lets face it, it is a bit of a long shot but athletically he might have a point of difference. It certainly won't hurt to get him into the system now and play some football with Footscray. Going into next year and with a genuine preseason behind him we should be able to gauge his progress.

[GVGjr]

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

You were happy with Lobb?s effort in the last quarter?

For a player who completed a full preseason with his and one that we had done our homework on he hasn't measured up just yet. How much that injury so late in the year has set him back I don't know but he really looks underdone.

[Happy Days]

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

Nah, more of an in Bruges guy.

You were happy with Lobb?s effort in the last quarter?

Not at all. He’s been really poor the whole season and I’m getting increasingly annoyed at how much we gave up for him.

[GVGjr]

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

It's a hard game to work out why we lost given we were in a very winnable position. Clearly our midfield failed the test in the last 20 minutes which is concerning.

It leaves us with just 2 wins and a challenging road trip to follow although Fremantle haven't been that impressive.

[Grantysghost]

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

Too much is focused on the height of a player to pigeonhole them into a role and I don't agree with the narrative that a player giving up 2 or 3 cm's is at a distinct disadvantage. Some of the best defenders in the competition regularly give up some height to their opponent.

TOB was okay last night and his height or perceived lack of it wasn't the issue.

The second Marshall goal we also defended that quite well considering field position.
He kicked a blinder.
He is a beautiful kick, we just have to accept sometimes it's no one's fault and the opposition did very well.

[Grantysghost]

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

Between them, Naughton, Lobb, Ugle-Hagan = 1 Goal. Hannon and Weightman = 5 goals. 3 Decoys ?

Ha very wet makes it tough.

Lobb and Marra were poor though.

[Danjul]

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

It's a hard game to work out why we lost given we were in a very winnable position. Clearly our midfield failed the test in the last 20 minutes which is concerning.

It leaves us with just 2 wins and a challenging road trip to follow although Fremantle haven't been that impressive.

I thought it was easy to see why we lost. To be honest it didn?t ever look like we were going to win unless Weightman produced the game of the millennium. Unfortunately he couldn?t get beyond magnificent.

We went in with a player who gets an insignificant touch of the ball every 20 minutes while having absolute faith that the one who gets their hands on it every 15 minutes will save us.

Nope, we were never going to win. The regulars on the forward line are a dysfunctional group of individuals who continually get in each other?s way. Very low efficiency plays. The midfielders don?t seem to know how or where to kick, often preferring lightning fast handball to their mates a metre away. Have to feel sorry for the backline with that mess up ahead.

I was forced to watch the Melbourne-Essendon game. Although also described as football and on the same ground I struggled to believe we were trying to do the same thing. I?m hoping for a miracle during the next week because I have a ticket for the game and I don?t want to be that angry and out in public.

[Danjul]

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

The second Marshall goal we also defended that quite well considering field position.
He kicked a blinder.
He is a beautiful kick, we just have to accept sometimes it's no one's fault and the opposition did very well.

It is someone?s fault. If billions of 5 year olds can learn something very difficult like a language then surely someone at the western oval can teach 20 year old men where to stand and what to do with the ball in their hands. Two simple things isn?t too much to ask.