Changes for Port Adelaide (Official teams named)

[ernie koala]

Indeed.

Bevo kicked a cracker from inside the square and then found space in the 50 to take a mark in the downpour before slotting it.

was great stuff

But haters gonna hate - and in this case even only give him credit for half the goals he scored!

Firstly, what's with the "haters gonna hate" garbage ? Having an opinion on a player being selected above others, or on his abilities, doesn't constitute hate, it's not even close to hate.
Secondly, yeah, I didn't mention his second goal.... I also didn't mention the early turnover that cost a goal, or the numerous poor decisions and poor disposal ie; handing off to players who were under more pressure than himself, which also led to turnovers. I've always admired his courage and tenacity, but beyond that he's a very limited player.

[Hartijon]

Outs:
Jetta: 12 points now? No goals, and starting to look insecure.Had a perfect chance to do some magic and kick a goal,plenty of time and monstered it. Definately time to go for MOD,Moore or McGlynn
Playfair: Is he in the team to attract a tall defender? He missed some classic markable chances ,fell over as soon as the ball went to ground and he offers us no future. Mc Glynn would give us more at FF and he's short but at least he would crumb.
Bevan: Ok ,just ok,a great goal and a good goal. Not in our best 22 though overall
Malceski: B@#$% aweful game. Cost us 3 goals and was responsible for keeping The Bombers in the game when we were pulling away.

Ins:
McGlynn, Moore , MOD, TDL

McGlynn, Moore Obvious selections. MOD deserves it more than anyone else. With Bradshaw out we miss finishing class and polish. TDL has this and needs development time. Otherwise its just Jesse with any forward panache. Goodes is somewhere else in his head right now.Plus his opponent runs off him all day.

[JudesaGun]

Outs:
Jetta: 12 points now? No goals, and starting to look insecure.Had a perfect chance to do some magic and kick a goal,plenty of time and monstered it. Definately time to go for MOD,Moore or McGlynn
Playfair: Is he in the team to attract a tall defender? He missed some classic markable chances ,fell over as soon as the ball went to ground and he offers us no future. Mc Glynn would give us more at FF and he's short but at least he would crumb.
Bevan: Ok ,just ok,a great goal and a good goal. Not in our best 22 though overall
Malceski: B@#$% aweful game. Cost us 3 goals and was responsible for keeping The Bombers in the game when we were pulling away.

Ins:
McGlynn, Moore , MOD, TDL

McGlynn, Moore Obvious selections. MOD deserves it more than anyone else. With Bradshaw out we miss finishing class and polish. TDL has this and needs development time. Otherwise its just Jesse with any forward panache. Goodes is somewhere else in his head right now.Plus his opponent runs off him all day.

Malceski??!!! You have no idea...

[RogueSwan]

I' d be happy with McGlynn in/ Bevo out. Otherwise no changes. Keeping the team settled would be more beneficial IMO.

[Big Al]

Firstly, what's with the "haters gonna hate" garbage ? Having an opinion on a player being selected above others, or on his abilities, doesn't constitute hate, it's not even close to hate.
Secondly, yeah, I didn't mention his second goal.... I also didn't mention the early turnover that cost a goal, or the numerous poor decisions and poor disposal ie; handing off to players who were under more pressure than himself, which also led to turnovers. I've always admired his courage and tenacity, but beyond that he's a very limited player.

I'm not a Bevan fan but I know when to give credit where it's due. I usually note every Bevo error and give him stick for every single one but yesterday I did not yell at Bevan once. The AFL stats actually explain why I was silent on Bevan during the match. He had 8 possessions with an 88% efficiency rating(i.e Only 1 possession wasn't effective) and kicked 2 crucial goals. The goal you didn't mention in your previous post was the one that put us in front and was the result of smart work in making space from a very congested area.

I agree he is a limited player and isn't in our best 22 but he did his job yesterday and for that he needs to be commended along with the rest of the team.

[Melbournehammer]

Malceski??!!! You have no idea...

I'll split the middle. Bevan was ok and did his bit. Here goes - Playfair did his bit. He (I don't think) was outmarked by his opponent all game and instead brought the ball to ground on the occasions when he needed to. He's no world beater but he is doing OK. certainly doing more than the two time brownlow medallist who has been thumped by his direct opponent two weeks in a row (even accepting that had he kicked straight against the hawks he would have come out on top). I'd be far more worried about whether goodes should play forward than whether playfair should get a game when bradshaw is out.

Malceski did play poorly. There is no pretending otherwise. His kicking was unambiuously poor - go back and have a look at the replay - and he wasn't great in the contests (someone has got to tell him that when running with the flight of the ball sticking a fist up is likely to make the ball go over the top towards the goal square even when he does make contact).

And LRT played well. He gets a thumbs up from me this week. As an LRT hater I'm always happy to give him a rap.

[ernie koala]

I'm not a Bevan fan but I know when to give credit where it's due. I usually note every Bevo error and give him stick for every single one but yesterday I did not yell at Bevan once. The AFL stats actually explain why I was silent on Bevan during the match. He had 8 possessions with an 88% efficiency rating(i.e Only 1 possession wasn't effective) and kicked 2 crucial goals. The goal you didn't mention in your previous post was the one that put us in front and was the result of smart work in making space from a very congested area.

I agree he is a limited player and isn't in our best 22 but he did his job yesterday and for that he needs to be commended along with the rest of the team.

Fair enough, but stats are often misleading, and I can recall at least 2 times when he fired handballs to players under more pressure. In the stats, these are listed as efficient, but in reality they were anything but.

[Hartijon]

Malceski??!!! You have no idea...

I DID have a clue that it would spark a response . Fair enough too,he is a class player and a match winner at times but he must have played the worst game I have seen from him on Sunday. Roosey actually dragged him after a weak attempt to spoil that ended up in a Bombers goal. You don't see Roosey do that very often and The Eski was visibly dissappointed with himself. 5 minutes later he comes on and turns it over right in front for another Bombers goal.
Does he have the flue or something? Ok, I'll agree dropping him might be too harsh but he must be on a warning not to play like that again.

[Donners]

Malceski did have an awful game, but so did Goodes. Indeed, Goodes' game was more disturbing, because there was a very clear lack of effort at times, especially defensively.

[Hartijon]

I could not recognise the Goodes we all know as a star. His form has dropped well below his normal high standards and although he is trying hard,it seems to make it worse. I was glad he slotted the clincher and lets hope it turns it around for him.

[Captain]

I DID have a clue that it would spark a response . Fair enough too,he is a class player and a match winner at times but he must have played the worst game I have seen from him on Sunday. Roosey actually dragged him after a weak attempt to spoil that ended up in a Bombers goal. You don't see Roosey do that very often and The Eski was visibly dissappointed with himself. 5 minutes later he comes on and turns it over right in front for another Bombers goal.
Does he have the flue or something? Ok, I'll agree dropping him might be too harsh but he must be on a warning not to play like that again.

All fair comments. He was one of our worst yesterday.

[wearebloods]

Possible injuries from Bombers game: Playfair wasn't moving to well in the last quarter & I wonder what's the go with Shaw?

Potential Promotions
- Veszpremi: His money shot pic was used in the Swans Reserves report
- TDL: Got his very own puff piece.

^ Trial balloons for possible INs this week or close?

[Big Al]

Fair enough, but stats are often misleading, and I can recall at least 2 times when he fired handballs to players under more pressure. In the stats, these are listed as efficient, but in reality they were anything but.

TRue enough... it's just that I'm a tough marker when it comes to Bevo and I can't recall having a go at him once which is unusual I can tell you.

[BSA5]

I DID have a clue that it would spark a response . Fair enough too,he is a class player and a match winner at times but he must have played the worst game I have seen from him on Sunday. Roosey actually dragged him after a weak attempt to spoil that ended up in a Bombers goal. You don't see Roosey do that very often and The Eski was visibly dissappointed with himself. 5 minutes later he comes on and turns it over right in front for another Bombers goal.
Does he have the flue or something? Ok, I'll agree dropping him might be too harsh but he must be on a warning not to play like that again.

I think I must have been watching a different game to you. I thought Melcho was good. He made a couple of defensive mistakes (that contest against Jetta and the turnover to Shaw (?) at half back), but he also cleaned up countless spillages on half back and repelled attack after attack when nobody else could pick the damn ball up. He was far from classy, but I thought he was very effective at repelling attacks.

[Bas]

Out: Playfair, Goodes
In: TDL, Barlow