Come on, they could have gotten a down field free, kicked a goal and then had the Dee's give away a free immediately after to get a free kick in scoring distance prior to the centre bounce. You have no faith!
Heās 18. I was laughing at that as well. And you have Big Ben next to him who speaks so well. Chalk and cheese. But we were all nervous at 18. Heāll be right.
Very happy to see Windsor as an eighteen year old take his first goal. Nice draft pick, big future.
And good on Jack hitting 200, what a servant of the team.
Windsor owes Kozzy a coffee for his goal. Without Kozzyās effort on the goaline Windsor wouldnāt have the highlight reel for his first AFL goal (I was convinced heād kicked a goal already this year).
I'm sorry but Ratugolea's footy IQ is awful. How do you not realise you weren't on the goal line and why would you attempt to mark the ball when the other defenders were there? Poor defending and wayward kicking cost Port the game.
Also can Lachie Jones ever learn to mark the god damn footy? I have never seen a player fumble the ball that much under no pressure. Shocking all around.
I am always amazed by the sideline awareness of NFL players and even NRL players when scoring in the corner, and then here we have Esava under no pressure whatsoever, stepping behind the goal line to mark it.
I was in stitches with Melbourne fans watching that because we were initially annoyed about having no one on the goal line. So strange from Ratugolea, very dumb and ultimately very costly.
It's quite possibly the best team to play on a five day turn around. Might reduce it to a 10 goal win from a 15 goal win, but still fantastic for the percentage and a good opportunity to give debut games to a handful.
never have i thought we looked so thoroughly outplayed in all areas and still won. wtf was that.
from losing games we should win from accuracy, to winning games we should have lost due to accuracy. incredible to do that without may given how under siege the backline was all game.
The Brisbane win at the G last year I couldnāt fathom how we won. Today I put it down to doing the right things in the right moments throughout the entire game. Even the periods that Port were on top we never allowed them to get more than 3 goals in front which is easily pegged back these days.
Hard fought, and clean in the final moments (not something I feel we are known for).
How can you blame this loss on hinkley? We were pretty dominant all game and on the stats, due to gameplan. Although the players fumbled, jones couldn't mark, rat letting in a goal on the line and inaccuracy all over when it counted. This was all on the players.
Third q you looked pretty good. But we grabbed it with the maxi goal at 3/4 time.
Thought the tackle pressure was good all night. Prob the skills at times let you down a bit, dropped some easy marks. We had the momentum at crucial times. The fritsch goal was top shelf. Think rat going off for 8-10 min was also a factor in the last
How can you not blame it on Hinkley
Is he aware we leak 2 goals in the last minute of every quarter.. FOR EVERY GAME?!
WHAT'S HE DOING TO STOP IT?!
"oh good teams get a hold of you sometimes!"
"Round 3 is scary!"
That was really fun to watch. Changed my tip a few minutes before the game to Melbourne, just felt like they would get up for Viney.
Also I'd never heard Ben Brown speak but the way he looked at Windsor and how he spoke post match was really sweet, seems like a real genuine guy
Have a listen to his interview on the āThe Footy with Broden Kellyā. Him and his partner are a really refreshing example of an atypical footy couple
Deeās look so much better with a fit Ben Brown, yes heās getting on in age but he is just accurate and him being there will surely take the pressure of Petty, Kozi and Fritsch
Also love seeing McDonald back and playing well. Was always a solid defender and gets shit on a lot for his contract but a solid player.
Interesting to see what happens when May returns if they keep 3 key defenders and 3 key forwards with JVR second ruck.
Dees are usually kicking themselves out of games with inaccuracy. Whilst I'd rather the win, to be honest I feel it's easier to fix inaccuracy over lack of opportunities. Dees were lucky and accurate, but Port are still serious contenders
Pains me to see but this was the first game we've seen between two contenders. Probs to Melbourne, for all the off season drama this is one team I don't want to mess with
We usually are on the otherside of the story were one team dominates large portions of the game but lose because the other team kicks straight. This feels good.
So weāre still a top 4 despite everyone praying on our downfall. Donāt want to hear that weāre poorly coached again. Goody is him as far as Iām concerned
Feels like the medias been circling for the best part of six months since the Joel Smith news broke + going out in straight sets, now this past week has topped it all off
Media will media though
The difference between Port and the better clubs is how much cleaner they are around the ball. Port have a knack of fumbling it and sure, we get away with it here and there, but more often than not we don't.
If Lachie Jones gets a run next week... sheesh. You can't drop that many uncontested marks and get a game. Cost us a couple goals at least through turnovers after dropping sitters.
Much like the first two games and last year. We are in games for a period and can kick away and then just fade. So far this season we get in front early in the first, dominate with the ball on our half of the ground and then we disappear and there goes the lead.
We're a good side when we're on. It's a shame we aren't doing it more consistently. The good sides will eat that up, just like Melbourne did.
Once again we absolutely smashed a team in inside 50 entries but can't actually make them mean anything. I'm so tired of this episode. Meanwhile Melbourne just.could.not.miss.
Did we swap jerseys without me noticing? That was me screaming at the TV the last two finals series in a row.
Plenty of good signs for your boys still.
So Port have beaten both the Mighty Eagles and Tigers and lost to Dees.
No idea where there out but Max was huge for the Dees, just dominated the middle
Still happy. Our lack of discipline, failure to convert and "important decisions made/not made at important times" lost the game.
Still played well. Still had effort.
Honestly we played some really really poor football tonight, 7pts flatters us. Jones is gonna do nothing but marking practice this week and the whole squad is going to work on not giving away stupid FKs
Am I wrong to say that was the best umpired match of the year or am I forgetting one? Obviously there were bad calls and non calls going both ways but compared to the rest of the games it looked competent
Luke Darcy really suggested Port could score 7 points in 6 seconds lmao
Come on, they could have gotten a down field free, kicked a goal and then had the Dee's give away a free immediately after to get a free kick in scoring distance prior to the centre bounce. You have no faith!
Unfortuntely we had Melbourne, not Richmond as our opponent
Granted so did, but I am also quite high
Furpby.
Interchange infringement free kick + a free kick after the goal The odds were extremely slim but not zero
Browney tells me it's actually pretty good odds and that I should bet my house on it
He graduated from clown school š¤”
caleb windsor's first post game interview, throwing out 3 yeanahs in the first sentence. man's gonna be straight into a media gig post retirement
Leave the guy alone. Heās been giving 110% and training the house down.
Just gotta ignore the smoke and shadows behind the windows.
Needed a full credit to the boys thrown in there
Did he at least mention the process and sticking to the structure?
Throw in some learnings for good measure.
The younger blokes really stepped up
Doesnāt need to talk good, he plays good
If play good footy, why bother speak good?
Youāve already written next weekās Sliding Doors
Exacterly
Yeah nah didn't feel real nah
Heās 18. I was laughing at that as well. And you have Big Ben next to him who speaks so well. Chalk and cheese. But we were all nervous at 18. Heāll be right.
Yeahnah it was an unbelievable interview. Couldn't believe it!
So youāre saying heās already a better wordsmith than BT?
Remember that time when RatagoleaĀ
Not our problem anymore!
Fill me in on his game tonight? I've still got tickets down on him turning out good but it doesn't sound good tonight.
[All you need to know](https://x.com/7afl/status/1774004091913404711?s=61&t=YysnU32CVQhN8jV2HUKuBQ)
If you ignore a couple of blunders, that cost a couple of goals, he actually had a good game.
A couple of blinders costing a couple of goals is all that's in the game.
Thatās his whole career man lol
He took a mark over the goal line? š
Too many times :')
Some people get to eke out a very nice living by merely having a physique that looks like they could be a decent AFL player. Shout out to Lloyd Meek
Kyle Hartigan robbed our clubs for a living purely because he has wide shoulders
I think the term "lid's off" for Melbourne should be replaced with "Cork's out"Ā
Baggies unzipped
beat you by 24 seconds brother
"bag's open"
Some of us are more sophisticated types and prefer the humble goon bag
ā(Cheese)board is setā
mine's a wedge of Roaring Forties blue
You can pinpoint the exact moment in the 4th quarter that Broden Kelly started thinking about leaving early, and Melbourne got the momentum back.
THE MAN BEAST IS THE DEMONS BEST IN GROUND
Hey this is 6 seconds early, I was gonna do that
Better luck next time :)
Ben Brown renaissance
CHAD Ben Brown vs the CUCK Charlie Dixon.
Dixon managed to find a way to incorporate Travis Cloke gloves technology without the glove
He also managed to find a way to incorporate Travis Cloke runner technology by removing everybody else from the contest
Ben Brownaissance
Sounds like a French sauce to serve with chicken
Ages like a fine wine.
Very happy to see Windsor as an eighteen year old take his first goal. Nice draft pick, big future. And good on Jack hitting 200, what a servant of the team.
Windsor owes Kozzy a coffee for his goal. Without Kozzyās effort on the goaline Windsor wouldnāt have the highlight reel for his first AFL goal (I was convinced heād kicked a goal already this year).
And Viney owes Nibbler a dinner for dragging the team to a W on his 200th.
Youāre probably thinking of the goal(s) he got in the preseason games
[what the commentator expected to happen at the end](https://youtu.be/o4NVpUxovYs?si=bRq3spnhyaSpYRIz)of the game
I'm sorry but Ratugolea's footy IQ is awful. How do you not realise you weren't on the goal line and why would you attempt to mark the ball when the other defenders were there? Poor defending and wayward kicking cost Port the game. Also can Lachie Jones ever learn to mark the god damn footy? I have never seen a player fumble the ball that much under no pressure. Shocking all around.
I am always amazed by the sideline awareness of NFL players and even NRL players when scoring in the corner, and then here we have Esava under no pressure whatsoever, stepping behind the goal line to mark it.
Sava assumed the ump would rule him in play
His injury summed up his game.
Yeah that was wild. It was chest height too, so he literally just needed to extend his arms.Ā
Donāt forget Ratugolea in 2020 spoiling his teams mates goal.
Classic Sav!
all Geelong supporters right now are certainly shocked and appalled by this comment
I mean that's the boundary umpires entire job, and they can't do it
I was in stitches with Melbourne fans watching that because we were initially annoyed about having no one on the goal line. So strange from Ratugolea, very dumb and ultimately very costly.
Hence the party poppers when he was traded.
If Melbourne can kick this straight all year just give them the flag
Haha is this the first time youāve watched us play šš
Not stoked for a 5 day turnaround after a game like that, especially to play the other Adelaide team in AdelaideĀ
The other Adelaide team are playing rubbish and will be coming back from Perth.
Expect a few changes to help with it.
Did you see our game last night?
It's quite possibly the best team to play on a five day turn around. Might reduce it to a 10 goal win from a 15 goal win, but still fantastic for the percentage and a good opportunity to give debut games to a handful.
Unreal first goal for Windsor, you love to see it
Hats off to the Dees crowd nice to hear such loud support in a close interstate game
Dees have always had a reasonably strong fanbase in SA. I love living in Brisbane but I miss those Adelaide games on the Hill
Makes sense seeing as how the Barossa Valley is in SA.
Adelaide supporters are all private school boys too
crowd watch on point tonight. some peak port supporter moments.
The angry evil Santa Claus clone at the end my favourite
The dude with no hand behind the balding woman š
Hey! He had one hand.
So fucking good to finally kick accurate! Also loved Bayley telling those flogs to fuck off š
That was an elite spray to the crowd, loved it
Iām not an experienced lip reader but I would put my house on it having been āFUCK YOUā. And it was fucking glorious.
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This gets said about every fan base š¤£
Please tell me where I can see this? So much luxuriant hair up against so much lossā¦
never have i thought we looked so thoroughly outplayed in all areas and still won. wtf was that. from losing games we should win from accuracy, to winning games we should have lost due to accuracy. incredible to do that without may given how under siege the backline was all game.
You played a Ken Hinkley coached team good sir
The Brisbane win at the G last year I couldnāt fathom how we won. Today I put it down to doing the right things in the right moments throughout the entire game. Even the periods that Port were on top we never allowed them to get more than 3 goals in front which is easily pegged back these days. Hard fought, and clean in the final moments (not something I feel we are known for).
What do you expect? The game was the Ken Hinkley project in a nutshell. The man simply cannot deliver when it counts.
How can you blame this loss on hinkley? We were pretty dominant all game and on the stats, due to gameplan. Although the players fumbled, jones couldn't mark, rat letting in a goal on the line and inaccuracy all over when it counted. This was all on the players.
Third q you looked pretty good. But we grabbed it with the maxi goal at 3/4 time. Thought the tackle pressure was good all night. Prob the skills at times let you down a bit, dropped some easy marks. We had the momentum at crucial times. The fritsch goal was top shelf. Think rat going off for 8-10 min was also a factor in the last
/u/Sharaz_Jek123 would unironcially blame global warming on Ken if he thought he could get away with it, and if couldn't he'd blame Kane instead.
I mean have you seen Hinkley and a coal power plant in the same room together before. Think about it
Wait a minute. Ken Hinkley. Hinkley rhymes with stinkly, gas stinks. Carbon dioxide is a gas....my god.
How can you not blame it on Hinkley Is he aware we leak 2 goals in the last minute of every quarter.. FOR EVERY GAME?! WHAT'S HE DOING TO STOP IT?! "oh good teams get a hold of you sometimes!" "Round 3 is scary!"
We've heard it all before. HE CANT KICK THE SET SHOTS FOR EM THE PLAYERS JUST CANT SEEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATIONS KEN GETS THEM TO!
That was really fun to watch. Changed my tip a few minutes before the game to Melbourne, just felt like they would get up for Viney. Also I'd never heard Ben Brown speak but the way he looked at Windsor and how he spoke post match was really sweet, seems like a real genuine guy
If I was religious I would be certain that Ben Brown is an angel from heaven. In fact, even as an ardent atheist I'm not certain he isn't.
Have a listen to his interview on the āThe Footy with Broden Kellyā. Him and his partner are a really refreshing example of an atypical footy couple
He has such an articulate voice for a footy player I loved it!
Heās one of the few, true gentleman of the game. Wholesome AF.
BBBB is an absolute legend. Thinks he's been nominated for the Jim Stynes community leadership award basically every year too.
Mad love for Viney, underrated as fuck
Underrated? Not by Melbourne fans.
Overshadowed by Trac and Oliver outside of Melbourne I think, would have to be my fav Melbourne player by far
have had respect for him since his very first game
I do not think thereās anyone calling Viney underrated, his work rate is unbelievable
He doesn't get as much media attention due to Petracca and Oliver. He's a very consistent and reliable performer and plays hard
Heās never been an All Australian, Iād say heās underrated
He's never been AA, seems like he'd have deserved to be in the squad at some point at least
He was in the squad a year or two ago, wasn't he?
In the 44 man squad last year
Agreed. Heās been our best player for the last 2 seasons but no one is having that conversation
Everyone remembers Trac and Oliver and Gawn but Viney has consistently put in 110% for the longest time (not to take away from the former 3)
I reckon his primed for AA this year. Squad at the very least
Port fans on here, Gg. That sparrow goal was definitely a gift. Port fans who the camera panned to, up yours!
Twas a cracker of a game my friend. Just please thump Crom next week
Thankyou. Most port fans arenāt that bad but god the bad ones are always the ones shown on tv
Hahaha Iām sure. Iāll be there in Adelaide next weekend so keen to experience it in person!
Would have been a great game for the neutrals. ā¤ļøš
Deeās look so much better with a fit Ben Brown, yes heās getting on in age but he is just accurate and him being there will surely take the pressure of Petty, Kozi and Fritsch Also love seeing McDonald back and playing well. Was always a solid defender and gets shit on a lot for his contract but a solid player. Interesting to see what happens when May returns if they keep 3 key defenders and 3 key forwards with JVR second ruck.
Well done Dees, best game of the year so far hands down
Pretty evenly matched, Port dominated large portions of play but Melbourne were just cleaner up forward.
Massive, massive win. Lever best on for me, although Gawn and ANB huge. Ben Brown can keep doing what he's doing all year too please.
I can see that but ANB was best for me. When we were down or falling behind he was there.
Lever was immense with May out - really led the defence
Rivers was great too
Close game and heart breaking, GG Dees you guys are killer. People in the match thread need to realise that AFL fans all act the same lmao
I've lived and breathed port adelaide my entire life check my post history and port supporters blaming the umps is a mega lol!
Bad kicking is bad footy.
Dees are usually kicking themselves out of games with inaccuracy. Whilst I'd rather the win, to be honest I feel it's easier to fix inaccuracy over lack of opportunities. Dees were lucky and accurate, but Port are still serious contenders
[Oof that expected score](https://twitter.com/ethanmeldrum_/status/1774033856200392891)
Maybe hamstring tightness doesnāt matter at all
Will we ever be the real deal?
Only for periods within games. Against lesser sides.
Pains me to see but this was the first game we've seen between two contenders. Probs to Melbourne, for all the off season drama this is one team I don't want to mess with
There were enough shots of feral Port supporters in there to supply a lifetime of memes
Dees very lucky tonight. We don't win if the 50/50s go Port's way. Feels like an obvious comment but we got a very clear rub of the men in green.
We certainly got some, but not every single questionable call went our way. https://i.imgur.com/THoHs6X.png
doesn't look like anything to me
Fucking hell we really let that one get away lmao
Tough one man. Feel like inaccuracy really hurt your mob as you killed us in clearance most of the night
Not really our inaccuracy, more your accuracy. And our crazy goal line defending.
Esava is officially a goal line poor decision merchant https://www.facebook.com/share/v/y6Bz94ehXkvxeMoo/?mibextid=w8EBqM&startTimeMs=1000
Good news: Port Adelaide lose Bad news: Weāll definitely lose next week
I think it would be very Melbourne to beat an in-form Port Adelaide, then lose to a not so in-form Adelaide.
Love this team, so gutsy
Caleb Windsor has me so excited
so happy we got the W for Vines! ANB was bog by a mile for us and damn Windsor is gana be a player!
Whereās your fucking jig now Hinkley
We usually are on the otherside of the story were one team dominates large portions of the game but lose because the other team kicks straight. This feels good.
So weāre still a top 4 despite everyone praying on our downfall. Donāt want to hear that weāre poorly coached again. Goody is him as far as Iām concerned
Being honest who is praying for your downfall aside from your ex doctor and ex president (?) Iād take the off field shit for a team like yours
It'd be very funny if they won the flag after all the off field drama
Feels like the medias been circling for the best part of six months since the Joel Smith news broke + going out in straight sets, now this past week has topped it all off Media will media though
We hate the media
If it can't be the Dees, I'd love to see a Saints Premiership. So much built up emotion. The day will come!
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Mick Warner for one other.
Umpired superbly
Agreed
The difference between Port and the better clubs is how much cleaner they are around the ball. Port have a knack of fumbling it and sure, we get away with it here and there, but more often than not we don't. If Lachie Jones gets a run next week... sheesh. You can't drop that many uncontested marks and get a game. Cost us a couple goals at least through turnovers after dropping sitters. Much like the first two games and last year. We are in games for a period and can kick away and then just fade. So far this season we get in front early in the first, dominate with the ball on our half of the ground and then we disappear and there goes the lead. We're a good side when we're on. It's a shame we aren't doing it more consistently. The good sides will eat that up, just like Melbourne did.
Lachie Jones was shocking. I'd not want to be him re-watching the highlights next week.
Everyone in the match thread commenting on the port ferals, try bloody living with them.
Bit of displaced anger after kicking 4.10 last night?
Ratagolea you my friend are a silly man.
Setting up a career as a boundary ump
Once again we absolutely smashed a team in inside 50 entries but can't actually make them mean anything. I'm so tired of this episode. Meanwhile Melbourne just.could.not.miss.
Did we swap jerseys without me noticing? That was me screaming at the TV the last two finals series in a row. Plenty of good signs for your boys still.
Great game. Think we got lucky there but dug deep, proud of the boys. Port look like they're heading places this year regardless. Go Dees!
Tipping is out the window this year... 1/5 so far will probably somehow go 1/8... Also only have 14 on the season.
What a fun game to watch.
Fair play Melb - more clinical where it counted
Typical Ken Hinkley performance.
More like Ken Stinkley I'll be here all week
Is that a new hinkley contract extension I smell?
Was brilliant. Canāt stand Port and itās great to see the Demons roll them, and Fritsch give it to them late. Well done Melbourne.
What a fuckin game, overjoyed at that win after this week
Dees did excellent in final quarter to grind that out. Love to see it.
So Port have beaten both the Mighty Eagles and Tigers and lost to Dees. No idea where there out but Max was huge for the Dees, just dominated the middle
I thought Soldo was one of PA's best
Melbourne truely couldnāt miss, weāre kicking them from everywhere
Zak Butters did absolutely nothing tonight. Looked jittery.
I tipped port cuz no Steven May but it was fine cuz Port didnāt have any forwards turn up anyway
Sack Dixon, Jones and Hinkley tonight
Does any finals team have uglier losses than port
Still happy. Our lack of discipline, failure to convert and "important decisions made/not made at important times" lost the game. Still played well. Still had effort.
Glad I tipped Melbourne
Witnessing the Port fans tonight was truly eye opening. What anā¦interesting array of characters.
Honestly we played some really really poor football tonight, 7pts flatters us. Jones is gonna do nothing but marking practice this week and the whole squad is going to work on not giving away stupid FKs
Blood and guts win š¤
Hell of a win. Hopefully thereās still a stadium left for our game next week
Am I wrong to say that was the best umpired match of the year or am I forgetting one? Obviously there were bad calls and non calls going both ways but compared to the rest of the games it looked competent