Where and When: Adelaide Oval , Saturday 12 September at 5:05pm AEST
Last time they met: Rd 20: Port Adelaide 19.12 (126) def Essendon 9.13 (67) at Marvel Stadium
Match Preview: All is not well at Windy Hill. The Bombers no longer have a match in hand and they find themselves over a game outside the top 8. They have also lost Hurley and Heppell (again) to injury and Hooker has been dropped. And now they find themselves facing the ladder-topping Port Power.
Every season we wait for the inevitable drop off by the Power but this season they look a different side. Most pundits have Richmond, Brisbane and Geelong ahead of Port Adelaide but it’s hard to see them dropping this one. Expect the Power to wrap up a top 2 spot today.
Supercoach Watch: Port: Boak remains a great smokey while Robbie Gray, Dan Houston and even Peter Ladhams could make decent late-season selections if you are cash-strapped.
Essendon: Merrett is well and truly back to his Supercoach best while Ridley, Shiel and Devon Smith appear in plenty of teams. Sam Draper is also holding up plenty of ruck lines to end the SC season.
Thommo Watch: I want Ladhams as my F6. He needs to repay the faith after his COVID breech so expect a decent return this and next round.
Thommo’s Tip: Port by 30 points.
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No Late Changes to either team. #AFLPowerDons
I’m an Eagles man, but I’d love for the Dons to get up here and salvage some dignity.
Hopefully Riddles can also bounce back from last week’s 73.
TU – Gray
TD – Dixon
Help guys, need to do a last minute trade – thnks
Have a feeling my Dons will get a spanking today. Fingers crossed they show bit of heart.
I’m hoping my bombers get spanked by 100pts and they finally decide that supporters deserve more than be patient, and do something about it. Carlton and Freo are now looking at us in their rear view mirrors. Tanner is going…so should anyone on the board that remains pre the ASADA debacle. The club was at its best when they had all those players with a bit of c..t. We need another dirty little prick as coach….not an academic.
Clarkson would love the challenge.
Sorry for the rant.
Why the T/D ??
At this stage, it doesn’t look like I will have a VC/C loophole for tomorrow for my preferred option of VC Gawn tonight
TU : VC Merrett so I can Captain Gawn / Macrae or Neale if needed by using Captain Riccardi tonight
TD: VC Gawn tonight with no chance to Captain Macrae or Neale if Gawn goes big, unless Doc / Wicks / Schoenberg are not named to play tomorrow.
1/4 Time – Bombers 2.1.13 lead Pt Adel 1.2.8
POWER
Hamish Hartlett 42
Scott Lycett 40
Dan Houston 36
Todd Marshall 30
Tom Rockliff 28
Charlie Dixon* 27
Tom Jonas 24
Tom Clurey 24
Xavier Duursma 23
Travis Boak 21
Karl Amon 20
Connor Rozee 20
Ollie Wines 17
Kane Farrell 14
Robbie Gray 12
Trent McKenzie 12
Riley Bonner 11
Darcy Byrne-Jones 8
Peter Ladhams 6
Sam Powell-Pepper 3
Steven Motlop 1
Brad Ebert -1
BOMBERS
Darcy Parish 38
Matt Guelfi 36
Zach Merrett 36
Dylan Shiel 34
Sam Draper 31
Jordan Ridley 27
James Stewart 27
Kyle Langford 25
B. Zerk-Thatcher 24
Adam Saad 21
Devon Smith 21
Jake Stringer 19
Mitchell Hibberd 18
Brayden Ham 17
Dylan Clarke 14
A. M-Tipungwuti 14
Martin Gleeson 12
Jacob Townsend 12
Tom Cutler 11
Joe Daniher 10
Will Snelling 6
Andrew Phillips -2
This umpiring is insanely skewed in favor of Port. Jeez.
Yep….cost bombers at least 5 goals
Port still the better side, but yeah. You’d be in it had the umpires not bet their salaries on Dixon for the Coleman lol.
Go Dixon! Kick a bag!
HALF TIME – big 2nd Q from Port in the wet sees them in front 6.7.43 to Bombers 2.3.15
POWER
Scott Lycett 77
Tom Rockliff 74
Dan Houston 68
Hamish Hartlett 65
Connor Rozee 64
Charlie Dixon* 53
Robbie Gray 52
Travis Boak 49
Xavier Duursma 45
Tom Jonas 42
Darcy Byrne-Jones 42
Peter Ladhams 40
Karl Amon 39
Todd Marshall 38
Trent McKenzie 37
Riley Bonner 37
Sam Powell-Pepper 33
Ollie Wines 32
Tom Clurey 30
Brad Ebert 29
Kane Farrell 23
Steven Motlop 20
BOMBERS
Jordan Ridley 64
Adam Saad 59
Zach Merrett 49
Kyle Langford 46
Dylan Shiel 45
Matt Guelfi 45
Devon Smith 44
Sam Draper 38
Darcy Parish 34
James Stewart 34
B. Zerk-Thatcher 34
Dylan Clarke 29
Jake Stringer 29
Brayden Ham 27
Mitchell Hibberd 24
A. M-Tipungwuti 23
Jacob Townsend 21
Tom Cutler 20
Joe Daniher 11
Martin Gleeson 10
Andrew Phillips 10
Will Snelling 9
Thank you Lisa for the scores.
Well at least Devon smith got 100+ with Ridley and Merrett that is good