Where and when: Adelaide Oval, 7:10pm (AEST)
Last time they met: Rd 15, 2019: Port 5.11 (41) DEF BY Western Bulldogs 10.6 (66) at Adelaide Oval.
What it means for The Power: With Brisbane on an equal number of wins at the top of the ladder, Port will be looking to make another statement against a Victorian team this week and collect more margin in the process.
What it means for The Dogs: A chance to redeem themselves after a big loss against The Tigers last week.
Motts Watch: I’ll be looking to see if Dunkley’s return affects the scoring of Bailey Smith who’s starting on the bench tonightalready it’ (s not looking good!)
Mottsy’s Tip: Port by 20
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Thoughts on Mayes?
T/U: Worthwhile stepping stone
T/D: Too risky
No Late Changes to either team.
AFL site has Dunkley on bench and B. Smith on ball.
Will McRae keep his centre bounce minutes & put up a VC score?
Thoughts?
TRADE
TU – sympkin
TD – Dev Smith
neither
I know you never trade out a premium, as Cripps showed as all last week.
But with Dunkley coming back now, is it time I move on from Bont and trade him for Macrae? (or another premium)
TU – Yes
TD – No
has the close boat sailed?
TU: yes
TD: no
10 minutes to decide
T/U James Bell (idk wtf Horse will do)
T/D Woodcock, named but shaky JS
geez , woodcock shouldn’t have had that goal overturned
It clearly showed it hit the post though. That’s exactly what the snicko is there for.
Anyone who brought Mayes in would be cursing him. A little holiday coming you would assume.
Hi Jo I have to disagree,
It was the correct decision based on the tools in the arcs desposal. The edge technology showed a spike which is enough to overturn the decision.
It’s the same as snicko in cricket a spike means batter hit it and they make the decision of it.
i didn’t realize they used snicko
i didn’t see them use it on fox
It’s definitely on there Jo, but you don’t see it during the review process, they only show it in the split screen when they are announcing the decision back to the umpires.
It’s a bit sluggish, but the main thing is they get the decision correct.
1/4 Time -Bulldogs 2.5.17 lead Port Adel 1.2.8
Power
Sam Powell-Pepper 30
Dan Houston 30
Tom Rockliff 29
Peter Ladhams 29
Tom Jonas 29
Karl Amon 24
Hamish Hartlett 23
Darcy Byrne-Jones 22
Travis Boak 20
Trent McKenzie 19
Xavier Duursma 19
Connor Rozee 18
Tom Clurey 17
Charlie Dixon 16
Mitch Georgiades 13
Kane Farrell 13
Zak Butters 12
Robbie Gray 12
Sam Mayes 12
Boyd Woodcock 6
Justin Westhoff 4
Ollie Wines -3
Bulldogs
Josh Dunkley 37
Tim English 36
Jack Macrae 34
Mitch Wallis 34
Bailey Williams 32
Alex Keath 31
Sam Lloyd 29
Bailey Smith 27
Caleb Daniel 26
Roarke Smith 22
M. Bontempelli 22
Toby McLean 20
Cody Weightman* 20
Patrick Lipinski 18
Jason Johannisen 17
Tom Liberatore 15
L. Vandermeer 13
Hayden Crozier 13
Zaine Cordy 12
Ed Richards 7
Josh Bruce 5
Easton Wood -1
TU; Skinner
TD; Close
skinner’s a mature age fwd in a flying lions side
Piss off English where was this the last 2 weeks..
dogs r smashing port in the ruck & around the ground
port are doing well to stay in it
English is too young to be really consistent, and being up and down it probably expected for a bit still. And the dogs can be hot and cold depending on their from and how their game is going.
Half Time – Bulldogs lead 3.5.23 to Port 3.2.20
POWER
Tom Jonas 61
Peter Ladhams 60
Darcy Byrne-Jones 58
Trent McKenzie 49
Tom Rockliff 45
Ollie Wines 45
Sam Powell-Pepper 42
Dan Houston 41
Hamish Hartlett 40
Xavier Duursma 39
Karl Amon 38
Travis Boak 38
Connor Rozee 35
Robbie Gray 33
Zak Butters 32
Tom Clurey 32
Charlie Dixon 28
Sam Mayes 23
Mitch Georgiades 20
Boyd Woodcock 18
Justin Westhoff 14
Kane Farrell 14
DOGGIES
Jack Macrae 65
Tom Liberatore 63
Caleb Daniel 60
M. Bontempelli 58
Bailey Williams 57
Sam Lloyd 54
Josh Dunkley 53
Alex Keath 50
Toby McLean 48
Bailey Smith 47
Tim English 47
Mitch Wallis 47
Patrick Lipinski 34
Jason Johannisen 32
Roarke Smith 28
Hayden Crozier 28
Zaine Cordy 26
Ed Richards 22
L. Vandermeer 19
Cody Weightman* 17
Josh Bruce 9
Easton Wood 3
Big score please MacRae!
Houston doing well seeing he is down back again. Damn it.
just looking @ bailey smiths stats
averaged 111 @ marvel the 1st 3 games v pies stk & gws
averaging 94 away from marvel v swans carl ess gc & tigers
not including the game he got injured
not an inspiring read going fwd
The dogs can’t seem to take a contested mark.
3/4 Time – 4 goals to zip this Qtr sees Power 7.5.47 lead Dogs 3.6.24
POWER
Peter Ladhams 99
Zak Butters 96
Tom Jonas 86
Tom Rockliff 82
Charlie Dixon 81
Robbie Gray 80
Darcy Byrne-Jones 77
Trent McKenzie 74
Ollie Wines 64
Dan Houston 60
Karl Amon 58
Sam Powell-Pepper 57
Mitch Georgiades 55
Travis Boak 55
Hamish Hartlett 55
Connor Rozee 54
Justin Westhoff 53
Xavier Duursma 46
Tom Clurey 43
Sam Mayes 38
Boyd Woodcock 37
Kane Farrell 24
DOGS
Tom Liberatore 88
Jack Macrae 81
Sam Lloyd 80
Bailey Williams 77
Caleb Daniel 75
Josh Dunkley 73
Tim English 73
Bailey Smith 68
M. Bontempelli 65
Toby McLean 55
Alex Keath 53
Mitch Wallis 52
Jason Johannisen 49
Patrick Lipinski 47
Zaine Cordy 42
Ed Richards 34
Hayden Crozier 33
Roarke Smith 29
Easton Wood 18
Cody Weightman* 17
L. Vandermeer 16
Josh Bruce 16
If Bruce bumps Bont out of one more marking contest, I am going to lose my shit…
Josh Bruce a cheapish POD?
TD
TD
Full Time – Power by 13 points : 8.7.55 to 5.12.42
POWER
Tom Rockliff 134
Peter Ladhams 123
Zak Butters 123
Tom Jonas 107
Robbie Gray 103
Charlie Dixon 103
Trent McKenzie 90
Hamish Hartlett 89
Darcy Byrne-Jones 88
Connor Rozee 84
Sam Powell-Pepper 70
Tom Clurey 70
Ollie Wines 69
Travis Boak 66
Dan Houston 66
Sam Mayes 65
Mitch Georgiades 64
Karl Amon 61
Justin Westhoff 61
Xavier Duursma 48
Boyd Woodcock 44
Kane Farrell 33
DOGS
M. Bontempelli 117
Jack Macrae 116
Tom Liberatore 113
Bailey Williams 105
Sam Lloyd 100
Tim English 92
Bailey Smith 92
Josh Dunkley 88
Caleb Daniel 87
Toby McLean 85
Mitch Wallis 69
Zaine Cordy 68
Patrick Lipinski 62
Jason Johannisen 58
Alex Keath 56
Ed Richards 50
Hayden Crozier 40
Easton Wood 38
Roarke Smith 36
L. Vandermeer 31
Cody Weightman* 20
Josh Bruce 12
I selected Bontempelli because he gets Supercoach points for scratching his head, but even I am shocked by how highly he has scored tonight. I didn’t see 22 possessions and 8 clearances but I’m happy to take the points!
In the 1st half Bont has 10 CP’s from his 11 possessions and he finished with 16 contested possessions from his 22 touches to go with his 8 clearances.
Yes, that’s what his stats sheet says, but watching it a lot of those disposals were dropped balls, fumbles, etc…
Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy to take the points, it just surprises me!
agreed – that’s the point I often make, when you watch live games with live scoring (and even score it yourself as i do at times), players get given stats that they simply haven’t earnt (or should have) in the match.
What we need to look at are the things we don’t see.
Contested possessions are/were when you had to “work” off someone before you took possession and disposed of it.
Eg. Full forward pushing off the full back to lead and mark the ball.
Eg A midfielder pushing off an opponent at a centre bounce.
Some of these we don’t always see (until maybe replays) from a different angle.
TV cameras have tunnel vision. If you want to see everything and know what’s happening sit on the wing in a high grandstand seat……or just ask your wife……
bailey smith is heading into bret bewley , devon smith territory
If Dev’s worst score this season was a 76 I’d have no doubts about keeping him.