Round 4 - Williamstown v Port Melbourne

NorthPort Topic starter Tue, 25 Apr 2006 - 23:41

Two, possibly three forced changes to the Borough side, while Williamstown will also be forced to play about 3 less AFL players than in previous weeks.

NorthPort Topic starter Fri, 28 Apr 2006 - 15:03

Williamstown v Port Melbourne Saturday 29th April Burbank Oval at 2.00pm Williamstown B Wakelin Anthony R. Shaw HB O'Brien J. Cloke Williams C Rowe Lloyd Pendlebury HF Egan C. Cloke Iacobucci F Greene Lawry Caracella R Richards Davies Br. Johnson Int McKenzie Galea Brewer Tallis R. Cook Stretton Meyer Hall Clifton Picken Proctor Nicholls Port Melbourne B Hooker Morrison Pinwill HB Obst M. Smith Nayna C Alexander Raines Hazell HF Pitt Pleming Becker F Monteath Bloomfield Evans R W. Carlyle McMahon Nahas Int Peel Cain Johnstone Milhuissen Dwyer Waldron McGlynn Cheevers

Portroo Fri, 28 Apr 2006 - 17:04

So...from the team that beat Geelong last week in comes Monteath,Peel,Cain,Dwyer,Waldron & Johnstone....who will actually come out ons?

NorthPort Topic starter Sat, 29 Apr 2006 - 08:46

In: Monteath, Dwyer, Johnstone Out: Cotchett, Shaw, Lawrence

NorthPort Topic starter Sat, 29 Apr 2006 - 17:42

We need a marking CHF! Absolutely killed across that Half Forward line. Also Pitt faced a 2 on 1 contest almost every time. I thought Ports defence was reasonably good considering the amount of Williamstown inside 50s. A lot of players down on the day and that's a big concern. A huge loss not having Lawrence and Cotchett in the side, not that it increases our marking power. We just turned the ball over when we really had to make the most of our limited opportunities.

foz Sat, 29 Apr 2006 - 19:22

Have you ever seen a game of football where a side wins 2 quarters of footy and still loses by 85 points? Port are obviously a bit smaller than your average vfl - afl reserves squad . But today was a bit weird. Good crowd of around 2300 , and the seapies supporters hardly let out a yelp. Fair dinkum , consider they were thrashing us , you would think silly willy (seapies) supporters may get stirred up. Too busy dreaming about a collingscum GF perhaps ? I will give you a hot tip.......for free . The black and white scum will not be there! Nor will their feeder team!

zebraman Sat, 29 Apr 2006 - 22:02

I was thinking the same thing......imagine if Williamstown didn't have to go 12/10... Port Melbourne have chosen to go solo...that's their choice...so they can't complain if they get a thrashing from an AFL aligned team... This is the way the competition is now...whether we like it or not...the vast majority of teams are aligned... If unaligned teams don't like the set up...then go to another competition The competition should be either 1. All teams be aligned OR 2. All teams going solo as we were in the VFA This current set up of a aligned/unaligned sides is not the ideal scenario.. BTW...as a Sandy supporter I would love it if we could have continued as a stand alone team...but we have moved on..and 3 premierships with the Melbourne alignment is ample proof that alignments do work

NorthPort Topic starter Sat, 29 Apr 2006 - 23:50

I will accept results like today in the short term while Port Melbourne develops a list for the future. I don't like it, but if its necessary to plan for 2007/2008 then I can live with it. Frankston have had several years trying to get the mix right, so to expect Port to instantly be successful is fanciful. The Borough supporters know all to well how much a difference developing young talls and AFL experience can make to a sides performance. The disapointing thing about todays game was the lack of accountability, particularly in the two middle quarters. The first quarter was terrific, but even then the warning signs were there... The ball was quickly being taken out across our half-forward line, and even during the first quarter, the defenders were under siege.

foz Sun, 30 Apr 2006 - 00:26

Was not being sour grapes . And understand Port are in a rebuilding stage. It was just a bit disappointing to see us fall in a heap after 1/4 time!

NorthPort Topic starter Sun, 30 Apr 2006 - 01:34

Williamstown 0.5 9.8 17.10 21.14 (140) Port Melbourne 3.0 3.1 3.5 8.7 (55) BEST: Williamstown: Williams Lloyd Iacobucci Pendlebury Rowe Cloke Port Melbourne: McMahon Carlyle Hooker Smith Milhuissen Pleming GOALS: Williamstown: Williams 7 Galea 4 Lloyd 4 Hall 2 Proctor Cloke Rowe Johnson Port Melbourne: Pitt 3 McGlynn 2 Monteath Hazell Evans REPORTED PLAYERS: Williamstown: Nil Port Melbourne: Nil