Match thread, Port in Shanghai

[The Fireman]

He's hard at it, he's a trier but Geary is not the quality of player you rush in, Hayes, Riewoldt yes, not Geary. Sad that officials think he being out cost us badly in our 4 losses on the trot.

he is of the same quality as the rest of them

[spert]

Richo is a dead man walking. No excuses for missing goals. Brown is just a witches hat. Just ball watches.
Sick of this same bulls***. Year after year after year.

I agree about Richo- his teams have no system except to run around like headless chickens and bomb the ball. Give Brown a break, it's his mates upfield that are letting the ball come down the ground so easy it's not funny. If I was Brown, I would be serving it up in the rooms at half time, to the forwards and midfield for putting absolutely no pressure on...at all!

[The Fireman]

Our next coach won’t turn our C graders with poor skills into elite A graders .. or our average half back flankers into elite midfielders.

We need to recruit our way out of this ... our recruitershave let us down over the last 10 years or so and need to go.

starting with the coach

[Devilhead]

Port have had 12 tackles inside 50, St Kilda have had none. Ross, Sinclair & Newnes have zero tackles between them. Absolutely pathetic.

That is putrid reading

[samoht]

Our recruiters need dropping!

Our coach will go ... sacking coaches is what we are good at.

[Devilhead]

We need outside skill and speed .... desperately

[spert]

Port have had 12 tackles inside 50, St Kilda have had none. Ross, Sinclair & Newnes have zero tackles between them. Absolutely pathetic.

That is putrid reading

You can see why we will never play finals with the midfield we have.

[The Recruit]

Not sure the team is up for this one...gastro and heat don’t mix

Could get ugly

[BarryGrogan]

I cant believe with Ports forward speed the replaced McKenzie with Coffield and not Hind. Coffield is too slow and gets exposed to easily.

Coffield is spectating.

So is Phillips.

Nowhere near hard enough at the contest today.

[mbogo]

I fail to believe that all our players have not been made into C grade players, how can that possibly be true? The same managers that construct zero system, and players that don't know what to do, and are full of self belief cannot recruit suitably since they can't know who to place into the failed system.

[whiskers3614]

We have a game plan that would suit a tall forward set up... but we go with a small forward set up.... I don’t understand

How would it suit a tall forward line?

No key forward in 100 years has been able to outmark 4 defenders consistently.

The obsession with junk small forwards...
Saad, Dennis-Lane, Milera, all the current ones bar Gresham.
Seem to think you can replace quality with quantity!
Why not try and get decent mids and rotate them in that small forward role?

[The Fireman]

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[Greg T]

Port have had 12 tackles inside 50, St Kilda have had none. Ross, Sinclair & Newnes have zero tackles between them. Absolutely pathetic.

That is putrid reading

You can see why we will never play finals with the midfield we have.

What midfield.? Most left there game in Melbourne,absolutely no heart or urgency,pathetic

[The_Dud]

I fail to believe that all our players have not been made into C grade players, how can that possibly be true? The same managers that construct zero system, and players that don't know what to do, and are full of self belief cannot recruit suitably since they can't know who to place into the failed system.

Our coach and development have killed so many potential guns.

[Sainter_Dad]

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Amen to that Firey!

[st.byron]

Nothing changes.

Decision making is putrid.
Kicking for goal is pathetic.
Clearance work is awful.
Skill level is laughable.
Ability to defend is non existent.

Same rubbish every week.

Port are home. We can’t kick over 10 goals, so they’re already out of reach.

Nope nothing will essentially change whilst Richardson remains head coach. We can shift the deck chairs around all we like, change the officers and seaman, but whilst the captain remains incompetent, we ain’t going nowhere.

[Yorkeys]

Dumb footy, dumb players, dumb coach.
Plenty of smart passengers but, they get paid plenty and deliver not much (I count at least 4) - they need their tickets stamped. Club has to churn; not try to turn pigs ears into skilled footballers. But there will be the they were sick excuse and nothing will change. Long inside the 50 passed to a guy standing next to 195cm Westhoff. Do'h. Sinclair into and open goal.....just too much responsibility I guess for the young chap - thought about his usual handball....caught in 2 minds - very poor.

[Cordz2]

And as I predicted, the players affected by the virus have very little left.

This would have had a massive impact - I think we need to reserve some of our harsh criticism. We’re playing in China because our administration has been poor over the past 10 years. Our first time there. Can’t expect a seemless performance.

[Enrico_Misso]

We have a game plan that would suit a tall forward set up... but we go with a small forward set up.... I don’t understand

How would it suit a tall forward line?

No key forward in 100 years has been able to outmark 4 defenders consistently.

You obviously didn't see Plugger!

[magnifisaint]

Geary maybe courageous and have a heart as big as Phar Lap but unfortunately he has no skills. I dont know why I bother. I really dont know, but I cant get the Saints out of my blood!
I really wish I could!

[samuraisaint]

Not sure the team is up for this one...gastro and heat don’t mix

Could get ugly

Get ugly?

[st.byron]

Dumb footy, dumb players, dumb coach.
Plenty of smart passengers but, they get paid plenty and deliver not much (I count at least 4) - they need their tickets stamped. Club has to churn; not try to turn pigs ears into skilled footballers. But there will be the they were sick excuse and nothing will change. Long inside the 50 passed to a guy standing next to 195cm Westhoff. Do'h. Sinclair into and open goal.....just too much responsibility I guess for the young chap - thought about his usual handball....caught in 2 minds - very poor.

There is no genuine leadership. That is the number one problem.

[mbogo]

Watch it Firey we need to make excuses: viruses, logic failure due to heat, brain malfunction due to Chinese speaking hotel employees, boot design, poor ground design and Robbie gray allergy!

[Cordz2]

We have a game plan that would suit a tall forward set up... but we go with a small forward set up.... I don’t understand

How would it suit a tall forward line?

No key forward in 100 years has been able to outmark 4 defenders consistently.

The obsession with junk small forwards...
Saad, Dennis-Lane, Milera, all the current ones bar Gresham.
Seem to think you can replace quality with quantity!
Why not try and get decent mids and rotate them in that small forward role?

Most clubs go through the same amount. It’s the hardest position in the ground to fill with consistent performers

[bigcarl]

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