Port have got their Mojo back damn it.

[SunnyErnie]

I know it is one week at a time but it looks as though they have their mojo back.

[remboy]

We’ll probably only beat them by 50 points in that case.

[Ghost Like]

West Coast are struggling, they are playing like witches hats who are sagging. I hope Port fill their boots, hit all their locals over the next 4 days getting drink cards, spend the week reading the S.A. press & arrive in Cairns with backs well & truly slapped.

[Devilhead]

Allir injured

[SaintPav]

West Coast are presently a terrible team.

Applying no pressure what so ever.

[st.byron]

I love seeing West Coast get flogged. Long may they suffer. Ah the schadenfreude....

[st.byron]

WCE goal in the first minute if the game. Still 1 goal at 3/4 time. Beeeaudiful.....

[saynta]

I dislike port much more than I dislike West Coach. Port are the Collingwood of Adelaide.

[bangaulegend]

I love seeing West Coast get flogged. Long may they suffer. Ah the schadenfreude....

Yeah mate love seeing the Eagles get flogged it really makes my week

[Wayne42]

Port win by 84 points, that's a confidence booster for the sods.

[saynta]

Port win by 84 points, that's a confidence booster for the sods.

1st four points for the season with a 14 goal win against wet toast ain't too 'orrible.

[Trev from the Bush]

I thought to myself before the game that it could be sponsored by Astra Zeneca or Novartis. I watched the first quarter over a couple of pots in town and it was crap footy. Port obviously hit top gear while I was seeking specials at Dan Murphy's because it was a massacre by the time I got home to watch the last quarter.

Port has far too much talent to be playing as poorly as it has been, so no surprise with the result. On the other hand Old Father Time, COVID issues or not, is the Eagles biggest problem. He has a knack of turning greatness into mediocrity in the blink of an eye.

Every game is a danger game for the Saints but it appears injuries to Allir Allir and Robbie Gray won't harm our chances.

[SaintPav]

Not the greatest prep for them against the mighty Battle hardened Saints

[Ghost Like]

Gray was taken off for precautionary purposes, game was already safe that's how poor WCE were & are.

Aliir finished the game playing in the last quarter, he looked fine so I'm unsure what injury he may have.

[mr six o'clock]

So port have got there " MOJO " back have they !
Luckily we've got fat bastard ,
Sorry I mean Brett Ratten to steal it away .
Yeah baby

[Moods]

I didn’t see the game, but I heard the commentators summing it up after the game on MMM.

Tom Rockliff said it was the most uncompetitive effort by WC he’s ever seen during and post his career. Sounds like it’s hard to gauge exactly how good Port were because WC were so poor

[Teflon]

Good
Let them feel “confident”
I am

[samuraisaint]

I am not confident of winning this one although I think it will probably turn out like our 2020 match against them which we won comfortably.
However, It wouldn't matter whether they won today or not - we have been playing them back into form since 2012 - with one notable exemption - 2020.
We've only beaten them once in the past thirteen attempts, so we have been warned.
Port in Cairns is absolutely must win, because our fixture's difficulty trajectory becomes extremely steep after it.

But it won't be easy.

[sainterinsydney]

West Coast were literal witches hats. North would have smashed them. I'm not concerned

[shanegrambeau]

I am not confident of winning this one although I think it will probably turn out like our 2020 match against them which we won comfortably.
However, It wouldn't matter whether they won today or not - we have been playing them back into form since 2012 - with one notable exemption - 2020.
We've only beaten them once in the past thirteen attempts, so we have been warned.
Port in Cairns is absolutely must win, because our fixture's difficulty trajectory becomes extremely steep after it.

But it won't be easy.

How do we match up with them historically Samurai?

Ollie Wines, Travis Boak, Rozee etc.?

[The Recruit]

Teams rarely play well after soft kills
We are such a better team than port
Cairns is the problem, if it was in melb we would win for sure

[samuraisaint]

I am not confident of winning this one although I think it will probably turn out like our 2020 match against them which we won comfortably.
However, It wouldn't matter whether they won today or not - we have been playing them back into form since 2012 - with one notable exemption - 2020.
We've only beaten them once in the past thirteen attempts, so we have been warned.
Port in Cairns is absolutely must win, because our fixture's difficulty trajectory becomes extremely steep after it.

But it won't be easy.

How do we match up with them historically Samurai?

Ollie Wines, Travis Boak, Rozee etc.?

They have won double the amount of games (22) we have won against them (11), and we have now won more games against the Suns since 2011 than we have against Port since 1997, so not good.

However of their 22 wins against us, 12 have been since 2012 so it is all recent history.

We seem to have problems in getting ourselves sufficiently up against them in games, and we don't finish off games against them properly. Three times since 2012 we have been ahead of them in time on and they have parlayed those into improbable wins against us.

I mean, Robbie Gray is 34 now, and Travis Boak is 33 and we have never found a suitable match up for either of them. Ollie Wines plays well against everyone, and we are no exeption there. I thought we had the better of them in the second game last year during the lockdown, but again, crucial fumbles and mistakes let them in and they were good enough to finish.

Like I said, I think where we are at this point in time, we should win this, and win comfortably, but I see Port as a bit like Essendon and Adelaide; we tend to get their season's going by not turning up and turning in non-competitive performances.

I think they are having a reaction to their poor finals showing last year, and if we play four quarters we'll win, but the whole playing matches in Cairns thing doesn't sit well with me.

[Teflon]

Teams rarely play well after soft kills
We are such a better team than port
Cairns is the problem, if it was in melb we would win for sure

Yep
Why we in Cairns??? Ffs
Why give another team any advantage

[Milne]

Teams rarely play well after soft kills
We are such a better team than port
Cairns is the problem, if it was in melb we would win for sure

Yep
Why we in Cairns??? Ffs
Why give another team any advantage

$$$

[SydneySainter]

If we’re the real deal, we win. If we don’t, then the answer is obvious.