Port Melbourne Vs Chris Grant

Yep, good luck to the great man.. Will be good to see him lining up against the Borough, match-ups on the day should be fascinating. Lynch and McMahon confirmed outs for the Tigers. We really won't know the Borough's side until Saturday at 1pm.

TRUenergy VFL Teams - Round 10 Port Melbourne vs. Werribee Saturday 16th June TEAC Oval (ABC TV) at 1:10 PM Port Melbourne B Debruin Pleming Milhuissen HB Obst Baird Hazell C Rowe Robbins Shaw HF Nahas Dukes Cotchett F Pitt Smith Langford R Fanning McMahon Spriggs Int Brewer B. Nixon Pearce Bonaddio Cain D. Kelly Pinwill Thomas Werribee B Henderson Grant Pask HB Faulkner Wight Everitt C Howard Young Power HF Furfaro Skipper Robbins F Barham Podsiadly Gleeson R Minson Hill Castello Int Hughes Garth Lavars McDougall Rockefeller Stack J. Sheringham Robinson

Yeah, big loss. Hopefully he's back by next week, as it makes a massive difference to the back half. Possible changes for Werribees side too.. Will Minson and Sam Power are up in Darwin for the Dogs game against the Dockers. That could mean rucking duties for the Tigers is shared between Skipper and possibly McDougall.

:D Chris Grant was never a danger today unfortunately as I believe he is a champion when fully fit , but not today as he and Werribee were outclassed by a much better team at Port. The ruck work of Fanning and roving of Nahas with Jukes dominate in the forward area was just too much for the Bees and Port really are the real deal this season. All looks good for a top game next week at the Borough against the Zebras. go Zebs Zebra :wink:

Grant was one of very few winners for the Bees on the day. . He kept Smith very quiet until he was forced to move to Dukes who was chopping them up, and Dukes was immediately shut out of the game. An important win for Port. I don't think we are one of the best skilled sides, but with a potent forward line, solid back line, and hard working midfield, its a very good mix when the intensity is high. When the intensity drops off we are capable of being pretty ugly though. Anyway, that is how i am rationalising the mixture of very good and pretty poor performances that this season has thrown up so far. I am looking forward to next week's big challenge.

Pembleton wrote:Grant was one of very few winners for the Bees on the day. . He kept Smith very quiet until he was forced to move to Dukes who was chopping them up, and Dukes was immediately shut out of the game. An important win for Port. I don't think we are one of the best skilled sides, but with a potent forward line, solid back line, and hard working midfield, its a very good mix when the intensity is high. When the intensity drops off we are capable of being pretty ugly though. Anyway, that is how i am rationalising the mixture of very good and pretty poor performances that this season has thrown up so far. I am looking forward to next week's big challenge.

I disagree with your comments Chris Grant didn't do much and should retire and give the kids ago he was a champion but like them all the time has come to go, Dukes & Smith had good games not a bad effort to beat them by 80 pts after they beat geelong last week & our loss to casey remeber we are playing against 12 AFL listed players each week we might be the best side in the competion but at least we are not the worst team this year. Go Borough!

I watched Grant and agree with Pembleton.. he was very good. He played on Matt Smith and kept him to 1 goal or less until Grant was moved on to the rampaging Dukes who had about 5 goals already and then kept him to one additional goal. After that move was made, Matt Smith kicked 3 goals. According to the stats Grant had 10 disposals, took three marks and made five effective spoils in 110 minutes of on-field time while playing in a negating role. Thats a fine perfformance for someone coming into only their second game after such a long lay-off. I thought his disposal was good even under pressure too. What a massive, massive win for Port. The intensity at the contests and work in and under was the best for the season, McMahon and Spriggs should be praised for their efforts at the foot of the packs time and again. Bonaddio took a couple of telling marks late in the game when moved forward and goaled duly from them. Nahas was a livewire around the ground. Obst absolutely shut out Matty Robbins who hardly got a touch. Fanning played his best game to date, defeating Minson and Skipper both at the centre and around the grounds. Plemming continues to show what a capable defender he is. Good signs for the game against the Zebras next week.

PORT MELBOURNE 4.3 13.8 17.10 26.12 (168) WERRIBEE 3.2 5.6 10.8 13.10 (88) Goals: Port Melbourne: Dukes 6 Smith 4 Nahas 3 Bonaddio 2 Pitt 2 Robbins 2 Langford 2 Hazell Rowe Cotchett McMahon Spriggs. Werribee: Podsiadly 4 Skipper 2 Faulkner Wight Gleeson McDougall Castello Furfaro Minson. Best: Port Melbourne: Fanning Hazell Dukes Obst McMahon Baird. Werribee: Everitt Castello Young Gleeson Grant Podsiadly. Reports: Nil. At TEAC Oval. And in the Reserves, Port kept their unbeaten record alive, posting a win with the game going rigt down to the wire. RESERVES PORT MELBOURNE 4.1 9.3 12.6 15.8 (98) WERRIBEE 3.6 8.9 11.11 14.11 (95) Goals: Port Melbourne: Nixon 3 Gilham 2 Kelly 2 Bloomfield 2 Thomas Francis Collins Cain Waldron Johnstone. Werribee: Garth 4 Walsh 2 Ericksen Tiller Lavars Eddy Thomas McCormack Moloney Thompson. Best: Port Melbourne: Henshaw Waldron Bloomfield Nixon Kelly Carroll. Werribee: Baird Lavars Wormald Penny O'Shea Moloney. Reports: Nil. At TEAC Oval. Good to see Bo Nixon getting amongst it. I only say the last quarter, but he kicked a couple of important goals.

bobbyborough wrote:I disagree with your comments Chris Grant didn't do much and should retire and give the kids ago he was a champion but like them all the time has come to go, Dukes & Smith had good games not a bad effort to beat them by 80 pts after they beat geelong last week & our loss to casey remeber we are playing against 12 AFL listed players each week we might be the best side in the competion but at least we are not the worst team this year. Go Borough!

Dukes and Smith both had good games, but neither did their damage whilst Grant was on them. Can't ask for much more than that from a defender playing his second game back from long term injury, in a team being belted. From The Age:

Quote:Western Bulldogs veteran Chris Grant, who had kept the dangerous Matthew Smith on a tight leash, was moved on to Dukes to stem the flow, but this only allowed Smith to capitalise on inexperienced opponent Andrejs Everitt. While [b]Grant was exceptional[/b] and played almost the entire match, he simply didn't have adequate support to contain the Borough avalanche.