From The Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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PORT MELBOURNE: Coach Gary Ayres said he isn't fazed by the team's lack of polish to finish off matches despite its poor final-quarter record this season.
The Borough unveiled Wayne Schultz, who could be pivotal to Port Melbourne's quest for another grand final appearance.
From Leader Community Newspapers
Reported by Brad Beitzel
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FROM boiled lollies to advancing into the VFL top four.That’s the past week for Port Melbourne as it had one of its best second halves this season to knock off Box Hill by 49 points at TEAC Oval on Saturday.
From Leader Community Papers
Reported by Paul Amy
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IT was ladies day at Port Melbourne on Saturday and the champers flowed at a marquee set up around from the small grandstand.
To judge from the anxious expression he carried in the first quarter, Boroughs coach Gary Ayres would have liked to inject a bit of fizz into his team as it lagged behind Frankston.
Despite being undermanned, the Dolphins fired off the first five goals of the match, leaving Port to fumble around like a man who’d misplaced his glasses.
But, good side that is, Port Melbourne clawed its way back and kicked six goals to none in the final term to win by 21 points and go 4-1 after six rounds.
No sooner had Ayres stepped down from the coaches box than he put his thoughts on Port’s next assignment. He called it a blockbuster: Williamstown at Point Gellibrand.
The Seagulls are still shirty about last year’s preliminary final, when the Boroughs came from four goals down at half time to charge into the grand final.
From ABC Grandstand
Reported by Chris Thompson
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Frankston
travel to North Port Oval to take on the Borough this weekend in Round Six,
and ABC TV Grandstand will be there to bring you all the action live on
Saturday from 1pm on ABC1 in Victoria.
And as well as all the regular action, Phil Cleary will this week take you inside the coaches box with Gary Ayres for a special look at what it takes to be a VFL senior coach during a game.
Their Round Three blemish against the Bullants aside, Port have been in good form at the start of Season 2009, a first-up thrashing of North Ballarat in the Grand Final replay signalling their intentions to go one better this season.
And after backing it up with a hard-fought Round Two win over Casey, the Borough went 3-1 with a two-goal victory over the Cats, before having last week off.
From Leader Community Newspapers
Reported by Brad Beitzel
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PORT Melbourne’s Sam Dwyer went from villain to pin-up boy in his role in the Borough’s great fightback over Geelong at TEAC Oval on Saturday.
Port won by two goals after trailing by 21 points at three-quarter-time.
Dwyer kicked along the ground from 10 metres and missed halfway through the last term as Port was barnstorming home.
Five minutes later John Baird lofted a magnificent pass into centre-half forward and through a screen of players the small Dwyer plucked an overhead grab, went back and converted a more difficult opportunity to level the game.
At the death of the third term the margin was a daunting 27 points when James Podsiadly, who is in his first season as captain of the Cats, slotted the last of his five goals for the match.