GOLD COAST v SOUTHPORT

Saturday, July 31, 10.30am @ Metricon Stadium Training Oval 

vfa Sat, 31 Jul 2021 - 10:14

Aspley will definitely beat Essendon. Port Melbourne will rebound hard and beat north Melbourne. Two of the bottom teams will be chalking up their second wins. Frankston good enough to beat Richmond which will put them one step closer to making finals. I picked sourhport but looks a danger game as gold coast team looks far better with inclusions like Rankin. It is so hard to pick winners and whoever can pick all 10 winners deserves a gold medal. Both Williamstown and Preston have unchanged line ups which is always a good sign.

Wally from Wil… Sat, 31 Jul 2021 - 13:07

if there are no crowds allowed then why are there people sitting on the grassy knoll at Vic Park? they aren't even pretending to be walking the dog, just sitting there like it was a normal run-of-the-mill Saturday 'arvo

Wally from Wil… Sat, 31 Jul 2021 - 13:38

there's a few at Arden St also, no fences so hard to keep people out i guess 

NorthPort Sat, 31 Jul 2021 - 19:32

Bearsman, Thanks for posting up the sides.

An honourable loss for Port Melbourne, we played our strongest line-up for the year after a tumultuous week off field so I was always expecting us to play with a bit more intensity. 

Despite the loss, I thought we played good attacking football and Fletcher Roberts going forward worked really well. The injury to Reid was cruel, injuring either his knee or leg when a North player dived across him to smother the kick.

We are in a rebuilding phase and I took lots of positives out of the loss.  Let's hope the coaching stuff is sorted out smoothly.

In a Port Melbourne Facebook group I posted the idea of an extra-ordinary general meeting to have the coaching decision reviewed. 

MegaA Sun, 1 Aug 2021 - 11:50

Northport i was at your hotel last night (Northport hotel) and sentiment from not just the group i was with but other Port fans who were at the pub was exactly the same as yours - EGM has to be held. Everybody was very emotional about the issue but my concern is that nobody will take the initiative and this issue will fizzle out as time goes by. Im hoping something gets done now rather than people waiting until the AGM to voice their concern. 

On a side note, if you havent been to Northport hotel of late, ill say go check it out. The place has been beautified by a big variery of Port Melbourne football club stuff.

aj9172 Sun, 1 Aug 2021 - 11:06

Yes SovInd, the dogs are looking very good. Best team Frankston have played this year by a street. You would think a Dogs v Casey grand final looks likely.....unless Southport get home finals which could change that landscape very quickly.