I cant believe that it is that time of the year again when we need to start another Port Melbourne player movement thread - as Rocky said to Paulie - "time goes tooooo faaaaaaaaaaaaaast"..
Anyways to begin - a sad one and a player that will be hard to replace and will definetely be missed by the Borough. A player who through his Port Melbourne journey became more versatile the more he played. He had the ability to ruck, play forward and back. I'm of course talking of the retirement of Khan Heretuku who is retiring from VFL football. Had a great few seasons at Port being recruited by VFLFOOtys own Lauchie from Frankston in season 2015.
I feel like Port should look for another big man to replace Khan as it is often evident that the size difference against some of the AFL sides is a definite disadvantage.
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I think Port rushed in a little early with their signings & surely must be flyblown by now.
Await with interest how these players perform up to their initial wraps !!!
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/vfl/vfl-2020-port-melbou…
Dylan Conway heading back to local footy.
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Mega will be heading towards the West Gate Bridge !!
Not really Digs my old pal. Dylan was a very good VFL footballer but I think it is fair to say that his best years (2016 and 2017) were behind him. He was definetelly capable of being a major threat to any opposition but it was hard to see him recapture that form as he has different priorities now.
I rated Conway pretty highly. Probably wouldnt win a B&F but had the ability to turn a game or win it off his own boot. I believe he was a similar player to Dean Galea? Was he a replacement for Galea when he left?
Not as good a player as Galea IMHO but they both won a flag for Port !
I think Galea was in a different class to Conway, Conway was thereabouts but not as good. I think Galea had more explosive speed and probably better in terms of marking ability.
In terms of replacement for Galea, Connors was Dean Galeas replacement and he was a good one at that - taking over where Dean left off to win the leagues highest goal kicker for season 2014. Conway arrived in 2017 therefore a few years after Dans and Deans departure - Dan Connors only played in 2014.
A couple of injuries sustained to our new boys in Doug Lawrence and Jack Blair. Anybody know the extent of these injuries and any reports on how our new boys performed today ?
Nothing at this stage MegaA, I don't believe they are thought to be serious. Ash Krakuer's broken leg I'd expect we will hear more about during the week.
Ex AFL player Rueben William has signed for Port for the season. Rueben got himself a few AFL games when he was at Brisbane Lions. The 190 cm, 22 year olds signing fits in consistantantly with Ports recruitement of tall players. Two other recent talls signed are Chris Jones - Ex Box Hill and 196 cm Jackson Stercevich. Jones was named in the teams best in his majority of appearances for Box Hill.
Suprising to see the club still sign players - earlier in this topic (months ago) we were thinking that the list must be about full. I wonder if some players have pulled out which has allowed these 3 additions.