So folks, last game for a couple of weeks, so i'm absolutely pumped for it!
Who's getting along?
Few questions this week, will Milly line up, will Fanning come back in?
Can Port consolidate their ladder position or will NB bounce back after a smashing defeat last week?
Looking forward to this one.
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What a heart breaker.
I don't mind losing (well i do, but you know...) but Port are just a better side than North. They just are. It's because of that that they should simply have put them away today and they didn't.
I don't understand why they persist on playing around the boundary so much when they play some of the best direct football in the league. The last quarter last week, straight down the guts, and at times today, but they still reverted back to chipping side ways and around the wing. Even having players standing wide and lateral in the last 5 minutes when they should and could have been pushing up towards half forward as an option.
The third was where it was lost. The first two goals of that 5 goal run. The first started with a Port free on the wing when Brewer went back to Livo. Brewer made a massive effort to become the option further up and across and Livo panicked, ignored the option, turned the ball over and North scored. Followed nicely with Rowey's no look hand pass in the middle of the ground. I thought Rowe had a shocker today (not alone though).
Pitt... Well... His two efforts in the last quarter - The less said the better.
Thought Milly was good early but seemed to fade a bit. My call of DeBruin to the twos well and truely bit me on the arse. Easily Ports best today i thought.
Smith going off early in the last hurt massively. Without Smith at half forward, it mean that we had to push Dukes up and leave Pitt in the square, which just didn't work.
In the last 2 minutes Port were definitely not without their chances, but just could get clean kicks away. Something that actually plauged most of the match i thought. When the pressure was on, we just couldn't do what we needed to.
Not to mention the in the back call suddenly re=appearing 5 minutes from time after going missing for most of the last (the going missing i don't mind, the sudden soft free kick i do - pay them or don't pay them, just do it consistently).
First loss as a Port member today (i didn't go to Frankston) - I must be starting to develop my red and blue blood because it damn well hurt.
BTW - Pete (Radio1611) - I managed to stand under you for a bit in the second quarter - You guys are doing a bang up job - good work.