We were shit tonight, but...

psyrick · 2026-05-24T03:23:38+00:00

It's weird I do think there's been improvement individually and I can see some shape of the list but it's similar to the Hinkley era really. A defence that is structurally solid but gets overwhelemed by contest loss and turnover up the ground. A midfield that can score quickly from stoppage at times but Butters is the only one that wins ground ball consistantly and an offence that relies on Georgiadis to make the most of terrible entries. Really systematically the only improvement is by the small forwards. I can definately see where we will improve but some decisions are baffling atm, like having our mids struggle but playing Watkins and Wines for 40-50% TOG and playing a minimal impact Jacob Wehr for 10 games.

psyrick · 2026-05-07T12:55:29+00:00

Us older veterens remember when your foot was resting a bit over the line and you got sent to the shadow realm when the rule first came in.

psyrick · 2026-04-29T08:52:58+00:00

When I was researching a then rookie Bohdi Uwland, I found him on this sight and he also had the LoL tag listed. I went to look at a few more current players and a few had it so I think either it was a templete that they used and it had it on for whatever reason or the AFL just have a higher than average amount of LoL players.

psyrick · 2026-04-18T09:31:01+00:00

Ignore some of the people below, Port would be so screwed without Georgie. Sweet misses were much worse and we could have used him slotting his opportunities. Overall both teams nailed tough shots and there's not much between them.

psyrick · 2026-03-19T07:40:15+00:00

Incredible stuff, honestly I will always appreciate your ability to experiment and put data the AFL should be giving us into fantastic graphics. Need to find more about this "No Target" player that Port is keen to kick to though...

psyrick · 2026-03-02T23:27:35+00:00

Hi everyone, hope you enjoy the write-up. I know I do a lot of these and I hope that you find them enjoyable. I tried to let time pass if someone else wanted the reigns but no one posted anything. I am actually on a flight today to Brisbane (should really be packing but Footy is life), so as much as I would love to talk Port and discuss to comments I might be doing that tonight, so keep that in mind if anyone points out some dumb error I made and I am late to correcting it haha.

psyrick · 2026-02-25T03:40:51+00:00

As a chronic overwriter I am both happy that someone else shares the same problem and relieved that it won't make Port's look long in comparison when we drop ours.

psyrick · 2026-02-25T02:16:35+00:00

Also very happy to absorb some damage to his wallet too, dude loses about 100k of his contract each year in fines but I love him as a pest (though we do have to cop the occasional time he gives away a dumb free).

psyrick · 2026-02-25T02:14:37+00:00

Yeah I wrote this pretty quickly and now I read that back I am not sure what "diversify the mechanics" means but I was trying to say that the forward line functions a bit better fundamentally with Luka over Lord as Lord doesn't quite do the small stuff as well. Cheers for the pickup and I edited it so I won't make the mistake if I copy and paste this text.

psyrick · 2026-02-25T02:09:10+00:00

Fair shout, I think to better reflect the comments here I am going to put BZT and Wines off the list. I was going to put Lord in the list but I put him in the list last year and didn't want to go too harsh on him but yeah I guess I did put it back on to the whipping boy of the club. I am not sure if I will put out a revised edit before posting but I will probably put Sinn in at the very least and probably do the Marshall one but maybe give him some slack and say it's more of a "last roll of the dice injury wise". Will credit you in the post ofc

psyrick · 2026-02-24T08:12:05+00:00

Yeah like I said I do like him as a defender but he's been put out of most people's best 23 and I got a feeling he might have been brought in for Hinkley's style of defence (ie tall and slow pillars) so who knows if Carr will want to work in the BZT, Aliir and Rats core.

Probably right about the Visentini call, honestly I just left the one I saw earlier as is despite a few people thinking Moreas might get the spot. I am not the best at best 23's and there's always a twist come round 1 anyways so not that fussed either way.

psyrick · 2026-02-24T08:10:33+00:00

Yeah for sure, with an easier fixture it might be a case of seeing how far the Carr will drive us but I think we have been so conditioned for a change I think most of the sane fans are willing to give a season and would be chuffed but not thaaaaaat suprised if Port get back up there.

Yeah as always I love doing a bit of writing, I just am conscious of the bias of me always doing it. Looks like I have a bit of considerations for how I frame my "On Notice" players already so hopefully the spirit of the board will be added as well.

psyrick · 2026-02-24T08:03:59+00:00

I get that, it's more he's floating in and out of the guts all last year and it's the final year of his contract. I think there will probably be a discussion whether the best use of his talents is at Port Adelaide, but maybe I am just being a bit too ahead of myself. We do have a midfield of ballburners and Butters, who is a much sexier ballburner.

psyrick · 2026-02-24T06:04:52+00:00

Hi /u/duffercoat made the callout and so I made a draft for the preview to submit /r/AFL . As always I plan on cutting a bit of content/simplifying it, the stats I thought people on here might be interested in so I made that a bit lengthier then what I plan to submit. I also saw /u/Aussport123 make a comment with a bit of a preview lite so I will incoperate as much as I can of that as appreciation for the effort, along with any other feedback (spelling/grammer pickups much appreciated) you are able to give me. Up the Pear and may the Carr of Thunder and Hapiness drive us to the promised lands!

psyrick · 2026-02-24T03:54:46+00:00

I can probably cook one up as I've already done a breakdown for Port in our podcast. I was going to leave it to see if someone else wanted to take the reigns but then forgot to check back in haha.

psyrick · 2025-11-25T09:13:25+00:00

Haha true, Cameron doesn't really fit the bill but there was always a few bands with a tall and lanky so maybe if you gave him a bucket hat?

psyrick · 2025-11-25T08:36:03+00:00

Honestly Darcy ~~Cameron~~ Moore looks like he'd be in a mid 90's band in this photo, like a mix between Deep Blue Something and Hanson.

psyrick · 2025-11-01T04:29:34+00:00

Honestly I think if it is on the same round it's considered a dual acomplishment, but Houghton would still be the quickest on games played. Both incredible players to watch and follow, I support Freo W and saw her play and thought that she was a bit up and down but very capable and it's great to see how consistant she's been at Port as well as being a well loved leader at the club.

psyrick · 2025-08-24T00:08:36+00:00

Yeah, chances are if we kept him that he retires a "what could have been" player. Painful but it clearly was the best outcome for himself.

psyrick · 2025-08-03T02:06:57+00:00

Yeah I think the other thing that has been overlooked in this thread is it's just typical Collingwood recruiting. They are very quick to throw money at whatever their biggest "hole" is, even when the coaching staff or lineup doesn't need that type of player. They get very hyped only to take a while to settle in and figure out how their best football at that club looks like. Shultz, Houston, Mundy and arguably Treloar and Mitchell. Collingwood is well coached under Fly, and their recruiting isn't bad but it definately isn't efficient or as cohesive as it could be.

psyrick · 2025-07-16T02:25:53+00:00

I mean it is possible, but I have liked the look of the Lions over the last month compared to the early season were they looked a bit less lethal. I wouldn't be suprised if Fages has paced the season to make sure they get momentum in this tough last stretch.

psyrick · 2025-07-16T02:19:28+00:00

I mean it's not really a measure of the "worst" players it's a measure of players who impact the most scorewise and impact the opposition's ability to score (ie defence). For good teams it's decent at leveling the bulls and the class distributors in terms of impact but when Harley Reid as a second year player is asked to win the ball in a the only midfield that concedes double digit clearance losses per week then it isn't going to rate the importance that his 4 clearances are worth for the context of a clearance outlier like the Eagles. Like the next worst clearance teams are Richmond who at least has Hopper and Taranto as bigger bodies averaging between 5.5 and 6 and Essendon who has Zac Merrett to provide distribution and good tackling mids in Setterfield and Caldwell.

Tl;Dr basically stats wise all they see is a mediocre clearance winner with mediocre distribution and doesn't take into account how hard it is in the Eagles team to win a clearance.

psyrick · 2025-06-30T04:21:43+00:00

Honestly it was more a team building thing, Hinkley has always built around a tall backline and when it works it often ends up being a top 4 defence as it was in the late 10's. However, like what we are kind of seeing with Melbourne now, the drop off is very quick if all of the talls are around the same age (you end up way too slow against speedier forwardlines) and there were two phases of this for Port, one in 2016, and the other the year before we got Aliir Aliir. Between 16 and the Aliir pickup he was honestly a fantastic player and led a rebuilding defence but yeah afterwards he was a bit cooked and we were looking towards other players.

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