The recent saga at Port Adelaide, which culminated in the sacking of club legend Matthew Primus, has led to an important question for me and many Port fans: when will it end?
I’m not talking about how teams change their coaches, which seems to happen every year. I’m talking about the lack of success for one of Australia’s proudest football clubs.
It’s been five years since Port Adelaide made their last finals appearance. And it isn’t a good memory for Port fans either – the match was a humiliation at the hands of Geelong in their drought-breaking premiership.
That five years feels like an eternity in the AFL for fans, players and coaches.
As bad as it may be down at Alberton, it could be worse. It has been 11 years since the last finals appearance for the Tigers, and that trend looks like it will continue at Tigerland.
Melbourne are also a club with little success in recent history. Last year, they missed a great opportunity to make the top eight.
The exit of Tom Scully to Greater Western Sydney was a dagger in the heart for the Demons and all their supporters.
Unfortunately for Dees fans, his exit also meant that years of rebuilding went down the drain.
The only glimmer of hope for these three clubs, seems to be in their midfield.
Port Adelaide will rely heavily on Travis Boak if he decides to stay at Alberton. If Travis Boak does leave they will most likely build their team around Brad Ebert, who was been in fine form in 2012.
He has racked up less than 20 possessions only three times this year.
Over in Melbourne, Brett Deledio seems to be one of the only shining stars in a very dark sky. Unfortunately the Dees need to start over, and make some tough decisions at board level.
We will see if they can make the right decisions, because if they do not, that 40+ year premiership drought will continue to grow.
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