Posts Tagged "Port Power"

Michelangelo Rucci stated in last week’s The Advertiser that it would take a lot of spin for Port Adelaide to pass off Ken Hinkley’s recent appointment as coach as their first choice. Boy was he right.

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He couldn’t win but he couldn’t lose, and it’s damn hard to play for a draw. Not tanking a game nailed one of many nails in Matthew Primus’ coaching coffin.

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Port Adelaide smooth mover Danyle Pearce is finally delivering consistent quality football and the Power are reaping the rewards, winning three games on the trot.

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Each AFL club has a certain word or phrase that you can associate with them. With the season now entering finals time, I have attempted to link them all.

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So much media attention in recent weeks has been placed on the Port Adelaide Power, with the Brett Duncanson saga and Kane Cornes alleged sacking flooding the Adelaide sporting media.

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Port Adelaide coach Matthew Primus fears his side’s shocking recent performances make it more likely the AFL club will lose players to rivals.

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A burst of blowout wins should worry AFL bosses, Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse says. And the Magpie mentor warns the yawning gap will widen with the introduction of free agency.

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Now that the biggest game in South Australian football has been played and won, some serious questions once again emerge concerning both clubs: Adelaide Crows and Port Power.

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“Football in South Australia is Port Adelaide,” said former president Bruce Weber, when the club first applied for admission into the AFL in 1990. Two decades later, that flawed logic is haunting Port Power, leaving the AFL to nurture the ailing club to protect the integrity of the league.

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There’s been a fair bit of talk about Port Adelaide’s off-field plight this week following the news the SANFL has no more credit to underwrite them, meaning they require an AFL handout to keep them viable until they move to Adelaide Oval in 2014. It’s a situation which at some stage must make the AFL [...]

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Richmond will be ruing their decision to host Port Adelaide in Darwin after the Power upset them by 15 points to climb off the bottom of the AFL ladder and keep the Tigers out of the eight.

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Sydney produced their most potent scoring performance of the AFL season and added to Port Adelaide’s woes on Saturday night, bolting to a 62-point win in their clash at the SCG.

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The AFL couldn’t have scripted a better fortnight: a new television deal signed which exceeded the billion-dollar mark; the Adelaide Oval redevelopment – the potential saviour of the code’s most vulnerable club – confirmed; and on Saturday night the first-ever Queensland derby was won by the competition’s rookies.

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He’s won premierships, a Brownlow medal, All-Australian jumpers and just about every AFL gong on offer. But Gary Ablett had trouble summing up the joy of captaining Gold Coast to their historic first AFL victory.

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West Coast coach John Worsfold says a stunning 18-point upset of Port Adelaide has delivered something as valuable as AFL premiership points – belief.

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In part one of my previews of the 2011 AFL season, let’s have a look at the bottom nine by using the crystal ball and predict where they will finish.

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Most AFL clubs have one. Generally they are over 6’4″, because big guys take longer to ‘mature’. Or, he may be from a limited footy background – but generally, still likely to be over 6’4″. The question is, what is the time frame for a ‘project player’?

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It’s all a bit up in the air at the moment. The Adelaide Oval redevelopment has been the talking point of many pub talks and dinner conversations since the Stadium Management Authority (SMA) announced its plan to redevelop Adelaide Oval on a budget of $535 million.

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A snapped David Rodan point in the last minute has given Port Adelaide a one-point victory over West Coast in their AFL match on Saturday night.

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Coaching in AFL football is changing almost as quickly as the game itself has in recent years and it seems now the role of a senior assistant is becoming more crucial than ever.

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