Port Adelaide Power vs Carlton Blues: Power squeeze past Blues 88-72

So between round 1 and round 2 Murph got old?

Col - I thought Polson was good last night. Watching live I noticed how much ground he covers to put on fwd pressure. Kennedy should come in for Fasolo. I’d think Levi comes in for Charlie. I also like Garlett down back - although he still needs to improve his decision making - attempted soccer off ground in last qtr was dumb.

Kane, he is still one of our better players. Who would you replace him with? Garlett had 13 disposals and 5 clangers yet you rate him as one of our best. As for Charlie he has bone bruising and will miss 2 – 3 weeks.

Can't be as bad as Melbourne is though lol

Curnow took a mark early that wasn’t paid. Got a high clip on another mark on the lead. One goal assist and involved in another. Timing was off on one leap. He didn’t star but was in the game. Murphy didn’t have a good game but was very good last week. I thought it was impressive he came back on as live it was a big hit. Murphy and Thomas experience is critical over the next couple of years as the young midfield will need the direction. Also they will keep getting 20+ disposals whereas the youngsters will be up and down.

I'd give Pat Kerr a go if Charlie doesn't come up. Garlett was one of our better players last night but has a lot to improve on to still be on the list next year. I'm not hating on Murph because he has been a fantastic and loyal servant for a long time but there comes a time in everyone's career where you lose the strengths that got you to where you are but I believe his best and worth to the team on the ground has gone past him. I'm happy to be proven wrong

Samo, Weiters, Dow, McKay and Phillips were great for us and Cripps was his normal self but blokes need to step up to help him out. Charlie doesn't seem to be fighting hard enough once the ball hits the ground compared to last year. We sorely missed Cunningham. Polson and Fasolo need extended runs in the 2's to earn their spots and I'd make Kreuzer earn his spot by playing him in the 2's as well. We've had too many player's in the past being gifted games because of no depth but now that we're starting to build a bit of depth a spot has to be EARNT if we're to get anywhere as a club.

If the Swans play like they hav the past two weeks and we play like we have the past two weeks we will win. I think Fasolo for Kennedy for sure, Polson wasn't too bad yesterday and has speed which we need, Garlett I am not convinced about but not certain we have a better replacement until Marchbank is fit. If Charli doesn't come up I would go with Jack.

Agree Macca. I don’t understand all the hate on Murphy. He is playing a new role and still picking up plenty of the ball. Sure he turned a few over last night but the weather conditions weren’t great. His disposal efficiency was poor at 57.7% but we only had 4 players who went at 70% or better, Port had 9. We had 8 players who’s efficiency was worse than Murphy’s. Next week I think we are a chance against the Swans if we can keep a chain on Buddy. Hopefully Charlie will be OK and the changes I would make would be Garlett, Fasolo and Polson out for Kennedy, O’Brien and JSOS.

Kane – I said Murphy had a bad game yesterday (perhaps being knocked into next week had something to do with it), the point was he was in our best just the week before, let’s not over react to one game. As for Charlie not sure how you say he was terrible in the less than 1 quarter he played, took a good contested mark that wasn’t paid for no apparent reason, took another that set Setterfield up for a goal, had a scoring shot and created space for those around him, but hey why not crucify him. Did you see anything you liked,Weitering, SPS, McKay, Dow?

Number of possessions don't mean anything Macca if u turn the ball over all the time, Murphy looked like he was playing his first game last night fumbling all the time and panicking. Charlie was terrible last week and last night until injured but if you and the club are happy with the way these 2 are playing then it explains why we've been down for so long.

Yeah Kane Charlie didn't have a touch after quarter time, terrible. As for Murphy, last week he had 29 touches, 1 goal, 5 inside 50's and just 1 clanger but sure after this week's bad game (26 touches, 2 inside 50's and 7 clangers) we should dump him from a team lacking in players with more than 50 games to their name.

ports poor inside 50 efficiency is going to hurt against better clubs that push numbers back

Charlie Curnow has a lot of work to do to live up to his reputation. If he fires consistently then we will cause some headaches to opposition sides. We should have made the hard call on Murphy last year as well, he was terrible today

Went to the game and thought Weitering was sensational. Port had huge inside 50 numbers but not very clean. McGovern is a great addition. Samo was really impressive and McKay contested marking is fantastic. We just didn’t win enough contested ball and Port’s outside run overwhelmed us in the end. Big chance next week.

Little mistakes at crucial times hurt the blues. Port moved the ball well.

Blues are going to cause some upsets this year if they play like today. Just a little more polish and could have won this.

Squeaky bum win for the Power