The wrap up - Port V Eagles

Scrappy wrote:Very good game of football
Well worth the admission , whatever it is to get in these days.

Eagles final winning margin was 11 points
That was the equal highest differential in the game
PA 0-3
EG 2-2

PA 13.9
EG 14.14

At one stage from early in the 3rd quarter to about the middle of the last quarter there were 10 goals scored , goal for goal
From
PA 7-6
EG 6.8
Eagles scored a goal to be 2 points up and that started the 10 goal , goal for goal sequence
It ended at
PA12.8
EG 11.13

The lead changed 16 times in this match
6 times in the first half
10 times in the second half

Fantastic entertainment in perhaps the last game PA V EG match , as we know them now

bayman wrote:speaking of admission, Scrappy i used my Glenelg season pass as we had a bye (thankfully) this week but i noticed & full credit to Port for dropping the $14.00 back to $10.00 with $3.00 for concession to entice a bigger crowd

bayman wrote:what was the Port skipper thinking in the last minute or so of the match ? why would you 'snot' someone at that stage of the match ?

the obvious answer would be frustration but usually he is a better & smarter player than that

hopefully he gets a reprimand

Big Phil wrote:

bayman wrote:what was the Port skipper thinking in the last minute or so of the match ? why would you 'snot' someone at that stage of the match ?

the obvious answer would be frustration but usually he is a better & smarter player than that

hopefully he gets a reprimand

Not the first time he has done 'stupid' things like that, Bayman. I suspect he has runs on the board and may miss a week, after their bye...

Big Phil wrote:Port were the 'FORM' team of the comp, based on who they had beaten over the last month of footy, Micky. The Eagles were a bit up and down but certainly had a strong, character building win today.

Was in the victorious rooms post game and listened to Godden's address to the players. Spoke about the winning being that - character building - and that he was proud of the way the side fought it out until the end. Singled out a couple of solid performers for some praise then outlined their rehab tomorrow night, ahead of turning their attention to North next week...

Then, in quite a serious tone, with a real intense look on his face, he made a comment that had all the room cracking up in laughter. Without quoting him verbatim, it was something along the lines of...

"And boys, the most important thing we have to remember to take out of the great win today..." (silent pause for a few seconds, every eye in the room looking intently at Mick)

"Is that I wont be known as bloody Maughen Thiem for the whole week, now" !!!

bigclock wrote:What are you thoughts on the standard of umpiring BP?

Big Phil wrote:

bigclock wrote:What are you thoughts on the standard of umpiring BP?

I thought there some decisions that portrayed poor interpretation of the rules, for both sides, and I thought there were a few obvious decisions missed, again both ways...

Probably wasn't the umpires' best day at the office, but have seen worst, this year and in the past...

To be really honest, I don't actually pay too much attention to the umpires, these days, because I know that they are not always going to get it right and if you make sure you do as much as you can to the letter of the law, then they wont come into the fray as much...

I will admit though that there has been a real changing of the guards in the umpiring fraternity, over the last 3 or 4 years, and with the exception of perhaps Michael Avon, all the field umpires are relatively young. Perhaps that means there may be a little more inconsistency of performance, just simply due to lack of experience...

bigclock wrote:Is it possible to read a wrap up without someone criticising  the umpires?